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Reuters: The U.S. will not impose new limits on Ukraine's use of American weapons if North Korea joins Russia's war, the Pentagon said on Monday, as NATO said North Korean military units had been deployed to the Kursk region in Russia.

POLITICO: North Korea has sent about 10,000 troops to Russia for training, some of whom are already moving toward the front lines near the Ukrainian border, the Pentagon warned Monday.

The Kyiv Independent: Sweden will allocate 729 million Swedish krona (approx. $68 million) in military aid to Ukraine, Stockholm announced on Oct. 28.

The Kyiv Independent: Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Store announced on Oct. 28 that Norway will provide Ukraine with a new 500-million-euro aid package, allocating over half for military assistance.

NBC News: Russian, Chinese and Cuban operatives have tried to amplify false information about the two hurricanes that recently hit the United States, spreading lies about the government’s disaster response, according to declassified intelligence cited by a U.S. official.

Reuters: Croatia will buy up to 50 Leopard 2A8 tanks from Germany in order to be able to replace Soviet-era tanks that it will in turn send to Ukraine, Croatia's defence minister said after meeting with his German counterpart in Berlin on Monday.

The Moscow Times: An increasing number of Russian political activists have been placed in forced psychiatric treatment — a practice dating back to the Soviet era that involves confinement in mental hospitals.

POLITICO: The U.K. government sanctioned three Russian agencies and their senior executives, accusing them of orchestrating disinformation campaigns and seeking to fuel anti-Ukraine protests across Europe.

Reuters: Georgian President Salome Zourabichvili accused the ruling party on Monday of resorting to Russian-style tactics and propaganda in a disputed election in which she said its true share of the vote fell far short of its officially announced majority.

Bloomberg: Russia’s troops have reportedly captured the last town before Pokrovsk, which is a key logistics hub for Ukrainian forces in the Donetsk Region (archive).

The Kyiv Independent: Trump plans to end the Russian war in Ukraine by freezing it if he wins the U.S. presidential election, the Financial Times reported on Oct. 28.

The Kyiv Independent: Ukraine's military intelligence (HUR) and the Ukrainian resistance sabotaged a railway bridge in the occupied city of Berdiansk, a HUR source told the Kyiv Independent on Oct. 28.

The Kyiv Independent: A Finnish court in Helsinki ruled in favor of Ukraine’s state-owned oil and gas company Naftogaz and ordered the seizure of Russia's assets in Finland worth tens of millions of dollars, the company’s statement read on Oct. 28.

SCMP: A group of almost 200 ex-North Korean soldiers asked to be deployed in Ukraine to help demoralize and influence Pyongyang's troops joining the war on Russia's side, the Hong Kong-based South China Morning Post reported on Oct. 28.

Bellingcat: The Ukrainian city of Vovchansk has been pummelled by Russian forces. Hospitals, schools, residential blocks and more have been flattened. Now, a new analysis suggests close to 80% of buildings in the city have been either damaged or destroyed.

Reuters: Lithuania's incoming Social Democratic government will target defence spending of at least 3.5% of its gross domestic product, the party's leader said on Monday.

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