Introducing the main events of the 1,371st day of Russia’s war against Ukraine.
Published November 26, 2025
Here’s what happened on Wednesday, November 26th.
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Seven people were killed and 21 injured in a Russian attack on Ukraine’s capital Kiev, the state emergency service announced in a Facebook post on Tuesday. Emergency services also rescued at least 18 people from the rubble, officials said. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said missile and drone attacks on Kiev and surrounding areas had caused “severe damage to residential buildings and civilian infrastructure.” Russia’s Ministry of Defense claimed that the Russian military had launched a “large-scale attack” targeting military facilities in Ukraine, including “defense industrial facilities, energy facilities and drone storage sites,” according to Russia’s state-run TASS news agency. At least nine people were injured in a Ukrainian drone attack on Russia’s Krasnodar region, TASS reported, citing the regional task force. The Ukrainian attack left about 40,000 people without power in the Russian-occupied region of Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhya region, Yevgeny Balitsky, the Moscow-based official in the region, said in a Telegram post. According to Deep State, a Ukrainian battlefield analysis site, Russian forces have advanced near the city of Siversk and the villages of Novoselifka, Zatyshya, Novokonomichne and Milolyubivka in the eastern part of the country. The Russian military shot down four long-range missiles and 419 unmanned aerial vehicles launched by the Ukrainian military within 24 hours, Tass news agency reported, citing the Russian Ministry of Defense.
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US President Donald Trump said “significant progress” had been made in peace negotiations and that “only a few differences remain.” In a post on his Truth Social platform, Trump added that he had directed his special envoy, Steve Witkoff, to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow, as well as Army Secretary Dan Driscoll to meet with Ukrainian officials “in hopes of finalizing a peace plan.” President Trump late Tuesday rescinded an earlier Thursday deadline for Ukraine to agree to a U.S.-backed peace plan, saying, “When that’s done, that’s my deadline.” President Zelensky’s chief of staff, Andriy Yermak, later spoke to Driscoll by phone and said he planned to come to Kiev this week, adding: “We are ready to continue work as soon as possible to finalize the necessary measures to end the bloodshed.” In his evening speech, President Zelenskiy looked forward to “continuing active cooperation with the American side and President Trump,” and pointed out that “Russia depends on the United States for many things because it is the power of the United States that it values most.” The latest information on peace talks came as representatives from the United States, Ukraine and European countries met in Geneva to continue talks to end the war. Britain, France and Germany issued a joint statement after the talks, saying they had made “significant progress” and agreed that their militaries would begin “security planning”. However, the two leaders also reiterated that any solution to the war should preserve Ukraine’s sovereignty and long-term security. The two leaders also confirmed that long-term loans will be made available to Ukraine, including the use of frozen Russian assets for reconstruction funds. Deputy President of Ukraine Ihor Zhovkva met with European Commissioner Gerd-Jan Koopman and discussed progress towards membership in the European Union. The proposed peace plan reportedly leaves the door open for Ukraine to join the EU, but not NATO.
