Members of the military partisan movement ATESH helped the Armed Forces of Ukraine damage Russian air defense systems near Tokmak in the Zaporizhzhia region.
On the Southern Slobozhanshchyna front, drone pilots from the Strix strike UAV unit of the 4th Border Guard Detachment destroyed four enemy positions, a shelter, and three Russian vehicles.
Ukrainian forces engaged in 116 combat clashes with Russian troops on October 18, with about a third of them in the Pokrovsk sector, the General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces reported on Facebook.
Ukrainian Education and Science Minister Oksen Lisovyi met with State Secretary at Slovakia's Ministry of Education Robert Zsembera to discuss the launch of Ukrainian studies programs at Slovak universities.
Soldiers of the 10th Army Corps of the Ukrainian Ground Forces have intercepted a radio transmission in which a Russian serviceman gives an order to execute a civilian in Kupiansk, Kharkiv region.
A 29-year-old veteran of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and a 34-year-old National Guard serviceman have been brought home with the coordination of Military Ombudsman Olha Kobylynska (Reshetylova).
The Ukrainian research icebreaker 'Noosfera' has launched its fifth Antarctic season, which is expected to be a record one in terms of the number of studies and international collaborations.
EU politicians think that the meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian leader Vladimir Putin in Budapest to discuss peace in Ukraine is a snub for Europe.
Austria has announced that it will agree to the adoption of the EU’s 19th sanctions package against Russia. The package is scheduled to be approved on Monday.
Finnish President Alexander Stubb stated that Finland would never recognize the occupied Crimean Peninsula, nor Donetsk and Luhansk regions, as part of Russia.
The White House has stated that U.S. President Donald Trump continues to work hard in the pursuit of peace, but American patience with Russia’s war against Ukraine is running thin.