Five Ukrainian prisoners of war were executed earlier this month, Ukraine's Office of the Prosecutor General reported on Tuesday. The prosecutor's office said Russian troops stormed Ukrainian positions near the village of Petrivka, Pokrovsk district, in November, which led to five Ukrainian soldiers retreating to hide in a private residence.

Russian forces staged their largest ever drone attack on Ukraine overnight, cutting power to much of the western region of Ternopil and damaging residential buildings in Kyiv region, Ukraine's officials said on Tuesday.

Ukraine launched its first-ever strike on a Russian airbase using American ATACAMS ballistic missiles in the Kursk region overnight into of Nov. 25. The attack used cluster warheads to target the Kursk-East airfield,

Nov 26 (Reuters) - Russian forces have been advancing in Ukraine at the fastest pace since the early months of the war, are moving into the strategic town of Kurakhove and have been exploiting vulnerabilities of Kyiv troops, analysts said on Monday.

Russian forces are making inroads towards Velyka Novosilka in the Donetsk region, according to the Institute for the Study of War.

Russia is advancing at a rate not seen since the outbreak of the war as it continues to swallow up territory in the Donetsk region.