President Volodymyr Zelensky has said that North Korean officers are already in the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine and are training Russian soldiers.
The SBU Security Service of Ukraine detained a Russian intelligence asset who is believed to have been spying on the defense forces in the Pokrovsk axis.
In the first nine months of 2024, the Ukrainian Defense Forces have destroyed 144 Russian artillery brigades, worth an estimated USD 8 billion, according to the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense.
On October 14, MEPs in the Trade Committee voted by a majority to approve financial support to Ukraine in the form of a EUR 35 billion loan, backed by frozen Russian assets.
In Kharkiv region, warriors of the 79th Separate Air Assault Brigade (79 ODSHB) successfully repelled a Russian assault on the Kurakhove front, inflicting losses on the enemy personnel and armored vehicles.
Latvian Prime Minister Evika Silina initiated a review of information from The Insider about Russian oligarchs and other Russian figures who are under sanctions but do business in Latvia through proxies and have real estate here.
Despite an active ban imposed on Russian athletes across most international sports events over the war of aggression Russia is waging against Ukraine, their military athletes are allowed to some competitions, and German soldiers were spotted taking part in those events alongside the Russians.
Ukrainian defense forces eliminated 8,460 Russian invaders and destroyed 1,662 units of Russian equipment and weapons, including an aircraft, a helicopter and 52 tanks, over the past week.