- Ukraine's military said its artillery hit a Russian ammunition depot near a key bridge in the south and added it now had the ability to hit almost all of Moscow's supply lines in the occupied region.
- Ukraine's security agencies issued a joint statement calling for the United Nations and the International Committee of the Red Cross to send representatives to countries where Russia is holding prisoners of war. Friday's request follows earlier claims by Kiev that Moscow forces have tortured and executed prisoners, including staging an explosion at a Ukrainian prison camp in Olenivka.
- Volodymyr Zelensky tweeted that he spoke with Pope Francis on Friday. "Informed about the attack that the Russian Federation is carrying out against Ukraine, about the terrible crimes of Russia," the president wrote on Twitter.
- Jose Andres, whose World Central Kitchen group has served more than 130 million meals in Ukraine since Russia invaded in February, called for better coordination of food aid ahead of what is expected to be a brutal winter.
