In the Kurakhove direction, paratroopers repelled an attack by Russian troops near Maksymilianivka, destroying and damaging 4 enemy tanks and 5 infantry fighting vehicles.
France will hand over to Ukraine’s Armed Forces another 12 Caesar self-propelled artillery systems, bought with the funds derived from the immobilized Russian assets.
President Volodymyr Zelensky has said that North Korean officers are already in the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine and are training Russian soldiers.
The SBU Security Service of Ukraine detained a Russian intelligence asset who is believed to have been spying on the defense forces in the Pokrovsk axis.
In the first nine months of 2024, the Ukrainian Defense Forces have destroyed 144 Russian artillery brigades, worth an estimated USD 8 billion, according to the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense.
On October 14, MEPs in the Trade Committee voted by a majority to approve financial support to Ukraine in the form of a EUR 35 billion loan, backed by frozen Russian assets.