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Russia strikes Ukraine with missiles and drones overnight: people killed and injured, including children, some regions without power
News - 30 October 2025

Russia strikes Ukraine with missiles and drones overnight: people killed and injured, including children, some regions without power

The National Police of Ukraine, the State Emergency Service (SES), and regional military administrations reported civilian casualties. Russians also caused damage, including to energy and railway infrastructure, across the Kyiv, Zaporizhzhia, Chernihiv, Lviv, and Mykolaiv regions following Russian shelling on the night of October 30, 2025

Russia has killed 661 Ukrainian children since start of its full-scale war
News - 28 October 2025

Russia has killed 661 Ukrainian children since start of its full-scale war

Kravchenko said that Ukrainian law enforcement agencies have been investigating 5,363 criminal proceedings concerning crimes against children during the war

Russians strike passenger minibus in Sumy Oblast with a drone, injuring 10 including two children
News - 26 October 2025

Russians strike passenger minibus in Sumy Oblast with a drone, injuring 10 including two children

A Russian drone struck a route taxi on the Sumy-Bilopillia motorway in the Sumy District, injuring 10 people, including two children

Former Lithuanian NATO representative accuses Merkel of blocking Ukraine’s Crimea defense
News - 26 October 2025

Former Lithuanian NATO representative accuses Merkel of blocking Ukraine’s Crimea defense

In recent years, Germany has been subject to influence from the Russian Federation through financial, political, and lobbying levers, particularly in the context of the Nord Stream 2 project, which authorities promoted following the illegal annexation of the Crimean Peninsula in 2014

The number of wounded in Kyiv due to the overnight drone attack has risen to 32 (updated)
News - 26 October 2025

The number of wounded in Kyiv due to the overnight drone attack has risen to 32 (updated)

Russians killed three people and injured at least 32 others in an overnight Russian air attack on Ukraine's capital Kyiv

Russian shellings killed eight Ukrainians on October 23
News - 24 October 2025

Russian shellings killed eight Ukrainians on October 23

The National Police of Ukraine reported that Russian shelling on October 23, 2025, killed eight civilians across the city of Kyiv and the Donetsk, Kharkiv, and Kherson Oblasts, with over three dozen others wounded, including those in the Zaporizhzhia and Sumy regions.

Russia returns 1,000 bodies claimed to be Ukrainian service members
News - 23 October 2025

Russia returns 1,000 bodies claimed to be Ukrainian service members

The identities of those killed in Ukraine are established in more than 30 laboratories, whereas there were only five at the start of the invasion

Russian forces kill five, wound one in Bakhmut District village in the Donetsk Oblast — Donetsk Oblast Prosecutor’s Office
News - 23 October 2025

Russian forces kill five, wound one in Bakhmut District village in the Donetsk Oblast — Donetsk Oblast Prosecutor’s Office

When the woman, 57, regained consciousness, she found that Russian forces had killed her family. Fearing for her younger son, she went to the neighbor's basement, where she discovered his body alongside the remains of a 62-year-old woman and her 30-year-old son, both shot dead

After Russians kills at least 9, strike energy infrastructure, Ukrainian Foreign Minister says Moscow lacks pressure to end the war
News - 22 October 2025

After Russians kills at least 9, strike energy infrastructure, Ukrainian Foreign Minister says Moscow lacks pressure to end the war

Sybyha noted that Ukraine needs larger volumes of energy resources and funds, generators, equipment for repairing damaged energy facilities, and additional air defense systems

Russians kills at least 7, wounds 51 Ukrainians in massive drone and missile attack on Ukraine
News - 22 October 2025

Russians kills at least 7, wounds 51 Ukrainians in massive drone and missile attack on Ukraine

Ukraine's air force said Russia had sent 405 drones and 28 missiles, 15 of which were ballistic

“How can there be any deal without us about us?”: Zelenskyy rejects ceding more territory, ready to join Trump-Putin Budapest meeting
News - 19 October 2025

“How can there be any deal without us about us?”: Zelenskyy rejects ceding more territory, ready to join Trump-Putin Budapest meeting

Zelenskyy, who called Putin a terrorist in the interview, confirmed his readiness to meet with him face-to-face

In Kharkiv Oblast, 12 settlements came under attack within a day: one person killed and another injured
News - 18 October 2025

In Kharkiv Oblast, 12 settlements came under attack within a day: one person killed and another injured

A number of civilian infrastructure objects were damaged and destroyed in the attacks

Russians kill one person in Ukraine on October 15
News - 17 October 2025

Russians kill one person in Ukraine on October 15

Russian shelling on October 15, 2025, killed one person in the Donetsk region and wounded 17 others across the Zaporizhzhia, Sumy, Kherson, and Kharkiv Oblasts

Russians tortured to death two 16-year-old teens from occupied Melitopol
News - 16 October 2025

Russians tortured to death two 16-year-old teens from occupied Melitopol

In late May 2024, the occupiers informed the parents of Dakhov and Hrymak that their children had allegedly died from a homemade explosive device while committing sabotage. However, according to sources for Suspilne Zaporizhzhia, Danylo and Pavlo were tortured to death in April 2024

Russian shelling on October 13 kills four, injures dozens across Ukraine
News - 14 October 2025

Russian shelling on October 13 kills four, injures dozens across Ukraine

Russian shelling on October 13, 2025, killed at least four civilians and wounded more than 10 others across the Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia, Kharkiv, Kherson and Dnipropetrovsk regions, according to the National Police of Ukraine

Russia conducts 22nd illegal conscription campaign in occupied Crimea, violating the Fourth Geneva Convention
News - 14 October 2025

Russia conducts 22nd illegal conscription campaign in occupied Crimea, violating the Fourth Geneva Convention

Russia has significantly expanded its conscription apparatus since 2023 through legislative changes that digitalize military registration. These include creating a "unified register of conscripts" and introducing electronic summons that became operational in occupied Crimea in May 2025. The system allows conscription without physically delivering summons to individuals

EU allocates first 10 million euros toward Special Tribunal to prosecute Russian leaders for crime of aggression
News - 14 October 2025

EU allocates first 10 million euros toward Special Tribunal to prosecute Russian leaders for crime of aggression

The tribunal will be set up within the framework of the Council of Europe. The Crimea of Aggression refers to the decision to use armed force against another state, in violation of the UN Charter

Russian shelling killed eight people in Ukraine on October 12
News - 13 October 2025

Russian shelling killed eight people in Ukraine on October 12

Russian shelling on October 12 killed eight civilians and wounded 16 others across the Kharkiv, Donetsk, Dnipropetrovsk, Chernihiv, Sumy, Zaporizhzhia, and Kherson regions, the National Police of Ukraine reported