Head of the National Security and Defense Council, Oleksiy Danilov, said Ukraine had expected Russia to focus their invasion on Kharkiv, Sumy, Donetsk, and Luhansk Oblasts, but had not expected Russian forces to enter the country through Belarus.
The move follows President Volodymyr Zelensky's Oct. 14 decree to strip Odesa Mayor Hennadiy Trukhanov of his Ukrainian citizenship.
"President (Donald) Trump has instructed the ambassador and myself to tell our European allies that we would be in favor of whether you would call it a 'Russian oil tariff' on China or a 'Ukrainian victory tariff' on China," U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said.
As military ombudsman, Olha Reshetylova will be responsible for addressing issues related to military service, handling complaints, initiating inspections, and proposing policy recommendations.
Explosions have been reported in Kharkiv, Izium, Kropyvnytskyi, and Poltava. Earlier, the Air Force issued a nationwide missile warning after Russia launched MiG-31 bombers.
The news comes as Kyiv continues to escalate its campaign against Russian oil and gas infrastructure.
"There will be no oil, (Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is) not buying his oil from Russia, it started — you know, you can't do it immediately, it’s a little bit of a process, but the process is going to be over with soon," U.S. President Donald Trump said.
HUR claims they receive only two weeks of training at the Avangard training center in Moscow Oblast before being sent to the front line.
The U.S. and its allies will "impose costs on Russia for its continued aggression" unless the war in Ukraine ends, U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said on Oct. 15.
The fire broke out during a 'massive drone attack' targeting the region's energy infrastructure overnight, Governor Andrey Bocharov claimed.
Trump said he'd "make a determination" on Ukraine's desire to "go offensive" against Russia during his upcoming meeting with Zelensky at the White House.
Based on Trukhanov's Russian citizenship, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky stripped him of his Ukrainian citizenship on Oct. 14.
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