US Secretary of State Blinken met with NATO Secretary General Stoltenberg to discuss Ukraine, China, and other issues during the two-day NATO meeting. Stoltenberg praised the US support for Ukraine.
Slovak truckers are planning to block the Uzhhorod-Vysne Nemecke border crossing starting December 1 to protest against competition from Ukrainian carriers. They are waiting for a response from the Slovak Ministry of Transport before confirming their final decision.
Blizzards and strong winds of up to 25 m/s are forecast in Ukraine, and a yellow level of danger has been declared.
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy has signed the State Budget for 2024 with revenues of UAH 1. 768 trillion and expenditures of UAH 3.35 trillion. The budget forecasts GDP growth of 4.6% and inflation of 9.7%.
Russian troops shelled a mine in Toretsk (Donetsk region), trapping four people under the rubble.
According to British intelligence, Russian troops made a small advance in an attempt to encircle Avdiivka, resulting in thousands of casualties.
The SBU served Russian General Sergei Kobylash with a notice of suspicion. He commanded the Russian missile strike on a high-rise building in Uman, Cherkasy region, on April 28 this year, which killed 23 people, including 6 children.
The Government of Ukraine reallocates UAH 37. 5 million to ensure full payment of salaries to teachers in six regions to prevent salary arrears by the end of the year.
Ukrainian air defense forces shoot down an enemy drone over the Kryvyi Rih district of Dnipropetrovs'k region.
The government has appointed Mykhailo Yanchuk as head of the State Agency for Water Resources of Ukraine.
Crimea plans to restore the historical Crimean Tatar names of its geographical objects as part of a law condemning Russia's imperial policy in Ukraine. Mechanisms are being developed to use the Latin alphabet on signs and in the media.
In the Kyiv region, rescuers freed an ambulance with a patient stuck in a snowdrift, ensuring safe passage on the road.
The driver of a Honda lost control and crashed into a minibus in Volyn region, killing two people in the car and injuring the driver and a passenger of the minibus.
USAID has allocated $25 million to the Energy Support Fund for Ukraine, the first U. S. contribution, to purchase equipment to repair critical infrastructure. Ukraine's total contribution to this fund exceeds 329 million euros.
Due to the bad weather, 559 settlements in Ukraine, including Odesa, Mykolaiv, and Donetsk regions, lost power, and four regions suffered new damage to power grids due to Russian shelling.
Ukrainian authorities have detained a hacker group responsible for attacks on international companies that caused more than UAH 3 billion in losses. The group encrypted servers and demanded ransom in cryptocurrency.
The administrative building of a recreation center in Mykolaiv region was on fire after being shelled by Russia. Firefighters quickly extinguished the flames.
The general director of one of Energoatom's divisions was released on bail of UAH 7 million. He is suspected of embezzling UAH 100 million during the construction of a nuclear facility.
In the Kyiv region, power supply has been restored to all homes that were cut off due to the weather, and snow removal is underway on the roads.
Russian forces shelled Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia region 64 times overnight, damaging buildings and infrastructure but causing no civilian casualties. The attacks included drone strikes on two cities and artillery shelling on many frontline areas.
President of Ukraine Zelensky signs a decree on Ukraine's withdrawal from the CIS agreement on social and legal guarantees for military personnel.
Russian troops shelled Ochakiv in Mykolaiv region, causing partial damage to residential buildings, no casualties, the head of the Mykolaiv regional military administration said.
An explosion was reported in Zaporizhzhia, and the Air Force warned of a potential ballistic missile threat in Poltava, Kharkiv, Dnipro, and Zaporizhzhia regions.
According to Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko, the bad weather in Ukraine has left 10 dead and 23 injured, including two children. Rescue operations are ongoing, roads are being cleared, and the affected regions are responding to power outages.
Elon Musk agreed with Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu on the need to destroy Hamas to ensure a better future for Gaza, suggesting post-war reconstruction of the territory, as was done in Germany and Japan. Musk said that although civilian casualties are "inevitable," Israel is trying to avoid them.
At the NATO meeting in Brussels, US Secretary of State Blinken will focus on Ukraine and the Western Balkans and discuss NATO's support for Ukraine against Russian aggression and Kyiv's preparation for membership.
The rating of Politico magazine, in which President Volodymyr Zelenskyy became the most influential person in Europe, was last year's. In the original version, Politico's editorial board did not indicate the year of this rating.
Ukraine's Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal says that the European Investment Bank (EIB) has attracted more than €7. 5 billion for projects to rebuild Ukraine.
Kyiv region deployed 241 vehicles and 314 employees to clear snow in bad weather, while in Brovary, a sewerage system failure led to a temporary water cutoff.
More than 97,000 people have been evacuated from Donetsk Oblast, including more than 12,500 children who are receiving financial and other assistance in Zhytomyr Oblast.
