In brief: War in Ukraine - Latest update, key takeaways and map from the Institute for the Study of War on November 4, 2026.

In brief: Poland and Romania have rejected Ukraine’s request to increase agricultural transit corridors and secure €1.1 billion in transport subsidies to move trapped grain through Europe. Ukrainian ...

In brief: Russian drone attacks wounded six civilians across the Kherson and Chernihiv regions on Sunday, Oct. 4, including a 10-year-old boy in Chernihiv’s Nosivka community and two elderly ...

In brief: Ukrainian National Guard units and military personnel executed a second humanitarian drone airlift into Russian-occupied Oleshky on Sunday, Oct. 4, delivering nearly 4 metric tons of food, ...

In brief: Russian forces struck Kyiv’s North Bridge for the second consecutive day on Sunday, Oct. 4, blasting a crater into the road deck, Mayor Vitali Klitschko reported. The bombardment follows a ...

In brief: President Volodymyr Zelensky announced that Ukraine’s domestically developed FP-9 ballistic missile, capable of reaching Moscow, will be ready this fall. Zelensky pledged intensified ...

In brief: German Chancellor Friedrich Merz arrived unannounced in Kyiv on Sunday, Oct. 4, pledging long-range weapons and 1,000 specialized interceptors to counter Russian jet-powered Shahed drones.

In brief: The Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs warned foreign citizens and diplomats in Kyiv of “mortal danger” on Saturday, Oct. 3, announcing that Russian forces will sustain mass strikes across ...

In brief: Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko reaffirmed Minsk’s alignment with Moscow during an EAEU summit, joking that he and Vladimir Putin debate who is the greater “co-aggressor” in Ukraine.

In brief: Russian forces attacked a civilian Liberian-flagged cargo ship docked in an Odesa region port, killing one crew member and injuring three others as 13 sailors were evacuated. The strike ...

In brief: Russian strike drones violated Moldovan airspace during an attack on Ukraine on Saturday, Oct. 3, detonating and scattering debris across the Căușeni, Ștefan Vodă, Hîncești, and Anenii Noi ...