The Coordination Headquarters for the Treatment of Prisoners of War announced on October 18 that Ukraine had repatriated the remains of 501 soldiers killed in combat against Russia.
According to the Geneva Conventions, people who have lost their lives in war are entitled a dignified funeral. Ombudsman Dmytro Lubinets stated that Ukraine had identified over 2,800 bodies or body fragments of fallen troops as of early march.
According to the headquarters of the military, the bodies were recovered from Donetsk Oblast. Seven bodies were recovered from Luhansk Oblast and four from Zaporizhzhia Oblast. One more body has been brought back from a Russian morgue.
The headquarters posted a message on Telegram saying that the bodies of the defenders would be handed to their families after identification for a dignified funeral.
The effort to recover the fallen soldiers has been conducted in collaboration with a number of government and military agencies including the Security Service of Ukraine, the Interior Ministry, State Emergency Service and the Armed Forces.
In late February, President Volodymyr Zelensky stated that approximately 31,000 Ukrainian soldiers were killed during the full scale invasion.
The Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk stated that there is no consensus among EU leaders about the plan and it’s difficult to determine its realistic potential because “much is dependent on the outcome of U.S. Presidential election.”
The bloodiest day in the history of Moscow’s forces occurred on May 13, when they suffered 1,740 reported casualties.
Kyrylo Budanov, Ukraine’s head of military intelligence, said that the first group of 2,600 troops will be deployed in Russia’s Kursk Oblast. This is where Ukraine began its cross-border incision last August and still controls significant territory.
According to the Kiel Institute for the World Economy, which tracks international aid for Ukraine (IfW Kiel), Germany and the Netherlands allocated 15 billion euro ($16.2 billion) and 6.9 billion euros ($6.9billion), respectively.
The National Intelligence Service of South Korea believes that North Korea will deploy a total of 12,000 soldiers, including special forces, to the war in Ukraine.
The European Council reiterated that it would adhere to “certain member states'” “security and defence policy” regarding the use generated from the frozen assets. It added that it would continue “to address all relevant legal and monetary aspects.”
Ukraine’s Air Force reported that in addition to the 80 drones shot down throughout the country, 44 more were “lost.”
“We cannot stop. We must continue to support the cause. “I believe we must continue until Ukraine achieves a just and lasting peace in accordance with the U.N. Charter,” said U.S. president Joe Biden.
This includes 1,530 casualties that Russian forces have suffered in the last day.
The Krakow District Court began the trial of two Russians, Andrei G., and Aleksei, T., who allegedly were hired by the Wagner Group in order to distribute flyers to people in Krakow, Poland, encouraging them to join their organization.
Denys Shmyhal, the Ukrainian Prime Minister, addressed the annual Ukraine Mine Action Conference held in Switzerland on October 17, and urged the international community for increased support to demining efforts.
According to the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Norway has increased its overall support for Ukraine’s Energy Sector to 3 billion Kroner (around 274.2 million dollars) as part of a broader aid program.
Viktor Orban, the Hungarian prime minister, wrote that “what (Zelensky), outlined yesterday in Ukraine’s parliament is more than frightening,” and urged EU leaders to begin talks with Moscow as soon as possible.
In an interview with The Washington Post on October 17, Trump blamed the U.S., Ukraine and other leaders for the war. He did not mention Russian President Vladimir Putin.
“We refute the insinuations made by unnamed sources, in the Bild magazine, regarding Ukraine’s alleged plan to develop weapons or mass destruction.”
The change could delay the Ukrainian squadron’s readiness for the battlefield by several months.
“We never talked about…that we were preparing to create nukes or something like that,” said President Volodymyr Zelensky.
Ukrainska Pravda, citing reliable sources, reported that the person in question was Iryna Alakhverdiieva, from the Servant of the People Party of President Volodymyr Zelensky.
The Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Treasury Department said that the two Chinese companies, Limbach and Redlepus, have been working together with IEMZ Kupol – a subsidiary of Almaz-Antey – a Kremlin-owned arms company – to create drones.
Volodymyr Zelensky, President of Ukraine, wrote on X that Greece is ready to continue to meet Ukraine’s most urgent defence needs.
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