General Staff: Russia has lost 685,910 troops since Feb. 24, 2022

11:59 AM

Ukraine strikes Russian Buk air defenses, destroys radar guidance system.

The attack, carried out by Ukraine's Unmanned Systems Forces and other military units, reportedly destroyed the radar guidance system of a Buk-M2 system.

11:11 AM

Russian National Guard attacked in Chechnya, 1 killed.

The incident took place near Grozny, the capital of Russia's Muslim-majority republic in the North Caucasus ruled by Putin's ally, dictator Ramzan Kadyrov.

11:02 AM

Russian attacks against Ukraine kill 6, injure 16 over past day.

Ukrainian forces downed 36 out of 63 Shahed-type drones and other unidentified drones launched by Russia overnight, the Air Force reported. Sixteen more drones were "lost," it added.

9:50 AM

Russia provided Yemen's Houthis with satellite data to attack vessels in Red Sea, WSJ reports.

Such assistance shows how far Russian President Vladimir Putin is willing to go to undermine the Western economic and political order, the WSJ wrote.

9:42 AM

Musk has been in contact with Putin, Russian officials since 2022, WSJ reports.

Former and current European, U.S., and Russian officials told the WSJ that Musk held conversations with Putin and other high-ranking Kremlin officials since late 2022.

9:05 AM

Kyiv preparing internal plan to 'strengthen Ukraine,' Zelensky confirms.

Ukraine's economy, countering Russian disinformation, social protection, and "the issue of justice" need to be strengthened, President Volodymyr Zelensky said.

8:16 AM

General Staff: Russia has lost 685,910 troops since Feb. 24, 2022.

This number includes 1,630 casualties Russian forces suffered over the past day.

8:00 AM

Putin hints at possible presence of North Korean troops in Russia.

Russian President Vladimir Putin appeared to indirectly acknowledge reports of North Korean troops in Russia when speaking to foreign journalists on Oct. 24. He referred to the mutual defense clause in Russia and North Korea’s newly signed security treaty.

5:47 AM

Sanctions delay to Russian zinc mine results in supply miscalculations, Reuters reports.

Western sanctions on Russia's Ozernoye zinc mine have left the company struggling to replace key equipment needed to boost production, several sources familiar with the situation told Reuters.

1:47 AM

Moscow funneled $39 million into Moldova ahead of presidential election in attempt to influence results, Moldovan authorities say.

Moscow funneled a total of $39 million in a scheme led by a pro-Russian oligarch aimed at influencing election results by paying ordinary citizens to vote against closer ties with the West, the country's national police chief said on Oct. 24.

12:10 AM

Ukraine cannot join NATO while at war, Scholz says.

Speaking to German public broadcaster ZDF on Oct. 24, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz dismissed Kyiv's appeals for an immediate invitation to join NATO, stating that "a country at war absolutely cannot become a member of NATO."

11:20 PM

Uzbekistan refuses to join Eurasian Economic Union, which includes Russia.

Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin arrived in Tashkent in August to hold talks with Uzbek officials about potentially joining the EAEU, which Russian President Vladimir Putin has called the new "center of a multipolar world."

10:59 PM

Ukraine's immediate accession to NATO 'not realistic,' Slovak president says following meeting with Scholz.

"We agreed with the Chancellor that today the issue of Ukraine's accession is not on the table, and it cannot come to the table," Pellegrini said.

9:30 PM

defense industry

Ukraine knows how to strike deep inside Russia, it just needs the money to do so

9:27 PM

War update

Ukraine war latest: First North Korean troops arrive in Kursk Oblast to participate in Russia's war against Ukraine

9:00 PM

Russian forces trying to build crossings near Oskil River to advance on Kupiansk, military sources say.

Russian troops are attempting to establish crossings near the Oskil River to advance toward the city of Kupiansk in Kharkiv Oblast, according to Ruslan Muzychuk, a spokesperson for Ukraine's National Guard, who spoke on national television on Oct. 24.

8:50 PM

Politics

Why did Ukraine's prosecutor general resign, and who will replace him?

8:19 PM

Opinion

Opinion: Canceled Ramstein meeting marks a missed opportunity for Europe to lead on Ukraine

8:02 PM

First North Korean troops deployed to front line in Kursk Oblast, Ukraine's military intelligence says.

The first North Korean soldiers to participate alongside Russian forces in the war against Ukraine have been deployed to the front line in Kursk Oblast, Ukraine's military intelligence (HUR) reported on Oct. 24.

7:11 PM

US urges G7 to consider sanctions on Russian palladium, titanium, Bloomberg says.

Officials from U.S. President Joe Biden's administration raised the possibility of these sanctions during a G7 deputy finance ministers meeting on Oct. 22 in Washington, D.C.

6:32 PM

Zelensky won’t sign bill to end daylight saving time, media says.

Parliament passed the bill on July 16, which aimed to cancel daylight saving time in Ukraine. This means that Ukrainians would set their clocks back one hour for the last time on Oct. 27, 2024, and will not revert back to summer time next spring.

5:27 PM

Auchan in final negotiations with local buyer to exit Russian market, media reports.

Auchan, one of the few French chains still operating in Russia, is in final negotiations to sell its Russian subsidiary to a local buyer, French media La Lettre reported on Oct. 24.

5:20 PM

Field report

Meet the Ukrainian prisoner soldiers entering the fray in the Battle of Donbas

4:45 PM

South Korea could 'review' ban on supply of lethal arms to Ukraine, President Yoon Suk Yeol says.

South Korean law prohibits the exporting of weapons to active conflict zones, but Seoul has repeatedly hinted that this could change in light of deepening military cooperation between Russia and North Korea.

4:21 PM

Cargo plane shot down in Sudan with suspected Russian crew may have been supplying weapons, Reuters reports.

The aircraft was identified as an Il-74 transport plane that was used to supply weapons, ammunition and provisions to the city of Al Fashir in Sudan, where the Sudanese army is trying to repel RSF's attacks, an RSF source told Reuters.