President Volodymyr Zelenskyy addressed the Ukrainian people.

The United States has threatened to suspend intelligence sharing and weapons deliveries to Ukraine unless Kyiv agrees to the framework of a peace deal to settle the war.

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, French President Emmanuel Macron and UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer held a phone call with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

On the evening of November 18, Russian aircraft struck Zaporizhzhia, dropping an aerial bomb, presumably a FAB from a UMPC, on the city. The attack took place at 10:10 p.m. and hit the city market area.

In Ternopil, emergency search and rescue operations have been ongoing for three days at the site of an enemy strike on a residential building, and the death toll is rising.

New advances by the occupiers are being recorded in Pokrovsk, Stepnohirsk, and near Volodymyrivka.

A group of European leaders is working on an alternative version of the plan to end the Russian-Ukrainian war, with conditions that, in their view, will be much fairer to Ukraine than the document developed by Donald Trump's administration.

White House spokeswoman Caroline Levitt said that the new "peace plan" proposed by the US administration regarding Russia and Ukraine "reflects the complex situation" and provides favourable conditions for both sides.

According to Volodymyr Zelenskyy, the issue of corruption in the Ukrainian president's circle is being artificially "hyped up" by Russians and Americans. Zelenskyy made this statement during a meeting with members of parliament from the Servant of the People faction.

Ukrainian military destroyed a platoon of Russian assault troops travelling in passenger cars in the Oleksandrivskyi direction. The operation was successful thanks to the clear and coordinated interaction of several units of the Defence Forces.