Sergiy Kyslytsia warned that Europe needs to "get serious" about the existential threat posed by Russia.

China officially claims neutrality in Russia's war against Ukraine, but has indirectly supported Moscow in several ways.

The Russian missile ship was struck on Lake Onega in the Republic of Karelia at 04:31 a.m. local time on Oct. 4, according to the Special Operations Forces.

A Russian drone struck the station in the city of Shostka, Sumy Oblast. Passengers and Ukrzaliznytsia workers were on the site at the moment of the attack, according to Zelensky.

Russia launched 109 Shahed-type attack drones and decoy drones against Ukraine overnight, as well as three Iskander-M or KN-23 ballistic missiles, the Air Force reported.

"Today, all the rescued children are safe in Ukraine-controlled territory," Andriy Yermak, head of Ukraine's Presidential Office, said.

The Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) remains disconnected from the Ukrainian electricity grid and without external power for the 10th consecutive day, creating an increasingly "risky" situation,  experts told the Kyiv Independent. Russian President Vladimir Putin referenced the crisis at the ZNPP, which is under Russian control, in his Oct. 2 remarks at the Valdai International Discussion Club,  again blaming Ukraine for the outage, despite evidence to the contrary, and threatening retal

Editor's Note: This story uses a pseudonym to protect the individual’s identity because they could face repercussions for speaking to Ukrainian media. Like many in occupied Ukraine, ‘Dmytro’ stayed in his hometown for his family — his parents — and not because he wanted to live under Russian rule. Later mobilized into the Russian army, he was ordered to fight his own country. Now he works against Russia from within its own ranks. "I don't like it, and I felt guilty about being in the Russian a

In what would be a significant boost for Ukraine's offensive firepower capabilities, U.S. Vice President JD Vance confirmed on Sept. 28 that the U.S. is "looking at" providing Kyiv with Tomahawk missiles. "It's something the president is going to make the final determination on. What the president is going to do is what's in the best interest of the United States of America," Vance told Fox News in an interview. "I know we're having conversations this very minute about the issue," Vance contin

Russia is struggling to meet its mobilization goal for 2025 in occupied Crimea, data provided to the Kyiv Independent by Ukraine's Center of National Resistance shows. In occupied areas of Ukraine, Ukrainians are forced to take Russian passports which make them eligible for conscription into the Russian army. Forcing Ukrainian citizens in occupied territories to join Russia's armed forces is a war crime and violates the Geneva Convention on the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War. Ru

The ZNPP, the largest nuclear power station in Europe, has been under Russian occupation since March 2022.

The Ukrainian embassy in Japan issued an apology after three Ukrainian nationals were arrested for entering the exclusion zone around the Fukushima-1 nuclear power plant, the site of a 2011 nuclear disaster.

The incidents come as Russian drones and military aircraft have increasingly entered NATO airspace, prompting heightened alert and readiness across the alliance.

Rafael Grossi, IAEA director general, visited Moscow on Sept. 26 to participate in the forum, which marked the 80th anniversary of Russia's nuclear industry.

Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko expressed the idea of building a new power plant in the east of Belarus during a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow on Sept. 26.