Lawmaker charged with illegally enriching herself by almost $500,000

10:20 PM

War update

Ukraine war latest: Zelensky says he told Trump that either Ukraine will join NATO or pursue nuclear weapons.

9:15 PM

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8:41 PM

Zelensky walks back earlier comments on Ukraine's possible plan to obtain nuclear weapons.

"We never spoke about...that we are preparing to create nuclear weapons or something like this," President Volodymyr Zelensky said.

7:58 PM

Lawmaker charged with illegally enriching herself by almost $500,000.

While the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office (SAPO) did not name the individual in question, Ukrainska Pravda reported, citing sources, that it was Iryna Allakhverdiieva from President Volodymyr Zelensky's Servant of the People party.

6:58 PM

US announces new sanctions against Chinese, Russian producers of drones used in Ukraine.

The two Chinese companies — Limbach and Redlepus — have been working in tandem with IEMZ Kupol, a subsidiary of the Kremlin-owned weapons company Almaz-Antey, to create the drones, the U.S. Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) said in a statement.

6:27 PM

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6:08 PM

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5:19 PM

Ukraine signs bilateral security agreement with Greece.

"Greece is ready to continue meeting Ukraine's most urgent defense needs," President Volodymyr Zelensky wrote on X.

4:40 PM

Zelensky says he told Trump that either Ukraine will join NATO or pursue nuclear weapons.

"Either Ukraine will have nuclear weapons, which will serve as protection, or it must be part of some kind of alliance. Apart from NATO, we do not know of such an effective alliance," President Volodymyr Zelensky said that he had told Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump.

4:12 PM

Zelensky signs bill on customs reform into law.

The legislation, approved by the parliament last month, was pushed through after prolonged pressure from Western partners and Ukrainian business associations. The reform is also a necessary step toward Kyiv's accession to the EU.

12:40 PM  (Updated:  October 17, 2024 4:00 pm)

Business

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3:50 PM

'First step to World War' — North Korea preparing 10,000 soldiers to join Russia's war, Zelensky confirms.

According to military intelligence, North Korean officers are already in the occupied territories of Ukraine.

2:54 PM

NATO armies built on Korean War-era military principles, Zaluzhnyi says.

"There will be no war of the 1953 model. I am talking about Korean War. It ended in summer 2023 in Ukraine, when two professional armies of more than a million personnel each faced each other in the battlefield," said Valerii Zaluzhnyi, Ukraine's former commander-in-chief and current ambassador to the U.K.

2:43 PM

Ukraine's draft system burdened with Soviet heritage, fixing it will take time, Zaluzhnyi says.

Ukraine had to change its approach to mobilization as it carries Soviet influences, but much more time is needed for a proper reform, Ukrainian ambassador to the U.K. Valerii Zaluzhyni said at an event on Oct. 17 in response to a Kyiv Independent reporter.

1:14 PM

Getting out of 'protracted' war with Russia 'almost impossible,' Zaluzhnyi says.

"We end in a state of protracted war. In my personal opinion, a way out of which protracted war seems... almost impossible," said Valerii Zaluzhnyi, Ukraine's former commander-in-chief and recently appointed ambassador to the U.K.

12:43 PM

Victory plan includes Western-supplied missile package to force Russia toward talks, Zelensky says in Brussels.

President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Oct. 17 that the victory plan includes placing conventional missile capabilities in Ukraine that would either force Russia to accept negotiations or destroy its military targets.

11:58 AM

Russian ships ineffective for missile strikes, used to distract Ukraine's defenses, Navy says.

Dmytro Pletenchuk, a spokesperson for the Ukrainian Navy, said that if Russia deploys several cruise missile carriers to the sea, it does not mean they will be used for an attack.

7:27 PM  (Updated:  October 17, 2024 11:46 am)

War analysis

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11:43 AM

Zelensky arrives in Brussels to pitch Ukraine's victory plan to European Council.

President Volodymyr Zelensky arrived in Brussels on Oct. 17 to present his five-point victory plan to the European Council and meet its president, Charles Michel.

11:14 AM

Ukraine’s southern forces release footage of strike on Russian training facility.

Ukraine's Southern Defense Forces uncovered and struck a military training facility of Russian troops, the unit said on social media on Oct. 15, publishing footage of the attack.

10:37 AM

US, South Korea, Japan launch multinational group to monitor North Korea sanctions.

The move came after Russia and China have blocked monitoring activities at the United Nations. In March, Moscow vetoed the annual renewal of the panel of experts monitoring U.N. sanctions against Pyongyang over its nuclear and ballistic missile programs.

10:27 AM

German fighter jets scrambled due to Russian spy plane over Baltic Sea.

Germany's Eurofighter Typhoon aircraft were scrambled due to a flight of a Russian Il-20 reconnaissance plane in over the international waters of the Baltic Sea, the German Air Force said on Oct. 16.

9:45 AM

Russian attacks injure 9 in Donetsk, Kherson oblasts over past day.

Ukrainian air defenses downed 22 of the 65 attack drones launched overnight, the Air Force reported. Two drones flew in the direction of Belarus, and 27 were lost to electronic warfare means.

9:23 AM

Loss of coal mine near Pokrovsk could halve Ukraine's steel production.

Pokrovske coal mine, the largest coking coal producer in Ukraine and one of the largest in Eastern Europe, is located 10 km (6 miles) west of Pokrovsk.

8:14 AM

General Staff: Russia has lost 674,270 troops since Feb. 24, 2022.

This number includes 1,420 casualties Russian forces suffered over the past day.