Russian occupiers continue to attack Ukraine using attack drones and jet-powered UAVs. Air raid alerts have been issued in several regions due to the threat of strikes.
In 2026, Ukraine’s positions on the front line remain the strongest they have been in a long time during the full-scale war. However, delays in deliveries of air defence assets, particularly interceptor missiles, are preventing the country from securing a stronger diplomatic position.
Citizens of African countries who fought on Russia’s side and were captured by Ukrainian forces have appealed to participants in the Russia–Africa summit, scheduled for 28–29 October in Moscow. They called for help in returning to their home countries.
Former Party of Regions MP Dmytro Sviatash, who was sentenced in absentia in Ukraine to 12 years in prison for calling for changes to the country’s territorial boundaries, has been detained in Sweden.
Italy is delaying the dispatch of its 13th military aid package to Ukraine, with Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni waiting for the US midterm elections on 3 November.
Ukraine has not yet confirmed that trilateral talks with the United States and Russia will take place in Abu Dhabi on 4 November, as announced by Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk. The final date of the meeting has not yet been agreed.
Israel is studying Ukraine’s experience in using drones and countering them, and is investing heavily in developing new drone defence technologies. Particular attention is being paid to countering the threat from Iran.
Soldiers from the 1st Mechanised Battalion of the 53rd Separate Mechanised Brigade conducted a clearance operation in the village of Mala Dibrova as part of the 3rd Army Corps’ offensive Operation "Vivaldi".
Operators from the 40th Separate Artillery Brigade, named after Grand Duke Vytautas, struck four Russian occupation facilities on one of the frontline axes.
Russian dictator’s aide Yuri Ushakov said Finnish President Alexander Stubb and Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre had told Putin during telephone conversations that Zelenskyy was interested in direct talks. In response, Putin invited the Ukrainian leader to Moscow.
A new round of talks between Ukraine, the United States and Russia is tentatively scheduled for 4 November in Abu Dhabi. European leaders are cautious about the meeting’s prospects, as Moscow has not changed its position, according to Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk.
Media representatives, news channel administrators, and social media users in Kyiv have been urged to refrain from publishing photographs and videos of damage to the capital’s bridges, particularly the Pivdennyi Bridge.
US First Lady Melania Trump said the ceasefire between Ukraine and Russia in Oleshky took effect on 27 October, two days ahead of schedule, and its geographical scope had been expanded beyond the city in Kherson region.
On the Kupiansk axis, the National Guard of Ukraine’s 2nd Khartiia Corps is conducting Operation "Veles", during which more than 100 Russian occupiers have already been killed and over 30 captured.
MP Yaroslav Zhelezniak (Holos) said bill No. 10242, which provides for up to eight years in prison for using data from state registers during martial law, had been removed from the Verkhovna Rada’s agenda for this week. According to him, the decision followed negotiations with Andrii...
Ukraine’s air defences are gradually becoming more effective against Russian jet-powered attack drones. An analysis of the past three months shows that the average destruction rate for Geran-4 drones is nearly 60%, reaching 80% during individual attacks. F-16, Mirage and MiG-29 fighter jets play...
Ukrainian Air Force pilots flying MiG-29 fighters carried out two airstrikes on a building where Russian occupation troops were gathering on one of the frontline axes.