Appointment of Trump's special envoy for Ukraine war and Defense Ministry's mortal shell scandal: November 27 highlights

Trump has appointed a special envoy for the war in Ukraine

President-elect Donald Trump has appointed retired general Keith Kellogg as a special envoy on the war in Ukraine.

According to Reuters, Kellogg presented Trump with a plan to end the Russo-Ukrainian war. In June, the agency wrote that its plan involves freezing hostilities on the current front line and forcing negotiations to begin.

Not only 120 mm, but also 82 mm mortar shells are recalled from the front

The Command of the Logistics Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine is also withdrawing 82 mm caliber mortar shells from the front due to their unsatisfactory performance, according to the order published by a TSN correspondent.

In addition, the internal audit of the Ministry of Defense established that there is a risk of non-delivery of ammunition worth 45 billion hryvnias ($1.1 billion).

Meanwhile, Fedir Venislavskyi, a member of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on National Security, Defense and Intelligence, said that the shortage of mortar shells discovered in the Ukrainian army is not critical.

In Zakarpattia Oblast, a member of the Opposition Platform is forcing entrepreneurs to sell land for a resort

Opposition Platform councillor Vladyslav Kaskiv is trying to "take away" land plots from local entrepreneurs in the village of Pylypets in Zakarpattia Oblast for the construction of a ski resort. In particular, he pressured the owner of the Berloha hotel, Ivan Borychko, according to hromadske's investigation.

At the beginning of October, the leader of the Servant of the People faction, David Arakhamia, came to this village accompanied by Kaskiv. He said that he was involved in attracting investments, and he looked together with Kaskiv at the Borzhava ski resort project, which was discussed in the President's Office back in 2020.

Journalists calculated approximately how many soldiers Ukraine were lost in the full-scale war with the Russian Federation

During the full-scale invasion, Ukraine lost 60,000 to 100,000 soldiers killed. Probably up to 400,000 soldiers were injured, the Economist writes.

The number of losses of the Russian army is not mentioned, but it is believed that they significantly exceed the total number of Russian deaths in all wars that Moscow fought after 1945.

Laws on the 2025 state budget and tax increases will enter into force on December 1

In the coming days, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy will sign bills on the state budget for 2025 and changes to the tax code into law. They will enter into force on December 1.

At the same time, the financial committee of the Verkhovna Rada, within the framework of the second law, supported the cancellation of the introduction of taxation for sole proprietors "retroactively".

The ex-head of the Khmelnytskyi Prosecutor's Office still works as a prosecutor after the scandal with medical commissions

The former head of the Khmelnytskyi Prosecutor's Office, Oleksiy Oliynyk, still works in law enforcement agencies. He was appointed prosecutor of the regional prosecutor's office. Earlier, journalists found out that he was among those prosecutors who received a disability group.

Tsarev's property worth almost 500 million hryvnias was confiscated

Former MP Oleg Tsarev received a verdict in another criminal proceeding - on the financing of armed aggression of the Russian Federation. He was sentenced to 8 years behind bars and the confiscation of all property worth 460.6 million hryvnias ($11.1 million).

Russian troops are accumulating forces on the Vremivka axis: they plan to wedge themselves into the defense of the Armed Forces of Ukraine

The Russian forces intensified the assault actions of small groups of infantry in the Vremivka sector. The military records 20 assaults per day. The Russian troops want to wedge themselves into the defense of the Ukrainain Armed Forces.

In addition, the Russians are accumulating forces near the Kinburn and Tendra spits in the south, strengthening the defenses there.

Other news

• Ukraine received $4.8 billion from the World Bank.
• Explosions were heard in the occupied Crimea, Russian air defenses were operating at the local airfields Belbek and Saky.
• President’s Office denied statements about the return of displaced persons to the occupied territories as such return movement is impossible.
• The mayor of Konotop said that the Sumy regional governor canceled the reservation for the workers of utility enterprises and gave an order to mobilize them.
• The European Parliament approved the new composition of the European Commission headed by Ursula von der Leyen.