Europe’s future force for Ukraine from 11 countries will hold its first rehearsal in Poland—for a peace that doesn’t exist yet
2,800 troops will train about 100 km from the Ukrainian border.
Russia ends free bottled gas for 13 groups of Crimeans before winter. In one village, a gas cylinder costs up to four times the official price—a local resident
Prices have risen for every fuel Crimeans use to heat homes during power outages, Crimean media report.
Azov says it struck more than 100 Russian trains in occupied Donbas in four months, in part thanks to donations
The Ukrainian military struck large diesel locomotives using small UAVs.
It was the only transport serving a village where more than 1,600 people still live: Russian forces strike a social bus with a drone in Bilenke, killing a woman and injuring other passengers
At the time of the attack, the bus was carrying a driver and 23 passengers, most of them elderly, the head of the humanitarian organization said.
An armored capsule instead of an open platform: Ukraine develops an evacuation module for the Murakha UGV
The capsule is equipped with a camera featuring day and night channels and two-way audio communication to monitor the person’s condition.
Classrooms in Sumy Oblast are moving underground due to Russian shelling: 13 such schools are already operating, nine are under construction, and another 14 are at the design stage
Russian attacks have damaged 165 schools in Sumy Oblast since the start of the full-scale invasion.
Six lanes and metro line under fire: Kyiv prepares about $22 million for backup river crossings after Russian strike on Southern Bridge
The bridges are of critical importance. About 600,000 vehicles cross the Dnipro River in Kyiv every day.
Russian court jails IT company director for 13 years over crypto donations after Binance shared his data, rights group says
The man had lived in Bulgaria for about 10 years before flying to Moscow on business last year, where he was detained at the airport for allegedly using obscene language.
The Trump administration is backing Orbán, who blocked a €90 billion EU loan to Ukraine, for UN secretary-general and is counting on support from Moscow and Beijing, WSJ says
Orbán indicated that he was willing to consider the nomination but did not want to enter the race without being confident he could win, according to the WSJ’s editorial board.
17 public broadcasters mapped Russia’s hybrid war on Europe. Germany: four dots
One point on the map may stand for several incidents of the same type nearby or in quick succession.
45 seconds of voting in the Lviv Oblast Council sparked a new dispute with Poland: Warsaw says Kyiv promised the UPA year decision will not take effect
Poland is Ukraine’s main hub for Western aid, and every new fight over the two nations’ WWII past erodes the trust that role rests on.
Russia has kept the Red Cross away from Ukrainian POWs since 2024. Now about 1,500 captives it never confirmed as prisoners face prosecution
A captive soldier’s wife says that whenever families find a relative, Russia moves them to another prison and contact is lost again.
Russia kept sneaking troops through gas pipes behind Ukrainian lines. Now Ukraine has gone more than 15 km underground to do the same to Russia
More than 30 Russian soldiers were captured and Russian losses topped 100, the Khartiia Corps reported.
Fog blinds Ukrainian drones. Russia resumes mechanized assaults in the south after months-long pause, military officials say
Russian forces periodically assault Ukrainian positions in small groups using motorcycles and quad bikes, the Southern Forces Grouping reported.