The European Defence Innovation Forum (EDIF 2026) will take place in The Hague on November 11–12, bringing together more than 1,000 representatives of government institutions, investors, and technology companies from Ukraine, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, Latvia, and other NATO member states and partner countries, the organisers told Ukrinform.

Representatives of Ukraine's human rights ombudsman documented inadequate living conditions at the Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi Territorial Recruitment and Social Support Center in the Odesa region during a monitoring visit.

The Council of Europe’s European Commission against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI) has recognised Ukraine’s progress in promoting equality while calling for better protection for Roma and LGBTI people and more effective action against hate crimes.

The criminal investigation underlying the searches conducted by the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) at the National Bank of Ukraine was unrelated to either the central bank’s activities or its governor, Andrii Pyshnyy.

Russia's destruction of satellites in space would not only cause disproportionate harm to other countries but also pose a direct threat to Russian spacecraft themselves. Such actions would also have legal, political and economic consequences for Russia.

Ukraine is already using satellite data for demining, assessing the impact of the war on the environment, and preparing lawsuits in international courts. In the future, such data could help the country obtain compensation for the damage caused.

Twenty-nine Crimean journalists have been sentenced for their professional activities. Of the 20 currently serving prison terms, 13 are members of the indigenous Crimean Tatar people.

Ukrainian scientists are already contributing to the development of a new security architecture, including by helping build a drone ecosystem.

Unidentified drones have been spotted over the port of Eemshaven and in other parts of Groningen province, including near Meeden, Scheemda, and Zuidbroek.

Some of the spending allocated to communities has already been unlocked, and all deferred payments will gradually be made.

Search operations at an Orthodox cemetery in the village of Lasków, in Poland’s Lublin Voivodeship, have been completed, with the expedition uncovering the remains of more than 40 people.

Restoration work has begun on the southeastern dome of St. Sophia’s Cathedral in Kyiv.

A collection of poems titled “Satan’s Sanatorium” by Andrii Petruk, a serviceman of the 36th Marine Brigade and defender of Mariupol, has been published. He wrote the poems with a chicken bone on prison garb while in Russian captivity.

Ukrainian and Sudanese refugees will be able to retain Temporary Protected Status (TPS) in the United States for now, despite the status having been set to expire on Monday.

Representatives of the National Congress of Ukrainians of Moldova (NCUM), led by Dmytro Lekartsev, took part in the ethnic minorities forum “Different Voices – A Shared Future,” which brought together around 210 participants.

A fake “document” purportedly issued by the Kramatorsk City Military Administration and concerning the “seizure of property” for the benefit of the Armed Forces of Ukraine is circulating online.

Pope Leo XIV left the Agostino Gemelli University Hospital in Rome on Saturday afternoon, October 17, and returned to the Vatican.

The “Air Raid Alert” app now features a map showing the estimated flight paths of enemy drones and missiles.

Artist Petro Antyp, creator of Cosmogony, the world’s largest painting, has decided not to restore the section of the monumental work damaged in a Russian attack until the war is over.

In Ukraine, 42% of schools can continue classes in shelters during air raid alerts.

The European Film Academy has selected five Ukrainian films for the shortlists of the 39th European Film Awards: one feature fiction film, one feature documentary, and three short films.

Ukraine’s State Service for Ethnopolitics and Freedom of Conscience has recognized the Administration of the Zaporizhzhia Diocese of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate as affiliated with the Russian Orthodox Church (ROC).

Ukraine has deposited seed samples from its national collection in the Global Seed Vault on the Svalbard archipelago in Norway, an international reserve for preserving plant genetic resources.

Ukraine's Defence Intelligence Directorate (HUR) and the Centre for Countering Disinformation under the National Security and Defence Council have published information on seven Russian public figures from the cultural, media, and sports sectors who campaigned for the United Russia party as part of Russia's so-called State Duma elections.

Debris from a Russian drone damaged "Cosmogony," the world's largest painting, at the Korsaks Museum of Contemporary Ukrainian Art in Lutsk.

Starting November 1, a curfew from 16:00 to 11:00 will be imposed in Kramatorsk and throughout the Ukrainian-controlled territory of Donetsk region, with the exception of two communities.

During a working visit to the Italian city of Bari, Larysa Polishchuk, Consul General in Naples, discussed the safety of Ukrainians, support for Ukraine, and cooperation with the local community with local officials.