In the settlements of Donetsk region, where families with children are being forcibly evacuated, there are 420 families with 501 children.

Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Oleksandr Syrskyi, during a meeting with a U.S. delegation led by U.S. Army Secretary Daniel Driscoll, briefed them on the frontline situation and discussed strengthening Ukraine’s capabilities in air defense, Deep Strike operations, drone systems, and training of Defense Forces personnel.

Thirty-five people and three institutions are on trial. Prosecutors say years of failings turned the venue into a death trap.

In Ternopil, rescue operations continue after Russia’s overnight missile strike, assistance is being provided to the injured. People remain trapped under the rubble.

The Israeli military says it struck several Hamas targets after gunmen fired at soldiers in Gaza in violation of the five-week-old ceasefire.

The main topics of the meeting between Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan were unblocking the peace process, prisoner exchanges, and Türkiye’s participation in the Coalition of the Willing.

Units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and other components of the Defense Forces continue to carry out missions in the Pokrovsk-Myronhrad agglomeration area.

In the coming months, Russia is unlikely to capture large areas of Ukrainian territory, but the war at its current level of intensity could continue for roughly another half-year.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has said that resuming negotiations in Istanbul with a more comprehensive and pragmatic approach could help open pathways toward peace in Ukraine.

Under-sixteens will be banned from major social media plaforms from 10 December.