Yan Matveev News Today

The struggle for the place near Putin's briefcase has intensified.

Ukraine has escalated its drone attacks on Russian oil refineries since the beginning of the year in an effort to cripple Russia's economy and constrain fuel supplies to its military.

After withdrawing from Avdiyivka, Ukrainian units are scrambling to build new defensive positions west of the city. As Current Time's Andriy Kuzakov reports, many Avdiyivka residents have also left. Kyiv accuses Russian forces of shooting eight prisoners of war, posting a video purporting to show one incident. Military analyst Yan Matveev says "very low discipline, impunity, neglect, and brutality within the Russian Army" may have been contributing factors.

The place where one of the missiles fell was filmed by local residents.

Two Russian men have been jailed for reciting anti-war poems at a public reading in central Moscow.

The Atesh group, a Ukrainian partisan organisation, has spoken out following the sinking of the Novocherkassk warship, which has reportedly left Vladimir Putin fuming

Over the last three months Russia have suffered troop losses of 70,620, according to Ukraines General Staff.

On Oct. 17, the Armed Forces of Ukraine used U.S.-supplied ATACMS ballistic missiles to strike Russian airfields near occupied Berdyansk (Zaporizhzhya Oblast) and Luhansk. At least 9 helicopters and numerous other pieces of military equipment, including enemy air defenses, were destroyed.

A video appeared online.

In recent days, multiple drone attacks targeted and hit skyscrapers in Moscow's business district. These strikes are thought to have been led by Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), reportedly belonging to a new category of "Beaver" drones. Here's what we know about them.