Daily Review
A think tank says September metallurgical output fell 80% after Russian strikes on seven blast furnaces. Kyiv also limited new demining near the front, and military intelligence made unverified claims about Russian arms supply and Africa.
Olena Shevchenko · 26 Oct 2026
Politics
Ukraine's military intelligence (HUR) claims Russia wants military agreements and port access across Africa at the Russia–Africa summit on 28–29 October. HUR published no evidence, and the claims are unverified.
Iryna Kovalenko · 26 Oct 2026
Business
The Centre for Economic Strategy says Ukraine's metallurgical output fell 80% year on year in September after Russian strikes hit seven blast furnaces at Metinvest and ArcelorMittal Kryvyi Rih. The idled plants made about 90% of the country's steel.
Andriy Bondar · 26 Oct 2026
Technology
Ukraine's military intelligence (HUR) has published data on about 30 foreign-made machine tools and measuring devices it says Russian missile makers use. The claims are HUR's own and were not independently verified.
Maksym Tkachuk · 26 Oct 2026
War
Ukraine's Defence Ministry says planning of new humanitarian demining is restricted at some sites in six regions because of security risks. It stresses this is not a halt to demining and the decision will be reviewed.
Oleh Marchenko · 26 Oct 2026
Ukraine's Defence Ministry says planning of new humanitarian demining is restricted at some sites in six regions because of security risks. It stresses this is not a halt to demining and the decision will be reviewed.
Oleh Marchenko · 26 Oct 2026
Ukraine's Defence Ministry says 16 doctors, eight surgeons and eight anaesthesiologists, completed "Trident", a week-long course run with US and international trauma instructors. The ministry calls it a pilot for wider training.
Oleh Marchenko · 25 Oct 2026
Ukraine's General Staff says Russia used 2,597 Shahed, Parodiya and Gerbera drones over seven days and that Ukrainian forces neutralised 2,282 of them, an effectiveness of more than 87%. The figures are official and unverified.
Oleh Marchenko · 24 Oct 2026
Ukraine's Coordination HQ for POWs says 261 servicemen and nine civilians were freed on 23 October, the third stage of an exchange begun on 19 August. Five returnees survived the Olenivka barracks blast.
Oleh Marchenko · 23 Oct 2026
Ukraine's military intelligence (HUR) claims Russia wants military agreements and port access across Africa at the Russia–Africa summit on 28–29 October. HUR published no evidence, and the claims are unverified.
Iryna Kovalenko · 26 Oct 2026
Zelensky says two of three problems raised with the US in Oslo, intelligence sharing and Starlink/Starshield limits, are lifted for now. Patriot missile supplies, he says, are moving "slower than the flight of Russian missiles".
Iryna Kovalenko · 25 Oct 2026
Defence Minister Yevhenii Khmara met defence-industry representatives and promised level rules and more predictable state orders. He said a controlled export mechanism is being prepared, but only after army needs are met.
Iryna Kovalenko · 24 Oct 2026
In a podcast interview, Zelensky said agreeing to a ceasefire and talks is already a big compromise after Bucha. He said Trump could easily seat Putin at the table and should use the same rhetoric toward him as toward Kyiv.
Iryna Kovalenko · 23 Oct 2026
The Centre for Economic Strategy says Ukraine's metallurgical output fell 80% year on year in September after Russian strikes hit seven blast furnaces at Metinvest and ArcelorMittal Kryvyi Rih. The idled plants made about 90% of the country's steel.
Andriy Bondar · 26 Oct 2026
Exports of goods and services fell from about 50% of Ukraine's GDP in the early 2010s to 25% in 2025, the Centre for Economic Strategy says. The EU now takes 55–60% of goods exports, and farm products make up about 60%.
Andriy Bondar · 23 Oct 2026
Ukraine's government has backed a simplified procedure for underground construction for defence-industry firms. Developers can build protected facilities with their own funds, provided at least 25% of the space goes to the defence sector.
Andriy Bondar · 22 Oct 2026
Ukraine's Defence Ministry says 63 defence enterprises are now Defence City residents, more than double the number at the end of May. Their qualified weapons revenue totals almost UAH 111.3 billion.
Andriy Bondar · 19 Oct 2026
Ukraine's military intelligence (HUR) has published data on about 30 foreign-made machine tools and measuring devices it says Russian missile makers use. The claims are HUR's own and were not independently verified.
Maksym Tkachuk · 26 Oct 2026
Ukraine's military intelligence has published a 3D model and component data for the Filin, a cheap ground-launched jet cruise missile Russia began using in late summer. HUR says it relies on Chinese navigation and many foreign parts.
Maksym Tkachuk · 22 Oct 2026
Ukraine's Defence Ministry says Mission Control, a module of the DELTA battlefield system, has recorded over 3 million missions to hit enemy targets. Monthly entries rose more than ninefold in nine months. The figures are official and unverified.
Maksym Tkachuk · 19 Oct 2026
HUR has added to its War&Sanctions portal 37 foreign electronic components, 28 companies and 13 pieces of foreign equipment tied to Russia's jam-resistant Kometa navigation modules. The data are HUR's own claims.
Maksym Tkachuk · 19 Oct 2026
Fedir Stryhun, a People's Artist of Ukraine and longtime actor and director at Lviv's Maria Zankovetska Theatre, has died in Lviv in his 87th year. His son Nazar announced the news on Facebook.
Sofia Lysenko · 24 Oct 2026
A therapeutic garden at VDNH in Kyiv has won a New European Bauhaus Prize, taking the top spot in the local democracy and inclusion category among more than 700 applications. Its team plans to create similar spaces, including at rehabilitation sites for soldiers.
Sofia Lysenko · 20 Oct 2026
Maria Rizak has created the visual identity for the 2027 Bologna Children's Book Fair: six landscapes in needle and thread, themed "Landscape" as a response to border conflicts around the world.
Sofia Lysenko · 19 Oct 2026
Falling drone debris and a fire at Adrenalin City in Lutsk on 13 October damaged "Cosmogony", described as Ukraine's largest painting. One of its six parts, "The Future", was destroyed, the museum's director said.
Sofia Lysenko · 16 Oct 2026