SE "Forests of Ukraine" has started selling New Year's trees, having already sold about 10,000 trees. The prices for coniferous trees are affordable, ranging from UAH 210 to UAH 280, and have hardly changed compared to last year.
As of December 3, 99% of the heating season has been launched in Ukraine in the residential and social sectors. This includes 70.5 thousand buildings and 24.5 thousand social facilities, including kindergartens, schools, and healthcare institutions.
The SBU neutralized a Russian agent network in western Ukraine, exposing three participants who were preparing caches with components for improvised explosive devices. Among them are a 20-year-old Kharkiv resident, a 16-year-old schoolgirl, and a 17-year-old young man from Rivne region, recruited via Telegram to fulfill courier orders.
Fighters of the Special Purpose Police Regiment in the Kupyansk direction rescued an owl that got entangled in an anti-drone net. The police carefully freed the bird and released it into the wild.
This winter, Ukraine will face the risk of prolonged power outages, which will depend on temperature and the intensity of Russian attacks. Expert Ivan Perehinets emphasized that economical electricity consumption can positively affect the situation and reduce the number of outages.
Ukrainian agrarians have sown 6. 4 million hectares of winter crops, which is 97.5% of the projected area. The sowing campaign has already been completed in 9 regions, with Odesa, Mykolaiv, and Dnipropetrovsk among the leaders.
Prosecutors of specialized defense prosecutor's offices have documented dozens of large-scale abuses, detaining 50 individuals and uncovering over UAH 30 million in illicit gains. Systemic schemes of evasion from military service and illegal departure abroad have been exposed in seven regions and Kyiv.
On Monday, November 17, rains are expected in Ukraine, and a warning of dangerous meteorological phenomena has been issued in the west of the country. The temperature at night will be 2-7° Celsius, during the day 9-14°, and up to 16° in the south and the Carpathian region.
According to the State Statistics Service, in October 2025, consumer prices in Ukraine increased by 0. 9% compared to September. The largest increase was recorded in Kyiv (+1.4%), the smallest - in Ivano-Frankivsk region (+0.3%).
In Mykolaiv, eyewitnesses filmed a woman sharply pulling an animal by the leash and throwing it to the ground. Law enforcement officers launched an investigation after the video spread on social networks.
The Prosecutor General's Office has shut down 277 fraudulent call centers in various regions of Ukraine. These centers have been deceiving citizens of Ukraine, the EU, and Asia for years, extorting money under the guise of investments or selling goods.
In 2025, the growth of new cafes and restaurants more than halved, despite the fact that the number of opened individual entrepreneurs exceeds the number of closed ones. Half of the closed establishments lasted less than a year and a half, and a quarter - less than six months.
As of November 11, 6. 2 million hectares of winter crops have been sown in Ukraine, which is 94.5% of the planned areas. Farmers in six regions have fully completed the sowing of grain crops.
In Kyiv, fraudsters, including law enforcement officers, were exposed for attempting to illegally resell the apartment of a deceased person for $45,000. They face up to 12 years in prison with confiscation of property.
The court chose a pre-trial restraint in the form of arrest for police officer Yuriy Rybyansky, who disappeared along with material evidence worth UAH 13. 4 million. He was set bail in the amount of UAH 13.3 million.
Prosecutors from the Prosecutor General's Office liquidated a network of 14 fraudulent call centers that, under the guise of investment platforms, extorted money from citizens of Ukraine, the EU, and Asia. Over 800 units of computer equipment and almost 500 mobile phones were seized.
The SBI is investigating the case of a law enforcement officer who appropriated over 16 million hryvnias of seized funds. The amount was mostly in dollars, said SBI spokeswoman Tetiana Sapian.
In the first 9 months of 2025, the Ukrainian budget received UAH 44. 18 billion in single tax from individual entrepreneurs, which is 10% more than last year and 1.8 times more than before the full-scale invasion. The number of individual entrepreneurs remained almost unchanged, and Kyiv, Lviv region, and Dnipropetrovsk region became the main donors to local budgets.
The missing policeman, Yuriy Rybyansky, was found and detained in the Rivne region. He was a financially responsible person and had access to seized property; the seized funds disappeared.
On November 6, no precipitation is expected in Ukraine, but fog is possible in the western, northern, and eastern regions at night and in the morning. Daytime air temperature will be +8…+17°C, with the warmest weather in the south.
Over 5,000 Administrative Service Centers (ASCs) across Ukraine have started accepting applications for deferment from mobilization. In two days, 24,000 applications have been submitted, with the largest numbers in Vinnytsia, Rivne, and Kharkiv regions.
Former officials were notified of suspicion of illegally seizing 100 hectares of land in Pyriatynskyi National Nature Park. The state suffered losses of UAH 6.8 million, and prosecutors filed 95 lawsuits to return the land.
As of the end of October 2025, more than 2 million fines for traffic violations have been recorded in the Unified Register of Debtors, which is 43% more than at the beginning of the war. Three-quarters of these proceedings were closed without debt payment due to the impossibility of collecting funds.
The heating season has begun in Ukraine, and heat has already been supplied to 13 regions. Kyiv, Poltava, and Sumy are joining the heating system, despite enemy attacks on energy facilities.
Since the beginning of the year, 0. 1% of Ukrainians, or 119 people, have been removed from the register of the State Employment Service due to mobilization. In total, 21% of the Employment Service's clients are men, which amounts to almost 62,000 people.
In Sumy, heat supply is proceeding according to schedule, despite the difficult security situation. It takes 3-5 days for full heat supply deployment, which is a technical requirement.
Ukraine is launching a mechanism for compensating war risks for businesses. Enterprises from high-risk territories will be able to receive up to UAH 10 million for damaged property, and throughout Ukraine, the state will compensate a part of insurance premiums.
The heating season has already started in many regions of Ukraine, with Rivne region being the first to "turn on the heating". Some frontline regions are still preparing for heat supply.
On October 22, warm weather up to +16 degrees is forecast in the south and west of Ukraine, while the rest of the territory will be cool, with possible frosts. Local rains will occur in Kharkiv, Luhansk, Cherkasy, Rivne regions and in the evening in Kyiv region.
On October 21, cloudy weather with rain is forecast in Ukraine in the east. Night frosts down to -5°C are expected in the west, and daytime temperatures will reach +9…+15°C.
