Andrii Raikovych
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Russia launches largest drone attack on Kirovohrad Oblast since start of full-scale invasion, killing three
On the night of October 14-15, Russian forces launched the largest drone attack on Ukraine's Kirovohrad Oblast since the start of the full-scale invasion, striking around 25-26 locations across the region. The more-than-10-hour attack with nearly 360 drones killed three residents of Kropyvnytskyi and injured six others. It destroyed the logistics center of the Fayno Market grocery chain in Kropyvnytskyi and damaged residential buildings, transport infrastructure, and enterprises across multiple cities in the region.
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Russian strike on Oleksandriia kills two, injures three in morning missile and drone attack
Russian forces struck critical infrastructure in Oleksandriia, Kirovohrad Oblast, with missiles and kamikaze drones during a mass morning attack on 7 October. Two people, a 38-year-old man and a 55-year-old woman, were killed, three were wounded, and one person remained unreachable. Residential property in surrounding communities was also damaged.
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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.