Maria Tril

Hundreds of students in Sumy have returned to in-person classes in the city's first underground school, where they can study protected from shelling that has become routine in the oblast

A German lawmaker is calling for Justus Frantz to lose his Order of Merit after the 81-year-old conductor accepted the Order of Friendship from Vladimir Putin in Moscow on 4 Nov.

Schools, kindergartens, hospitals, and heating systems across Ukrainian communities will receive funding as the government unlocks $106 mn from the European Investment Bank's second tranche under the Ukraine Recovery Programme III

Ukraine could gain access to a $8.4 bn European defence fund before the end of 2025, following an informal agreement reached between EU lawmakers and Denmark's Council presidency on 5 Nov.

The largest power plant in Russia's Oryol Oblast came under missile attack early 5 Nov., just days after a previous strike caused massive power outages across the city

Russia has transformed hundreds of schools into military training facilities, spending $82 million on 18,000 combat drones that teach teenagers reconnaissance and attack operations as part of a program to train one million drone specialists by 2030

Four aid packages have been announced under NATO's PURL initiative for Ukraine, with funding set to reach $60 billion in 2026, Patrick Turner, head of NATO's representation in Ukraine, said.

Nearly 100 Russian fireteams pour into Pokrovsk daily, moving so rapidly that Ukrainian drone operators cannot launch their equipment in time, according to a Ukrainian drone unit operating in the sector.

Ukrainian forces from the 25th Sich Airborne Brigade recently eliminated a Russian group attempting to cut the road to Rodynske as Moscow's troops intensify efforts to sever supply lines to Pokrovsk

Brussels Airport halted all operations on November 4 after three unidentified drones appeared over the terminal, forcing Brussels Airlines to cancel 16 flights and leaving passengers waiting at the airport, VRT NWS and Nieuwsblad report.

NATO fighter jets patrolling Baltic airspace scrambled three times in one week to identify Russian military aircraft flying between mainland Russia and Kaliningrad Oblast, with at least one reconnaissance plane operating without a radar transponder or flight plan

Denmark is contributing $1.4 million to a new Ukrainian Cultural Heritage Fund targeting restoration of sites destroyed since Russia's 2022 invasion, with UNESCO documenting over 500 damaged cultural objects across Ukraine

The European Union will approve $1.46 bn in macro-financial assistance to Ukraine on 4 November, following last week's decision by EU ambassadors to greenlight the fifth Ukraine Facility tranche

The number of young Ukrainian men aged 18 to 22 entering Germany has increased nearly 95-fold over two months, jumping from 19 per week in mid-August to up to 1,800 per week in October, according to Germany's Federal Ministry of Internal Affairs.