Russia is offering disabled and older recruits huge bonuses to shoot down Ukrainian drones. The fine print hides a nasty catch.

In a meeting in London on Oct. 14, President Volodymyr Zelensky and U.K. Prime Minister Andy Burnham agreed on a new shipment of missiles, Bloomberg reported, citing people familiar with the matter.

Moscow has chosen to "deliberately" escalate it's attacks, Kyiv said.

Moscow is not winning on the battlefield. Instead, it is seizing an opening to inflict immense human suffering in Ukrainian cities.

The US is considering easing sanctions on Russian- and Iranian-linked oil tankers to expand shipping capacity and curb diesel prices before November’s midterm elections.

The risk that Russia ⁠could ⁠erode Western support for ⁠Ukraine through hybrid attacks, sabotage and disinformation campaigns is ​a key concern for Estonia, the Baltic nation's top diplomat said. European officials ‌have warned that Moscow is ‌intensifying such attacks across the continent in an effort to sow ⁠opposition to ⁠the wide-ranging support that Ukraine's European neighbours and NATO provide ​to Kyiv to help it resist Russia's invasion.

Military forces have sought to damage the computing hubs that power online services and artificial intelligence systems.

Zelenskyy called the strikes deliberate, saying Russia had hit infrastructure covered by the energy ceasefire announced by Trump. Russian missiles and drones struck a residential building and energy infrastructure in Kyiv Tuesday night, killing at least three people and injuring 22, Ukrainian officials said.