Russia is building Starlink no foreign company can switch off. Ukraine names 49 firms behind it, and 23 face no sanctions from Kyiv’s allies at all
One of them is Roscosmos, which puts the satellites in orbit.
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Russia abducts Ukrainian children, and the Netherlands now funds UN search for them as part of new €1.2 billion aid package
Dutch companies get a way into rebuilding Ukraine: €136 million for partnerships and more export insurance in a new aid package.
Russia may not give Oleshky evacuees a free choice to return to Ukraine, ISW warns, after Putin called the town a “Russian settlement”
Those who choose Ukraine will likely have to travel through Russia first, with no public guarantees that they will be let go.
Ukraine wants its Abu Dhabi talks with Russia before a proposed Trump-Putin-Xi summit
Tusk pointed to a first Abu Dhabi round after 4 November. Kyiv says the meeting now depends on Washington.
Licensed, not banned: what China’s new rules mean for the parts inside Russia’s Shahed-type drones
Ukraine’s sanctions commissioner says Geran engines are on Beijing’s updated list and sees an opening for Kyiv.
A Russian cruise missile that doesn’t match its name fell almost intact in Odesa Oblast
A box-shaped body, a V-tail, composite skin: Ukrainian specialists can now study Russia’s new design up close.
A warehouse by day, homes by night: Russian jet drones keep hitting Kharkiv
Five people were hurt, a 4-year-old among them, and the next day a Russian drone hit the same district again, killing one person and injuring two.
Ukrainian monitors report fire near Russian plant that sold steel to an S-400 missile builder
Lipetsk’s governor denies any large industrial fire, saying drone debris set a tree belt alight.
Two weeks before Starlink’s speed cap hit Ukraine’s drones, a Ukrainian test satellite went up on a SpaceX rocket
The companies say it will serve Ukraine's strategic security. Public launch records list one Ukrainian satellite from that launch, and it has a different name, though dozens of the launch's payloads are still unidentified.
“Above all, we do not have enough missiles for Patriots”—Zelenskyy after 100+ ballistic missiles
Zelenskyy says delays in US-approved air defense supplies help Russia’s strikes and weaken Ukraine’s hand in diplomacy.
Russia replaces Ukrainians with Russian settlers in occupied Kherson Oblast; only 10–20% of pre-war population remains, Ukraine says
Russia is forcing Ukrainians from their homes while offering Russian teachers and medical workers financial incentives to settle in occupied Kherson Oblast, Ukraine’s military intelligence says.
Finland and Norway leaders make rare direct call to Putin, breaking with the West’s diplomatic isolation of the Russian leader to influence Ukraine peace talks
The Nordic leaders called for de-escalation ahead of November peace talks, with Zelenskyy saying they pressed Putin over attacks on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure. The Kremlin reiterated that any settlement must account for Russia’s demands.
Oleshky ceasefire expands beyond occupied town as truce holds without reported violations
The expanded ceasefire zone aims to secure humanitarian convoys to Russian-occupied Oleshky, where residents face shortages of food and medicine.
Ukraine intercepts nearly 60% of Russia’s Geran-4 jet drones, General Staff says, as Kyiv races to counter evolving threat
Ukraine’s interception rate reaches 80% during some attacks, as F-16s, Mirage jets, mobile fire groups, and interceptor drones help counter Russia’s jet-powered attacks.
Germany’s Helsing promises jet-drone-hunting missiles at under $100,000 a shot—its CEO doesn’t expect them on the market before 2027
One contract is signed. Ukraine’s own jet-drone interceptors, meanwhile, aren’t due in needed numbers before late November.
Ukraine says it has finished its part of FREYJA, Europe’s joint anti-ballistic project. Partners’ work is still underway
Zelenskyy told ABC News on 23 October that Ukraine got only 24 US Patriot interceptors from the US in three months.
Russia strikes publishing house warehouse in Kharkiv on Ukrainian Language Day, adding to a campaign against Ukrainian literature and culture
The publisher is assessing losses after the attack disrupted its planned 5 November releases, as repeated Russian strikes destroy books and damage Ukraine’s publishing industry.
Postal service Nova Post says it has already shot down Russian Shahed drones, as Ukrainian businesses take air defense into their own hands
The company says its air defense project is operational as Russia increasingly targets Ukrainian infrastructure, while other businesses weigh the costs and benefits of protecting their facilities themselves.
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.
Ukrainian intelligence says Russia’s missile makers use gear from seven countries—and the Chinese machines run on European, Japanese, and Taiwanese parts
Ukrainian intelligence listed 30 foreign-made items at Russian arms plants on 26 October, 17 of them made outside China.