Russia’s war on Ukraine
Thursday 22 October 2026
Wednesday 21 October 2026
- Military shows how engineering drones install defensive barriers on frontline
- Missiles hit Kyiv after Russia agrees to US call to resume Ukraine peace talks
- Putin orders release of jailed American as he meets Trump envoy for Ukraine talks
- Poland reportedly suspends major arms shipment to Ukraine over regional tribute to Ukrainian Insurgent Army, whose fighters took part in WWII massacres of Poles
- AfD’s Alice Weidel urges quick Ukraine talks and a return to cheap Russian energy
- German military classifies threat of Russian sabotage as 'significant' for first time, German media reports
- US citizen Stephen Hubbard freed by Russia as Trump envoy meets Putin
- Council of Europe urges Ukraine to strengthen protection of Roma and LGBTI people against discrimination
- The only candidate from Russia’s Komi region to call for peace in last month’s parliamentary elections has been detained on suspicion of ‘justifying terrorism’
- Russian attack damages homes, car repair shop and gas station in Kyiv’s Dniprovskyi District, injuring two
- Meduza surveyed more than 4,000 readers. Most respondents still in Russia want to emigrate, but half of those hoping to leave rate their chances of doing so within a year at two out of 10 or lower.
- Ukraine’s defence capabilities must be integrated into Europe’s security system as soon as possible, Kubilius says
- Rosenberg: US diplomatic push offers little hope for imminent Ukraine peace
- American Stephen Hubbard Freed After More Than 4 Years In Russian Custody
- Vance defends Trump envoy’s ‘humanitarian’ praise for Putin
- Talking to Putin: Europe seeks a negotiator-in-chief for Ukraine
- War update: 165 clashes on front line over past day, heaviest fighting on Pokrovsk axis
- Trilateral talks could be held in early November following Witkoff–Putin meeting, Zelensky says
- Trump, Putin and Xi at one table, without Ukraine. What Moscow wants from the proposal and why Beijing might agree.
- Russian drone attacks evacuation vehicle in Donetsk region
- Zelensky outlines joint projects with Norway to counter Shahed drones and strengthen air defense
- Russia puts Dmitry Bastrakov, founder of nationalist publishing house ‘Black Hundred,’ on wanted list amid reports of an AWOL investigation
- BBC Russian reveals that journalist Darya Shipacheva raised 1.5 million rubles for Ukraine’s military before receiving a 12-year treason sentence
- Russia launches round 60 strikes on energy and oil and gas infrastructure in three days