Russia-Ukraine war

Russia strikes Dnipropetrovsk Oblast: fires, damaged homes, two dead including rescuer, seven injured

In the early hours of Oct. 25, Russian forces launched a missile strike on Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, igniting fires and damaging residential buildings. Authorities reported casualties and injuries as a result of the attack.

25 October 2025, 12:52 PM

Trump says he will discuss Ukraine war with Xi Jinping

U.S. President Donald Trump plans to discuss the war in Ukraine during his upcoming bilateral meeting with Chinese leader Xi Jinping as part of his Indo-Pacific visit, he told reporters on Oct. 24.

25 October 2025, 12:15 PM

Putin’s envoy Dmitriev claims US, Russia and Ukraine ‘close to diplomatic resolution’ of war

Russia is “close to a diplomatic resolution” with the United States and Ukraine that could end the war, according to Kirill Dmitriev, the special representative of Russian dictator Vladimir Putin, Reuters reported on Oct. 24.

25 October 2025, 11:35 AM

Russia strikes Kyiv with ballistic missiles: fires rage in two districts, kindergarten hit, two killed, 10 wounded

Russia launched a ballistic missile attack on Kyiv overnight into Oct. 25, triggering a series of powerful explosions across the city. Fires broke out in the Desnianskyi and Darnytskyi districts, and at least one person was killed.

25 October 2025, 10:21 AM

‘Doctor Evil’: EU sanctions Mordovia prison medic who tortured Ukrainian POWs

The European Union has imposed sanctions on Illia Sorokin, a doctor at Correctional Colony No. 10 in Russia’s Republic of Mordovia, accusing him of torturing Ukrainian prisoners of war and withholding critical medical care, according to Radio Svoboda.

24 October 2025, 04:20 PM

Russian guided bombs hit civilian targets in Kharkiv, injuring at least six

Russian forces carried out a guided bomb attack on Kharkiv on Oct. 24, striking civilian infrastructure and injuring at least six people, including a 69-year-old woman who suffered an acute stress reaction, regional officials said.

24 October 2025, 12:17 PM

Major shift in Kremlin rhetoric: What Putin’s and Medvedev’s first direct attacks on Trump reveal after new U.S. sanctions — ISW

In response to U.S. sanctions against Lukoil and Rosneft, the Kremlin — which had previously avoided direct public criticism of U.S. President Donald Trump — has changed its tone, analysts at the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) wrote in their Oct. 23 report.

24 October 2025, 10:53 AM

Russia reports drone attacks on Moscow and Rostov oblasts, partial blackout in Novoshakhtinsk

Moscow and Rostov oblasts in Russia came under drone attack overnight on Oct. 24, with explosions heard across several districts.

24 October 2025, 10:03 AM

At least 10 dead in blast at Russian missile plant supplying strikes on Ukraine — media

A factory in Kopeisk, Chelyabinsk Oblast, where an explosion occurred on Oct. 22, was producing air-launched rockets used by Russia to strike targets in Ukraine, Russian independent outlet Agentstvo reported on Oct. 23.

23 October 2025, 06:00 PM

‘Round-the-clock truck runs’: Partisans report panic at Russian ammo depot in Oryol Oblast

In Russia’s Oryol Oblast, ammunition and military equipment are being hastily removed from warehouses near the village of Male Dumchyno amid growing panic, the Ukrainian partisan movement Atesh reported on Oct. 23, citing its agents on the ground.

23 October 2025, 02:49 PM

Russian troops execute five civilians in Donetsk Oblast after demanding info on Ukrainian forces

Russian forces shot and killed five civilians in the village of Zvanivka, Bakhmut district, Donetsk Oblast on Oct. 20, Ukraine’s Prosecutor General’s Office reported.

23 October 2025, 02:19 PM

Russian drone strike kills Freedom TV journalist and cameraman in Kramatorsk

A Russian Lancet drone strike in Kramatorsk killed Freedom TV journalist Olena Hubanova and cameraman Yevhen Karmazin, Vadym Filashkin, head of the Donetsk Regional Military Administration, said on Oct. 23.

23 October 2025, 01:19 PM

Russian forces strike energy facilities in four oblasts — energy minister

Russian forces launched targeted overnight strikes against energy infrastructure in four regions of Ukraine on the night of Oct. 23, acting Energy Minister Svitlana Hrynchuk said during a national television broadcast.

23 October 2025, 12:08 PM

EU envoy hides in Kyiv hotel bathroom during Russian attack

EU Ambassador to Ukraine Katarina Mathernova described a "night of horror" spent hiding on a hotel bathroom floor during Russia's massive missile and drone attack on Kyiv overnight into Oct. 22.

22 October 2025, 06:06 PM

When the propagandists turn on their Master: Russia’s ideological collapse

A strange thing has happened in Putin’s Russia: one of the regime’s most loyal prophets has become its accidental heretic.

21 October 2025, 03:30 PM

Ukraine nears war's end by spring 2026, officer says

The war Russia started against Ukraine has reached a decisive stage that could lead to the end of hostilities by spring 2026, a senior officer in the Ukrainian Armed Forces told BBC News Ukraine on Oct. 21.

21 October 2025, 11:11 AM

Parts of Sumy left without power and water

Several districts of the city of Sumy were left without electricity on Oct. 20, causing water supply disruptions as well, regional utility company Sumyoblenergo told Suspilne.

20 October 2025, 05:03 PM

Ceding Donbas to Russia would bolster its offensive position — ISW analysis

Russia’s demand for full control of the Donbas would give Moscow a stronger foothold for renewed aggression against Ukraine whenever it sees fit, the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) warned in their Oct. 19 assessment.

20 October 2025, 10:26 AM

Ukraine’s General Staff confirms strikes on oil refinery in Novokuybyshevsk, gas plant in Orenburg

Ukraine’s Defense Forces struck Russia’s Novokuybyshevsk oil refinery in Samara Oblast, the Orenburg gas processing plant, and an oil depot in the temporarily occupied city of Berdyansk overnight on Oct. 19, the General Staff of Ukraine’s Armed Forces confirmed.

19 October 2025, 03:50 PM

Witkoff pressured Ukraine to hand Donetsk to Russia during D.C. talks

Donald Trump’s special envoy Steve Witkoff pressured Ukraine to hand over Donetsk Oblast to Russia because it is “mostly Russian-speaking,” The Washington Post reported, citing officials familiar with the talks during Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s visit to the White House.

19 October 2025, 01:20 PM

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