Interfax-Ukraine
Interfax-Ukraine is a Ukrainian news agency founded in 1989 as part of the Soviet Interfax network and later established as an independent entity. It covers political, economic and general news from Ukraine, distributing both wire reports and its own analytical material. The agency is headquartered in Kyiv and operates as part of the international Interfax information group.
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Russian strikes hit 55 Zaporizhzhia Oblast settlements; four injured in overnight attack on Zaporizhzhia
Russian forces carried out 832 strikes across 55 settlements in Zaporizhzhia Oblast on October 24. Overnight into October 26, they attacked Zaporizhzhia with multiple weapon systems, injuring four people and damaging homes, vehicles, a hotel, buses and commercial property. At least 50 damage reports involving homes, cars and infrastructure were recorded during the reporting period.
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Russian strikes hit Epitsentr stores in four Ukrainian cities, destroying Kharkiv supermarket
Russian forces attacked Epitsentr retail stores in Kharkiv, Zaporizhzhia, Vinnytsia and Poltava overnight on October 25. The Kharkiv supermarket was destroyed, while fires were reported in several affected cities. A 52-year-old woman was injured in Poltava and a firefighter was injured in Kharkiv.
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Ukrainian drones strike Omsk, hitting petrochemical plant and OZON hub
Ukrainian drones attacked the Russian city of Omsk more than 2,500 kilometers from Ukraine’s border, causing fires at the Omsk Kauchuk petrochemical plant and the OZON logistics hub. Omsk Governor Vitaliy Khotsenko said the drones reached the city’s northern industrial hub, while Russian air defenses and emergency services responded. Ukraine did not comment on the attack.
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Russia launches 176 drones at Ukraine, hitting infrastructure and leaving over 500,000 without power
Russia launched 176 attack drones at Ukraine overnight, including 92 Shahed-type jet drones. Ukrainian air defenses neutralized or suppressed 140 targets, but strikes hit civilian, rail and energy infrastructure, injured people and disrupted electricity for more than 500,000 residents. Poland raised aircraft and activated air-defense resources in response to attacks on western Ukraine.
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Russian strike on southern Odesa region injures three, halts power generation at DTEK plant
Russian forces attacked an energy facility and civilian, recreational and industrial infrastructure in southern Odesa Oblast overnight on 23 October. Three civilians were injured and received assistance, while four buildings at an inactive recreation base were partially destroyed. One of DTEK's thermal power plants stopped generating electricity.
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Ukraine and Russia exchange 270 Ukrainian prisoners of war
Ukraine and Russia conducted a large prisoner exchange on 23 October 2026, returning 270 Ukrainians from Russian captivity. Most were defenders of Mariupol, while the group also included the last Ukrainian servicemembers captured at the Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant and 35 members of the Azov special-purpose unit.
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Ukraine reports Russian losses of 1,830 troops in a day
Ukraine’s General Staff said Russia lost 1,830 military personnel over the preceding day, bringing its estimated cumulative losses since the full-scale invasion to about 1,574,620. The daily tally also covered substantial losses of artillery, drones, armored vehicles, trucks, ground robotics, and other equipment. The figures are estimates and are being refined.
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Russian drone attack on Sumy injures two, damages university and civilian infrastructure
Russian forces carried out a large overnight drone attack on Sumy, striking civilian infrastructure in several parts of the city. At least two fuel-station workers were injured, while a pedagogical university, its dormitory, housing, a fuel station and public transport sustained damage. Firefighters localized the resulting fires as cleanup work continued.
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Russia pounds Kyiv with 21 ballistic missiles and 210 drones overnight, hours after talks agreed
Russia launched a massive combined missile and drone strike on Ukraine overnight into 22 October, with the main target being Kyiv. Three waves of ballistic missiles struck the capital, killing one person, injuring 22 and damaging residential buildings, a monastery, a hypermarket, a metro bridge and other civilian sites. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said the attack came immediately after the latest round of negotiations and showed no real change in Russia's attitude, while Foreign Minister Andriy Sybiha contrasted the destruction with US envoy Steve Witkoff's recent description of Vladimir Putin as a "humanist".
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Trump says Musk lifted Starlink speed limits for Ukraine, but Kyiv reports restrictions remain
President Donald Trump said on October 22 that Elon Musk had removed the speed restrictions affecting Ukraine's military Starlink service, without confirming whether he had personally called Musk. Ukrainian officials and military sources said the limit of roughly 160–161 km/h was still in effect, with connectivity continuing to fail at about 161 km/h. Starlink became more stable after a reported Trump-Musk call on October 21, but the system had not fully regained its functionality.
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Russian drone strike on Kyiv hits high-rise, transport facility and parked cars overnight
Russia struck Kyiv with drones overnight on 20–21 October, hitting a 24-storey residential building in the Sviatoshynskyi district at the 20th-floor level, a transport infrastructure object in the Solomianskyi district, and parked cars in the Desnianskyi district. Fires broke out at all three sites, emergency power outages were introduced in the Sviatoshynskyi district and parts of Kyiv Oblast, and casualties were reported in the Sviatoshynskyi building strike. Kyiv Mayor Vitaliy Klychko and the Kyiv City Military Administration (KMVA) reported the consequences via Telegram. The attack came a day after a separate Russian strike on Kyiv on 20 October killed one person and injured 21.
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Ukraine and Lockheed Martin discuss scaling up PAC-3 and F-16 supplies in Kyiv talks
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met with a Lockheed Martin delegation in Kyiv to discuss expanded deliveries of PAC-3 interceptors and F-16 fighters, the possibility of servicing F-16s in Ukraine, and a long-term strategic partnership in which Ukraine would share battlefield experience.
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Witkoff brings Oslo proposals to Putin in St. Petersburg; Russia signals readiness for new trilateral talks in mid-November
US special envoy Steve Witkoff met Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and European leaders in Oslo on October 20, then traveled to St. Petersburg for a roughly three-hour meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin on October 21. After the talks, Witkoff said Moscow was prepared to resume trilateral US-Russia-Ukraine negotiations in the second ten days of November. The St. Petersburg meeting opened with the announced release of American Stephen Hubbard, held in Russia for over four years.
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Russian drone attacks strike Uman, damaging civilian sites and injuring five
Russian forces attacked Uman in Cherkasy Oblast with strike drones overnight on October 21 and again in the morning. The strikes damaged a hypermarket, a hotel, private homes, and buildings at Uman National University. The State Emergency Service later reported five people affected, two of whom were hospitalized.
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Denmark to guarantee $112.6 million loan for Fire Point rocket-fuel plant on Danish soil
Denmark will provide a state guarantee for a 750 million Danish kroner (~$112.6 million) loan to the Danish subsidiary of Ukrainian defense manufacturer Fire Point, financing a solid rocket-fuel plant in South Jutland scheduled to be operational by the end of 2027. Danish Defence Minister Jeppe Bruus said Denmark is the first country to allow a Ukrainian defense enterprise on its territory, and that locating production abroad helps protect critical supply chains from Russian attacks.
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Russia hits Kyiv energy facility and medical buildings in large drone attack, one killed in city
On 20 October 2026, Russia struck Kyiv and Kyiv Oblast with a large overnight barrage of strike drones, including jet-powered Shaheds. Debris hit an energy facility in the Shevchenkivskyi district, a medical building in the Solomianskyi district and the upper floors of a medical facility in the Holosiivskyi district, while a drone falling near a gas station on the edge of the Holosiivskyi district killed one man. Four Kyiv districts were partially de-energised, and the metro and funicular halted briefly before service resumed.
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Oslo talks bring Zelensky, Witkoff and European partners together on security guarantees for Ukraine
On 20 October 2026, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky met US special envoy Steve Witkoff in Oslo, alongside Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre and Finnish President Alexander Stubb, with Jared Kushner joining remotely. The talks covered security guarantees for Ukraine, territorial questions, sanctions, post-war reconstruction and the European security order, and produced a document of guarantee options that Witkoff is to take to Moscow.
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Russian combined strike hits Irpin's Planeta Plastyk plant; one woman killed, 19 injured
Russia struck Kyiv Oblast overnight on October 19 with ballistic missiles, cruise missiles and drones, hitting the Planeta Plastyk polymer plant in Irpin and damaging homes across the Bucha and Vyshhorod districts. One woman was killed and at least 19 people, including nine children, were injured in Irpin. Kyiv city was also hit, with one person killed and eight wounded.
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Russian missile strikes on Kharkiv injure 15, including three children
On the evening of 16 October, Russian missile strikes hit Kharkiv, damaging a warehouse and nearby residential buildings in the Nemyshlianskyi district and striking the Slobidskyi district, according to the State Emergency Service (ДСНС). Fifteen people were injured, including three children. Kharkiv had already been hit in morning strikes earlier the same day, which killed two and injured 18.
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Zelensky: Ukrainian aviation shoots down 55–60% of Russia's jet-powered Shahed drones
President Volodymyr Zelensky said Ukrainian aviation is now intercepting 55–60% of Russia's jet-powered Shahed drones, a figure he attributed to increased 20 mm ammunition supplies for F-16 fighters agreed with partners. Speaking to journalists on 17 October, he announced new cheap-missile and turret solutions from partners and Ukraine's own defense industry, and outlined upcoming cooperation including PAC-2/PAC-3 talks and the joint European-Ukrainian "Freya" air-defense project.