On the night of October 18, the Russian occupiers launched a drone attack at Kyiv. There were no direct hits in the capital, according to the Kyiv City Military Administration. The Kyiv City Military Administration called the Russian attack one of the most massive.

The U.S. Treasury Department has announced sanctions against two Chinese companies accused of directly helping Russia build long-range attack drones used in the war in Ukraine

The United States on Thursday sanctioned two Chinese companies and a Russian affiliate involved in making and shipping attack drones and warned the two countries to halt cooperation boosting the Ukraine war effort.