German Chancellor Olaf Scholz spoke Friday with Russian President Vladimir Putin, the Kremlin leader’s first publicly announced conversation with the sitting head of a major Western power in nearly two years.

President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said the German chancellor's phone call with Russia's leader on Friday opened a "Pandora's box" that undermined efforts to isolate Vladimir Putin and end the war in Ukraine with a "fair peace".

A research paper reportedly prepared for the Ukrainian Ministry of Defence claimed that the country would have the means to build an essential nuclear device.

Ukraine is seriously considering developing its own nuclear bomb if the United States reduces its support in the future. According to the British newspaper The Times, a memo has already been drafted at the Ministry of Defense suggesting that Ukraine could quickly embark on a project to build a plutonium-based bomb,

A Russian air attack struck a residential building and energy installations on Thursday evening in and near Ukraine's Black Sea port of Odesa, killing one person, injuring eight and knocking out a boiler plant used for heating,

Russian drones have once again attacked the city of Kyiv. Ukraine's air defence has downed up to 10 Russian drones over and around the capital on the night of 15-16 November,. Source: Kyiv City Military Administration Quote: "An air-raid warning in the capital was in effect for almost three hours.