Ukrainian MP Mariana Bezuhla blocked the final vote on a bill to establish Space Forces, she said on social media on 9 November. This happened on the same day that lawmakers passed the bill in its first reading with 252 votes, according to the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine. The SpaceContinue Reading
Russia is increasingly institutionalizing drone operation training as part of its youth policy in occupied Ukrainian territories, the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) reported on 6 November. Youth centers in the Russian-occupied part of Luhansk Oblast, which are planned for construction in 2027, will be equipped with specializedContinue Reading
Russian strikes on Izium, Kharkiv Oblast, grew much heavier over the summer and fall of 2026, the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) reported in its 5 November assessment. Since late June 2026, Russia has struck the city every day, the heaviest strikes since its liberation four years ago,Continue Reading
Russian prosecutors charge perhaps 90% of Ukrainian captives whose cases go to trial, prisoners of war among them, with terrorism-related offenses. Mariana Katzarova, the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Russia, said this in an interview with Ukrinform published on 3 November. Russia tortures Ukrainian prisonersContinue Reading
Ukrainian company Robotic Complexes is developing CASEEVAK, an armored module that lets the Murakha unmanned ground vehicle carry wounded soldiers off the battlefield, the company told Militarnyi on 28 October. The casualty rides in a closed capsule with ventilation, heating, lighting, and a first-aid kit, and side and rear doorsContinue Reading
Ukraine’s Defense Forces advanced more than 15 km through underground utility tunnels into Russia’s rear on the Kupiansk axis in Kharkiv Oblast, the Khartiia Corps of Ukraine’s National Guard reported on 22 October. The corps called it Operation Veles. The underground advance was paired with attacks on the surface andContinue Reading
Fighters of the Bratstvo Battalion, part of the Timur Special Unit of Ukraine’s military intelligence agency (HUR), captured three Russian servicemen and gave first aid to one of them, HUR reported on 19 October. They also found and destroyed Russian sabotage groups, HUR said, adding that counter-sabotage operations in theContinue Reading
Ukrainian forces have liberated more territory since the beginning of the fall than Russian troops have captured during the same period. This trend has persisted throughout 2026, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in his 18 October address. He also reported that Dobropillia, Kostiantynivka, and five other settlements remain under UkrainianContinue Reading