Russian forces attacked Dnipropetrovsk, Donetsk and Sumy oblasts on Tuesday 14 October, killing a woman, injuring several civilians and damaging infrastructure. Details: Lysak reported that air defences had downed three Russian aerial assets in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast.

Two Russian women who were involved in a scheme that lured hundreds of Cubans to Russia under false pretences have reportedly been sent to the front lines in Ukraine

Ukrainians exploit the worst fears of their "macho opponents".

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A saboteur working for Ukraine disguised himself as an old woman before attempting to assassinate the head of a Russian defence business, Moscow’s FSB security service claimed on Thursday.

The Russian attack on Kharkiv in Ukraine’s northeast hit the city’s main hospital, forcing the evacuation of 50 patients, regional head Oleh Syniehubov said. The attack’s main targets were energy facilities, Zelenskyy said, without providing details of what was hit.

Ukrainian officials told a panel of US lawmakers that at least 20,000 Cuban citizens have signed contracts with the Russian military

Ukraine has used its domestically produced long-range drones to hit back at Russia, with drones strikes on the Orsk oil refinery, located about 1,400 kilometres from the Ukrainian border, Andriy Kovalenko, head of the Center for Countering Disinformation at the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine, said Friday.

Many recruits were unaware they were signing Russian-language contracts they could not understand and were later forced to reimburse Smirnova from their own bank accounts.