Germany's Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul believes that Ukraine may be forced to make "painful concessions" in the effort to end Russia's war of aggression – a process that could ultimately conclude with a referendum.

The European Central Bank (ECB) has refused to support the payment of €140 billion to Ukraine using Russian assets frozen in the Belgian depository Euroclear as collateral.

European governments are accusing Belgium of making excessive demands for guarantees in the event that the Kremlin files a lawsuit over the use of €140 billion in frozen Russian assets held in Brussels to provide a loan to Ukraine.

The Trump administration is preparing to deport a significant number of Ukrainians with final removal orders to their war-torn homeland.

Ukraine's Foreign Ministry has hit back at recent comments by Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, calling them "lectures about corruption" from a politician mired in corruption scandals.

In an interview with Bloomberg Television late Wednesday evening in Kyiv, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy called on the European Union to overcome differences regarding the use of frozen Russian assets.

G7 foreign ministers have announced that they are considering new measures to pressure countries helping Russia finance its military.

Hungarian Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó believes that the European Union should stop "sending European citizens' money to Ukraine" following the latest corruption scandal.

Nine European countries, including Ukraine, have joined a decision to extend EU sanctions against the leaders of Transnistria, a Russian-backed breakaway region internationally recognised as part of Moldova.

Germany is providing Ukraine with an additional €40 million in winter aid in response to ongoing Russian attacks on the country's infrastructure.

The German government intends to raise its support for Ukraine's defence against Russian aggression to more than €11.5 billion next year.

Self-proclaimed Belarusian president Alexander Lukashenko said at a government meeting on Monday 10 November that official talks between Minsk and a US delegation will take place shortly.

German investigators have reportedly established that a group of Ukrainians who allegedly blew up the Nord Stream gas pipelines in the Baltic Sea acted under the direction of Valerii Zaluzhnyi, then commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk has said that Poland's geopolitical future looks optimistic, but it depends on the outcome of the war in Ukraine. In particular, if Ukraine loses, the situation in Poland will change dramatically for the worse.

Three drones were seen over Belgium's Doel Nuclear Power Plant on the evening of 9 November, shortly after drone activity had also disrupted operations at Liège airport. Air traffic resumed around 20:25.