Ukraine's military launched an attack on Russia's Tver Oblast overnight on Oct. 9, reportedly targeting a Russian factory that manufactures fuel components for Kh-55 and Kh-101 cruise missiles, Russian Telegram media channels reported.

With more than four years of full-scale war and 12 years since Russia first invaded Ukraine, it seems the European Union has developed an extensive arsenal of tools to sanction Moscow, but one problem appears to persist: the visibility problem. Consider two companies that share a name. The first is Research and Production Corporation Uralvagonzavod in Nizhny Tagil, Russia's only tank manufacturer. It has been under EU sanctions since March 2022 for supplying the T-72B3 tanks used against Ukrai

Local Russian Telegram channels showed mysterious balloons in the skies near Moscow, and air defense activity.

The acclaimed journalist was reportedly on an editorial assignment in Vienna with his colleague Yaroslav Bondarenko when he was detained by Austrian authorities.

"Today, employees of the Police Department, together with the National Security Agency and with the support of international partners, conducted a targeted and coordinated operation aimed at preventing, detecting, and neutralizing illegal activities on the territory of Montenegro," Montenegro's police said.

Two EU officials confirmed that Bjoern Seibert would be representing the European Commission at those talks, alongside the National Security Advisers of the E3 countries: France, Germany, and the U.K.

"Russia calls this an 'evacuation.' But when people are taken away against their will, intimidated, and left with no choice, it is not a rescue. It is coercion," Dmytro Lubinets said.

Russia has demanded sanctions relief from the U.S. as part of talks over a possible energy ceasefire with Ukraine, while also seeking to link the initiative to a ceasefire in the Black Sea, U.S. and Ukrainian officials familiar with the talks told the Kyiv Independent. The demands come as Russia intensifies attacks on Ukraine's energy infrastructure, with one senior Ukrainian defense official saying Moscow is trying to inflict as much damage as possible to gain leverage before potential negotia

Several modules of the data center were completely knocked out of operation, Yandex said in a statement.

Bessarabskyi Market has stood in Kyiv for 114 years. Its upscale makeover lasted less than one. Less than a year after the late-2025 reopening, most of the restaurants are gone, and the hall is quieter than before the renovation. Before the makeover, Bessarabskyi was a labyrinth of produce stalls, offering everything from churchkhela — a sweet from the Caucasus — and watermelons from southern Ukraine to pigs' feet and sauerkraut craft beer. But by the end of 2025, the maze of vendors had shru

Russia attacked Ukraine overnight with 136 drones, including 93 jet-powered Shahed-type drones, Ukraine's Air Force said.

The number includes 1,710 casualties that Russian forces suffered over the past day.

The latest announcement comes as Kyiv experienced widespread power outages on Oct. 8 following a Russian attack on Ukrainian energy infrastructure. Over 3 million residents in the capital lost power in what officials described as "an attack on one of the energy facilities important for the city of Kyiv."

Under the U.K.'s National Security Act 2023, junior intelligence specialist Teddy Young, 24, was charged with two offenses for allegedly trying to pass protected information to a foreign power between November 2024 and May 2025.

The railway operator initially reported that the passenger train's driver suffered a leg injury and four passengers required medical attention. The crew of the electric locomotive was unharmed.

"We certainly are capable," Zelensky said about striking Russian data centers. "We always respond in kind. Regarding data centers, as you all know, they have been and still are striking our data centers."

"Meetings are expected to take place over two days... we are counting on a European team to join our negotiating group," President Volodymyr Zelensky said.

Initial reports raised concerns that 28-year-old Darya Shipilova, who worked at the Anti-Plague Institute, might have died of pneumonic plague after a laboratory accident.

The Trump administration recently announced that it has invited Russian President Vladimir Putin to December's G20 summit in Miami. This invitation erodes the well-deserved isolation of Putin for his brutal and unprovoked invasion of Ukraine. Putin last appeared on U.S. soil for a bilateral meeting with President Donald Trump in Anchorage, Alaska, in August 2025. That meeting produced no progress toward ending the war that Putin started against Ukraine. If anything, the Russian bombardment of

Key developments on Oct. 8: * At least 33 dead after Russian glide bomb strikes Kramatorsk buses * Russian drone barrage on Kyiv kills 4, injures 19, disrupts electricity, water supplies * Polish SIM cards found in Russian drones downed in Poland * US, Russia confirm Trump's latest Ukraine peace push is falling apart * Ukraine strikes Russia's Omsk oil refinery in Siberia, General Staff confirms * UK ramps up sanctions against Russian shadow fleet, crypto industry, big oil A Russian glid

"Russia comes to the Ukrainian land with death," Donetsk Governor Vadym Filashkin said.

The drop in voltage temporarily halted Kyiv Metro train services and escalator operations, the Kyiv City State Administration (KMDA) said. Other parts of the capital's public transport network were also affected.

At 10:00 a.m. local time, Ukraine’s biggest private energy firm DTEK announced emergency energy shutdowns in Brovary, Buchanskyi, Vyshgorod, and Boryspil districts of the capital.

"The government looks forward to the smooth resolution of all pending issues between the two countries and will continue consultations with the Ukrainian side to this end," the South Korean Foreign Ministry said in a press release.

"If this winter in Ukraine is as difficult as the whole world expects, we are ready to receive as many people as need safety," Moldovan President Maia Sandu said at the Moldova Security Forum in Chisinau on Oct. 8.

Videos and images from local residents, shared by Ukrainian monitoring channels, show explosions, fire, and smoke rising from the area surrounding the oil refinery.

An investigation on a mass Russian drone incursion into Polish air space on Sept. 9 concluded on Oct. 8.

DONETSK OBLAST — On a screen, live footage from a reconnaissance drone shows two men in Ukrainian pixel camouflage dashing in short bursts through the ruins of apartment buildings. Then they vanish into a basement. It is late summer, and the 3rd Army Corps and attached units are fully engaged in a counteroffensive in the Lyman sector called Operation Vivaldi. Russian forces are trying to recapture Lyman, a city in Donetsk Oblast that Russian officials have claimed their forces control. Ukrainia

Strelnikov has starred in several critically acclaimed films in recent years, including the 2026 action-thriller "Killhouse," where he played a special forces commander.

At this point, there appears to be no prospect of a negotiated settlement, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said.

Russia attacked across Ukraine with 142 Shahed-type drones, 82 of which were jet-powered overnight on Oct. 8, Ukraine's Air Force said.

The U.K., the EU, and Ukraine have all targeted crypto schemes in recent sanctions packages as Russia uses the technology to evade existing sanctions.