Olga Ivshina, Anastasia Platonova & Yaroslava KirykhinaBBC News Russian
Head of Belgorod region press officeResidents of Russia’s Belgorod region say blackouts,…

Olga Ivshina, Anastasia Platonova & Yaroslava KirykhinaBBC News Russian
Head of Belgorod region press officeResidents of Russia’s Belgorod region say blackouts,…

Over the past 24 hours, 126 combat engagements were recorded between the Ukrainian Defense Forces and Russian troops, 50 of them on the Pokrovsk axis.
The General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces said this in an operational update as of 08:00 on Thursday, October 23,…

Seven people were injured in an overnight Russian drone attack on Kyiv.
Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko said this in a Telegram post seen by Ukrinform.
“Seven people were injured in the capital following last night’s enemy attack. Five have been hospitalized, and two…

In the Kharkiv region, a rescuer was killed and five of his colleagues were injured during a renewed Russian attack while performing a combat mission.
Ukraine’s State Emergency Service reported this on Telegram, according to Ukrinform.
“Overnight on October 23,…

Russia suffered approximately 1,134,170 casualties in Ukraine between February 24, 2022 and October 23, 2025, with 920 soldiers killed or wounded in the past 24 hours.
The General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces said this in a post on Facebook, Ukrinform…

Ukraine’s state security service has unveiled an upgraded sea drone that it says can now operate anywhere in the Black Sea, carry heavier weapons and use artificial intelligence (AI) for more precise targeting.
Ukraine has already used the…

The European Union has approved a 19th package of sanctions against Russia for its war against Ukraine that includes a ban on Russian liquefied natural gas imports.
The Danish rotating presidency of the EU announced this on Wednesday, Ukrinform reports, citing

New NATO member Sweden has said it is willing to sell Ukraine up to 150 of its most advanced fighter jets, the first offer from a member of the alliance to supply significant numbers of jets to Kyiv, which is…

To push Russia toward genuine peace talks on Ukraine, Vladimir Putin must be stripped of his belief in victory and shown that he is losing the war, with serious consequences for Russia.
Former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine (1998-2000) Steven Pifer said this in an…

ReutersUS President Donald Trump on Wednesday announced “tremendous” new sanctions against two of Russia’s largest oil companies, in a bid to pressure Moscow…