An air raid alert was issued in Kyiv on Wednesday evening, October 21, due to a ballistic missile threat. A series of loud explosions was heard in the capital.

US President Donald Trump once again claims that an end to Russia’s war against Ukraine is "approaching" and that this may be the "closest" they have come to peace. At the same time, he warned against actions that could upset the "balance" ahead of negotiations.

Soldier and blogger Kyrylo Soloshenko, better known by the pseudonym Kiriusha Akuratnyi, was killed on the front line on October 15. He was 35.

Ukraine and Norway are developing three joint projects to strengthen air defences. One focuses on countering "Shaheds", with Ukraine set to see results in one and a half to two months.

Russian troops attacked an infrastructure facility in Zaporizhzhia in the evening.

Ukrainian pilots flying Su-27 fighter jets carried out an airstrike on a Russian occupier strongpoint, destroying a building housing enemy troops.

Today, October 21, Russian occupiers carried out strikes on the Kirovohrad region.

Drone operators from the SIGNUM Battalion of the 59th Brigade of the Unmanned Systems Forces carried out a series of strikes on Russian occupiers’ equipment and personnel far behind the front line.

National Bank of Ukraine Governor Andrii Pyshnyi confirmed that detectives from the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU), together with the Specialised Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office (SAPO), conducted searches at the regulator’s premises on October 21. However, the criminal...

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Ukraine is ready to participate in trilateral talks with the United States and Russia. Moscow supports holding such a meeting as early as November.

Soldier and journalist Bohdan Butkevych examines today’s most pressing issues.

Yurii Butusov, commander of a UAV company in the 23rd Assault Regiment of the National Guard’s 2nd Khartiia Corps, said that the Starlink (Starshield) slowdown effectively handed Russian troops a "day off", and Ukraine is paying for it with its own blood.

The loss of a Su-30 aircraft was reported in Russia for the second time on October 21.

US presidential special envoy Jared Kushner reported progress in negotiations to end Russia’s war against Ukraine and the possibility of laying the foundation for lasting peace. At the same time, he stressed that much difficult work remained ahead.

Today, 21 October, Russian troops have once again struck the centre of Sloviansk in the Donetsk region, resulting in casualties.

Defence Forces scouts from the Group 10 unit used deception to capture a Russian occupier who mistook them for his own troops.

US presidential special envoy Steve Witkoff said that talks with Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Oslo and Russian dictator Vladimir Putin in St. Petersburg had been constructive, and that negotiations to end the war would continue through trilateral meetings between the United States, Russia and Ukraine...

Patrol Police Senior Lieutenant Serhii Medientsev, call sign "SS", was killed while carrying out a combat mission.

US special envoy Steve Witkoff presented Russian dictator Vladimir Putin with an updated proposal to end the war in Ukraine during a three-hour meeting in St. Petersburg. The sides agreed to resume trilateral peace talks involving Russia, Ukraine and the United States.

A botched operation at Leipzig-Halle Airport in Germany this summer was one of the first incidents in an intensified campaign of sabotage against NATO countries, which, according to US intelligence, was personally ordered by the Russian dictator Vladimir Putin. Moscow denies any involvement in...