A critical infrastructure facility in Odesa Oblast was damaged in a missile strike on the morning of Oct. 17, Odesa Oblast Governor Maksym Marchenko said on Telegram.

Your slice of the top headlines in Ukraine. Daily. Monday, October 17th, 2022.

If the bounty on the head of wanted Russian operative Igor Girkin, who is believed to have joined the front lines in Russia’s full-scale war against Ukraine, is claimed, that money would still need to be declared to the anti-corruption authorities, the National Agency on Corruption Prevention (NAZK) said on Telegram on Oct. 16.

The Russian military has started to redeploy its mothballed MiG-29 multi-role fighter jets from storage, Ukrainian military aviation news portal MilitaryAviationInUa tweeted on Oct. 16, referencing a series of satellite images taken of a Russian air base in Millerovo, Rostov Oblast, the day before.

Six more bodies of Ukrainian civilians killed by the Russian army have been found in the liberated city of Lyman in Donetsk Oblast, regional governor Pavlo Kyrylenko reported on Telegram on Oct. 15.

Russia’s National Guard has strengthened security at military registration and enlistment offices in Moscow and several other cities “in connection with the increasing number of arson attacks,” Russian media outlet RBC reported on Telegram on Oct. 15

An energy infrastructure facility in Kyiv Oblast has been significantly damaged by a Russian missile strike, the press service of Ukrainian national power company Ukrenergo reported on Oct. 15.

Saudi Arabia will provide Ukraine with humanitarian aid worth $400 million, the Saudi state news agency SPA reported on Oct. 15.

Corruption and poor logistics remain the main reasons for the failures of Russian troops in the war against Ukraine, the UK Ministry of Defense said in its Twitter update on Oct. 15. 

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has responded to a petition for calling for the introduction of a visa regime with Belarus, reads a message posted on his official site on Oct. 13.

A new mobile app called ePPO give Ukrainians a quick and easy method of informing air defense forces about enemy targets in the skies above them.

The European Union, the United States and NATO will give a strong military response to Russia if it uses nuclear weapons against Ukraine, EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said at the opening of the European Diplomatic Academy in Bruges on Oct. 13.

The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) has adopted a resolution supporting Ukraine and recognizing the Russian regime as terrorist.

France would not respond with nuclear weapons if Russia attacked Ukraine with a tactical nuke, French President Emmanuel Macron said in an interview aired on French television.

A Russian missile hit a river ferry station during a massive attack on Mykolaiv overnight on Oct. 13, killing a man, Governor of Mykolaiv Oblast Vitalii Kim has reported on his Telegram messenger channel.

Ukraine has received $1.3 billion in additional emergency financing under the Rapid Financing Instrument (RFI) facility provided by the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said in a Telegram messenger post on Oct. 13.

U.S. company Maxar has published new photos of the damaged Crimea bridge over the Kerch Strait, which was hit by a huge explosion and fire on Oct. 8.

Kyiv Oblast was attacked by kamikaze drones early in the morning of Oct. 13, causing damage to infrastructure in Bucha district close to the Ukrainian capital Kyiv, regional police chief Andrii Nebytov wrote on Telegram.

Ukrainian forces continue their successful offensive in the southern part of the country, UK military intelligence said in its Twitter update on Oct. 13.

Ukrainian missile units and fighter aircraft destroyed five Ka-52 attack helicopters, 17 Shahed-136 kamikaze drones and two Zala Lancet drones on Oct 12, Air Force Command has reported on Telegram messenger.