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The 19th package of sanctions adopted by the European Council against Russia includes 69 new individual listings and a range of economic restrictive measures targeting key sectors which fuel Russia’s illegal invasion of Ukraine, including energy, finance and the military industrial complex.
Belgium insists on establishing a clear legal framework and shared responsibility for using Russia's frozen assets to benefit Ukraine – something it says is still lacking.
The National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) has decided to keep its key policy rate unchanged at 15.5%.
On Thursday, October 23, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said that Madrid is considering joining NATO's PURL (Priority Ukraine Requirements List) initiative, which focuses on the joint procurement and delivery of American weapons to Ukraine.
On October 23, as part of repatriation efforts, 1,000 bodies claimed by the Russian side to belong to Ukrainian servicemen were returned to Ukraine.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said that the adoption of the EU's 19th package of sanctions against Russia demonstrates unity at a time when Russia is intensifying terror and attacks on civilians.
Sanctions against Rosneft and Lukoil will directly affect the oil and gas industry, which generates revenue for Russia's war machine. This will inevitably lead to the collapse of the Russian economy.
China's Foreign Ministry stated that pressure on Russian leader Vladimir Putin will not bring the end to the Russian-Ukrainian conflict.
Journalist of the Freedom TV channel Olena Hubanova and cameraman Yevhen Karmazin were killed in a Russian Lancet drone strike in Kramatorsk.
Repair crews have completed work on one of the external power lines supplying the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant.
Today, October 23, hourly electricity outage schedules are being implemented from 07:00 to 23:00 across 12 regions of Ukraine. New Russian strikes have caused electricity disruptions in the Kharkiv and Chernihiv regions.
Russian troops attacked Kherson with a drone, killing a woman.
Fighters of the Azov Brigade, together with police officers of the Liut Brigade, rescued a woman from under the rubble in Kostiantynivka, Donetsk region.
In the Bakhchysarai district of temporarily occupied Crimea, security forces conducted a search on the night of October 23 and detained visually impaired Oleksandr Sizikov, who was released from prison in May due to illness.
The European Union has just approved the 19th package of sanctions against Russia for its ongoing full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
A fire broke out at a factory in Russia's Ryazan region after a drone crashed into it.
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said that the United States still wants to meet with Russia, despite the Trump administration imposing sanctions on Russia's two largest oil companies.
On the night of October 23, Air Defense Forces destroyed 92 Russian drones of various types out of 130 launched. Hits by 25 strike UAVs were recorded at 11 locations.
The number of victims of the Russian military's drone attack on Kyiv has increased to eight, two of whom are in serious condition.
Over the past 24 hours, 126 combat engagements were recorded between the Ukrainian Defense Forces and Russian troops, 50 of them on the Pokrovsk axis.
Seven people were injured in an overnight Russian drone attack on Kyiv.
In the Kharkiv region, a rescuer was killed and five of his colleagues were injured during a renewed Russian attack while performing a combat mission.
Russia suffered approximately 1,134,170 casualties in Ukraine between February 24, 2022 and October 23, 2025, with 920 soldiers killed or wounded in the past 24 hours.
The European Union has approved a 19th package of sanctions against Russia for its war against Ukraine that includes a ban on Russian liquefied natural gas imports.
To push Russia toward genuine peace talks on Ukraine, Vladimir Putin must be stripped of his belief in victory and shown that he is losing the war, with serious consequences for Russia.
U.S. President Donald Trump has dismissed as "fake news" a Wall Street Journal article claiming that Washington had allegedly authorized Ukraine to use long-range missiles to strike targets inside Russia.
The U.S. Department of the Treasury has announced sanctions against major Russian oil companies Rosneft and Lukoil, urging Moscow to immediately agree to a ceasefire in Ukraine.
A Russian attack drone has struck a railway station in the Sumy community, wounding two people.
The Build in Ukraine initiative is designed to integrate Ukraine's defense industry into Europe's defense ecosystem, increase security assistance to Ukraine, and attract additional investment.