The following is the Oct. 15, 2024 edition of our Ukraine Business Roundup weekly newsletter. To get the biggest news in business and tech from Ukraine directly in your inbox, subscribe here.Ukraine is set to face its toughest winter since the start of…
Units of Ukraine’s military intelligence (HUR) liberated 400 hectares (988 acres) of forest in Kharkiv Oblast, killing a number of Russian soldiers, the agency reported on Oct. 16.The operation was conducted north of the village of Lyptsi, located 10 k…
Editor’s note: This is a developing story and is being updated.President Volodymyr Zelensky presented Ukraine’s much-debated victory plan at parliament on Oct. 16, though some parts remained classified.The proposal is comprised of five points: an invit…
U.S. President Joe Biden is expected to meet the leaders of Germany, France, and the U.K. in Berlin later this week after his earlier visit was postponed due to Hurricane Milton, CNN reported on Oct. 16, citing three unnamed Western officials.Berlin ha…
France successfully tested its first “kamikaze” drones and will deliver them to Ukraine “in the coming weeks,” French Defense Minister Sebastien Lecornu said on Oct. 16.”Tests of France’s first remotely operated munition – also called kamikaze drones” …
The U.K. is working on its own proposals as part of the practical part of Ukraine’s victory plan, Commander-in-Chief Oleksandr Syrskyi said on Oct. 16 after a phone call with his British counterpart.Following a conversation with U.K. Chief of Defense S…
Poland can make Ukraine’s accession to the EU contingent on the resolution of the Volyn massacre as joining the bloc is not a matter of the country’s survival, a Polish minister said in a media interview published on Oct. 15.Speaking to the Interia out…
The United States is not deploying a Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) missile battery to protect Ukraine, as it will do in Israel, given the different defense capabilities of the two nations, Pentagon spokesperson Sabrina Singh said at a bri…
The southern city of Kherson has completely lost electricity for as of yet unknown reasons, Roman Mrochko, the city’s military administration head, said on Oct. 16.”According to preliminary information, the entire city was cut off. The reasons are bein…
Ukrainian air defenses downed 51 of the 136 Shahed-type attack drones launched during a Russian attack overnight on Oct. 16, Ukraine’s Air Force said.The drones were reportedly launched from the Russian port town of Primorsko-Akhtarsk, located on the c…