Ukraine’s battlefield becomes testing ground in Europe’s new arms ‘gold rush’

The war in Ukraine, now well into its third year, has become more than a bloody geopolitical struggle between Moscow and Kiev. It has also turned into what many analysts describe as a vast testing ground for Western arms manufacturers, a place...

Kyiv-Basket Triumphs Over Niko-Basket in Superleague Opener 2025

Game ‘Niko-Basket’ against ‘Kyiv-Basket’ in Kyiv, October 4, 2025. Ukrainian Basketball Federation As reported by Ukrainian Basketball Federation In the opening game of the regular season of the Super League, Kyiv-Basket defeated Niko-Basket from...

Ukraine Launches New Kyiv-Bucharest Intercity Train Route Boosting Connectivity

A government initiative in the field of rail connectivity is gaining momentum with the launch of a new intercity route that will connect Kyiv with Bucharest via Vinnytsia, Zhmerinka, and Mohyliv-Podilskyi, as well as through the settlements...

Ukrainian Defense Forces Have Cleared Several Villages In Dnipropetrovsk Region

This was reported by analysts of the DeepState project. The Ukrainian military has cleared four villages in Dnipropetrovsk region. This was reported by analysts of the DeepState project. The Ukrainian defense forces have cleared Sosnovka,...

Ukrainian troops stabilise situation in Yampil and search for remaining Russian sabotage groups

Oleksandr Syrskyi (right) during a visit to Donetsk Oblast. Photo: Syrskyi on Facebook Ukrainian troops have stabilised the situation near the village of Yampil in Donetsk Oblast, according to Oleksandr Syrskyi, Commander-in-Chief of the Armed...

Ukrainian Military Enhances FPV Drones for Frontline Reconnaissance and Combat

On the Zaporizhzhia sector, service members of the 118th Separate Mechanized Brigade repair FPV drones, improve them, and upgrade them to meet the needs of the modern front. After diagnostics, each device undergoes thorough testing, as the...

Ukraine slaps new sanctions on Russian oil industry, drone production

President Volodymyr Zelensky signed several decrees extending and imposing sanctions against Russia on Oct. 4. The new measures take aim at Russia's oil industry and weapons production, particularly drone manufacturers. One of the decrees extends...

Ukraine accuses Russia of ‘deliberate’ strike on civilians at railway station

Dozens of people have been injured following a Russian drone strike on a railway station in northeastern Ukraine, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said. Zelensky raged over the attack in a series of posts shared to X on Saturday morning,...

‘Savage’ Russian drone strike hits Ukraine passenger train

“The Russians could not have been unaware that they were striking civilians,” added Zelenskyy. Russia struck two trains, first hitting a local passenger train and then another headed for Kyiv, said Ukraine’s Deputy Prime Minister Oleksiy Kuleba....

Russia burns as Ukraine hits major oil refinery and missile ship in lethal double strike

Ukraine's army launched devastating attacks on Vladimir Putin's war machine, targeting Russia's energy infrastructure and its navy. Over the summer, Ukraine has remorselessly bombed oil refineries across Russia, in a bid to disrupt fuel supplies...

Populist Andrej Babis Wins Czech Election, Concerns about Ukraine

Billionaire populist Andrej Babis secured a decisive victory in the Czech Republic’s parliamentary election on Saturday, positioning his ANO party to form the next government and shifting the country’s politics toward Europe’s populist right. With...

Russia launches ‘savage’ drone strike on Ukraine railway station, injuring dozens

At least 30 civilians were injured and one person killed in a “savage” Russian drone strike on a Ukrainian railway station Saturday — as Moscow escalates attacks on the country’s rail and power grids ahead of the winter. The body of a 71-year-old...

Russia's Central Bank warns people of faster price rises due to new taxes

A Russian ruble coin. Stock photo by: Kirill Kudryavtsev/AFP via Getty Images Forecasts indicate that the tax increases planned by the Russian government for 2026 to fund its war against Ukraine will accelerate inflation. Source: The Moscow Times,...

'EU Pays, Ukraine Fights, US Profits' - Europe Faces Rebellion From Within

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban had vigorously opposed the bloc's efforts to sanction Moscow after it attacked Ukraine in February 2022. The European Union's efforts to fully sever its reliance on Russian energy are facing open defiance from...

State Emergency Service clears nearly 620,000 explosive devices across Ukraine

Pyrotechnic units of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine (SES) have neutralized 619,364 explosive devices since the beginning of Russia’s full-scale invasion. This was reported by the SES, according to Ukrinform. "Since the start of Russia’s...

Charity Relay “Running for the Armed Forces of Ukraine” Unites Ivano-Frankivsk Community

Sports relay ‘I Run for the Armed Forces’, Ivano-Frankivsk, October 4, 2025. Facebook/Ruslan Martsinkiv On October 4, in the city center of Ivano-Frankivsk, a charity relay “Run for the Armed Forces of Ukraine” took place. More than 80 people...

Ruslan Shalamov Wins 2025 Global Teacher Prize Ukraine for Innovative Education

Ruslan Shalamov – winner of the Global Teacher Prize Ukraine in 2025. This was announced by the press service of the Kharkiv Regional Council on October 4 following the prize results. Shalamov works at the Kharkiv Scientific Lyceum “Obdarovanist”....

Massive Russian drone attack wipes out 13K pigs in gruesome Ukrainian farm fire: ‘The destruction is catastrophic’

Pigs to the slaughter. An estimated 13,000 swine were horrifically burned to death on a farm in Ukraine, after a Russian drone strike overnight ignited a massive fire that tore through the pen, the country’s emergency service reported. Graphic...

Indian Politician Urges U.S.-Dwelling Indian Migrants to Lobby Against Trump Agenda on Tariffs, Visas

India’s huge and growing population of workers and legal migrants in the United States should loudly defend India’s strategic interests, says a senior Indian politician. “Silence is complicity,” wrote Shashi Tharoor, a UK-born politician who heads...

Ukrainian Drones Strike Russian Oil Refinery 1,400 km Away

On Friday, Ukrainian AN-196 Liutyi drones attacked the “Orsk Nefti Orgsynthez” refinery in Russia’s Orenburg region, approximately 870 miles (1,400 kilometers) from Ukrainian-controlled territory, according to sources from the Ukrainian Security...