As Ukrainian troops struggle to defend a key city in Ukraine's east, a widening energy corruption scandal in Kyiv implicates a close associate of President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and forces resignations in his cabinet.

Kyiv has defended the strikes against Russia’s oil facilities as a means to cripple Moscow’s ability to wage war by hurting its finances and the supply flow to its invading army.

Hello, this is Asami Terajima reporting from Kyiv on day 1,355 of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Today's top story: The Ukrainian military denied once again on Nov. 10 that Russian troops had managed to encircle the embattled city of Pokrovsk in eastern Donetsk Oblast,

A HUGE CORRUPTION scandal is turning into Ukraine’s biggest crisis since Russian tanks bore down on Kyiv in early 2022. President Volodymyr Zelensky is said by sources in government to have been “floored” by the scale of the charges made against members of his closest circle.

Ukraine’s General Staff claimed a strike on Rosneft PJSC’s refinery in Ryazan, one of the largest in Russia, while Moscow continued to target Ukraine’s energy system with missiles and drones ahead of winter.

Hello, this is Francis Farell reporting from Kyiv on day 1,356 of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Today's top story so far: Ukrainian forces struck an oil refinery in Russia's Saratov Oblast and several targets in Russian-occupied territory,