The total combat losses of Russian troops from February 24, 2022, to November 1, 2025, in the war against Ukraine amount to about 1,142,730 people, including 900 yesterday. — Ukrinform.

Fighting for control of the strategic hub of Pokrovsk in eastern Ukraine is intensifying, with the Russian Defense Ministry claiming to have eliminated a group of Ukrainian special forces sent to help defend the area.

Questions have arisen after Russian President Vladimir Putin said his country tested two nuclear-capable weapons this week.

Oleksandr Syrskyi says special forces have been deployed but denies Russian reports Ukrainian troops are surrounded in Pokrovsk.

Ukraine’s military intelligence said it hit an important fuel pipeline in the Moscow region that supplies the Russian army.

Ukraine plans to fully clear Kupiansk of Russian troops. Dates for the operation have already been set, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said this at a briefing, according to Interfax‑Ukraine. The Ukrainian president said that up to 60 Russian military personnel remain in Kupiansk.

Canada plans to send a massive Russian cargo plane to Ukraine if it wins legal proceedings to formally seize the aircraft.

Moscow’s forces infiltrated Pokrovsk after months of attacks on the city, a strategic part of Ukraine’s eastern defenses.

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine has received more American-made Patriot air defense systems to help it counter Russia’s daily barrages, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said, as Russian drones killed a man and injured five of his family members, including two children, in the latest nighttime attack.

Ilarion, head of the Russian Orthodox Church in Czechia, may be added to the national sanctions list, and the likely future prime minister, Andrej Babiš (ANO), has said he would agree with such a move.