Russia is expanding the range of African countries from which it recruits men to address a shortage of personnel in its armed forces amid the war against Ukraine, where it is suffering heavy losses.
In the village of Mlyniv in the Rivne region, search teams exhumed more than 40 sets of human remains of people who died during World War II; these remains were later reburied at the Memorial of Glory.
An agent of the ATESH partisan movement serving in the Russian Armed Forces has provided information on the security arrangements at the Vostochnaya substation (Dzhankoi substation) in temporarily occupied Crimea, which is guarded by Russian troops.
Polish Sejm Speaker Włodzimierz Czarzasty has called for Russia’s actions to be monitored on a daily basis, saying the threat from Moscow is growing, although there is no reason to panic.
U.S. First Lady Melania Trump is ready to continue her humanitarian efforts in Ukraine if President Volodymyr Zelensky and Russian President Vladimir Putin are willing to continue cooperating with her after the operation in Oleshky concludes.
In the Chernivtsi region, a power facility was damaged when debris from a Russian military jet-powered drone fell, causing a power outage for consumers.
Starting at 3:00 a.m. on October 27, Kyiv time, Ukraine is implementing a ceasefire in a designated area to conduct a humanitarian operation in the temporarily occupied town of Oleshky in the Kherson region.
President Volodymyr Zelensky discussed with the newly elected President of Estonia, Ülle Madise, the issue of achieving peace in Ukraine and emphasized the importance of Europe’s participation in peace talks.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and Seimas Speaker Juozas Olekas of the Republic of Lithuania discussed Ukraine’s European integration and the priorities of Lithuania’s presidency of the Council of the EU in the first half of 2027.
The Russian authorities have committed crimes against humanity by attacking Ukraine’s energy infrastructure and recruiting foreign nationals to participate in hostilities on the side of their armed forces in Ukraine, the UN Commission stated.
President Volodymyr Zelensky held a meeting with Moldovan Prime Minister Vasile Tofan, during which they discussed security issues, including Transnistria, European integration, and the strengthening of military cooperation between the two countries.
Russia has sent a diplomatic note to the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs in response to Defence Minister Dilan Yeşilgöz-Zegerius’s statement that Russia is not merely an aggressor, but an enemy.
Moldova’s airspace has been violated more than 100 times since the start of the Russian-Ukrainian war, with drones and missile fragments falling on its territory. This is why Moldova wants to draw on Ukraine’s experience in countering drones.
The death toll from a Russian strike on the settlement of Nova Vodolaha in the Kharkiv region has risen after a 12-year-old boy died in hospital. He was the brother of another child killed in the attack. The confirmed number of children killed in the Russian strike has now risen to three.
On October 25 and overnight into October 26, the Ukrainian Defense Forces struck a communications hub, a command post, a UAV workshop and logistics depots belonging to the Russian army in the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine.
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha has reacted with irony to the idea of nominating former Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán for the post of UN Secretary-General.
President Volodymyr Zelensky said Ukraine has been waiting for nearly a month for U.S. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth to sign off on the supply of missiles for Patriot and NASAMS air defense systems.
Ukraine would have had enough missiles for its Patriot systems to last several years if it hadn’t used up a significant portion of them in the Middle East. At the same time, combat experience has helped the Ukrainian Armed Forces change their tactics for using these systems.
On October 25 and during the night of October 26, units of the Ukrainian Defense Forces struck the “Energia” plant in Yelets, Lipetsk Oblast, Russian Federation, which manufactures power sources for aerial bombs, sea-based cruise missiles, and “Iskander-M” operational-tactical missile systems.
President Volodymyr Zelensky stated that the victory of the opposition movement “Student List” in Serbia’s parliamentary elections marks a new chapter in the history of the country and its people.
As of the morning of October 26, consumers in six regions are without power due to Russian shelling; power outage schedules involving up to two rounds of outages are in effect across parts of Ukraine.
In the Sverdlovsk region of the Russian Federation, on the Reshety–Sedelnikovo section, 20 cars of a freight train derailed, and seven tank cars caught fire.
Ukraine needs agreements with Romania to increase the throughput of the Sulina Canal and introduce night navigation in order to raise cargo volumes at Danube ports.
A total of 177 combat engagements between Ukraine’s Defense Forces and Russian troops were recorded on the front line on October 25, with the Pokrovsk sector remaining the hottest.
Ukraine’s air defense forces neutralized 112 drones and three Kh-59/69 guided air-launched missiles used by Russian forces to attack Ukraine overnight on October 26.
The total combat losses of Russian forces in Ukraine from February 24, 2022, to October 25, 2026, amount to approximately 1,580,440 personnel, including 1,990 over the past day.
Aleksandar Vučić, who until recently served as Serbia’s President, has conceded that his party lost the parliamentary election to a student-led protest movement.
The Trump Administration is backing former Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán for the post of UN Secretary-General, hoping to secure support from Russia and China, according to media reports.
Andrii Sybiha responded to remarks by Russian presidential aide Yuri Ushakov, who said Moscow had expected the United States to put pressure on Ukraine following Donald Trump’s meeting with Vladimir Putin in Alaska.
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