Explosions were reported near a military base just outside the southern Russian city of Stavropol late on Oct. 22, and additional explosions rocked the central city of Kopeysk, local media reported. In Stavropol,

In Dobropillia, the Russian military attempted a relatively large-scale armored assault, which the Ukrainian Azov Brigade repelled. The situation in Kupiansk deteriorated, with Kyiv issuing evacuation orders for civilians in the wake of persistent Russian offensive action.

President Trump on Wednesday rejected a report from The Wall Street Journal that the U.S. had given approval for Ukraine to launch missiles deep into Russian territory, distancing itself from strikes carried out by Kyiv using British long-range rockets targeting Russian military facilities.

New agreements to strengthen Ukraine's combat aviation and air defense, transformation of the NSDC Secretariat became the main topics of President Volodymyr Zelensky's meeting with Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council (NSDC) Rustem Umerov.

Ukraine's state security service has unveiled an upgraded sea drone that can operate anywhere in the Black Sea

Defense Minister Boris Pistorius said that Germany would buy $500 million worth of U.S. weapons for Ukraine under a new program to fast-track military equipment.

Russian soldiers from the "Senezh" and "Kubinka" units have been attempting to carry out acts of sabotage deep behind Ukrainian defensive lines.

Trump must now use economic and military leverage to stop the bloodshed in Ukraine — just as he did this month in the Middle East.