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Kyiv, Chisinau sign military-technical cooperation deal as Moldovan PM visits Kyiv
"The agreement opens the way for an exchange of experience," Prime Minister Serhii Koretskyi said.
Most Ukrainians see anti-corruption progress despite scandals, poll finds
While 55% pointed to genuine efforts to tackle corruption, 41% said Ukraine was "hopelessly corrupt," a poll by the Kyiv International Institute of Sociology (KIIS) found.
How Zelensky's team sent Brussels scrambling over a meeting that never was
President Volodymyr Zelensky's planned Oct. 26 trip to Brussels descended into a diplomatic guessing game, with conflicting signals from his own team leaving EU and NATO officials scrambling to establish whether he was coming — and who was supposed to meet him. At the center of the confusion was a proposed four-way meeting between Ukraine, the U.S., the EU, and NATO on efforts to end Russia’s war. U.S. envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner were expected to join the talks and brief European off
How Ukraine’s Operation Vivaldi pushed back Russian forces in Donbas
In May 2026, Ukraine’s 3rd Army Corps launched a secret counteroffensive now known as Operation Vivaldi, aiming to strengthen Ukraine’s defensive positions in the Lyman and Sviatohirsk sectors and disrupt Russia’s plans to encircle Ukraine’s key strongholds – the cities of Sloviansk and Kramatorsk.
NATO Brigade in Latvia launches 'most extensive' deployment exercises, Latvian army says
The Resolute Reforger 2026 exercises, scheduled from Oct. 26 to Nov. 2, will involve about 3,000 soldiers and 1,000 units of equipment, moving on roads and railways, according to the Latvian army.
Exclusive: Russia significantly expands glide-bomb production, research shows
"Russia is building the military-industrial capacity to continue waging wars even after the war in Ukraine ends. These are not the actions of a country preparing for lasting peace," Oleksandr Danylyuk, chairman of the Center for Defense Reforms and former chief adviser to Ukraine’s defense minister, told the Kyiv Independent.
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