Russian-Ukrainian war
Russian drone attack damages Sumy pedagogical university buildings and dormitory
According to data from the Ministry of Education and Science published on 22 October, Russian shelling has damaged 294 educational institutions in the Sumy Region (Oblast) since the start of the full-scale invasion, destroying another 33 completely
Russia recruits nearly 46,000 foreign nationals from 151 countries into its army – Coordination Headquarters
Nearly 47% of those surveyed signed contracts to obtain Russian citizenship. According to Usov, signing a contract with the Ministry of Defence is a prerequisite for acquiring citizenship in Russia
Over 60 delegations confirmed for Crimea Platform summit in London
The parties discussed the course of the Russian-Ukrainian war, the human rights situation in occupied Crimea, and the status of Crimean Tatar political prisoners, some of whom have serious health problems and are held in Russian prisons
Ukraine repatriates 252 bodies that may belong to Ukrainian service members
As of 3 October 2026, Ukraine had returned more than 26,000 bodies and remains of the deceased from Russia, though a significant portion of them remain unidentified
Russian strike hits market in Lozova, leaving two dead and dozens injured
The city mayor said that the Russians attacked using Shahed attack drones and Banderol drone-launched cruise missiles
Former Sakhalin investigator Aleksandr Tsarakaev leads Russian Investigative Committee in occupied Melitopol
According to data from the Evocation platform, Tsarakaev was born in 1966 in Dolinsk on Sakhalin, Russia. He worked in investigative bodies in the Sakhalin and Amur regions, and after the start of the full-scale invasion, he was sent to temporarily occupied territory in Ukraine
FSB detains Sevastopol resident over Telegram comments
Russian security forces in occupied Sevastopol have reported the detention of a resident for alleged "public calls for extremist activity" in Telegram comments, a charge that could carry a sentence of up to five years in prison
European Parliament vice-president on hunger strike over trapped civilians in Oleshky
Picierno explained that she had decided to go on hunger strike to draw international attention to the emergency in the town
Police White Angel unit evacuates eight seniors in Sumy Oblast
The White Angel special unit continues to assist border residents who, because of their circumstances, cannot leave the dangerous area on their own
At least four killed and eight injured in drone strikes in Kyiv and surrounding region
. In total, 21 people have been injured and one killed in the capital over the day
Russian drone strike on Kharkiv region park kills six, including three children
Families with children were in the park in the Kharkiv Region (Oblast) at the time of the attack. Six people were killed, including three children, and 15 others were injured, including seven children
Funeral held in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast for five children killed by Russian missile
In the settlement of Radushne, Kryvyi Rih District, a Russian Iskander-M ballistic missile hit the Voronov family’s residential house directly, almost completely destroying it
Zelensky says Ukraine again received no advance warning from allies before Russian strikes
President Volodymyr Zelensky stated that there was once again no early warning from Ukraine's allies of overnight Russian attacks. He said Russia launched 16 ballistic missiles and over 200 drones, hitting energy facilities and knocking out power
Russian soldier suspected of torturing eight Ukrainian energy workers
The offences took place in the Chernihiv Region (Oblast) during the occupation of the Chernihiv District in February 2022. According to investigators, the men were initially held in the captured village of Ilmivka and later taken to Belarus
Six people killed, others injured and trapped under rubble following Russian air strikes on Sloviansk, Donetsk Oblast
Six people were killed and 15 injured following Russian air and drone strikes on Sloviansk, the Donetsk Region (Oblast), on 17 October, the head of the Sloviansk city military administration, Vadym Liakh, and the State Emergency Service reported (SES)
US firms account for over 75% of parts in examined Geran-4 controller
The investigation was carried out by an engineer using the call sign Prop, who serves with the Ukrainian military’s 1230th Athena Engineering and Technical Regiment. The unit, part of the Armed Forces of Ukraine’s Support Forces, shared the results with Militarnyi
Ukraine accuses Russian soldier of killing six people in Kharkiv Oblast
On 14 October 2026, a 36-year-old Russian citizen, a native of St Petersburg and a serviceman of the 2nd Battalion of the 1009th Motor Rifle Regiment of the Russian Armed Forces, was detained in Kharkiv and is accused of involvement in the murder of five Ukrainian Armed Forces servicemen and a civilian man
Russian occupying authorities seize four children from family in temporarily occupied Kherson region
One child was taken to the Henichesk Central District Hospital for medical assistance. Three others were placed in the Novokyivka "social rehabilitation centre for minors", which the occupation authorities illegally opened in November 2024
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