Russia-Ukraine war

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

ISW: Ukrainian drone attacks knock out a fifth of Russia’s oil refining capacity

Ukraine’s sustained campaign of strikes on Russian oil refineries is worsening the country’s fuel shortages and triggering record price spikes, the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) said in its Oct. 18 report.

19 October 2025, 10:58 AM

Russia losing troops five times faster than Ukraine despite manpower gap

Russia’s major summer offensive in Ukraine failed to deliver the territorial gains the Kremlin hoped for, despite record numbers of mobilized troops and months of sustained assaults. Territorial advances remain minimal, while losses are enormous, The Economist reported on Oct. 17.

18 October 2025, 07:30 PM

Russian strike hits power facility in Chernihiv Oblast, cuts electricity to 17,000 customers

About 17,000 customers were left without electricity in Chernihiv Oblast after a Russian strike overnight on Oct. 18 hit a power facility in the Koriukivka district, regional energy provider Chernihivoblenergo reported.

18 October 2025, 01:36 PM

Tomahawks for Ukraine wouldn’t escalate war, could weaken Russia, ISW says

Supplying U.S. long-range Tomahawk missiles to Ukraine would not cause a major escalation in the war but would instead mirror Russia’s own use of long-range cruise missiles, the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) said in its Oct. 17 report.

18 October 2025, 01:15 PM

‘Made it clear Kyiv won’t get Tomahawks’: Trump–Zelenskyy White House talk was tense and awkward

U.S. President Donald Trump made it “directly and honestly” clear during his Oct. 17 meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy that Kyiv would not be receiving long-range Tomahawk missiles, CNN reported, citing a U.S. official.

18 October 2025, 10:49 AM

Russia sentences 15 captured Aidar fighters to up to 21 years in prison

A court in Russia’s Rostov-on-Don has sentenced 15 captured soldiers from Ukraine’s 24th Separate Assault Battalion Aidar to prison terms ranging from 15 to 21 years in a high-security penal colony, Mediazona reported on Oct. 17, citing the court’s press service.

17 October 2025, 04:02 PM

Ukrainian troops reclaim ground in Zaporizhzhya Oblast — Syrskyi

Ukraine’s defense forces are continuing to push Russian troops out of Sumy Oblast and have made gains in retaking territory in Zaporizhzhya Oblast, Commander-in-Chief of Ukraine’s Armed Forces Oleksandr Syrskyi said on Oct. 17.

17 October 2025, 12:29 PM

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