Russian-Ukrainian war

A unit for special missions: How Ukraine’s Air Assault Forces destroy Russian command posts in the south — NV exclusive

The 7th Air Assault Corps recently took responsibility for a new stretch of the southern front and immediately began targeting Russian supply lines and high-value targets at distances Russian forces considered safe just months ago. The newly formed 237th Separate Unmanned Systems Battalion is helping the corps carry out these strikes. NV journalist Serhii Okunev accompanied the troops on a covert nighttime mission during which they struck several important Russian targets.

26 October, 05:21 PM

Zelenskyy rules out limits on Ukraine’s army and neutral status in peace deal

Ukraine will not accept limits on the size of its military or neutral status as part of a peace agreement, and Russia cannot dictate its security guarantees, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in an interview with TSN published on the evening of Oct. 25.

26 October, 12:06 PM

Zelenskyy says he did not believe Russia would launch full-scale invasion

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy did not believe Russia would launch a full-scale invasion of Ukraine and argued that Kyiv’s partners should have taken preventive measures to bring Russian dictator Vladimir Putin to the negotiating table and avert the war, he said on the Diary of a CEO podcast.

22 October, 04:07 PM

Khartiia launches underground counteroffensive, advances over 15 km near Kupyansk

Ukrainian defense forces under the command of the National Guard’s 2nd Khartiia Corps carried out what the corps described as the world’s first underground counteroffensive, advancing more than 15 kilometers in Kharkiv Oblast during Operation Veles, the corps reported on Oct. 22.

22 October, 12:18 PM

Zelenskyy seeks U.S. missiles if Ukraine is asked to halt strikes on Russian energy

Ukraine is ready for a mutual energy ceasefire, but the United States must provide Kyiv with interceptor missiles to protect its energy infrastructure if Ukraine is to refrain from retaliatory strikes against Russian energy facilities, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in an interview with the Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera, an excerpt of which was published on his Telegram channel.

20 October, 02:11 PM

Russian attack forces Kyiv hospital diagnostic center to suspend operations

A Russian attack on Kyiv on Oct. 19 damaged the Consultative and Diagnostic Center at Kyiv City Clinical Hospital No. 6 in the Solomianskyi district, forcing it to suspend operations, the Kyiv City Health Department reported.

19 October, 04:49 PM

Russia has attacked Ukraine's energy infrastructure every day since July 16, causing massive damage — Koretskyi

Russia has launched more than 2,000 strikes on Ukraine's energy infrastructure since July 16, but preparations and a resilience plan are helping the country withstand the attacks, Prime Minister Serhiy Koretskyi told BBC News Ukraine on Oct. 19.

19 October, 04:39 PM

Peskov rules out a final resolution of the war without Ukraine’s participation

A final resolution of the Russo-Ukrainian war would be impossible without Ukraine’s participation, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov told Russian propaganda media on Oct. 19.

19 October, 04:22 PM

Trump dislikes seeing Russian missiles hit Kyiv apartments, Rubio says

U.S. President Donald Trump does not like seeing Russian ballistic missiles strike apartment buildings in Kyiv and kill civilians, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said in an interview with the conservative, far-right outlet Breitbart News Network, explaining why Washington remains willing to mediate peace talks between Ukraine and Russia.

19 October, 04:10 PM

Ukraine warns Putin-Trump-Xi summit would encourage Moscow to keep fighting

A three-way meeting among the leaders of Ukraine, the United States and Russia could help end the war sooner, while a Russia-China-U.S. summit would only encourage Russian President Vladimir Putin to continue it, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha said on Oct. 19.

19 October, 03:14 PM

Rubio cannot confirm whether Ukraine missed U.S. warning before Kyiv strike

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio could not confirm that Ukraine had received no advance warning of Russia’s ballistic missile attack on Kyiv through intelligence sharing with the United States, he told Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty correspondent Alex Raufoglu.

19 October, 11:09 AM

Russia strikes Kyiv Oblast with missiles and drones; three missing in Irpin

Russian forces launched a large-scale combined attack on Kyiv Oblast with ballistic and cruise missiles and attack drones overnight, Kyiv Oblast State Administration head Tymur Tkachenko said on Oct. 19.

19 October, 10:57 AM

Moldova ready to take in more Ukrainian refugees this winter — Sandu

Moldova is prepared to take in more Ukrainian refugees if Ukraine faces a difficult humanitarian situation during the winter of 2026–2027 amid large-scale Russian strikes, Moldovan President Maia Sandu said at the Moldova Security Forum in Chisinau, NewsMaker reported on Oct. 8.

8 October, 06:00 PM

Peskov: Kremlin not considering an end to Russia’s war against Ukraine

The Kremlin is not considering ending Russia’s war against Ukraine, Russian President Vladimir Putin’s spokesperson, Dmitry Peskov, said on Oct. 8, according to Russian propaganda media.

8 October, 04:39 PM

Zelenskyy rejects Rubio’s ‘strategic stalemate’ view, urges sanctions on Russia

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy responded to U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s remarks that the war in Ukraine had reached a strategic stalemate, with little prospect of ending it through negotiations.

8 October, 04:17 PM

Russia hits 18 locations across Ukraine despite air defenses neutralizing 161 targets

Russian forces launched dozens of missiles and 130 attack drones at Ukraine overnight on Oct. 7, including Shahed, Gerbera and Parodiya drones, 46 of them jet-powered, Ukraine’s Air Force reported.

7 October, 11:09 AM

Russia prepares large-scale attack as Putin seeks to break Ukrainians

Russia is preparing a large-scale attack as President Vladimir Putin still believes depriving Ukrainians of electricity and heat can break them, former Center for Countering Disinformation head Andrii Kovalenko said on Oct. 6.

6 October, 11:56 AM

Zelenskyy announces Ukrainian satellite system modeled on Starlink

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said work had begun on developing a Ukrainian satellite system, RBC-Ukraine reported on Oct. 4, citing his remarks to journalists.

5 October, 05:54 PM

Russia steps up strikes on Kyiv bridges, raising risk of prolonged closures

Russia has stepped up strikes on bridges across the Dnipro River in Kyiv in recent days, targeting crossings that connect the capital’s left and right banks. If the attacks continue and the bridges have to be closed for extended periods, the city could face serious transportation and logistics problems, The New York Times reported on Oct. 3.

4 October, 04:32 PM

Russia’s richest pay $5.6 billion into state budget in wartime contributions

Russia’s wealthiest people paid 471 billion rubles, or more than $5.6 billion, into the state budget in 2026 in so-called wartime “voluntary contributions,” Bloomberg reported on Oct. 2, citing Russia’s budget.

4 October, 02:47 PM

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