Particle.news

Download on the App Store

Ukraine Reports 149 Battles as EU’s Kallas Visits Kyiv, Eyes Extra €100 Million in Winter Aid

EU engagement in Kyiv focuses on winter aid alongside longer-term defense planning.

Overview

  • Ukraine’s General Staff logged 149 combat engagements in the past day, with the fiercest fighting on the Pokrovsk and Oleksandrivka axes.
  • Commanders reported 91 Russian airstrikes with 215 guided bombs and 5,256 one-way attack drones, and claimed 1,140 Russian troops killed in the past 24 hours.
  • An SBU source said Ukrainian SBU and Special Operations drones struck the Feodosia oil terminal and high‑voltage substations in occupied Crimea, triggering large fires and power disruptions.
  • EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas, visiting Kyiv, said the bloc has mobilized €800 million for winter support and is working to add €100 million for generators, shelters and cold‑weather gear.
  • Kallas said Brussels will present a European defense roadmap this week, while inside Ukraine officials reported five civilians killed and 44 wounded in October in Sumy and the SBU detained a deserter accused of plotting a Russia‑directed bombing in central Zaporizhzhia.