jared leto

10:00 PM

US has provided Ukraine with over $64 billion in military aid since start of full-scale invasion, Umerov says.

"This is especially important before the onset of winter, as Russia has not given up its intentions to plunge Ukraine into cold and darkness," Ukraine's Defense Minister Rustem Umerov said.

9:26 PM

North Korea

'Only death awaits them' – We asked 5 Ukrainian soldiers about North Korean troops fighting for Russia

9:17 PM

Russian strikes against Pokrovsk district in Donetsk Oblast kill 3, injure 2.

Russia attacked the towns of Kurakhove and Myrnohrad in the Pokrovsk district of Donetsk Oblast on Oct. 21, killing three and injuring two people, local authorities reported.

8:26 PM

Opinion

Opinion: Moldova's EU integration referendum hangs in the balance, highlighting the dangers of oversimplification

8:01 PM

War update

Ukraine war latest: US announces new defense aid package for Ukraine worth $400 million

7:53 PM

Russian attack against Zaporizhzhia kills 3, injures 16.

Some 30 buildings were damaged after Russia struck the residential area of the city on the morning of Oct. 21.

7:04 PM

Alexei Navalny's widow Yulia says she will run for president if she can return to Russia.

"I will participate in the elections… as a candidate" when the time is right, Yulia Navalnaya, the widow of late Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny told the BBC in an interview published on Oct. 21.

3:11 PM  (Updated:  October 21, 2024 7:02 pm)

US announces $400 million defense aid package for Ukraine.

Pentagon chief Lloyd Austin said it would include ammunition, military equipment, and weapons.

5:52 PM

'Unprecedented interference' by Russia, its proxies in Moldova referendum, EU says.

Moldova's referendum on joining the EU, which took place alongside elections in the country, occurred under "unprecedented interference" by Russia and its proxies, European Commission spokesperson Peter Stano said.

3:40 PM

Sending North Korean troops to fight Russia's war would mean 'significant escalation,' Rutte says.

"North Korea sending troops to fight alongside Russia in Ukraine would mark a significant escalation," NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte said on social media following a conversation with South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol.

3:02 PM

Ex-military logistics chief named new head of Ukroboronprom state defense company.

General Major Oleh Huliak replaced Herman Smetanin, who became the head of the Strategic Industries Ministry as part of the biggest wartime government reshuffle in September.

10:35 AM  (Updated:  October 21, 2024 2:19 pm)

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

Ukrainian air defenses shot down 59 of the 116 Shahed-type attack drones launched by Russia overnight, the Air Force said. Forty-five drones were reportedly "lost" on Ukrainian territory, and 10 more are still present in the Ukrainain airspace at the time of the publication.

1:57 PM

Ukraine destroys Russian Buk air defense system, military says.

Ukrainian forces destroyed a Russian Buk-M3 air defense system overnight on Oct. 21, the General Staff of Ukraine's Armed Forces reported.

2:18 AM  (Updated:  October 21, 2024 1:43 pm)

Moldova's Sandu advances to presidential run-off, preliminary results show narrow 'yes' for EU referendum.

The election results have been tainted by allegations of Russian interference, with Moldovan lawmakers claiming that Moscow spent millions of dollars in a campaign to unseat pro-Western incumbent Maia Sandu and vote down the EU referendum.

1:41 PM

Ukraine's 46th brigade releases video of repelled Russian attack near Kurakhove.

The attack reportedly involved seven tanks and 11 infantry fighting vehicles, with Ukrainian forces destroying seven pieces of Russian equipment.

1:34 PM

Kremlin calls North Korean troops reports 'contradictory' but stops short of denial.

"We see a lot of contradictory information," spokesperson Dmitry Peskov told the Russian media, the state-controlled news agency Interfax reported.

1:27 PM

Video

North Korean troops, Jared Leto, Victory Plan | Ukraine This Week.

12:34 PM

Russia attacking toward town near Pokrovsk, National Guard says.

According to the National Guard, Russian troops periodically conduct mechanized assaults near Selydove, involving from three to five armored vehicles.

12:14 PM

Seoul summons Russian envoy, calls for 'immediate withdrawal of North Korean troops.'

South Korea on Oct. 21 summoned the Russian ambassador in Seoul, Georgy Zinoviev, to protest the dispatch of North Korean troops to assist Moscow's war against Ukraine, the Yonhap news agency reported.

11:53 AM

UN's nuclear agency funded Russian research in occupied Crimea, RFE/RL reports.

According to the agency's internal documents, the IAEA signed at least two agreements with Russian research institutes to conduct research that included fieldwork in Crimea. The deals were signed between 2016 and 2019, and the first was reportedly extended in the summer of 2019.

11:23 AM

Opinion

The Counteroffensive: An inside look at the virtual reality therapy reshaping veterans' rehabilitation

11:17 AM

Russia detains 18 North Korean soldiers who left positions in Kursk Oblast, source says.

Russian authorities detained 18 North Korean soldiers who abandoned their positions in Russia's Kursk Oblast, a military intelligence source told the Kyiv Independent on Oct. 21.

7:27 PM  (Updated:  October 21, 2024 11:10 am)

War analysis

As Russian tank losses in Ukraine pass 9,000, here's what you need to know

10:22 AM

Russia's Black Sea Fleet forced to redeploy over Ukrainian drone attacks, Russian proxy admits.

"It (Black Sea Fleet) was forced to change, in fact, its registration because our large ships became large targets for the enemy's unmanned boats," Dmitry Rogozin, a Russian official heading the Russian occupation of Zaporizhzhia Oblast, said.

9:17 AM

Russian high-ranking pilot found dead in Bryansk Oblast, military intelligence says.

According to Ukraine's military intelligence (HUR), Russian pilot Dmitry Golenkov suffered multiple head injuries, probably caused by a hammer.