Maria Tril

Ukraine's national hockey team defeated Romania 4-1 on 7 Nov. in Lithuania, securing the country's first victory in the inaugural European Nations Cup after losing their opening match to the host nation.

Kharkiv-born photographer, 41, who spent years documenting World War II veterans and Ukrainian railroad workers has now turned his lens to New York's newest mayor.

The Verona Philharmonic Theatre has cancelled performances by Russian bass Ildar Abdrazakov, a member of Putin's presidential arts council and head of an opera house in occupied Crimea, with Italy's culture minister declaring that Russian art serving "despotic power" has no place in the free world.

Ukraine will begin assembling Swedish Saab JAS 39 Gripen fighter jets on its territory starting in 2033, Defense Minister Denys Shmyhal announced on 7 Nov.

Ukraine will begin mass production of a domestically-developed drone to replace Chinese DJI Mavic UAVs currently used for reconnaissance and artillery adjustment on the front lines, President Zelenskyy said

Russian forces have partially infiltrated the southern outskirts of Pokrovsk and are working to encircle the entire Pokrovsk-Myrnohrad agglomeration, Chief of the General Staff Andriy Hnatov says

Ukraine has secured regular supplies of American liquefied natural gas through Greek terminals under a memorandum signed between Naftogaz and Atlantic-see LNG Trade that extends until 2050.

The European Investment Bank disbursed $ 115 mn to Ukraine, dividing the funds between long-term business loans and municipal heating system repairs as the country faces its 4th winter under Russian attacks on energy infrastructure

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