Poisoning with ‘heavy metals’ puts wife of Ukraine intelligence chief in hospital; thinktank says storm forced Russian warships into port.   12:35 Russian forces have taken control of a village in the east Ukrainian region of Donetsk,

The commander of Ukraine’s Navy said in a rare interview that the Russian naval blockade of Odesa had been broken. He also described how the war is transforming naval tactics.

In early November, drone video surfaced online, appearing to show a targeted strike blowing up three antennas on the roof of an apartment block. The Ukrainian drone commander who posted it claimed to have destroyed a Russian Pole-21 electronic warfare system on the eastern front near Donetsk.