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.