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28 October 2025
The Netherlands believes it is evident that Russia must compensate Ukraine for the damage it has caused and supports using frozen Russian assets as a loan, provided that all legal and financial risks are addressed.
Russian forces are currently present in the northern part of Kupiansk and are attempting both to bypass the city and to break through toward its center.
Former Odesa Mayor Hennadii Trukhanov was handed a suspicion notice for official negligence on the evening of October 28.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said he wants China to stop supplying Russia with weapons and mercenaries and to exert pressure on the aggressor to end the war.
U.S. President Donald Trump will follow through and enforce harsh new oil sanctions on Russia to pressure Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin into negotiations to end the Russia-Ukraine war.
A civilian enterprise in Chuhuiv, Kharkiv region, was damaged in a Russian drone attack on the evening of Tuesday, October 28.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and his Finnish counterpart Alexander Stubb held a phone call on Tuesday to discuss cooperation with international partners.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky met with Speaker of the Seimas of Lithuania Juozas Olekas, who is visiting Ukraine for the first time in his current role.
The effectiveness of the United Nations entirely depends on its five permanent Security Council members, who will never agree to substantial reform, believes former Chief of the UN Security Council Secretariat Oleksandr Matsuka.
Russian troops are amassing forces in the Kostiantynivka sector of the front in preparation for further assaults, with heavy fighting ongoing.
Ukraine’s Minister of Defense Denys Shmyhal met with NATO Senior Representative in Ukraine Patrick Turner and Lieutenant General Curtis Buzzard, Commander of NSATU and SAG-U. Among other issues, the parties discussed the PURL initiative.
Russian invading forces have broken through to the outskirts of the town of Myrnohrad in the Pokrovsk sector, where heavy street battles are ongoing.
President Volodymyr Zelensky has awarded state decorations to 433 defenders of Ukraine, 179 of them posthumously.
Prime Minister of Ukraine Yuliia Svyrydenko has announced that the country has officially launched the heating season.
During a meeting in Kyiv, President Volodymyr Zelensky and Dutch Minister of Foreign Affairs David van Weel discussed Ukraine’s energy support, joint drone production, and the opening of an office of the tribunal for Russia’s war crimes.
During a meeting in Kyiv, President Volodymyr Zelensky and Dutch Minister of Foreign Affairs David van Weel discussed Ukraine’s energy support, joint drone production, and the opening of an office of the tribunal for Russia’s war crimes.
The National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) has served notices of suspicion to two officials of the State Service of Special Communications and Information Protection (SSSCIP), as well as two representatives of private companies, as part of a case involving the embezzlement of funds during drone procurement for the Defense Forces.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has announced the creation of an Energy Coalition. According to him, the first meeting in video format is scheduled to take place in the coming days.
As of midday of October 28, only 561 residents remain in Kupiansk, Kharkiv region.
In the Donetsk region, Russian troops once again shelled a residential area of Kramatorsk. The extent of the damage is being determined.
Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Ruslan Stefanchuk and Speaker of the Lithuanian Seimas Juozas Olekas discussed steps to strengthen sanctions, economic, and diplomatic pressure on Russia during their meeting.
Washington has set a six-month deadline for Berlin to resolve the issue concerning the assets of Russian oil company Rosneft.
The U.S. government has provided written guarantees that Rosneft's assets in Germany will not fall under American sanctions against Russia, as they are not under Russian control.
A Russian kamikaze drone attacked a Ukrainian military vehicle, injuring several members of the German news agency WELT's film crew.
The European Commission has proposed that EU member states approve the start of negotiations with Ukraine on its participation in the Governmental Satellite Communications (GOVSATCOM) component of the EU Space Programme and in the EU secure connectivity programme.
Russia's work on developing its nuclear arsenal, including the controversial test of the Burevestnik missile, is a worrying signal, but NATO countries and their partners will not allow themselves to be intimidated.
In the Sumy region, a Russian drone attacked a civilian vehicle, injuring one person.
Russian forces have begun to use more heavy equipment on the Pokrovsk front, where street fighting is ongoing in the city of Pokrovsk.
Ukraine’s energy system needs approximately 1.3 GW of energy storage capacity.
The number of people injured in a Russian strike on the Zaporizhzhia district has increased to two.