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Latest news and analysis on Ukraine, the Russia-Ukraine war, military operations, diplomacy and international support.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky standing with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz in Kyiv

Politics & Diplomacy

Zelensky: The US has resumed giving intelligence on Russian ballistic missiles – “For three days we received nothing”

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky told NBC’s Meet the Press that the United States has resumed giving Ukraine information…

October 18, 2026 · 23:452 min read

Europe

Sweden adds SEK 522 million in civilian aid for Ukraine ahead of winter, with most going to energy

Sweden has announced a SEK 522 million civilian package for Ukraine, with SEK 271 million for energy through…

October 18, 2026 · 22:343 min read

Vladimir Putin seated at a desk in the Kremlin with a Russian flag behind him, holding papers

Europe

Putin and Pope Leo XIV speak by phone: Kremlin says Aleshki and Ukraine were discussed

The Kremlin says Vladimir Putin and Pope Leo XIV spoke on 16 October about Ukraine, the humanitarian situation…

October 18, 2026 · 14:332 min read

Damaged Zmiiv thermal power station in Kharkiv region after a Russian strike in September 2022

Europe

UN: Ukrainian authorities report six civilians killed and 84 injured as attacks cut power and water in 11 regions

OCHA, briefed by the UN deputy spokesman on 16 October, relays Ukrainian reports of six civilians killed and…

October 18, 2026 · 12:122 min read

A camouflaged unmanned ground vehicle with a heavy machine gun in an open field

Drones

Ukraine: the Frodo ground robot tested with the “Buria” remote weapon station – shots up to 1.3 km

Ukraine’s Frodo unmanned ground vehicle, fitted with the “Buria” remote weapon station, was tested in the Kharkiv area…

October 18, 2026 · 00:002 min read

Kyriakos Mitsotakis and Volodymyr Zelensky walking in a port among members of the delegations

Europe

Mitsotakis on Patriots for Ukraine: “Whatever is possible, without undermining Greece’s defence capability”

Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis neither confirmed nor ruled out handing Patriot air-defence missiles from Greek stocks to Ukraine,…

October 17, 2026 · 23:152 min read

A grey F-16 fighter taking off with missiles on its wingtips

Politics & Diplomacy

Zelensky: Putin wants ballistic missiles in Belarus for western Ukraine – Starlink’s speed limit “brought down” the interceptor drones

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Russia is preparing to escalate attacks on western Ukraine and that Vladimir Putin…

October 17, 2026 · 23:002 min read

Vladimir Putin talking with a Russian military officer at an auxiliary command post of the Joint Force

Land Forces

Gerasimov tells Putin Russian forces are advancing along the whole front: claims on Druzhkivka, Kramatorsk and Zaporizhzhia

At a Joint Force command post meeting on 16 October, Russia's Chief of the General Staff made territorial…

October 17, 2026 · 22:133 min read

A soldier of the 114th Territorial Defence Brigade launching a Sting interceptor drone

Drones

Ukraine: strike on the “Robo Avia” drone plant in Rostov – a railway bridge and a missile brigade depot hit in Bryansk

Ukraine’s General Staff says it confirmed a strike on October 16 on a production and storage building of…

October 17, 2026 · 21:152 min read

A Ukrainian soldier installing a Starlink satellite terminal outdoors

Politics & Diplomacy

Starshield: the order to “slow down” service to Ukraine came from the White House, Reuters reports – Trump: “It wasn’t me” – Zelensky: speeds not yet restored

Reuters reports that the order to limit SpaceX's Starshield service for Ukraine's military came from inside the White…

October 17, 2026 · 11:152 min read

President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky during their bilateral meeting at the United Nations in New York

Europe

Trump calls Ukraine’s refinery strikes a “disgrace”; Zelensky, in Brussels, answers: “Yesterday we had a thousand drones” – and asks the EU for €70 billion and 300 Patriot missiles

Trump said Ukraine’s renewed strikes on Russian refineries only raise oil prices and that Zelensky is harder to…

October 16, 2026 · 22:154 min read

The Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant seen across the Kakhovka Reservoir, with cooling towers and reactor buildings

Military & Defense

IAEA brokers eighth local ceasefire at Zaporizhzhia plant to repair backup transformer, as Grossi warns diesel is running low

The IAEA brokered a localised ceasefire from 15 October so engineers can repair a backup transformer at Zaporizhzhia,…

October 16, 2026 · 22:142 min read