Russian forces build fortifications in Kursk Oblast on border with Ukraine.

5:11 AM  (Updated:  October 29, 2024 6:01 am)

Russian drone attack in Kyiv damages apartment building, injures 4.

Debris from a Russian drone hit an apartment building in Kyiv's Solomyanskyi district in the early hours of Oct. 29, causing a fire and damaging a gas line, Mayor Vitali Klitschko said. One of the injured victims was hospitalized.

4:39 AM  (Updated:  October 29, 2024 5:24 am)

Russia attacks Kharkiv overnight, killing at least 4.

At least four people were killed in the most recent attack, Governor Oleh Syniehubov said. Rescuers are searching for other victims, including children, who may still be trapped under the rubble.

4:15 AM

Sweden to allocate over $68 million in military aid to Ukraine.

About $46.5 million will go towards initiatives supporting Ukraine's Armed Forces, the Swedish government said. Another $21.6 million will support the development of the Ukrainian defense industry.

10:06 PM  (Updated:  October 29, 2024 3:24 am)

UPDATED: Russia’s attack on Kharkiv injures 9, damages historic landmark.

Russian forces attacked downtown Kharkiv using a FAB-500 bomb on Oct. 28, injuring at least nine people. The strike damaged the Derzhprom building (the State Industry Building), under enhanced UNESCO protection since 2022.

2:40 AM

Norway's PM announces new 500-million-euro aid package for Ukraine.

Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Store announced on Oct. 28 that Norway will provide Ukraine with a new 500-million-euro ($543 million) aid package, allocating over half for military assistance.

12:51 AM

1 killed, 12 injured in Russia's attack on Kryvyi Rih.

Casualties from the Russian missile attack on residential buildings and medical facility in Kryvyi Rih late on Oct. 28 have increased to one dead and 12 injured, Ukrainian authorities report.

11:24 PM

Book review

Like Russian opposition itself, Navalny’s posthumous memoir falls short on Ukraine

11:05 PM

Opinion

Opinion: There’s more to Ukraine than Hollywood gangster tropes and war

11:04 PM

War update

Ukraine war latest: US won't impose new limitations on Ukraine's use of American weapons if North Korea enters war, Pentagon says

10:18 PM

Croatia to provide Ukraine with 30 tanks, 30 infantry fighting vehicles in exchange for German Leopard tanks.

Croatia has committed to supplying 30 M-84 tanks and 30 M-80 infantry fighting vehicles, as well as spare parts and ammunition, in exchange for financial means to purchase up to 50 Leopard 2A8 tanks, according to the memorandum.

9:56 PM

North Korea's current arms sales to Russia estimated at up to $5.5 billion, Friedrich Naumann Foundation suggests.

Because North Korea and Russia do not publish official statistics on the country's bilateral trade, there is uncertainty. But even the minimum estimate of shipments is over $1.7 billion, the study reads.

9:11 PM

War analysis

Ukraine expands long-range drone strikes target list, alcohol now on the menu

8:17 PM

US won't impose new restrictions on Ukraine's use of American weapons if North Korea joins war, Pentagon says.

"A portion of those soldiers have already moved closer to Ukraine, and we are increasingly concerned that Russia intends to use these soldiers in combat or to support combat operations against Ukrainian forces in Russia's Kursk Oblast near the border with Ukraine," said Pentagon spokesperson Sabrina Singh.

7:43 PM

Ukrainian forces have not yet engaged in combat with North Korean soldiers, military says.

The first North Korean troops were to be deployed in the combat zone on Oct. 27 or 28, according to President Volodymyr Zelensky.

7:36 PM

Georgia protests

Georgians take to streets in protest as pro-Russian party crowned election winner amid wide-scale fraud

6:56 PM

650,000 Russian soldiers have been killed or wounded in war against Ukraine, Zelensky says.

"Russia itself has killed a lot of Russians. A lot of mobilized Russian soldiers were killed by the Russian army itself because they were afraid to attack, to perish under the bullets, or to be wounded. So, they retreated and then were killed by their army," President Volodymyr Zelensky told Times of India.

6:10 PM

Anti-money laundering watchdog refuses to blacklist Russia as Moscow cozies up to Iran, North Korea

6:06 PM

Trump plans to end Russia's war in Ukraine by freezing it if he wins presidential election, FT reports.

Fred Fleitz, a former CIA analyst who served in Trump's White House and is now at the America First Policy Institute Center for American Security, suggested in an interview with the FT that Ukraine's membership in NATO could be taken off the agenda for several years to force Russia to the negotiating table.

4:21 PM

Ukraine sabotages railway bridge in occupied Berdiansk, intelligence source claims.

Ukraine's military intelligence (HUR) and the Ukrainian resistance sabotaged a railway bridge in the occupied city of Berdiansk, a HUR source told the Kyiv Independent on Oct. 28.

4:02 PM

Finnish court orders seizing Russian assets at request of Ukraine's Naftogaz company.

According to a ruling in 2023 by the Permanent Arbitration Court based in The Hague, Russia is obliged to pay $5 billion to Naftogaz Group as compensation for assets illegally seized during the Russian occupation of Crimea in 2014.

3:43 PM

Zelensky arrives in Iceland for 4th Ukraine-Northern Europe Summit.

This is President Volodymyr Zelensky's first official visit to the island country, during which he will meet the prime ministers of Iceland, Denmark, Sweden, Norway, and Finland.

3:17 PM

Almost 80% of Vovchansk's buildings destroyed, damaged in Russian attacks, analysis says.

The once 17,000-strong town, located just five kilometers from the Russian border in Kharkiv Oblast, became heavily contested following Russia’s full-scale invasion.

2:08 PM

NATO chief confirms North Korean troops deployed in Russia's Kursk Oblast.

"Today, I can confirm that North Korean troops have been sent to Russia, and that North Korean military units have been deployed to the Kursk region," NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte said.

1:45 PM

Harris likely to struggle with pushing Ukraine aid through Congress if elected, Bloomberg reports.

Even if Kamala Harris sits in the White House, her administration will probably struggle to pass significant resources for Ukraine through U.S. Congress, Bloomberg wrote.

1:11 PM

Russian attacks against Ukraine kill 5, injure 38 over past day.

At least 21 people were injured overnight, including five children, as Russia launched multiple air attacks on Ukraine’s northeastern Kharkiv Oblast, the State Emergency Service reported.