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Over 76,000 women serve in the Ukrainian Armed Forces, including 57,000 in military positions, writes Kyiv Independent, citing the General Staff of the army. Military service for women is voluntary in Ukraine. However, women aged between 18 and 60, with medical or pharmaceutical studies, are required to register in the army from October 2023. As a result, they can be called into military service if they meet conditions deemed relevant. In September 2026, over 20,000 of the 57,000 women with military roles in the Ukrainian army were in combat positions, according to the cited source. “When we talk about combat,…

The Kremlin announced on Thursday that it will “analyze” the invitation extended by President Donald Trump to his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, to participate in the G20 summit scheduled for December in the United States, reports AFP and Reuters, according to News.ro. “No decision has been made yet,” said Dmitri Peskov, the spokesman for the Russian presidency, at the daily press conference, stating that a “great importance” is given to this invitation made public on Wednesday by the American Secretary of State Marco Rubio. “We will analyze it, then we will make a decision accordingly,” Dmitri Peskov conveyed. When asked…

Volodymyr Zelensky says he is trying to do his job in such a way that, after the war and his presidential term end, he can stay in Ukraine and walk down the street without fearing that people hate him or want to harm him. Asked in an interview given to the editor-in-chief of the Wall Street Journal, Emma Tucker, how he copes with the stress accumulated after years of large-scale war, Zelensky admitted that he is not sure he manages to do this. He said he is trying to do his job in such a way that, after the war…

A fire that broke out on Wednesday evening at a Starlink station in Poland, which engulfed the power supply system and backup generator, was an act of sabotage intended to disrupt internet services, including those used by the Ukrainian military, a Polish minister stated, according to Reuters. Poland is on heightened alert for possible acts of sabotage from Russia’s invasion of neighboring Ukraine in 2022. Russia has repeatedly denied any involvement in such incidents. “The fire engulfed the power supply station and the generator. It is clear that this act of sabotage was deliberately designed to disable the station, essentially…

NATO countries are intensifying intelligence exchange in response to the wave of sabotage and other incidents apparently linked to Russia, but the alliance should be “calm and confident” that it can handle any threat posed by Moscow, said the top commander of the international military organization on Thursday. Alexus Grynkewich asserts that the alliance is reacting to sabotage incidents related to Russia. A large-scale Russian attack on NATO is unlikely, but cannot be ruled out, says the American general. The statements of General Alexus Grynkewich, from the US Air Forces, who is also the Supreme Allied Commander Europe (SACEUR) -…

Finland has conducted the first explosion resistance tests on civil defense shelters in over 30 years, to check if they can withstand the threats posed by modern warfare. Finland shares a land border of 1,340 kilometers with Russia and has stepped up its security preparations since Moscow launched a large-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, reports TVPWorld. The exercises took place around the city of Rovaniemi, located in the far north of Finland, approximately 100 kilometers from the border with Russia and 150 kilometers from the Arctic Circle. “The purpose of the event was the development of the Finnish civil…

Ukrainian developers are equipping combat robots with microphones and speakers, transforming them into mobile “spies” that can track the movements of Russian troops, can urge enemy soldiers to surrender, and can communicate with their own military personnel in distress. Ukraine is increasingly using unmanned ground vehicles to launch attacks, transport equipment, evacuate the wounded, and lay mines, while operators control them remotely, from positions far from danger. More and more often, these vehicles are also used for communication on the front lines and for gathering information. Many of the robots in the expanding Ukrainian fleet are equipped with microphones, used…

In the basement of a school in the Nowa Huta district of the Polish city of Krakow, there is a Cold War shelter built in the ’50s that has never been modernized, just like the majority of the over 10,000 air-raid shelters in Poland, which the Warsaw government now wishes to expand and renovate to create a so-called “underground shield,” reports the EFE agency on Wednesday, quoted by Agerpres. In the courtyard, along the corridors and on the stairs of that school, the signs directing to the shelter that has an area of about 140 square meters are still present.…

Since the beginning of 2026, the Russian army has occupied 890 square kilometers of Ukrainian territory. At the same time, the Defense Forces have liberated 800 square kilometers during the same period, stated Ukrainian President Volodimir Zelenski in an interview given to The Wall Street Journal. Zelenski mentioned that the total advance of the Russian army amounts to only 90-100 square kilometers, which is significantly less than in previous years, when Russia occupied annually 3,000-4,000 square kilometers. The president emphasized that, for the Russian army, “almost everything stagnates” on the battlefield. He added that, for these minimal territorial gains, the…

Ukraine is considering the possibility of using Baltic Sea ports for its grain exports, stated the Ministry of Agriculture in Kiev on Wednesday, following a similar measure taken by Russia, as both sides seek alternatives to the Black Sea routes, disrupted by the war between them, reports Reuters. Sources have told the international press agency that Russian companies are reconfiguring fertilizer, coal, and other goods terminals in Russian ports from the Baltic Sea and the Arctic region to manage grain exports, after Ukrainian drone attacks have affected transports through the Black Sea. The majority of Ukrainian goods, including cereals, have…