A Ukrainian commander says the Russian army has overrun three settlements in Ukraine's southern Zaporizhzhia region

Ukraine is being shaken by one of the biggest wartime corruption scandals since Russia's invasion three years ago, after investigators raided the homes of top officials and a former business partner of President Volodymyr Zelenskyy as part of an investigation into an alleged sprawling corruption scheme in the country's energy sector.

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andriy Sybiha said at the start of a meeting on Ukraine and defense cooperation that Kyiv needs to overcome what will be a “very difficult, very tough winter.”