Ukraine

Democrats, meanwhile, won Congress overnight, though analysts say Ukraine is not among their top three priorities.

Russia fires 59 cruise missiles at Ukraine’s grid and bombs a Kharkiv hospital hours before Americans vote.

Russia struck a school in Komyshuvakha, Zaporizhzhia Oblast, where civilians had been receiving aid, killing 26 people.

Ukraine has also unveiled Zakon, a national typeface meant to write Russian type out of state documents.

Ukraine’s Navy says Neptune missiles destroyed two Su-34 bombers, Kyiv says Russia’s October losses already set a monthly record, and the Oleshky humanitarian mission moved forward after demining, while ISW warned Moscow may use the truce to rebuild its forces.

Ukraine pushes Operation Vivaldi across the Zherebets River.

Russian missiles hit a Kyiv university campus and the Southern Bridge in two overnight waves and the ceasefire around occupied Oleshky began earlier than planned.

In Brussels, security talks on Ukraine are planned for 27 or 28 October.

Ukrainian Storm Shadows reportedly hit Russia’s only maker of glide bomb guidance batteries and drones struck a titanium plant in the Urals 1,500 km away, while the Pope’s envoy became the first foreign representative to reach Ukrainian POWs in Russia since 2022, Ukraine’s ombudsman says.

Ukraine freed 270 captives, including American teacher Stephen Hubbard, as a drone sank a cargo ship off Romania and killed a Ukrainian sailor and Ukrainian Storm Shadows reportedly hit an Oryol plant that makes Iskander components.

On the ground, Ukrainian forces went more than 15 kilometers underground to capture over 30 Russian soldiers.

Ukraine has built its own jet-powered Shahed-hunting interceptor, Bars, which Zelensky says hits about 30% of Russian jet drones.

The US restored ballistic missile warnings after a week of silence and Rubio says Starlink is fixed while Kyiv says it still cuts out above 161 km/h, as Ukraine hit a Druzhba diesel tank and Moscow lifted its fuel export ban after US sanctions relief.

Ukraine’s front-line arms store now supplies 1 in 5 state-bought drones, and a hexacopter flies out a wounded soldier.

In Lithuania, officials foiled a night arson attack on a Starlink site serving Ukraine, the third such target after Poland and Bulgaria. The G7 pledged €260 million to repair the Chornobyl shield Russia pierced in 2025.

Reports that the White House limited Ukraine’s Starlink service after pressure from Musk drew questions from Berlin, while Belgium promised 10 F-16s by year-end and Russian drones left 370,000 without power in Volyn Oblast.