Business
Ukraine's underground storage held about 15.8 bcm of gas in early October, 1.2 bcm above the Energy Ministry's 14.6 bcm target. Russian attacks on gas infrastructure remain the main winter risk.
Andriy Bondar · 13 Oct 2026
Politics
China's foreign minister told Putin's aide Nikolai Patrushev in Beijing that his country is ready to coordinate maritime strategy with Russia and expand Arctic cooperation, according to the Chinese Foreign Ministry's account relayed by DeepState.
Iryna Kovalenko · 13 Oct 2026
Business
The Centre for Economic Strategy says parliament should back bill 14327-d on joining the Single Euro Payments Area, citing about $1.4bn in World Bank and EU funding linked to the reform. The bill has not yet passed a first reading.
Andriy Bondar · 13 Oct 2026
Politics
Ukraine's Cabinet has approved a Defence Ministry bill that would let service members and their families join housing waiting lists at their place of service. The Verkhovna Rada must still pass it.
Iryna Kovalenko · 13 Oct 2026
Politics
Ukraine's parliament has approved bill No. 15400 in first reading. It would direct all export-control permit fees for military and dual-use goods to the Defence Ministry, split between weapons and soldiers' pay.
Iryna Kovalenko · 13 Oct 2026
Business
Ukrainian lubricants maker KSM Protek says Russian forces completely destroyed its plant in Kyiv region and halted production. The statement, reported by Ekonomichna Pravda on 12 October, does not mention casualties.
Andriy Bondar · 13 Oct 2026
Politics
Polish Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski says the scale of Russian hybrid actions against European states is growing and that NATO would need a "very serious conversation" if people start dying.
Iryna Kovalenko · 13 Oct 2026
War
A statement on the Ukrainian General Staff channel says Russian losses have grown in recent months, with about 200 killed a day near Dobropillia. The claim is unverified.
Oleh Marchenko · 13 Oct 2026
Politics
President Zelensky says Ukraine did not strike Russian energy facilities overnight in line with Trump's announced energy ceasefire, while Russia hit a gas facility and a petrol station. Moscow has not confirmed the truce.
Iryna Kovalenko · 13 Oct 2026
Politics
The Council of the EU has sanctioned 826 Russian companies and 743 of their executives, which it calls the largest single expansion of its sanctions list. German Foreign Minister Wadephul vowed more pressure on Moscow.
Iryna Kovalenko · 12 Oct 2026
Politics
The Council of the EU has listed three individuals and four entities for supporting North Korea's missile and nuclear programmes and evading UN sanctions, including via links with Russia. The EU's autonomous list now has 80 individuals and 25 entities.
Iryna Kovalenko · 12 Oct 2026
War
Ukraine's Defence Ministry says the Armed Forces now use a unified template for the order recording a service member's wound. Commanders must issue it within five days; it underpins injury certificates and payments.
Oleh Marchenko · 12 Oct 2026
Politics
Speaking at the Warsaw Security Forum, Zelensky proposed that Washington sign a "diesel deal" with Ukraine, said Kyiv sees no Russian signals for peace, and warned of an agricultural crisis within one to two months.
Iryna Kovalenko · 12 Oct 2026
Business
Brent crude futures fell $1.54 to $103.18 a barrel and WTI slipped to $90.31, Ekonomichna Pravda reported, after Trump announced an energy ceasefire. Its scope is disputed, and Moscow has not confirmed it.
Andriy Bondar · 12 Oct 2026
War
Ukraine's military intelligence says 22 of 58 Russian firms involved in making the Kh-47M2 Kinzhal are not under any sanctions. It also claims Russia cut Kinzhal orders in 2026 in favour of Iskander-M missiles.
Oleh Marchenko · 12 Oct 2026
Politics
NATO's Supreme Allied Commander Europe, Gen. Alexus Grynkewich, says Europe should strengthen support for Ukraine in response to Russian hybrid attacks. He is in Poland to present plans for defending NATO territory.
Iryna Kovalenko · 12 Oct 2026
Politics
A bipartisan group of seven US senators says President Trump's decision to allow Russian diesel imports contradicts a 2022 congressional ban and that Congress was not consulted, according to Ukrainska Pravda.
Iryna Kovalenko · 12 Oct 2026
War
Ukraine's Defence Intelligence (HUR) says its Timur Special Unit "neutralised" two groups of Russia's 10th GRU special purpose brigade in an ambush and captured one soldier. The claim is unverified, and no date or location was given.
Oleh Marchenko · 12 Oct 2026
Politics
A White House representative told Axios that Trump's "energy ceasefire" means only that Russia and Ukraine stop attacking each other's oil refineries. Ukraine has just one refinery, the report notes. Neither Moscow nor Kyiv has reacted yet.
Iryna Kovalenko · 12 Oct 2026
Politics
Ukraine's Defence Minister Yevhenii Khmara says the ministry wants to shield defence-industry workers from mobilisation as far as possible, while stressing that the system must be fair and reflect each company's real contribution.
Iryna Kovalenko · 11 Oct 2026