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Combat Operations

• Danube Tanker Fire From Russian Drone Strike Extinguished, Romania Says RFE/RL 18 Nov 2025 -- Ukraine's president said he will head to Turkey for possible talks with the chief Romanian authorities said the fire on an LPG tanker on the Danube River that marks the border with Ukraine has been extinguished after a Russian strike on the vessel sparked the blaze and forced the evacuation of several towns in the area.

Ukraine

• Zelenskyy Heads To Turkey Amid Burgeoning Energy Sector Corruption Scandal RFE/RL 18 Nov 2025 -- Ukraine's president said he will head to Turkey for possible talks with the chief White House envoy involved in talks to end Russia's nearly four-year-old war on Ukraine as the country reels from a corruption scandal.
• Spain Contributes to the PURL Initiative and Allocates Funds Through the SAFE Instrument - Volodymyr Zelenskyy Following the Meeting With Pedro Sánchez President of Ukraine 18 Nov 2025
• Statement by the President of Ukraine During the Joint Press Briefing With the Prime Minister of Spain President of Ukraine 18 Nov 2025
• President Took Part in a Spanish-Ukrainian Technology Meeting with Heads of Spain's Leading Defense Companies President of Ukraine 18 Nov 2025
• Volodymyr Zelenskyy Held a Meeting with the Heads of Both Chambers of Spain's Cortes Generales President of Ukraine 18 Nov 2025
• Joint Statement of the International Coalition for the Return of Ukrainian Children on the UN's World Children's Day Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine 18 Nov 2025
• Historic agreement between Ukraine and France: 100 Rafale fighter aircraft, SAMP/T air defense systems, missiles, and aerial bombs Ukraine MOD 18 Nov 2025
• Anna Gvozdiar at Rebuild Ukraine Expo: EU will allocate over €140 million to develop Ukraine's dual-use technologies Ukraine MOD 18 Nov 2025
• 34,300 hectares of agricultural land cleared of mines since the beginning of the year Ukraine MOD 18 Nov 2025

Russia

• Russian Defence Minister Andrei Belousov inspects Vostok Group of Forces Russia MoD 18 Nov 2025 -- Minister of Defenсe of the Russian Federation Andrei Belousov checked the progress of missions conducted by formations and units of the Vostok Group of Forces in the special military operation zone.
• With Platonovka Secured, Russia Commands Vital Seversk-Liman Road Sputnik 18 Nov 2025 -- Capturing the village of Platonovka in the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) allows Russian troops to fully control the Seversk-Krasny Liman road, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Tuesday.
• Russia Defeats Ukrainian Forces in Forest Areas Near Kupyansk - MoD Sputnik 18 Nov 2025 -- An assault unit of Russia's Battlegroup Zapad is carrying out reconnaissance and wiping out Ukrainian armed forces in forests and wooded areas on the southwestern outskirts of Kupyansk in the Kharkov region, the commander of the assault unit of the 121st Motorized Rifle Regiment with the call sign Lavrik said on Tuesday.
• Russian Forces Liberate Tsegelnoye Settlement in Kharkov Region - MoD Sputnik 18 Nov 2025 -- Russian forces took control of the settlement of Tsegelnoye in the Kharkov region, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Tuesday.

United States

• Ukraine - PATRIOT Air Defense System Sustainment DSCA 18 Nov 2025 -- The State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to the Government of Ukraine of PATRIOT Air Defense System Sustainment and related equipment for an estimated cost of $105 million. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency delivered the required certification notifying Congress.

NATO

United Nations

Foreign Reactions

• Norway to increase support for Norwegian People's Aid's mine clearance activities in Ukraine Government of Norway 18 Nov 2025 -- Mines and other explosive objects are scattered across large areas of Ukraine and are disrupting vital agricultural activities. This is affecting not only Ukraine but also other countries that rely on Ukrainian agricultural products.

News Reports

• Poland Suspects Russian Sabotage Behind Railway Explosion RFE/RL 18 Nov 2025 -- Poland suspects Russian intelligence services were behind an explosion on a major Polish railway line used to transport military goods and aid to Ukraine, an act Prime Minister Donald Tusk called an "unprecedented act of sabotage."