On Friday, October 17, Russia may decide to suspend hostilities to carry out repairs at the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP), according to comments made by Rosatom head Alexey Likhachev to Russian media.

Russia’s total combat losses in its war against Ukraine from February 24, 2022, to October 16, 2025, amount to approximately 1,127,300 personnel, including 1,080 eliminated in the past 24 hours. — Ukrinform.

At least 1,076 Cuban nationals have fought or are fighting for Russia in Ukraine, Ukraine's military intelligence (HUR) told the Kyiv Independent on Oct. 15. Ninety-six are known to have died or gone missing in action.

From a bunker in eastern Ukraine, the 33-year-old soldier asks her comrade to fly a reconnaissance drone over her childhood home, hoping for a final glimpse before it becomes just another city pulverized by years of fighting.

Russia suffered approximately 1,125,150 casualties in Ukraine between February 24, 2022 and October 14, 2025, with 1,200 soldiers killed or wounded in the past 24 hours. — Ukrinform.

The soldier took up arms a decade ago to defend her home region, Donetsk, where Ukraine has been battling Russian-backed forces since 2014. Since Russia’s full-scale invasion in 2022, the region has become synonymous with Ukraine’s fight for survival. Battlefield developments in Donetsk are considered a gauge of each side’s fortunes in the war.

Ukraine expects to have a $3.5 billion fund by next month to buy weapons from the U.S. and sustain its fight against Russia's invasion.

Gould-Davies, a senior fellow for Russia and Eurasia at the International Institute for Strategic Studies who has served as the U.K. ambassador to Belarus, wrote recently that foreign-policy setbacks and economic challenges have put Russia in a bind,

The Najaf Criminal Court has sentenced an Iraqi man to life in prison for trafficking people to Russia to fight in the war against Ukraine.

US President Donald Trump ruled out sending US troops to Gaza after issuing stern warning to “kill” Hamas members. “If Hamas continues to kill people in Gaza, which was not the Deal, we will have no choice but to go in and kill them.