Estonia is considering the possibility of purchasing defense supplies from Ukraine, Estonian Defense Minister Hanno Pevkur said on Oct. 13, according to local media. Ukraine’s martial law prohibits the export of defense equipment, but Pevkur said it mi…
Russian forces are using black-market Starlink internet terminals en masse on the front lines in Ukraine, contributing to territorial gains, the Washington Post (WP) reported on Oct. 12. Elon Musk’s company SpaceX began providing Starlink terminals to …
A meeting with Western defense partners yielded “concrete results” for Ukraine, Defense Minister Rustem Umerov reported on Oct. 13. Umerov visited counterparts from France, the U.K., Italy, and Germany as part of a delegation headed by President …
U.S. President Joe Biden will visit Germany on Oct. 18 after an earlier trip was postponed due to Hurricane Milton in the Gulf of Mexico, according to media reports published on Oct. 13. Biden will meet with German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier and…
Russia has used around 900 guided aerial bombs against Ukraine this week alone, President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Oct. 13.Guided aerial bombs are precision-guided munitions that have a shorter range than missiles, but are far cheaper to produce. The…
Ukraine’s Prosecutor General Andriy Kostin announced on Oct. 13 that his office had opened an investigation after Russian troops reportedly shot nine Ukrainian soldiers who surrendered as prisoners in Kursk Oblast. “The killing of prisoners of war is a…
Ukrainian troops are holding the front line in Russia’s Kursk Oblast despite Russian attempts to break through, President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Oct. 12. “There were attempts by Russia to push back our positions. But we are holding the defined line…
Nine Ukrainian soldiers who surrendered as prisoners were allegedly shot by Russian troops in Kursk Oblast earlier this week, the crowd-sourced monitoring site Deepstate reported on Oct. 13. The shootings are said to have occurred on Oct. 10, Deepstate…
Two Russian MiG-31K jets that were transferred to Belarus this week have most likely returned to Russia, the Belarusian monitoring group Hajun reported on Oct. 12. “Based on the available information, we know that after takeoff the MiG-31Ks did not ret…
Kyiv Independent’s ‘He Came Back’ documentary wins Best Film award at Prague film festivalThe Kyiv Independent’s investigative documentary “He Came Back,” which uncovers sexual crimes committed during the Russian occupation of Kyiv and Kherson oblasts …