During a working trip to the Kherson region, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky visited the location of one of the units of the Kherson Border Guard Unit and congratulated the servicemen on the 20th anniversary of the establishment of the Intelligence Directorate of the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine.

On the night of October 20, Russian forces carried out missile strikes on the city of Kostiantynivka in Donetsk region and the town of Kupiansk-Vuzlovyi in Kharkiv region. They also shelled Kherson and Berislav with artillery, and in the morning, Berislav was subjected to an air strike, resulting in one fatality.

The Security Service of Ukraine (SSU) has exposed the leadership of the Russian Orthodox Church in the creation of their own private military companies within the territory of the Russian Federation. At the direction of the Moscow Patriarchate, these PMCs are involved in recruiting and providing combat training to mercenaries for the war against Ukraine.
