Armed Forces of the Russian Federation
The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation are the military structure of Russia, bringing together the Ground Forces, the Aerospace Forces, the Navy and other service branches. They operate under the Russian Ministry of Defence, with overall command exercised by the Chief of the General Staff. Since February 2022 they have been conducting a full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
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Russian drones hit railway and energy infrastructure in Zhytomyr Oblast, no casualties reported
Russian forces struck the northern part of Zhytomyr Oblast with drones on the night of 12 October and again during the day, damaging railway and energy infrastructure in the Korosten district, as well as residential buildings in the Korosten and Ovruch communities. Fires broke out at two locations on a transport facility in Korosten and were extinguished by rescuers, who had to withdraw several times due to the threat of repeat strikes. As of the morning of 12 October, no information about casualties had been received.
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Kyiv prosecutor sues city authorities over missing mobile shelters
The Kyiv City Prosecutor's Office has filed a lawsuit against the Kyiv City State Administration (KMDA, the city's executive body) and the Kyiv City Council, the city's elected legislature, seeking to compel the installation of mobile shelters in public places. The prosecutor's office argues that current Ukrainian law places the obligation on local authorities and that, despite the ongoing full-scale war, Kyiv has no above-ground rapid-deployment shelters in public spaces. A court has opened proceedings in the case.
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Russian airstrike on Zaporizhzhia residential building kills 23, including children; city declares day of mourning
Russian forces struck a residential building in Zaporizhzhia with guided aerial bombs in the early hours of October 10, 2026. By the morning of October 11, the death toll had risen to 23 people, including children. Two schoolgirls were among the dead, and the city declared October 11 a day of mourning as search-and-rescue operations concluded.
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Ukraine strikes Russian repair unit, depots and troop concentrations in Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts
Ukraine's Defence Forces struck a series of Russian military targets in the temporarily occupied parts of Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts on 10 October and overnight into 11 October. According to the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the strikes hit a Russian army repair unit near Chystiakove, materiel supply depots near Makiivka and Horodyshche, and troop concentration areas at Purdivka, Lysychansk and Irmino.
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Russian drone strikes on Kharkiv hit medical facility, injure five
On 10 October, Russian forces attacked multiple districts of Kharkiv with drones, hitting a medical facility in the Slobidskyi district and triggering a multi-floor fire. The strike injured five people, including a State Emergency Service rescuer hurt during firefighting. A second drone strike hit the Kholodnohirskyi district the same day.
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Russian guided-bomb strikes on Zaporizhzhia kill one, injure 23 and damage residential blocks
On the morning of 9 October 2026, Russian forces struck Zaporizhzhia with guided aerial bombs (KABs) between 04:50 and 05:59, killing one man and injuring at least 23 people. The strikes damaged 24 multi-storey residential buildings, an extracurricular education facility, vehicles and the office of the humanitarian mission "Proliska." Ukrainian authorities opened a war-crime investigation under Part 2 of Article 438 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine.
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Russian drone strikes hit Kyiv and three districts of Kyiv Oblast, killing at least four
On the morning of 8 October, Russian forces attacked Kyiv and three districts of Kyiv Oblast with strike drones, including reactive Shahed-type UAVs. A drone hit a four-storey shop building in the Solomianskyi district, where three people were later confirmed killed. By the end of the day, the death toll in Kyiv had risen to four and the number of injured to nineteen, with thirteen hospitalised. Three districts of Kyiv Oblast were also struck, injuring three residents. Emergency power outages were introduced across Kyiv and parts of the region, and water pressure dropped on the capital's right bank.
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Russia launches massive combined missile and drone attack on Ukraine overnight on October 6–7, hitting Kyiv and multiple oblasts
Russia launched a large-scale combined missile and drone strike on Ukraine overnight on October 6–7, deploying ballistic missiles, cruise missiles, anti-ship missiles, and more than 130 strike drones. Main strike directions were Kyiv, Kharkiv, Poltava, and Dnipropetrovsk oblasts. Ukrainian air defense said it shot down or suppressed 161 aerial targets by 09:00 on October 7. Multiple civilians were killed across several cities, including the destruction of a residential building in Pryluky, Chernihiv Oblast. President Zelensky, who had warned the previous day based on intelligence that Russia was preparing a massive strike, described it as one of the "most vile" and said energy infrastructure was a key target.
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Russian strike hits transport infrastructure in Zaporizhzhia overnight
Russian forces struck a transport infrastructure facility in Zaporizhzhia during the night of October 7, temporarily restricting traffic on the city's Vantovyi (cable-stayed) bridge. The attack was part of a broader combined missile and bomb strike hitting multiple Ukrainian oblasts, including Kyiv, Kyiv Oblast, Dnipro and Kremenchuk.
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Russian drone strike hits Dnipro bridge in Zaporizhzhia, injuring at least five
Russian forces struck one of the bridges over the Dnipro River in Zaporizhzhia during the night and morning of 5–6 October, damaging the road surface and temporarily closing the crossing. Acting Zaporizhzhia Oblast Military Administration head Mykhailo Semikin reported the attack via Telegram. Initial reports cited two injured men; later updates raised the figure to five, including Red Cross employees who were traveling to work. The strike was part of a wider overnight drone campaign that also prompted air raid alerts and explosions in Kyiv and Kropyvnytskyi.
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Trial begins in absentia over Russian strike on Hroza cafe that killed 59
Ukrainian prosecutors have sent to court the case over the October 5, 2023 Russian Iskander-M missile strike on the Sputnik cafe in the village of Hroza, Kharkiv Oblast, which killed 59 people, including a child, during a memorial lunch. Seven defendants — two local brothers accused of guiding the attack and five Russian military commanders — will be tried in absentia.
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General Staff: 194 combat clashes in past day, heaviest fighting on Kostiantynivka and Pokrovsk directions
Ukraine's General Staff reported on October 3, 2026 — the 1,683rd day of Russia's full-scale invasion — that 194 combat clashes were recorded over the previous day. Russian forces carried out 1 missile strike, 90 airstrikes with 275 guided bombs, used 9,522 kamikaze drones, and conducted 2,435 shelling attacks, 33 from multiple rocket launchers. The heaviest fighting was on the Kostiantynivka and Pokrovsk directions, with 21 and 19 attacks respectively. Ukrainian forces reported eliminating 1,560 Russian soldiers, bringing estimated total Russian losses since February 24, 2022 to about 1,538,950 personnel.
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Russian drone strikes Kyiv's Northern Bridge, injuring two and closing a second Dnipro crossing
A Russian drone hit the Northern Bridge in Kyiv on the morning of 3 October, damaging the road surface and trolleybus contact network, injuring two people, and closing the bridge to traffic from the left to the right bank. The strike came a day after repeated Russian drone attacks forced the full closure of the Southern Bridge, leaving the capital with two of its main Dnipro crossings out of normal operation.
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Russian drones hit Kyiv's Pivdennyi Bridge for fourth time in a day, paralysing cross-river traffic
Russian forces struck the Pivdennyi (Southern) Bridge in Kyiv with drones around 5:00 a.m. on 2 October 2026, the fourth hit on the bridge in roughly 24 hours and part of a wave of attacks that fully closed the bridge and restricted traffic on the Paton and Metro bridges. The overnight strike also hit a 25-storey residential building in the Darnytskyi district, killing one person and injuring two. The closures caused a major transport collapse across the city, with large traffic jams, rerouted buses and trolleybuses, and a Kyiv Defense Council decision to tighten bridge rules during air-raid alerts.
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Russia launches massive combined missile and drone strike on Kyiv overnight, killing civilians including a child
In the night of 29–30 September 2026, Russia carried out a large-scale combined missile and drone attack on Ukraine with the main strike direction targeting Kyiv and Kyiv Oblast. Ukrainian air defense reported intercepting 5 ballistic missiles and 155 of 188 launched drones. Two women were killed in Kyiv and a child died in Vyshhorod, where rescuers pulled three survivors from the rubble of a destroyed house. Fires and damage were recorded in four Kyiv districts and across multiple Kyiv Oblast districts, and 8,000 Kyiv households lost power before DTEK restored supply.
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Russian guided bombs hit Sumy school during classes; two killed, children among wounded
On 29 September 2026, Russian forces struck the city of Sumy with guided aerial bombs, one of which hit a school in the Zarichnyi district where classes were in session. Children and staff were sheltering at the time; about 100 people were evacuated and no injuries were reported at the school. Two people were killed in their homes in the private residential sector, and multiple children were among the wounded. President Zelenskyy condemned the attack and called on Ukraine's international partners to increase pressure on Russia.
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Council of Europe rights chief calls for ceasefire, evacuation in occupied Oleshky
Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights Michael O'Flaherty has called for an immediate local ceasefire, unhindered humanitarian access, and the evacuation of civilians from the Russian-occupied town of Oleshky in Kherson region, where residents face severe hunger, lack of medicine, water, and electricity. No food deliveries have reached the town since late May, and the only road in is mined and monitored by drones. O'Flaherty cited the Fourth Geneva Convention in holding Russia, as the occupying power, responsible for providing for the population.
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Zelensky says Russia gained only 90–100 sq km net in 2026 at cost of 260,000–270,000 Russian casualties
In a Wall Street Journal interview during his US visit, President Volodymyr Zelensky said Russian forces captured around 890 square kilometers of Ukrainian territory in 2026 while Ukraine's Defense Forces deoccupied around 800 square kilometers, leaving a net Russian gain of roughly 90–100 square kilometers at a cost he put at 260,000–270,000 Russian casualties.
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At UN General Assembly, Zelensky calls Putin 'patient zero' of global war, unveils FREYJA air-defense program, and warns of painful winter for Russia
President Volodymyr Zelensky addressed the 81st UN General Assembly in New York on September 23, calling Vladimir Putin a "patient zero" spreading war, announcing the transfer of two captured North Korean soldiers to South Korea, and disclosing that Russia is using citizens of 47 countries in its war against Ukraine. He detailed Ukrainian strike figures, threatened retaliation against Russian energy infrastructure this winter, and unveiled the FREYJA anti-missile defense program with 10 partner countries. The speech followed a day of high-level diplomacy, including his meeting with US President Donald Trump and a Rubio-Lavrov exchange on a possible energy ceasefire.
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Russia strikes 13 oblasts and Kyiv in mass overnight drone and missile attack; four killed in Dnipro
Russian forces launched a combined drone and missile attack on the night of 21–22 September, striking 13 Ukrainian oblasts and Kyiv. In Dnipro, a missile strike killed four people and injured six, with a rescue operation ongoing. Ukrainian air defence intercepted 186 aerial targets, but hits and debris were recorded at 26 locations, with damage to energy and railway infrastructure, fuel storage, food warehouses and residential buildings.