General Staff: Ukraine downs 9 UAVs over past day

11:48 PM

Controversial chief of staff for Ukraine's Unmanned Systems Forces dismissed months after appointment, Ukrainska Pravda reports.

Roman Hladkyi, the controversial Chief of Staff of the Unmanned Systems Forces (USF), was dismissed from his position just months after being appointed to the post in August 2024, Ukrainska Pravda reported on Oct. 23, citing Ukraine's Defense Ministry.

11:04 PM

Belarus schedules next presidential election for January 2025.

Belarus has scheduled its next presidential election for January 26, 2025, the country’s Central Electoral Commission announced on Oct. 23. Incumbent Belarusian dictator Alexander Lukashenko is widely expected to hold on to power following the election's result.

10:59 PM

War update

Ukraine war latest: US confirms North Korean troops in Russia; Zelensky preparing plan to withstand war

10:28 PM

Investigations

Finishing off the defenseless: How the Russians execute Ukrainian soldiers

10:19 PM

US to provide $20 billion loan to Ukraine as part of G7 pledge.

Daleep Singh, the White House deputy national security adviser on international economics, said that Joe Biden's administration intends to split the funds between helping the Ukrainian economy and the military.

9:31 PM

UK prepares another group of future Ukrainian F-16 pilots, bringing total number of trainees to 200.

"The next step is advanced fast jet training and conversion to F-16 with partner nations," the statement read.

9:14 PM

South Korea

Why South Korean weapons are unlikely to be heading directly to Ukraine anytime soon

8:54 PM

Russian Economy

Russia's wartime economy delivers growth, but will the bubble burst?

8:16 PM

Ukraine has stabilized situation in Toretsk, but Russia is concentrating troops in town's east, military says.

"The situation in Toretsk has relatively stabilized. We (Ukrainian forces) are now holding the line unchanged," Anastasiia Bobovnikova, a spokesperson of the Operational Tactical Group Luhansk, said.

7:36 PM

About 3,000 North Korean troops were sent to Russia to participate in war against Ukraine, South Korean intelligence says.

"Signs of troops being trained inside North Korea were detected in September and October," Park Sun-won, a member of a parliamentary intelligence committee, said.

7:13 PM

Video

'Moscow is desperate' — Expert on North Korean troops in Russia.

6:46 PM

Ukraine's 'I Want to Live' project posts Korean-language video message, calls on North Korean soldiers to surrender.

Launched in September 2022 by Ukraine's Main Directorate of Intelligence, the 24-hour "I Want to Live" hotline helps Russian soldiers willingly surrender themselves or their units to the Ukrainian army.

5:53 PM

Ukraine denies Russia breached Chasiv Yar defense line following conflicting reports.

Hours prior, Ivan Petrychak, a representative of the 24th Mechanized Brigade's press service, said on national television that the Russian military managed to breach the defense, but there were no signs of the city's potential loss.

5:21 PM

Opinion

Opinion: Putin’s drone strategy shows the cracks in Russia’s war machine

4:05 PM

North Korean troops dispatch was secret clause of Moscow-Pyongyang pact, WSJ reports.

The secret clause reportedly allowed North Korea to send the first 1,000 of its soldiers to Ukraine to gain military experience. More North Korean troops are expected to be engaged, the source told the WSJ.

4:01 PM

Opinion

Opinion: Ukraine’s war is the reckoning with empire Europe can no longer avoid

3:43 PM

3 companies of Russian soldiers killed, injured in assaults on Selydove, National Guard says.

Ukraine's National Guard troops repelled 13 Russian assault attempts near the town of Selydove in Donetsk region over the past day, spokesperson Ruslan Muzychuk told Ukrainska Pravda on Oct. 23.

3:21 PM

Many Russians support Putin despite favoring opposing policies, survey shows.

Around 61% of Putin's supporters said they favored peace in Ukraine under mutual concessions, according to the poll conducted by the independent Levada Center between Sept. 10 and 17.

2:37 PM

France's first batch of Mirage 2000 jets for Ukraine to include 3 planes, media reports.

The planes will reportedly be equipment with ground strike capabilities, namely SCALP/Storm Shadow long-range missiles and French guided bombs AASM.

1:41 PM

North Korean troops are in Russia, US defense secretary confirms.

"There is evidence that there are DPRK troops in Russia," U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said.

1:33 PM

Georgia denies journalist entry to cover elections amid rising Russian influence.

Czech journalist Ray Baseley was denied entry to Georgia without an explanation after arriving at Tbilisi airport on Oct. 22 to cover the upcoming parliamentary elections.

1:17 PM

Ukraine receives $1.1 billion from IMF.

"The funds will be used to cover important non-military budget spending," PM Denys Shmyhal said.

1:00 PM

SBU says it foiled terror attack in Kyiv, detained suspects.

According to the SBU, the suspects reportedly planned to detonate improvised explosives in a crowded place in Ukraine's capital to cause "the maximum number of civilian deaths" and sow panic.

12:48 PM

UK to allocate $155 million for naval coalition to protect Ukraine's ports.

The U.K. is looking for partners to co-finance the supply of "hundreds" more naval drones as well as surveillance radars to protect Ukraine's grain corridor.

11:37 AM

Zelensky preparing action plan for Ukraine to withstand war, source says.

The document will address Ukraine's military, political, economic, and other areas, including certain decisions regarding law enforcement, a source close to the Presidential Office told the Kyiv Independent.