The Finnish military arrives at the border checkpoint 'Vartius' between Finland and Russia, one of the four remaining operational points. The Finnish authorities closed the other four checkpoints earlier this week due to an influx of migrants.

In the past 24 hours alone, Ukrainian forces have reportedly eliminated nearly 1,200 Russian soldiers, according to the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

Bogdan Ermokhin, who was forcibly deported to Russia and adopted in 2022, found himself at risk of conscription into the Russian army just after his 18th birthday. Today, he has successfully returned to Ukraine.

Kirill Logvinov, Russia's top diplomat to the EU, has continued wining and dining Brussels diplomats despite being identified as a Russian intelligence officer. Logvinov regularly hosts lavish dinners where he spreads anti-Ukrainian propaganda, even as Brussels looks the other way.

Not only is it legally sound, it will discourage authoritarian countries from launching wars. And if countries act in unison, this step will not destabilize Western economies, a new report says.

The debate is still set to happen at a summit in mid-December, but the approval of the European Commission sends a powerful signal to Ukraine, which was in 2014 invaded by Russia for choosing the path towards the EU.

First, Russia kidnapped Bogdan Ermokhin from occupied Mariupol, then it forcefully adopted him. In two weeks, it will likely send him to the Army as Russia scrambles to assemble manpower to keep invading Ukraine.

The Russians have converted Sedove in Donetsk Oblast into an ammunition depot and a parking area for military vehicles.

In the Planet Labs images from 5 November, the damage at the Kerch shipyard is visible, as well as a Russian military vessel that appears to be damaged.

As a result of the strikes, two people were killed, six were wounded, and one school was destroyed, the regional authorities reported.

Media reports, citing sources and social media, suggest that Ukrainian soldiers in the frontline village in Zaporizhzhia Oblast were assembled for an awards ceremony when a Russian Iskander ballistic missile hit them.

Russian soldiers say that the risk of fire alerting Ukrainian forces meant that they 'couldn't even boil a mug of tea.' They highlighted living and eating 'monotonous' food in pervasive mud.

The Russian electronic warfare system "Pole-21" was developed in 2016. According to Russian sources, its effective range is 60 km.

The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported 82 battles along the frontline within the past day.