Russian invasion of Ukraine

According to the Ukrainian agency Ukrinform, North Korean soldiers have reportedly arrived in Donetsk, although this claim has not yet been confirmed by other sources. Andriy Kovalenko, the head of the Center for Countering Disinformation, stated in a television interview that the North Korean military personnel are stationed in Russian-occupied areas of the Donetsk region.

The United Nations on Monday reiterated its commitment to maintaining dialogue with Türkiye, Ukraine, and Russia to ensure free and safe navigation in the Black Sea, as civilian casualties in Ukraine continue to mount.

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha will make his first official visit to Türkiye on Oct. 21 to meet with his Turkish counterpart, Hakan Fidan.

The two diplomats will discuss the ongoing war in Ukraine and the deepening ties between their countries, Turkish diplomatic sources told local media on Oct. 20.

NATO must avoid becoming directly involved in Russia's war in Ukraine, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz cautioned during his meeting with US President Joe Biden in Berlin. Scholz expressed gratitude to the US for its continued support of Kyiv.

North Korea has deployed the first contingent of 1,500 soldiers of its special forces to Vladivostok in the Russian Far East and will soon send more, the intelligence agency of South Korea said today.

President Volodymyr Zelensky today unveiled his long-awaited “victory plan” in the Ukrainian parliament, urging Ukrainians to remain united in uncertain times ahead of the November 5 presidential election in his ally the United States.

Ukraine is gearing up for a challenging winter as Russia intensifies its efforts and Western support shows signs of decline, according to an analysis by the Wall Street Journal. The war, now over two and a half years old, sees Ukrainian forces outnumbered and gradually losing ground in the Donbas region.

Ukraine's military reported on Wednesday that its forces destroyed a storage facility holding hundreds of Shahed attack drones in Russia's Krasnodar region.

According to the General Staff of the Ukrainian Army on Telegram, Ukrainian units targeted a warehouse near Oktyabrsky, where approximately 400 Iranian-made drones were kept.

This photograph shows pigeons flying over a residential building damaged by shelling in the town of Kurakhove, located near the front line, in the Pokrovsk district of the eastern Donetsk region, on Oct. 8, 2024, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Russia launched an attack on the Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhia on Sunday, striking residential buildings and injuring 14 people. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky shared the news in a post on "X", stating that rubble clearance continued throughout the day and that two people were rescued from the debris.