War
Ukraine's Cabinet has approved a Defence Ministry strategy on engineering and fortifying defence lines to 2028, with an operational plan. The first phase targets the most threatened areas, including the borders with Russia and Belarus.
Oleh Marchenko · 16 Oct 2026
Sport
Ukraine's women's team will play England at Wembley on 5 December in a 2027 World Cup qualifying play-off, the Ukrainian Association of Football said. Date and venue of the other match are still to be announced.
Taras Hnatiuk · 16 Oct 2026
War
Ukraine's Defence Ministry says the Navy hit Russia's Borisoglebsk airfield with Neptune missiles, destroying four Su-34M bombers and damaging two. The claim is unverified, and the exact strike date was not given.
Oleh Marchenko · 15 Oct 2026
Politics
EU accession talks with Ukraine were formally opened on two more clusters, covering the internal market and competitiveness, on 13 October in Luxembourg. A Kyiv think tank says the talks now turn to practical, economic questions.
Iryna Kovalenko · 15 Oct 2026
Politics
Ukraine's Cabinet has allocated an additional UAH 60 billion to the Defence Forces, the Defence Ministry said. UAH 43.5 billion is for service members' pay and family support. The ministry did not say where the money comes from.
Iryna Kovalenko · 14 Oct 2026
Culture
Kyiv city authorities say facsimile copies of Ivan Fedorov's "Bukvar", printed in Lviv in 1574, will go to all the capital's schools, reproducing even the wooden binding and handwritten notes of the original.
Sofia Lysenko · 14 Oct 2026
Politics
President Zelensky says Kyiv lags behind nearly every other region in carrying out its resilience plan and has begun consultations on "urgent security and management steps". He promised decisions but gave no details.
Iryna Kovalenko · 14 Oct 2026
Politics
US President Donald Trump said "we have to make Zelensky want a deal" and that violations of the "energy ceasefire" were allegedly on both sides. Kyiv says Russia broke the truce; Moscow has not confirmed it.
Iryna Kovalenko · 14 Oct 2026
Politics
Ukraine's High Anti-Corruption Court approved a plea agreement with Artem Shylo, a former adviser at the Office of the President. He got an eight-year sentence, suspended for three years, and a UAH 204 million fine.
Iryna Kovalenko · 14 Oct 2026
War
Ukraine's General Staff says forces struck an Iskander-M repair base near Kondrynka in Russia's Kursk region and a radar near Shkriabyne in Bryansk region. It gave no damage assessment, and the claims are unverified.
Oleh Marchenko · 14 Oct 2026
War
Ukraine's General Staff says Russia used 9,393 kamikaze drones and 283 guided bombs over the past day, with 229 clashes recorded. The Pokrovsk axis was the busiest, with 39 attacks. All figures are Ukrainian claims.
Oleh Marchenko · 14 Oct 2026
Technology
Ukrainian communications expert Serhii "Flash" Beskrestnov says SpaceX overnight limited moving Starlink terminals to 100 mph on its military service, without warning. He says missions failed. SpaceX has not commented.
Maksym Tkachuk · 14 Oct 2026
Technology
Ukrainian communications expert Serhii "Flash" Beskrestnov says the Starlink restriction also hits interceptor drones, currently the most effective defence against Russian jet-powered Shaheds. He gave no technical details, and the claim is unconfirmed.
Maksym Tkachuk · 14 Oct 2026
Technology
Ukraine's Defence Ministry says its DELTA battlefield management system integrated every asset that sent data in NATO's STANAG 4817 format during the REPMUS 2026 maritime drone exercise. The claim is official and unverified.
Maksym Tkachuk · 14 Oct 2026
Business
The Centre for Economic Strategy says the government's draft 2027 budget lacks at least $32.6bn in financing. It also says war spending falls 6.5% in real terms while army needs may be far higher.
Andriy Bondar · 14 Oct 2026
War
Ukraine's Defence Ministry says almost 100 enterprises have joined an experimental private air-defence project, and that the groups formed have destroyed more than 60 aerial targets. The figures are official and unverified.
Oleh Marchenko · 14 Oct 2026
Business
A survey of 319 Ukrainian companies for the Business Ombudsman Council found 61.1% already export to the EU. High costs are the top barrier, cited by 45.5%, followed by sector-specific problems with certification and border logistics.
Andriy Bondar · 14 Oct 2026
Politics
Ukraine's parliament has approved a six-member advisory group of experts to select Accounting Chamber members, according to the Centre for Economic Strategy. The step is one of the conditions for €3.7bn in EU macro-financial aid.
Iryna Kovalenko · 14 Oct 2026
Business
Ukraine's military intelligence says Russia's 2026 "national defence" budget line is 12.121 trillion roubles, about $144.4bn, more than three times education and healthcare combined. The figures are HUR's reading of the budget.
Andriy Bondar · 14 Oct 2026
Business
Ukraine's Defence Ministry says defence-industry companies have secured more than UAH 12.5 billion in preferential loans under 211 contracts. Borrowers pay 5% a year, and the state covers the rest of the financing cost.
Andriy Bondar · 14 Oct 2026