Hi, this is Asami Terajima reporting from Kyiv on day 1,344 of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Today's top story so far: Ukraine's Special Operations Forces (SSO) said on Oct. 31 that it had destroyed a Russian Buk-M3 air defense system and a Nebo-U radar in Russia's Rostov Oblast,

Russia suffered approximately 1,141,830 casualties in Ukraine between February 24, 2022 and October 31, 2025, with 970 soldiers killed or wounded in the past 24 hours. — Ukrinform.

Drone teams compete to ascend a scoreboard that rewards units for successful attacks. Ukrainian officials say the contest helps keep soldiers motivated.

Russia fired one of its largest drone and missile assaults against Ukraine overnight, killing three people, including a 7-year-old girl, and cutting power to thousands as winter approaches,

Russian President Vladimir Putin is now believed to be more dug in than ever, according to a recent intelligence assessment.

In addition to the economic warfare, Ukraine’s long-range strikes on refineries had by last month destroyed or damaged about 20 percent of Russia’s refining capacity, according to one analyst. That has caused severe gasoline shortages in several regions, as Ukraine tries to bring the pain of war to ordinary Russians.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Kyiv is working with its partners in the "Coalition of the Willing" to draw up a peace plan, including a ceasefire, to end the Russian war against Ukraine in a similar vein to U.S. President Donald Trump's 20-point framework for Gaza.

Putin tests nuclear submarine torpedo capable of causing ‘radioactive tsunami’ - News of the test comes days after Trump warned that the US has a nuclear submarine off Russian shores