Vienna had previously held up the sanctions over a demand that the EU compensate Austria’s Raiffeisen Bank International for losses inflicted by Russian penalties.

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said that the meeting had not gone as Zelensky had hoped.

International Atomic Energy Agency Director General Rafael Grossi said "both sides engaged constructively" with the agency to enable the repair plan.

A Latin American citizen was fatally stabbed after a dispute in the western Ukrainian city of Ternopil, local police said.

Belarusian opposition in neighboring Lithuania had a tough week. Lithuania's new government quietly reduced the state-provided security for exiled Belarusian opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, a move that has been attributed to financial concerns and a perceived lower threat level. The headquarters of Belarus' democratic forces shut down, while Lithuania's opposition called the decision "a betrayal." The decision was later overturned. Subscribe to the Newsletter Belarus Weekly

A Russian missile strike this week on a Ukrainian training ground — the latest in a series of deadly strikes on training centers across the country — has heightened scrutiny and sparked criticism of the Ukrainian military command’s ability to protect recruits. Training centers, especially those near the front line or the border, often lack proper air defense, failing to protect recruits from recurring Russian strikes. While the Ukrainian military claims that it is reassessing its safety protoc

The Ukrainian Air Force reported downing 136 drones launched by Russia overnight.

An electrical substation in Russia's Ulyanovsk Oblast is in flames following a reported Ukrainian drone strike, Russian Telegram media channels reported on Oct. 18.

"Hopefully, we'll be able to get the war over without thinking about Tomahawks," Trump told reporters before closed-door talks with Zelensky.

Washington, DC – Olha Stefanishyna was appointed Ukraine’s ambassador to the U.S. on Aug. 27, 2025 — and has hardly had a moment of rest since. In the few weeks that passed, she moved to the U.S., helped prepare the meeting between Ukrainian and U.S. leaders during the U.S. summit, worked on a bilateral drone deal, and prepared for the Ukrainian delegation’s mid-October visit to the United States, among other things. Stefanishyna, 39, is no career diplomat. A lawyer by training, she spent most

Hi, this is Tania Myronyshena reporting from Kyiv on day 1,332 of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Today's top story: Russia shot down its own Su-30SM fighter jet over Crimea while its air defense was trying to intercept Ukrainian drones flying to the occupied peninsula and deep inside Russia overnight, Dmytro Pletenchuk, a spokesperson for the Ukrainian Navy, said on Oct. 17. Pletenchuk said that the intercepted radio communications reveal that the pilot flying the fighter jet in the

The Crimean Wind Telegram channel earlier reported explosions and a fire at the site, with visual confirmation of burning fuel infrastructure.

Ruslan Lavryk reportedly has heart problems and needs hospitalization after prolonged captivity and torture.

In Donetsk, a Russian ammunition depot was hit in a drone attack, with fires and explosions reported in the occupied city.

A co-founder of the New York Group — a collective of Ukrainian emigre writers — Tarnawsky helped to expand and redefine contemporary Ukrainian literature through his embrace of narrative structure experimentation and linguistic innovation.

We've been here before. Multiple times. Not even that long ago. President Donald Trump has appeared to be on the verge of taking a decisive step that could genuinely put pressure on Russia to make it end its full-scale invasion of Ukraine and then the phone rings. "Hey Don, it's Vlad — wanna chat?" And puff, just like that all the momentum disappears and Russia is allowed to carry on its war unabated. The latest installment of this particular Groundhog Day unfolded last night when Trump anno

Of those respondents, 58% said that criticism should be balanced and constructive, in order "to not destabilize the situation in the country."

The announcement followed a phone call between the two leaders, during which they also agreed to hold a high-level U.S.-Russia meeting next week.

Poland's refusal follows a similar move by Italy's Supreme Court, which on Oct. 15 overturned the extradition of another Ukrainian national, Serhii Kuznetsov, wanted by Germany on related charges.

BRUSSELS, Belgium — A general sense of skepticism prevails among European officials and diplomats over U.S. President Donald Trump's announcement of planned Ukraine peace talks with Russian leader Vladimir Putin in Hungary. "We can only commend all efforts leading to a ceasefire and long-lasting peace in Ukraine," a EU official, speaking on conditions of anonymity, told the Kyiv Independent. An EU diplomat noted that Washington appeared eager to capitalize on recent diplomatic moves in the Mid

Putin reportedly gave a lengthy lecture on medieval Rus princes, such as Rurik or Yaroslav the Wise, as well as the 17th-century Cossack leader Bohdan Khmelnytskyi, taking Trump aback.

The Kremlin appears to be deploying a trick already used several times this year.

The phone call follows an announcement that in the coming weeks, Budapest will host a meeting between Putin and Trump as part of efforts to end the Russia-Ukraine war.

A senior Belarusian diplomat told a European official that Belarus could be involved in the Russia-Ukraine peace efforts and play a role in discussions on European security, Reuters reported.

According to Vance, there is "fundamental misalignment of expectations, where the Russians tend to think that they're doing better on the battlefield than they actually are."

"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.

President Volodymyr Zelensky arrived in Washington on Oct. 16 ahead of talks with U.S. President Donald Trump scheduled for the following day.

"We need Tomahawks for the United States of America too. We have a lot of them but we need them. I mean, we can't deplete for our country," Trump told reporters in the Oval Office. "I don't know what we can do about that."

Russian President Vladimir Putin met with his Syrian counterpart, Ahmed al-Sharaa, in what experts described as the Kremlin's bid to cling to its foothold in the Middle East amid mounting setbacks and waning influence. The meeting, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said, involved talks on the future of Russia's military facilities — the naval base in Tartus and the Khmeimim air base. The talks came at a time of visible setbacks for Russia's presence in the Middle East. Moscow had planned

The Kyiv Independent’s War Crimes Investigation Unit has completed a new investigation into the treatment of Ukrainian children in the Russian-occupied territories.

Dmitry Bakanov, general director of the Russian Space Agency, recently announced a bold new policy. Over the next five years, Russia will try to create an "analogue of Starlink" by launching 292 new satellites. The project (named "Rassvet" – Russian for "Dawn") aims to expand high-speed broadband internet to 97% of Russian households by 2030. But Starlink is dual-use, and Dawn would be too. A satellite internet constellation could significantly aid Russia's invasion of Ukraine by providing sec