President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said a Russian strike in Ukraine's Zhytomyr region on November 8, 2026 left 140 apartment buildings without heating as local temperatures hovered around freezing

An ongoing armed conflict between Russia and Ukraine that was sparked with Russia's annexation of Crimea in 2014 and escalated into a full-scale invasion in February 2022, resulting in widespread casualties, displacement and significant geopolitical consequences for Europe and the world.