🇺🇸🧑🧑🧒🧒🇺🇦 Trump has temporarily reversed the decision to close the US initiative that documented the mass deportation of Ukrainian children, - WP
After pressure from the US Congress and the public, the White House has made a temporary decision to extend it for another six weeks.
🇺🇸🇮🇷 Bessent on Iran:
My advice to the Iranian people would be: Don't pay your taxes because you're not going to get anything back from the government.
The other thing that I would tell the Iranian people is, anything you need for the winter, you should go and get now.
🇩🇰👀 Danish Prime Minister Frederiksen stated that the phone call between 🇫🇮Finnish President Stubb and 🇳🇴Norwegian Prime Minister Støre with Putin was not coordinated with their 🇪🇺European allies.
"I really don't understand what these two countries think can be achieved in this way," she added.
🇫🇷 Safran will increase the production of AASM Hammer guided bombs, producing up to 2,000 units per year from 2027, - La Tribune
In parallel, the company is expanding the production of engines for SCALP/Storm Shadow cruise missiles, which are used by the Ukrainian Air Force.
🇰🇷❗️🇺🇦 South Korean Foreign Minister stated that eight diplomatic personnel had been withdrawn from the embassy in Kyiv.
He noted that withdrawal was unavoidable due to Kyiv’s failure to adequately address the dispute and that essential staff remain in place to protect South Korean nationals.
Russian attack continues
Sumy region.In Konotop,there has been no electricity for the fourth day following Russian strikes.The hospital is operating on generators,water is supplied on a schedule.Restoration work is ongoing
📹Sumy
❗️On October 27–28, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andriy Sybiha will be on a visit to Helsinki, where the foreign ministers of the Nordic countries are gathering these days. A separate trilateral meeting of the foreign ministers of Ukraine, Finland, and Norway will also take place.
Poltava region: in the Omelnytska hromada of the Kremenchutskyi district, a country house caught fire due to the fall of a Russian drone debris. The glazing in neighboring buildings was also damaged.
Over the past day,Russian forces attacked Kharkiv&12 settlements in the region.3 people were killed
CBS deleted this post and reposted it admitting that their original one was misleading. And the misleading post from CBS was intentionally misleading, not an innocent mistake. CBS continues to lose credibility.
❗️ Russia is preparing a massive missile strike on Ukraine by the end of the week, — eRadar.
🟢 Tu-160s have been redeployed to Engels airfield to be equipped with missiles. 4–6 Tu-95MS at Ukrainka.
🟢 Among targets are energy and military-industrial complex facilities in the western regions.
❗️A 🇷🇺Russian cruise missile (small jet-powered drone) “Geran-5 K5-K” fell in the 🇺🇦Odesa region due to technical malfunctions.
This is a new modification of the Geran-5 series, distinguished by an autonomous optical navigation system (it orients itself
🇺🇦🇺🇸👀 Nikolayevsky Vanek:
Kyiv was once again hit by ballistic missiles. Late in the evening, S-400 missiles fired, killing one person and injuring several others.
Four Iskander-M missiles attacked the Southern Bridge overnight.
We weren't given licenses to produce these missiles because our "partners" in the US are afraid that we'll scale up production of these missiles, and then a bunch of countries will cease to be dependent on the US!
Someone is really worried about their money, while we here are afraid for our lives.
The goal is to force residents of Kyiv and the Kyiv region to take to the streets against the "Kyiv regime" in the cold, devastation, and without power.
There's no news about the Patriot missiles, and no one's even asking about licenses for these missiles anymore.
A temporary ceasefire was established in the area of the Russian-occupied Ukrainian city of Oleshky(Kherson region).It began at 3:00a.m(4:00a.m Moscow time)
According to estimates by the Ukrainian government,between 2&six thousand civilians are trapped there under blockade&are suffering from hunger
🕸️🕷️Campaign plans: We’re planning to raise funds for net launchers to protect Ukrainian ground robots (UGVs) from Russian FPV drones in one of our upcoming NAFO campaigns.
Our friends from the 110th Territorial Defense Brigade’s UGV unit have requested these systems for testing.
Last night, Russia attacked #Ukraine with Iskander-M and S-400 ballistic missiles, as well as 280 drones.
Kyiv.Two fires broke out in non-residential buildings in the Obolonskyi district. In the Desnianskyi district, a university building, dormitories, residential buildings, and cars were damaged.
🇪🇺🇺🇦 EU leaders aim to reach an agreement on a support package for Ukraine worth approximately €45 billion by the end of this year, - Politico.
A potential loan, guaranteed by the current EU budget, has emerged in recent weeks as the most likely scenario for meeting Ukraine's financial needs in 2027.
🇫🇮🇺🇦🇳🇴 Consultations with Ukraine were held in preparation for Putin's call, — Stubb's office
🇱🇹 Lithuanian President considers negotiations with Russia without representatives from Kyiv or EU dangerous.
"It's unacceptable that Europe isn't participating in negotiations, Ukraine isn't even invited."
NEW: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky reiterated his willingness for a complete or partial ceasefire, including moratoriums on strikes against energy infrastructure or the Black Sea, but the Kremlin continues to reject a ceasefire.
Read more: https://isw.pub/UkrWar102626
It is reported that this evening the Russians struck Kyiv with ballistic missiles. The strikes hit a university campus, a park, and residential buildings. The strike hit a crowded area with no nearby military targets.
Ukraine is asking for tangible results from the next negotiations: protection for energy infrastructure, secure maritime trade, prisoner exchanges. Moscow is pursuing much wider discussion about Europe’s security order. Israel votes tomorrow amid reports that Netanyahu sought another strike on Iran.
Ukrainian activists gathered in Polish Gdansk to remind society of Ukrainian defenders held in Russian captivity
The war will not truly end until every Ukrainian, every child, civilian, and soldier, returns home
📷 Consulate of Ukraine in Gdansk
After a combat mission, Ukrainian soldiers evacuated eight civilians from shelled Lyman in Donetsk Oblast, shielding them from a Russian drone with their own bodies
The two-day evacuation ran through Russian ambushes and FPV drones
🎥 63rd Brigade
Today is Ukraine's Day of Writing and Language, and Russia is still restricting it.
On 15 December 2025, it dropped Ukrainian from the school programs it imposes on occupied territories. Our updated timeline: euromaidanpress.com/2026/10/26/a...
Ukrainian Marine FPV crews said getting to the launch position had become one of the riskiest parts of their job
Rules change almost daily, but the crews adapt and keep fighting
🎥 36th Marine Brigade, 2nd Battalion
❗️The Kremlin, through the head of the Russian Direct Investment Fund Kirill Dmitriev, is luring Trump’s team with lucrative deals in energy, aviation, rare earth metals, AI, and technology (including investments by people close to Trump in Lukoil), without stopping the war.
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❗️According to the Financial Times, in late August the son of the US President, Donald Trump Jr., arrived in Mongolia for a hunting trip accompanied by the Secret Service and Republican sponsor Kevin Small; later, Russian oligarch Umar Kremlev and Artur Martirosov joined him from Kazakhstan.
❗️Romania’s SRI intelligence service uncovered a sabotage network coordinated from Russia. It was linked to a fire on September 14, 2026, near the CARFIL SA plant (part of ROMARM) in Brașov. Two Belarusians were detained in Germany, and an arrest warrant was issued for a Ukrainian (who is in Poland).
❗️Kyiv has not received any new information from Hegseth or the Pentagon regarding approval of missiles for Patriot/NASAMS, Alex Raufoglu reported. There are also no updates from the Pentagon on licenses for Patriot, sources told
🙏🇺🇦 One person was killed in a Russian attack in Kyiv. At least 10 people are currently reported injured.
Ballistics hit the territory of one of the universities: the building, dormitories and nearby residential buildings were damaged. Two medical facilities were damaged in the Dnipro district.
🤔 Donald Trump Jr. traveled with Russian oligarch Umar Kremlev to hunt in Mongolia, — FT.
The son of US president arrived in the country in late August, accompanied by the US Secret Service and Republican donor Kevin Small. Kremlev later flew to him from Kazakhstan with oligarch Artur Martirosov.
🙏🇺🇦 Zelensky:
The number of injured after the Russian strike on the university campus and surrounding area risen to 12, five of them students and university staff.
While emergency services were helping people, the Russians used ballistic missiles again.
🇺🇦🇺🇸❗️Zelensky:
Artificial and long delays in the delivery of interceptor packages for Patriots and Nasams, which, unfortunately, have been happening recently, directly help Russia achieve the goals of its terrorist campaign.
🇵🇱🇺🇸🇺🇦 Polish Foreign Minister Sikorski:
The United States has now adopted a strategy of ending the war on whatever terms are necessary, so that it can return to economic cooperation.
But you can end any war by surrendering.
So the terms matter.
🇵🇱🇺🇦 Polish Foreign Minister Sikorski:
American negotiators are making a mistake by assuming that this is a war only about territory.
They think that if Ukraine simply gives up those last two cities in Donbas, Putin will be able to save face and the war will end.
❗️Overnight, Russia launched 16 ballistic missiles and more than 280 drones, intensifying strikes on Ukraine’s energy, logistics, and infrastructure. Zelenskyy reported hits in Kyiv (including on the South Bridge), casualties, and an escalation against logistics;
🕊️A ceasefire regime in occupied Oleshky now, – Lubinets.
Ukraine has introduced a regime of silence:
▪️deliver humanitarian aid to residents who remain in the city;
▪️prepare conditions for the free movement of civilians from Oleshky;
▪️ensure the safety and rescue of people.
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The E5 countries will strengthen Ukraine's military capabilities before winter, - Neue Zürcher Zeitung.
The five most powerful European NATO member states intend to strengthen Ukraine's military capabilities with air defense systems and other weapons in anticipation of the upcoming winter.
❗️People died on the territory of DTEU in Kyiv as a result of a ballistic attack. Probably students of dormitories.
Ballistics also hit Kyoto Park — opposite DTEU, where a lot of people usually walk in the evening.
🇺🇦 Magyar Brovdi:
SBS birds have already crossed the mark of 14,000‼️Russians, confirmed in the Delta by irreversible and sanitary losses of manpower (SBS hit/destroyed 55.4 thousand targets during October).
We will cross 16 thousand Russians and 66 thousand enemy targets by the end of the month.
🇺🇦 Ukraine can cover only a third of state expenditures with its own revenues, — PM Koretsky
The country's total expenditures in 2026 will amount to about $200 billion. Of these, $155 billion is for war, and the remaining $45 billion is for medicine, education, social needs and other expenditures.