Visual evidence from the battlefield suggests that heavy snow and rain weakened Ukraine’s counter-drone defenses, exposing its trenches to first-person-view drone attacks. Dense fog also allowed small Russian infantry assault groups to penetrate Ukraine’s defensive lines.

Russian forces advance in Pokrovsk and Siversk amid intensified conflict in Ukraine. While Moscow claims progress, Ukrainian military reports successful defense against numerous Russian assaults. The strategic capture of Pokrovsk could enable Moscow to target key Ukrainian-controlled cities.

Fighting for control of Pokrovsk in Ukraine's east is raging on, but in pro-Russian social media circles, Moscow has already won: viral, AI-generated videos depict a Ukrainian army in retreat,

EADaily, November 24th, 2025. Two sabotage groups of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) engaged each other in a shooting battle near Kupyansk while trying to enter the territory of the city.

Russia’s war on Ukraine has yielded troves of battlefield data, but Kyiv has no efficient way to share it with NATO friends. The alliance aims to fix that in the new year.

The invasion of Ukraine has caused significant environmental damage, including the destruction of the Kakhovka Dam, which has led to flooding, pollution, and heavy metal contamination, as well as the release of methane from the Nord Stream gas line,

EADaily, November 24th, 2025. The general battle, which lasted almost several months in the area of Krasnoarmeysk (Pokrovsk) Donetsk People's Republic, won by the Russian side.

A Ukrainian serviceman stands next to residential buildings heavily damaged by permanent Russian military strikes in the front line town of Avdiivka, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Donetsk region, Ukraine, Nov. 8, 2023. automation Ukrainian forces are ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin got confused with the names of settlements and claimed that in the Donetsk region, "a battle for Komsomolsk is taking place" while speaking with journalists. Putin once again claimed that Pokrovsk and Myrnohrad are surrounded.