Vladivostok

12:10 AM

Ukrainian drone strikes Russian oil refinery 1,500 km from border, Russian official claims.

A Ukrainian drone struck an oil refinery in the city of Ufa in Russia's Bashkortostan Republic, the head of the republic, Radiy Khabirov, said on Oct. 31.

10:35 PM

War update

Ukraine war latest: Russia confirms North Korea's involvement in war to West, Kyiv says

9:43 PM

8,000 North Korean troops have been deployed to Kursk Oblast, Blinken says.

There have been no clashes between the North Korean and Ukrainian military so far, Antony Blinken said, adding that they can happen "in the coming days."

9:27 PM

War analysis

Russia's next mass missile attack on Kyiv likely imminent, experts and weary residents say

9:13 PM

Russian war crimes

Russia carried out at least 36 double-tap strikes in Ukraine, killing over 100 people since 2022, report says

8:54 PM

Kyiv won't stop supporting wartime pool of TV channels before martial law ends.

The Ukrainian government doesn't plan to stop supporting the telethon, Ukraine's state-run pool of TV channels created during wartime, before the end of the martial law, Interfax Ukraine reported on Oct. 31, citing Culture Minister Mykola Tochytskyi.

8:25 PM

Kyiv still waiting for MiG-29 fighter jets from Warsaw, Zelensky says.

Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said in July that Warsaw may provide Kyiv with additional Soviet-made fighter jets if it can find a replacement. Following Zelensky's calls to speed up the transfer, Polish Defense Minister Wladyslaw Kosiniak-Kamysz said, "Poland makes decisions based on its security and has already done everything it can for Ukraine."

6:51 PM

Russia confirms North Korea's involvement in war to West, Zelensky says.

Russia has confirmed to the West that North Korea is taking an active part in the war against Ukraine, President Volodymyr Zelensky said in an interview with the South Korean KBS TV channel published on Oct. 31.

5:45 PM

Ukraine has received just 10% of US aid approved by Congress earlier this year, Zelensky says.

"You do your job. You count on reserves, you count on special brigades, you count on such equipment. And if you get 10% of all the package (that) has already been voted on... It's not funny," Zelensky said.

4:33 PM

Ukraine’s 2025 budget clears first reading, allocates $53 billion for defense.

“The priority of next year's budget will also be security and defense. All taxes paid by people and businesses will go toward strengthening our defenders and military capabilities,” Prime Minister Denys Smyhal said on his Telegram channel.

4:20 PM

National Bank of Ukraine leaves interest rates unchanged at 13%.

The decision was in line with analysts’ predictions, and comes as Ukraine braces for next week’s U.S. presidential election, Bloomberg reported.

12:47 AM  (Updated:  October 31, 2024 2:23 pm)

UPDATED: Russian attack on Kharkiv kills 3, injures 35.

The attack hit a 9-story building, destroying the entryway from the first through fifth floors, authorities said.

2:20 PM

Russian attacks against Ukraine kill at least 9, injure 47 over past day.

Russia launched at least 50 drones overnight, of which Ukrainian air defenses shot down 17 across various regions, Ukraine's Air Force said on Oct. 31.

12:58 PM

Ukraine Business Roundup — Ukraine debates who serves and who doesn’t

12:36 PM

Ukraine state-owned enterprises weekly — Issue 152

12:33 PM

Opinion

Opinion: Rigged elections have stolen Georgia's European future

12:30 PM

US lawmakers call for Biden to allow Poland to down Russian missiles over Ukraine.

The possibility of Warsaw downing Russian missiles heading toward Poland through Ukraine was laid out in June in a signed Polish-Ukrainian security agreement.

12:30 PM

Global entrepreneur organization Endeavor launches first Ukraine office to boost growth amid war.

The New York-based global entrepreneur network Endeavor has opened its first office in Ukraine, signaling confidence in the country’s business potential.

12:11 PM

Ukraine charges Russian soldier exposed by Kyiv Independent for rape.

The Kyiv Independent in June identified Mykola Senenko as raping a woman in Kherson Oblast in March 2022.

11:13 AM

Russian court fines Google $2.5 trillion trillion trillion

Written in full $2.5 decillion is $2,500,000,000,000,000,​000,000,000,000,000,000,000.

2:32 PM  (Updated:  October 31, 2024 10:00 am)

Zelensky calls out White House over Tomahawk missiles leak — 'it was confidential'

"It was confidential information between Ukraine and the White House. How to understand these messages?" President Volodymyr Zelensky said during a press briefing with journalists from Nordic countries.

9:59 AM

Time names Ukraine's online wedding service among best inventions of 2024.

For more than two decades, Time editors have annually spotlighted the most influential new products and ideas in their Best Inventions issue.

9:38 AM

Ukraine's UN envoy names North Korean generals sent to aid Russia's war.

The top officers include two deputy chiefs of North Korean General Staff: Colonel General Kim Yong Bok, who oversees special forces, and Ri Chang Ho, who is in charge of the Reconnaissance Directorate, North Korea's spy agency, Kyslytsya said.

8:31 AM

General Staff: Russia has lost 694,950 troops in Ukraine since Feb 24, 2022.

This number includes 1,310 casualties Russian forces suffered just over the past day.

7:47 AM

Georgia's president declines to appear before prosecutors in election fraud investigation.

During a press conference in Tbilisi, President Salome Zourabichvili presented footage purportedly showing ballot violations. "It is not the President's responsibility to provide evidence that already exists within society."