Russia has responded to a powerful speech by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at the G20 summit with a new missile attack, Head of the President’s Office Andriy Yermak wrote on Twitter on Nov. 15.

About 414 cases of war crimes have been registered by Ukrainian police in the liberated part of  Kherson Oblast, the head of Ukraine's national police, Ihor Klymenko, said on national television on Nov. 15.

The Ukrainian electricity grid started emergency power outages throughout Ukraine in the aftermath of a mass Russian missile strike on Nov. 15, the mayor of Kyiv, Vitaliy Klitschko reported on Telegram.

Ukraine may again completely cut off the water supply to Russian-occupied Crimea, Kherson Oblast Council member Sergey Khlan said during a briefing on Nov. 15.

The Russian occupation administration has left Nova Kakhovka, a key river port city on the eastern bank of the Dnipro River next to the huge Kakhovka dam, and the second-largest city in Kherson Oblast, the Kremlin’s TASS agency reported on Telegram on Nov. 15.

Germany has decided to create a maintenance center in Slovakia to repair military equipment transferred to Ukraine to fight Russian invasion forces, German Defense Minister Christine Lambrecht announced on Nov. 15, reports Reuters.

Three missiles hit residential buildings in the Pechersk district of the Ukrainian capital city of Kyiv in the afternoon on Nov. 15, Kyiv Mayor Vitaliy Klitschko reported on the Telegram messenger.

Ukraine “doesn't want to compromise with Moscow” and is continuing to try to achieve its aims on the battlefield, despite its losses, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitriy Peskov said on Nov. 15.

The resolution adopted by the UN General Assembly on the payment of reparations by Russia for the damage it has caused to Ukraine will allow the compensation mechanism to start working, Ukraine’s Ministry of Justice has said.

Invading Russian forces have retreated 15-20 kilometers from the left bank of the Dnipro River in Kherson Oblast to protect themselves from Ukrainian shelling, a Ukrainian military spokeswoman has said.

The abbot of the monastery of Kyiv Pechersk Lavra, Metropolitan Pavlo, admitted on Nov. 15 that a congregation had sung a song about Russia at a church service at the Lavra, but claimed it was not a liturgical song.

Ukrainian Defence Intelligence has implemented another joint project with the Come Back Alive foundation that cost UAH 40 million (about $1.1 million), the Defence Intelligence Department of Ukraine’s Defense Ministry (GUR) said in a post on its website on Nov. 15.

It is not obvious that there will be a pause in the fighting in Ukraine during the winter, UK Ambassador to Ukraine Melinda Simmons wrote on Twitter on Nov. 15.

Against the backdrop of Russia’s military defeats, the annual large-scale press conference of Russian dictator Vladimir Putin this year may not take place, Russian outlet RBC reported on Nov. 14, citing its sources.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov was reportedly taken to hospital after falling ill on his arrival for the Group of 20 summit in Bali, Indonesia, the Associated Press (AP) news agency reported on Nov. 14.

Ukraine is the victim of an unprovoked and unjustified war launched by Vladimir Putin’s Russia more than eight years ago. The latest stage in this war is the ongoing full-scale invasion that began on February 24, 2022. US President Joe Biden has said the United States will support Ukraine “for as long as it takes.”

Chinese Prime Minister Li Keqiang has said that the nuclear threats made by the Russian Federation are irresponsible, Reuters reported on Nov. 14, citing a senior U.S. official.

Wars have a habit of producing folk heroes, and Ukraine now has a gallery of them – soldiers, politicians, pickle jar-armed grandmothers. One who stands out is Vitaliy Kim, the media-savvy governor of the frontline and formerly besieged Mykolaiv Oblast.

Retreating in Kherson Oblast, Russian troops left explosives in hospitals, schools, and private apartments, the head of the Joint Coordination Press Center of the Ukrainian military’s southern command, Natalia Humeniuk, said on Ukrainian national television on Nov. 13.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy visited the liberated city of Kherson in an unannounced visit on No. 14, just days after it was liberated from nine months of occupation by invading Russian forces.