Ukraine’s officials reported that Russia has carried out a series of mass attacks in Ukraine’s southern, eastern and southern regions, killing at least three civilians as well as wounding 14, in the last 24 hour.
The Donest Oblast Military Administration reported that Russian troops attacked the village of Bohoiavlenka in Donestk Oblast near the recently-fallen town of Vuhledar and killed two civilians. The Russian forces also attacked the village of Ivanopillia near the ongoing battle in Chasiv Yar and killed one civilian. Eight people were injured in total.
According to Ivan Fedorov, the head of Zaporizhzhia Oblast’s Military Administration, Russian forces conducted 425 strikes in 11 localities across Zaporizhzhia Oblast on October 11. Three people, including a young child, were injured in overnight attacks on Zaporizhzhia.
According to Roman Marchenko, the head of Kherson City Military Administration, three people were injured and houses, infrastructure and businesses were damaged by shelling in Kherson Oblast. The fire started overnight in Kherson after shelling a waste storage and warehouse. Firefighters were able to put it out by the morning.
Russian troops are making rapid progress in Donetsk Oblast in an attempt to capture as many towns as possible before the winter weather begins to freeze. Toretsk is undergoing fierce fighting and could be the next town to fall under Russian occupation.
In recent months, Russian forces have intensified their attacks on the town. However, Ukrainian troops stabilised the front line near Prokovsk. Russian troops are less than 10 km from the town.
Ukrainian troops, in cooperation with the Intelligence Service (HUR), struck a depot that contained oil and petroleum products that were used by the Russian military near Rovenky.
Ukraine’s officials reported that Russia has carried out a series of mass attacks in Ukraine’s southern, eastern and southern regions in the past 24 hours. At least three civilians have been killed and 14 others injured.
The General Staff of Ukraine’s Armed Forces announced on October 12 that Russia has lost 667 630 troops since its full-scale invasion of Ukraine began on February 24, 2022.
Andrzej Duda, the Polish president, announced that one of the key priorities of Poland’s EU Presidency in early 2025 would be to integrate Ukraine into Europe and maintain an “open door policy” for new members.
A proposed reform to the European Peace Facility would make financial contributions optional, in order to bypass Hungary’s objection to military aid to Ukraine. This has led to a backlog of 6.5 billion euros ($7 billion).
A senior U.S. government official said, “It is time to craft a new strategic approach in terms of the specific positions (of the allies).” Defense ministers of NATO member nations will meet in Brussels on October 17-18 to discuss this issue.
Mike Johnson, the U.S. House speaker, said on October 11 that he did not want to see any more funding for Ukraine.
Video footage from the scene shows officers standing outside the venue’s doors, intercepting male concertgoers as they exit the venue. Some men are seen being arrested by officers.
According to new estimates, MOL (which owns refineries both in Hungary and Slovakia) will be able process non-Urals crude oil by the end 2026 as opposed to earlier estimates that it would happen early 2026.
Slovak Foreign Ministry Juraj Blanar announced on October 11 that Slovakia will expand its base in Michalovce and repair Ukrainian military equipment rather than supplying new arms to Ukraine.
The President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky, thanked Germany for their support but stressed the importance of German aid next year and its need to remain unchanged.
Several months back, these infantrymen served their sentences in prison. They are now part of the 1st Separate Assault Battalion (also known as “Da Vinci“).
In a statement released on October 11, the spokesperson for the European Union’s External Service said that it was “appalled by” Victoria Roshchyna’s death and demanded an “independent and thorough” investigation into her death.
Defense Minister Rustem Umerov had planned to merge Defense Procurement Agency and State Rear Operator into one agency, but changed his mind when a NATO announcement said that the agencies should remain separate and two separate supervision boards should be set up.
Operational Command South reported on October 11 that since the beginning of the week, Ukraine has repelled 29 Russian assaults in the oblasts of Kherson and Zaporizhzhia.
“We are working together actively in the international arena, and our assessments of world events are often very similar,” Russian President Vladimir Putin stated of the meeting.
Scholz revealed during a joint news conference that Germany had already delivered a package worth 600 million euro ($660 million) of aid to Ukraine.
Sources told Reuters that the funding would come from the U.S.A., Japan and Canada. They added that it would be backed up by interest generated from frozen Russian asset.
Media Initiative for Human Rights reported on October 11 that Viktoria Roshchyna was a Ukrainian journalist held in Russian detention centres where torture is used to punish prisoners.
“I am pleased to announce that on 10 and 11, July 2025, the ‘Ukraine Recovery Conference will be held in Rome,” said Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Mello.
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