A total of 178 combat clashes have occurred on the battlefield over the past day, with the most intense activity on the Pokrovsk front, where Ukrainian defenders stopped 55 Russian assault and offensive actions.

The Army is overhauling how it fights in combat based on lessons from Russia's invasion of Ukraine, where drones have become the dominant weapon on the battlefield.

Ukraine has never used American weapons to strike distant targets on Russian territory. Various long-range weapons have been used in the temporarily occupied territory of Crimea and in the east of the country.

A total of 168 combat clashes have occurred on the battlefield over the past day, with 58 of them on the Pokrovsk front. Source: General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on Facebook, information as of 08:00 on 20 October Details: On the North Slobozhanshchyna front and in Russia's Kursk Oblast,

Kyiv has amassed powerful knowledge on drone warfare as its forces battle Russia's invasion. Can allies tap into it?

New agreements to strengthen Ukraine's combat aviation and air defense, transformation of the NSDC Secretariat became the main topics of President Volodymyr Zelensky's meeting with Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council (NSDC) Rustem Umerov.

Russian forces are still edging forward along several parts of the long front line in Ukraine – despite yet another call from US President Donald Trump for a combat freeze along existing lines.

The Trump administration has reportedly lifted a key restriction on Ukraine's use of Western-supplied long-range missiles to attack Russia

Sweden and Ukraine sign a letter of intent for more than 100 Gripen E fighters, with deliveries likely after the war, according to Swedish officials.

"Yes, there has been combat use (of the Flamingo missile)," Denys Shtilerman said. "I cannot give more comments because I have not received permission to do so." He affirmed the missile could reach key Russian centers,