November 19, 2025
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron signed a letter of intent on Monday for Kyiv to acquire up to 100 Rafale warplanes and new air-defence systems to strengthen its long-term war effort. Zelensky's visit to Paris comes as Russian drone and missile strikes intensify and Moscow claims frontline gains.
A "calculated" barrage of Russian drones and missiles across Ukraine killed at least four people, President Volodymyr Zelensky said Friday, with Kyiv Mayor Vitaly Klitschko saying that almost every district of the capital had been hit. Dozens of people were wounded in the attacks, including a child and a pregnant woman, the president said.
Kylian Mbappe scored twice - including a Panenka penalty - while Liverpool's Hugo Ekitike got his first goal for France as they secured a place at the 2026 World Cup with a dominant victory against Ukraine.
The battle for a shattered Ukrainian city has become the new focal point for the years-long war, which is approaching a horrifying new milestone.
The small eastern city has been a focus of Moscow's grinding Donbas offensive.
Russian and Ukrainian troops are locked in a desperate fight in the ruins of Pokrovsk, a road and railway hub at the heart of the Donets River coal basin. The near-emptied city has been the target of a grinding Russian offensive for more than a year – and one that has exposed the struggle Kyiv faces in manning a front line stretching some 1,250 kilometres.
Drones now outnumber inhabitants in front-line town of Dobropillia, unrecognizable after years of war
Ukraine is lying to its people and the world about its military setbacks, the Russian Defense Ministry has said
US president says Vladimir Putin should focus on ending war with Ukraine rather than testing missiles
He said the economic impact would be "tremendous" as he met with NATO's Rutte.
The US President said he felt the meeting with his Russian counterpart would not produce the desired results
The new restrictions target two major oil companies, Rosneft and Lukoil, and its subsidiaries
The leaders' cancelled summit is just the latest twist in Trump's efforts to broker an end to the war, writes Anthony Zurcher.
US President Donald Trump said Tuesday his planned meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin was on hold, calling it potentially a “waste of time.” The decision to delay the Budapest talks, announced last week, followed a Monday call between Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov.
The Ukrainian leader left Washington without promises on Tomahawk missiles, the outlet’s sources say
