Russian shellings killed five people in Ukraine on October 4
The National Police of Ukraine reported that Russian shelling on November 4, 2025, killed five civilians and injured nearly two dozen others across the Dnipropetrovsk, Donetsk, and Kharkiv regions, with additional injuries reported in the Sumy and Kherson regions.
Damage from the Russian strike on the Dnipropetrovsk OblastTwo fatalities from Russian strikes the day before were reported in both the Kharkiv and Dnipropetrovsk Oblasts.
Two women from Kupiansk in the Kharkiv region were killed. In the Dnipropetrovsk region, the deceased were a police officer and a resident of Pokrovske village, which Russians struck with a guided aerial bomb (KAB).
A market in the Dnipropetrovsk region came under Russian attackFour more people were injured in the Dnipropetrovsk region in Russian strikes.
In the Donetsk region, Russian military forces directed a drone at a man on a motorcycle in Kostiantynivka that day, killing him. Six others were injured in the region, where Russian forces launched more than 2,300 attacks that day. Rescue workers pulled one man from under the rubble in Dobropillia.
Rescuers found a man under the rubble of a house shelled by Russia in the Donetsk regionNo fatalities were reported in the Sumy region on November 4, but a 43-year-old man and a 57-year-old woman were injured when a Russian drone struck their car in the Seredyna-Buda hromada – a local government area that includes one or more nearby settlements.
Marks from shell impacts or shrapnel following another Russian shelling attack in KhersonIn the Kherson Oblast, the daily report only included people wounded in strikes.
The wounded include a female resident of Bilozerka, a man from Kherson city, and a woman from Komyshany. Russian shelling left damage in the Oblast, including to an apartment building, more than a dozen private houses, a factory, critical infrastructure, and other facilities.
Damage to a residential apartment building in the Donetsk region left after a strike by Russian forcesBy way of background, Russian shelling killed three people in Ukraine on November 3.
Overall, as a result of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, more than 14,300 civilians have been killed as of September 2025. Casualties and injuries have significantly increased this year due to the weaponry the Russians are using to shell civilians.
As is known, Ukrainian experts point out that China, North Korea, Hungary, Iran, and Brazil assist Moscow in killing citizens of Ukraine in Russia’s war, including funding the Russian budget through trade.
Previously, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced that Ukraine would close its embassy in Cuba and downgrade ties over Havana’s complicity in Russian aggression.
Newly appointed Ukrainian Ambassador to the UN Andriy Melnyk stated in an interview with Suspilne broadcaster that Brazil paid Russia almost $10 billion for 6.5 million tons of diesel.
Over the last three and a half years, China has become a critically important partner for the Russian Federation. While Beijing officially declares its neutrality, Western intelligence and analytical studies indicate otherwise. For instance, China does not supply weapons directly to Russia, but it provides critically important components, including machinery, microelectronics, specialized chemicals, optics, gunpowder, and ammunition components.
In 2024, then-U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken stated that 70% of heavy industrial equipment and 90% of all microelectronics are sourced from China, which then flow into Russia.
Furthermore, according to recent NATO intelligence data, 80% of all Russian drones consist of Chinese parts.
According to The Telegraph newspaper, Chinese firms supplied sanctioned Russian companies with at least £47 million ($57.4 million USD) worth of parts between 2023 and 2024. Almost a quarter of the value of these supplies went to firms that produce Shahed-type drones.
Moreover, the Foreign Intelligence Service of Ukraine stated that China is also providing intelligence to Russia. The Kremlin used this data to prepare missile strikes, particularly against objects belonging to foreign investors, though the specific targets were not clarified. China denies these accusations.
Following the imposition of Western sanctions, Beijing has become a key supplier to Russia of cars, clothing, raw materials, and a range of other goods. In 2023, Russia-China trade turnover set a historic record, exceeding $240 billion, which is more than 60% higher than before Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, according to Chinese customs data.
Reuters also reported that China is buying oil and gas from Russia. The average daily volume of oil is more than two million barrels per day. During Vladimir Putin’s visit to Beijing, the countries signed a document for the supply of 106 billion cubic meters of gas per year to China.
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