Ukraine's military said the North Koreans are using drones to spot troop positions and support Russian follow-on strikes.

Donald Trump is hosting Volodymyr Zelensky in Washington to discuss the future of the war in Ukraine today, a day after the US president announced a new summit with Vladimir Putin in Budapest.

Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov said on October 8 the "powerful momentum" toward finding a peace settlement in Ukraine that built up after Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin met in Alaska on August 15 has been "largely exhausted," laying the blame at the door of Kyiv's European allies.

The new sanctions target 51 ships within the shadow fleet, as well as individuals and entities across sectors including energy and defence. The shadow fleet has increasingly been the target of sanctions from Britain,

BBC Verify has recorded 54 Ukrainian attacks across 24 Russian refineries so far this year, with a surge of strikes reported in August and September. Some estimates suggest that this campaign has knocked up to 38% off Russia’s oil refining capacity, but experts we spoke to say the reduction is more likely to be closer to 10%.

Ken McCallum delivered the annual threat update Thursday, warning of 'new era' with 'overlapping threat' from both terrorists & state actors, & tech-driven threats. Read full speech.