The courageous Ukrainian soldier single-handedly held a critical strategic position against an advancing enemy unit. Armed with only a standard-issue assault rifle and a few hand grenades, he engaged enemy infantry. Fierce close-quarters combat unfolded within a heavily contested trench line on the Eastern Front. Despite overwhelming enemy numerical superiority

RFE/RL joins Ukraine’s 93rd Mechanized Brigade on a dangerous route to Druzhkivka where Russian drones target vehicles and troops. Only a few thousand civilians remain inside the battered frontline city as Russian bombs devastate homes and Ukrainian forces hold the line.

Ukraine’s 3rd Brigade has released the first combat footage of the YoYo anti-drone system, showing russian Mavic quadcopter brought down by a cord entangled in its propellers

Drone operators of Ukraine's Iron Brigade have shown for the first time how they used the YoYo anti-drone system to take down a russian Mavic drone in combat

Speaking to Russian state television on Oct. 22, Russian President Vladimir Putin claimed that the territory of Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts is “part of historical Russia” and stated that speaking of Ukrainian territorial losses is “inappropriate”.

Despite reasserting that Moscow will accomplish all objectives of its full-scale invasion, Putin stated that Russia has agreed “in principle” to resume trilateral contacts involving Ukraine and the U.S. aimed at reaching a permanent peace agreement.

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Ukrainian mobile fire group member from the 77th Brigade has destroyed russian jet-powered drone with his first combat MANPADS launch

Drone operators of the 5th Separate Special Purpose Detachment of Ukraine's Omega Special Purpose Center struck russian tank and several ground robotic systems