Five people killed in Russian attacks on Kirovohrad and Dnipropetrovsk regions
Overnight on 15 October, Russian forces attacked the Kirovohrad Region (Oblast), Ternopil Oblast and Odesa Oblast with drones, the State Emergency Service of Ukraine and Oleksandr Hanzha, head of the Dnipropetrovsk regional military administration, reported. In the morning, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast came under attack. Overall, five people were killed and a further six were injured in the attacks in Kirovohrad Oblast and Dnipropetrovsk Oblast. In Ternopil Oblast, five people sought medical help.
Aftermath of the Russian attack in Kirovohrad OblastKirovohrad Oblast was attacked by Russian drones overnight.
In the regional centre, strikes hit business premises, logistics centres, warehouses, residential buildings and surrounding areas. Fires broke out.
“Kirovohrad Oblast was under a massive attack by enemy drones for more than 10 hours: three people were killed and six injured,” the State Emergency Service wrote. Source
In the Kropyvnytskyi and Novoukrainskyi districts, Russian forces attacked transport infrastructure facilities. Fires also broke out there.
In addition, residential buildings, surrounding areas and cars were damaged. In total, 25 locations in the oblast were hit. Emergency responders continue to deal with the aftermath of the attack.
Aftermath of the Russian attack in Dnipropetrovsk OblastOn the morning of 15 October, Russian forces attacked the Dnipro and Pavlohrad districts of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast.
In the Novooleksandrivka hromada, a local government area that includes one or more nearby settlements, a private house was destroyed, and two people were killed.
Several private houses caught fire in Pavlohrad. Rescuers are working at the scene, and it is not yet clear whether there were any casualties.
Aftermath of the Russian attack in Ternopil OblastIn Ternopil Oblast, Russian drones attacked an enterprise in the Chortkiv district in the evening.
According to preliminary information, five people sought medical help. Rescue workers, explosives technicians, police officers and other emergency personnel were at the scene.
Aftermath of the Russian attack in Odesa OblastIn Odesa district, Odesa Oblast, non-residential premises on the 17th floor of a 21-storey building and the balcony of a flat on the 15th floor of a 25-storey building were partially damaged.
In Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi district, an outbuilding used to store firewood caught fire, and the roof of a disused production workshop was also damaged. Repeated air-raid alerts hampered rescue work.
According to preliminary information from the State Emergency Service, no one was killed or injured in Odesa Oblast.
Overnight on 14 October, Russian forces launched a large-scale attack on Ukraine with ballistic missiles and attack drones. Energy and critical infrastructure came under attack. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy stated that Ukraine once again received no warning about a ballistic threat from its partners. People were killed and injured in Kyiv, Dnipropetrovsk and Khmelnytskyi Oblasts. At least 600,000 people were left without electricity as a result of the shelling.
Moreover, that night, the US company SpaceX introduced restrictions without warning on Starshield, the military version of the Starlink satellite communications used by the Ukrainian Defence Forces. Zelenskyy called this move a mistake that will result in the loss of lives.
Meanwhile, Elon Musk has published a series of critical posts about Ukraine and said that Zelenskyy should step down as president. Musk’s actions could indicate interference in Ukraine’s internal affairs.
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Zelenskyy stated that his country will resume strikes on Russian oil refineries after Moscow failed to respect the “energy ceasefire” declared by Donald Trump on 11 October 2026. He explained that Kyiv had refrained from attacking Russian energy infrastructure for three days at Washington’s request. However, Moscow continued its shelling of Ukrainian cities, and Ukraine faced restrictions on satellite communications and intelligence support.
In other news, French far-right presidential candidate Marine Le Pen said in an interview with the Financial Times that she is ready to seek a sharp reduction in the EU budget and the powers of Brussels if she comes to power. Le Pen also reiterated that Paris would not support funding for Ukraine.
Le Pen has long sympathised with Russia, and her party once received a loan from a Russian bank. She said she had supported France’s financial and military aid to Kyiv following the full-scale Russian invasion in 2022 and expressed her condemnation of Russian aggression.
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