A residential building damaged in a Russian attack on Kharkiv, on Oct. 12, 2026. (State Emergency Service of Ukraine/Telegram) Russian forces launched a large-scale missile attack on Kharkiv on Oct.

Russian drone attacks throughout the day strike Kyiv apartment bloc, kill woman, injure 14 * Russia strikes Roshen ...

The incident follows a series of reported drone strikes on Russian data centers that have disrupted Yandex services.

Ukrainian news outlet Ukrainska Pravda is calling for an independent investigation into the detention of two of its journalists in Vienna, saying Austrian law enforcement officers used excessive force ...

A member of the French Navy watches the boarding of the Russian shadow vessel DF Peak on Oct. 12, 2026. (Catherine Vautrin / X) The French Navy intercepted and boarded a tanker suspected of flying ...

Kyiv Independent staff reported powerful blasts in central Kyiv, with air raid sirens and mobile notifications sounding only afterward. Key developments on Oct. 12: * Russian drone attacks throughout ...

The vote paves the way for the EU to formally open two more accession clusters with Ukraine and Moldova at a meeting in Luxembourg on Oct. 13. If passed, the bill could help alleviate bottlenecks the ...

Kyiv Independent staff reported powerful blasts in central Kyiv, with air raid sirens and mobile notifications sounding only afterward. Key developments on Oct. 12: * Russian drone attacks throughout ...

The SBU said it had foiled a series of alleged terrorist plots prepared by Russian intelligence services in Rivne this year.

The successful test comes as Ukrainian cities are under repeated assault from Russia's new generation of jet-powered drones.

"We are taking this matter very seriously," National Defense Minister Wladyslaw Kosiniak-Kamysz said at a press briefing on Oct. 11.

Ukraine will halt its strikes against Russian refineries only if Moscow ceases its attacks against the Ukrainian power grid, ...