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On October 14 and overnight into October 15, 2026, units of Ukraine’s Defence Forces struck Russian occupiers’ military targets.

The Prosecutor General’s Office has opened two criminal proceedings following Censor. NET’s publication of the story of veteran Vladyslav Sambur, who is seeking to recover UAH 4 million received by his mother, who had been stripped of her parental rights, while he was in Russian captivity.

U.S. President Donald Trump is increasingly dissatisfied with Ukraine's use of American resources to launch attacks on Russia's energy sector. He believes that such attacks could harm American consumers.

A video has been published online showing the moment a Russian ‘Shahed’ kamikaze drone struck the ‘Tavria V’ supermarket in the village of Maiaky, in the Odesa region. A CCTV camera captured a powerful explosion on the premises of the retail outlet.

Since the beginning of 2026, Russian occupiers have lost more than 350,000 troops.

This week,the Verkhovna Rada did not consider three anti-corruption bills on which €650 million in EU aid depends.

The ‘Neptune’ coastal missile system was used to attack the ‘Borisoglebsk’ military airfield in the Voronezh Region of the Russian Federation.

The Trump administration is considering easing sanctions against "shadow fleet" vessels that have been transporting oil and petroleum products, particularly from Russia, Iran, and Venezuela.

US intelligence has warned the Ukrainian embassy in Washington to immediately halt the exchange of intelligence if Kyiv continues to carry out strikes on Russian energy facilities.

A massive Russian attack is underway in the Kirovohrad region; explosions have been heard in Kropyvnytskyi and there have been fatalities.

Ukraine is set to resume strikes on Russian oil refineries following a three-day suspension of attacks on Russia’s energy infrastructure. The pause was introduced at the request of the US, yet Russia continued to attack the Ukrainian power grid.

On the night of October 15, Russian troops attacked Ukraine with hundreds of drones and two air-to-ground missiles.

The administration of US President Donald Trump has proposed that European countries unfreeze part of Russia’s sovereign assets and transfer them to a financial entity under Washington’s control.

The administration of US President Donald Trump has stated that it does not control SpaceX and is not involved in the restrictions on the operation of the Starlink satellite communications network in Ukraine. At the same time, Washington intends to contact Elon Musk’s company to ascertain the...

From the evening of 14 October, Russian invaders launched a massive attack on the Kirovohrad region using strike drones: three people were killed and six injured.

Ukraine’s external budget financing needs for 2027 exceed $52 billion, with more than $32.6 billion still to be secured. Serhii Koretskyi said this, stressing that the country’s defence capabilities, pension payments, hospital operations and support for businesses depend on these funds.

Law enforcement officers tracked down and detained a man suspected of shooting dead five Ukrainian servicemen in the Kharkiv region in less than 24 hours. He was identified as a Russian citizen serving in the Russian army.

Serviceman and journalist Bohdan Butkevych analyses the main events of recent days.

The Congressional Ukraine Caucus (a bipartisan group of members of the US House of Representatives who support Ukraine) is concerned about reports of a possible halt to US intelligence sharing with Ukraine and restrictions on Starlink services.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy publicly asked SpaceX founder Elon Musk to lift restrictions on Starlink services for the Ukrainian military and warned that the decision would cost lives.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy acknowledged that he feels "betrayed" by Donald Trump’s announcement of a diesel deal with dictator Vladimir Putin amid Russia’s ongoing terror. He also suggested that Ukraine is "losing a strong partner".

Russia claims that Ukraine attacked two oil refineries overnight on October 14 and is using this as evidence of Kyiv’s alleged unwillingness to observe an "energy truce". The President’s Office denied the claims, saying the strikes targeted other facilities.

Six people were killed, and another 12 were injured, including a child, in Russian strikes on Lutsk.

On the afternoon of October 14, 2026, Russian forces attacked Lutsk with strike drones.

Dmitry Peskov, spokesman for dictator Putin, stated that the "energy truce" announced by Donald Trump was not specified in detail, so Russia continues to target Ukraine's energy sector.