General Staff: Russia has lost 687,600 troops since Feb. 24, 2022

1:40 AM  (Updated:  October 26, 2024 12:32 pm)

UPDATED: Russian missile attack in Dnipro targets key hospital, kills 4, injures 20, including children.

The attack killed four people, including a child. Four of the 19 injured were also children, including an 8-year-old girl and a teenage boy. Eight of the wounded have been hospitalized.

11:46 AM

Media: US-sanctioned Gazprombank may buy Auchan chains in Russia.

Gazprombank, one of Russia's largest banks that is also under heavy U.S. sanctions, is reportedly poised to acquire the Russian operations of the Auchan retail chain, according to sources cited by Le Monde on Oct. 25.

10:23 AM

General Staff: Russia has lost 687,600 troops since Feb 24, 2022.

This number includes 1,690 casualties Russian forces suffered over the past day.

5:08 AM

G7 to provide Ukraine $50 billion in loans backed by frozen Russian assets.

"Our aim is to begin disbursing the funds by the end of the year," G7 leaders announced on Oct. 25. The loan will support Ukraine's economic, defense, and reconstruction needs.

4:31 AM

Satellite images show expansion at Soviet-era bioweapons lab in Russia.

Sergiyev Posad-6, a military site northeast of Moscow, was a biological weapons research center during the Cold War. A major renovation began at the site shortly after Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the Washington Post reports.

9:45 PM  (Updated:  October 26, 2024 3:11 am)

Russian drone hits apartment building in Kyiv, killing teenage girl.

A Russian suicide drone hit a 25-story residential building in Kyiv's Solomianskyi district on Oct. 25, killing a 15-year-old girl and injuring five people, Mayor Vitali Klitschko reported.

2:58 AM

US reports North Korean troops moving to Russia’s Kursk region.

The Biden administration believes that a contingent of North Korean troops is en route to Russia’s Kursk region to assist Moscow in countering a Ukrainian offensive launched there in August, according to a U.S. official.

12:05 AM

North Korea says any troop deployment to Russia is in 'regulations of international law.'

North Korea’s foreign ministry said on Oct. 25 that any decision to send its troops to support Russia in the war in Ukraine would comply with international law, however, it did not confirm whether such a deployment had occurred.

10:05 PM

Usyk appeals to Trump to help free Azovstal defenders from Russian captivity.

"If Mr. President is so confident in his influence over Putin, could he help free Azovstal defenders and all Ukrainians from Russian captivity right away? Time is of the essence," Ukrainian world boxing champion Oleksandr Usyk wrote on X.

9:28 PM

War update

Ukraine war latest: Russia to deploy North Korean troops to combat zone on Oct. 27-28, Kyiv says

9:09 PM

Russian losses in Ukraine for October could hit 40,000, Estonian intelligence suggests.

"Russia's losses are quite high. And this month seems to be one of the biggest in terms of losses for Russia," said Janek Kesselmann, the deputy commander of the Estonian Military Intelligence Center.

7:32 PM

Translator to be assigned to every 30 North Korean soldiers, Ukraine's military intelligence says.

Russia plans to assign an interpreter to every 30 North Korean soldiers for better interaction on the battlefield, Ukraine's military intelligence reported on Oct. 25, citing an intercepted conversation between service members of a Russian brigade in Kursk Oblast.

7:03 PM

Poland rules out transferring recently-purchased South Korean weapons to Ukraine.

Polish President Andrzej Duda said he had talked to Kyiv about the possible transfer of South Korean weapons but that his response to the allies was "unequivocal."

6:20 PM

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The little-known obstacle to Ukraine's mobilization effort.

Can Ukraine actually lower the mobilization age? There’s a complication many don’t know about.

6:08 PM

Russia 'not planning any concessions,' Putin says on peace talks with Ukraine.

"Any outcome must be in Russia's favor, I say directly, without any embarrassment, and must be based on the realities on the battlefield," Russian President Vladimir Putin said.

5:16 PM

Rheinmetall provides Ukraine with 20 Marder infantry fighting vehicles.

Rheinmetall transferred so far about 200 combat vehicles, including over a hundred Marder 1A3 models, to Ukraine directly or indirectly through the so-called ring exchange.

4:58 PM

Zelensky rejects UN secretary-general's visit over Russia trip, presidential source tells AFP.

"After Kazan, (Guterres) wanted to come to Ukraine, but the president did not confirm his visit. So Guterres won't be here, specifically because of the humiliation of sanity and international law in Kazan," AFP reported, citing an unnamed high-ranking Ukrainian presidential source.

3:57 PM

Russian losses

Russia again suffers 2nd deadliest day since start of full-scale invasion, Ukraine claims

3:11 PM

'Our business' if we deploy North Korean troops, Putin says.

Speaking to Russian propagandist Olga Skabeyeva, Russian President Vladimir Putin did not explicitly confirm the dispatch of North Korean soldiers, saying that "once it's necessary to make a decision, we will do so."

2:38 PM

Russia has suffered 17,800 casualties since start of Kursk incursion, Syrskyi claims.

A total of 6,662 Russian troops have been killed, 10,446 wounded, and 711 captured since Aug. 8, Commander-in-Chief Oleksandr Syrskyi said.

2:32 PM

Belarus weekly

Belarus Weekly: Lukashenko to reelect himself in January as regime prepares for elections

2:01 PM

Russia sending first 1,500 North Korean troops against Ukraine to test world's reaction, Netherlands says.

Dutch intelligence has confirmed that Moscow has deployed at least 1,500 North Korean troops to join the war against Ukraine, Dutch Defense Minister Ruben Brekelmans said on Oct. 25.

1:11 PM

Moldova

How Russia attempted to steal Moldovan election, referendum, and what comes next

1:00 PM

Kyiv receives lists of missing Ukrainian soldiers via Qatar, ombudsman says.

Ukraine's Ombudsman Dmytro Lubinets did not specify in his statement whether the lists were provided to Qatar by Moscow or the status of the listed missing soldiers.

12:44 PM

Russia to deploy North Korean troops to combat zone on Oct. 27-28, Zelensky says.

Russia is planning to send first North Korean soldiers to combat zones on Oct. 27-28, President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Oct. 25, citing intelligence reports.