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Reporters Without Borders releases details of targeted Russian attack killing journalist Anthony Lallican
News - 11 October 2025

Reporters Without Borders releases details of targeted Russian attack killing journalist Anthony Lallican

French freelance photojournalist Antoni Lallican was killed near Kramatorsk in a deliberate strike by a Russian drone on 3 October. His Ukrainian colleague Georgiy Ivanchenko was critically wounded

Russian attack overnight kills, wounds civilians including child; some Districts of Ukraine’s capital left without power (updated)
News - 10 October 2025

Russian attack overnight kills, wounds civilians including child; some Districts of Ukraine’s capital left without power (updated)

Killed and wounded civilians and damaged infrastructure were reported across the city of Kyiv and the Kyiv, Zaporizhzhia, Sumy, Dnipropetrovsk, Cherkasy, and Poltava regions following Russian shelling on the night of October 10, 2025. The strikes caused power cuts across several of these regions

Russian strikes killed six people in Ukraine on October 8
News - 09 October 2025

Russian strikes killed six people in Ukraine on October 8

Russian shelling on October 8, 2025, killed six people and wounded 15 others across the Kherson, Sumy, Kharkiv, Donetsk, and Zaporizhzhia regions

Russia kills civilians in Sumy, cuts power in Odesa in overnight attacks
News - 09 October 2025

Russia kills civilians in Sumy, cuts power in Odesa in overnight attacks

Civilians were killed and wounded, and damage was reported in the Odesa and Sumy regions following Russian shelling on the night of October 9

Russia has destroyed several grain storage facilities and a food production plant over the past several days
News - 08 October 2025

Russia has destroyed several grain storage facilities and a food production plant over the past several days

On the night of October 4, 2025, Russian drones shelled the Chernechchyna hromada – a local government area that includes one or more nearby settlements – in the Sumy region, hitting a grain storage facility in what reports indicated was a deliberate strike

Ukraine sentences 202 Russian troops for war crimes – the Office of the Prosecutor General
News - 07 October 2025

Ukraine sentences 202 Russian troops for war crimes – the Office of the Prosecutor General

The investigation into war crimes committed by Russian military personnel in Bucha and the Bucha District of the Kyiv region is also ongoing. Investigators continue to document these crimes with international partners

“I didn’t want this war”: Indian student says Russia coerced him into military service after drug conviction
News - 07 October 2025

“I didn’t want this war”: Indian student says Russia coerced him into military service after drug conviction

The man said he had traveled to Russia to study but was imprisoned on drug-related charges and later offered "freedom" in exchange for signing a military contract

Overnight Russian attacks hit railway in Poltava, energy site in Sumy, civilians in Kherson; two killed, five injured (updated)
News - 07 October 2025

Overnight Russian attacks hit railway in Poltava, energy site in Sumy, civilians in Kherson; two killed, five injured (updated)

Civilians were killed and wounded, and material damage was reported in the Sumy, Poltava, and Kherson regions following Russian shelling on the night of October 7, 2025

You sit like a potted plant: you may be watered, or you may not, and then you will wither – journalist Dmytro Khyliuk. A story of captivity and freedom
Articles - 06 October 2025

You sit like a potted plant: you may be watered, or you may not, and then you will wither – journalist Dmytro Khyliuk. A story of captivity and freedom

ZMINA met with Dmytro Khyliuk at the hospital where he is currently undergoing treatment and rehabilitation. She spoke with him about the first days of the occupation of the Kyiv region, the conditions of detention for Ukrainians in Russian colonies, what helped him maintain his psychological resilience in captivity, and what he plans to do in the future

Russian strikes kill at least 5 civilians, wound 32 in eastern and southern Ukraine over the past 24 hours
News - 06 October 2025

Russian strikes kill at least 5 civilians, wound 32 in eastern and southern Ukraine over the past 24 hours

The Sumy Oblast Military Administration and Andriy Yermak, head of the Office of the President, reported that Russians deliberately struck a local health care facility with a drone in Sumy, causing the roof of a perinatal center to catch fire. At the time of the strike, 166 people were inside the center, including 11 children and 35 patients

Russia kills 5, wounds 22 in overnight attacks across Ukraine (updated)
News - 05 October 2025

Russia kills 5, wounds 22 in overnight attacks across Ukraine (updated)

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy reported that Russia launched more than 50 missiles and around 500 attack drones against Ukraine on the night of October 4-5, targeting Lviv, Ivano-Frankivsk, Zaporizhzhia, Chernihiv, Sumy, Kharkiv, Kherson, Odesa, and Kirovohrad oblasts

A Russian soldier killed three civilians in the temporarily occupied Kharkiv region – DIU
News - 04 October 2025

A Russian soldier killed three civilians in the temporarily occupied Kharkiv region – DIU

Intelligence officials added that the Russian occupier who opened fire did not survive. According to his accomplices, he died from his own bullets

Russian double-tap drone strike on Ukraine railway station in Shostka, Sumy region, injures 30, including 3 children (updated)
News - 04 October 2025

Russian double-tap drone strike on Ukraine railway station in Shostka, Sumy region, injures 30, including 3 children (updated)

Oleksii Kuleba, deputy prime minister for the restoration of Ukraine and minister of communities, territories, and infrastructure development, said that Russian forces struck the railway station twice during the evacuation

Russian forces kill French photojournalist Anthoni Lallican in targeted drone attack in Donetsk Oblast (updated)
News - 03 October 2025

Russian forces kill French photojournalist Anthoni Lallican in targeted drone attack in Donetsk Oblast (updated)

Ukrainian journalist and freelance photographer Heorhiy Ivanchenko, a member of the Ukrainian Association of Professional Photographers, was working with him at the time. He was injured but is in stable condition

Russian shelling kills five civilians in Ukraine on October 1
News - 03 October 2025

Russian shelling kills five civilians in Ukraine on October 1

As a result of Russian shelling on October 1, five civilians were killed in the Kherson and Kharkiv regions, and more than 30 injured in the Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia, and Sumy regions

Russia’s attacks extend beyond Ukraine and threaten all of Europe — PACE resolution
News - 02 October 2025

Russia’s attacks extend beyond Ukraine and threaten all of Europe — PACE resolution

The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) adopted a new resolution on Russian aggression. According to the document, Russia's attacks go beyond Ukraine and threaten all of Europe, and the Ukrainian state has the sovereign right to membership in any international organizations, including NATO

Overnight Russian attack hits railways, kills civilians in multiple regions of Ukraine
News - 02 October 2025

Overnight Russian attack hits railways, kills civilians in multiple regions of Ukraine

Russian shelling on the night of October 2, 2025, killed and wounded civilians in the Kyiv, Kharkiv, Odesa, Dnipropetrovsk, and Chernihiv regions and destroyed railway infrastructure

Russian attack leaves Chernobyl’s New Safe Confinement without electricity
News - 01 October 2025

Russian attack leaves Chernobyl’s New Safe Confinement without electricity

The New Safe Confinement, which covers the destroyed fourth reactor, was left without power. The structure is critical to preventing the release of radioactive materials