Topic: Air attacks
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Ukraine's HUR publishes 3D model and enterprise data for Russia's 'Kinzhal' missile on War&Sanctions portal
Ukraine's Main Intelligence Directorate (HUR) of the Ministry of Defence has released an interactive 3D model and detailed information on the components and production cooperation of the Russian aeroballistic missile Kh-47M2 'Kinzhal' on the War&Sanctions portal. The package names 58 Russian enterprises involved in the missile's production, 22 of them not currently under measures from any sanctions coalition country. HUR called on partners to synchronise sanctions against all involved enterprises and tighten control over technologies used by Russia.
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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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Trump announces "energy ceasefire" with Russia; Kremlin declines to confirm, Ukraine says it wasn't told
On 11 October, US President Donald Trump announced on Truth Social that an "energy ceasefire" between Russia and Ukraine was taking effect immediately, claiming both sides had agreed. The White House later told Axios that the proposal referred specifically to mutual cessation of strikes on oil refineries, described as "refinery for refinery." The Kremlin declined to confirm any deal, and within hours Russian forces struck energy infrastructure in Ukraine, including the TEC-5 thermal power plant in Kharkiv. Speaking by video link at the Warsaw Security Forum on 12 October, President Volodymyr Zelensky said the announcement was news to him, that Ukraine has only one oil refinery while Russia has an extensive network, and that if Russia does not agree to an energy ceasefire this winter, Ukraine will respond.
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Ukraine's General Staff reports 264 combat clashes; heaviest fighting on Pokrovsk and Kostiantynivka axes
Ukraine's General Staff reported 264 combat clashes over the past day, with the heaviest fighting on the Pokrovsk and Kostiantynivka directions. Russian forces carried out 73 airstrikes, dropped 238 guided aerial bombs, deployed 8,985 kamikaze drones, and conducted 2,468 shellings of populated areas and Ukrainian positions. Ukrainian aviation, missile troops, and artillery struck an enemy troop concentration area, an artillery system, and a UAV launch pad.
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Kremlin endorses Trump's call for new Ukrainian president; European leaders rally behind Zelensky
The Kremlin publicly backed US President Donald Trump's statement that Ukraine should elect a new leader, with spokesperson Dmitry Peskov citing Volodymyr Zelensky's alleged unwillingness to make difficult decisions to end the war. Zelensky responded by offering to hold elections if Russia agrees to a 60-day ceasefire and said Ukraine will defend itself against Russian aggression regardless of American pressure. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, German Foreign Minister and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer publicly expressed solidarity with Zelensky ahead of the 12 October EU Foreign Affairs Council meeting in Luxembourg, where EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said wartime elections are constitutionally barred and that international pressure should be directed at Russia.
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NATO estimates Russian losses in September exceeded 50,000, roughly 10 times Ukraine's
A senior NATO military official told Bloomberg that Russian personnel losses in Ukraine in September exceeded 50,000, including up to 28,000 killed, compared with about 5,000 Ukrainian losses over the same period. The official attributed Russia's high attrition to offensive tactics that send troops into "kill zones" saturated with Ukrainian drones, mines and artillery. Bloomberg said it could not independently verify the figures.
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UK's Starmer and Zelensky agree to meet after phone call on sanctions and air defense
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer agreed during a phone call to hold a bilateral meeting in the coming days. The call covered continued UK sanctions on Russia, Ukraine's need for air defense, and a joint demand for an immediate energy ceasefire. It came against the backdrop of US President Donald Trump's public call for Ukraine to change its leadership and a reported US–Russian agreement on Russian diesel fuel supplies.
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Trump administration threatens to halt PURL weapons and intelligence sharing over Ukrainian strikes on Russian energy
The Trump administration is pressuring Kyiv to stop long-range strikes on Russian energy infrastructure by threatening to suspend the PURL weapons-procurement mechanism and US intelligence sharing with Ukraine, according to European officials cited by the Financial Times. On Sunday, Trump separately announced on Truth Social an immediate "energy ceasefire" between Ukraine and Russia, an announcement Kyiv said it had not been consulted on and that was not honored by Russia the same day.
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EU to allocate roughly €3 billion in extra military aid to Ukraine next week, Zelenskyy says
After a phone call with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on 11 October, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced that the EU will allocate approximately €3 billion in additional military support to Ukraine during the week of 12–18 October, with the funds directed to drones and missiles. The call came just before a Russian Shahed drone hit a power station in Kyiv, and Zelenskyy noted that further strikes on energy infrastructure in the Kharkiv region followed an earlier US statement on an energy-related ceasefire.
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Russia strikes Kharkiv's TEC-5 power plant despite declared energy ceasefire, Zelenskyy says
Russia struck the TEC-5 energy facility in the Kharkiv region on the evening of 11 October, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in his evening video address, despite an "energy ceasefire" previously announced by U.S. President Donald Trump. The strike, carried out with Shahed drones and aerial bombs, forms part of a reported week of more than 200 Russian attacks on Ukrainian energy infrastructure and at least 150 civilian deaths.
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Tusk and Zelensky hold phone call as Ukraine reports intensifying Russian attacks
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky spoke by phone on 11 October. Zelensky briefed Tusk on Ukraine's defense needs and what he described as a marked increase in Russian shelling and destabilization activity. Tusk pledged the full solidarity of Poland and Europe with Ukraine and said he was certain nothing and no one would break Ukraine and its president in the fight against Russian aggression. The two leaders also coordinated their diplomatic activity ahead of EU-level meetings in Brussels.
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Russian strike on Kyiv energy facility causes outages in up to five districts, cuts water pressure
On 11 October, Russia struck an energy facility in Kyiv, triggering emergency power outages across multiple districts, damaging a high-voltage transmission line and reducing water pressure on both banks of the city. Mayor Vitaliy Klitschko and operators Ukrenergo and DTEK reported the damage and appealed to residents to limit appliance use. President Volodymyr Zelensky said a Russian 'Shahed' drone hit the facility on the same day US President Trump announced an energy ceasefire, and that TEC-5 in Kharkiv was also struck.
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Russian aerial bomb strike on Kharkiv's Nemyshliansky district kills one woman
On 11 October, Russian forces struck the private sector of Kharkiv's Nemyshliansky district with guided aerial bombs (KABs), hitting a car service station and nearby houses. A woman pulled from the rubble of a damaged house died from her injuries, and the number of injured rose through the day to at least nine or ten, including a 7-year-old boy. Two private houses were completely destroyed.
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Russian airstrike hits two apartment buildings in Sloviansk, entrance of five-storey block destroyed
On 11 October at around 09:45, Russian forces struck Sloviansk in Donetsk Oblast with an airstrike, hitting two multi-storey residential buildings and completely destroying one entrance of a five-storey block, according to city officials and President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Casualty figures evolved during the day: an initial count of four wounded rose to seven, and a later report cited ten wounded and one killed. Ukrainian prosecutors have opened a war crimes investigation into the strike, which used three FAB-250 aerial bombs.
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Zelensky offers to halt strikes on Russian oil refineries if Russia stops hitting Ukrainian energy
On 11 October, President Volodymyr Zelensky said Ukraine is ready to stop strikes on Russian oil refineries and other energy infrastructure if Russia reciprocally halts strikes on Ukrainian energy. The offer came the same day U.S. President Donald Trump announced that Ukraine and Russia had agreed to an immediate 'energy ceasefire.' Zelensky said the U.S. announcement was news to him and that the Armed Forces of Ukraine had received the relevant orders. The same day, Russia struck the TEC-5 thermal power plant in Kharkiv, continuing a week in which Zelensky said Russian forces launched roughly 1,450 aerial bombs, 75 missiles and more than 1,640 strike drones at Ukraine.
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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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Day 1691: 221 combat clashes; Pokrovsk and Hulyaipole the most active directions
Ukraine's General Staff reported 221 combat clashes across the front over the past day, with the Pokrovsk and Hulyaipole directions the hottest sectors. Russian forces carried out one missile strike and 73 air strikes, dropped 255 guided aerial bombs, used 8,444 kamikaze drones, and shelled Ukrainian positions and settlements 2,553 times, including 45 strikes from multiple rocket launcher systems.
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Russian drone attack on Ukraine overnight into October 11: 116 drones launched, 94 intercepted
Russian forces attacked Ukraine with 116 strike drones overnight, beginning at 18:00 on October 10. As of 08:30 on October 11, Ukrainian air defense had shot down or suppressed 94 of them, while about 10 drones remained in Ukrainian airspace. Direct hits at seven locations and falling debris at nine others caused damage to residential buildings in Dnipro and Odesa, injuring four people in Dnipro, including two 8-year-old children.
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Trump announces Russian diesel deal with Putin, urges Ukraine to choose a new president
On October 9, 2026, US President Donald Trump held a phone call with Russian President Vladimir Putin and announced an agreement to allow between 300,000 and 3 million tons of Russian diesel fuel onto US and global markets. Trump then publicly attacked Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, accusing him of being able to end the war but choosing not to, and saying it was time for Ukraine to choose a new president. Zelenskyy called the decision weak and a gift to Russia that would fund the war, while bipartisan US lawmakers and European leaders condemned the agreement.
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Ukrainian drones hit Yandex data center in Vladimir, third strike in four days
Ukrainian drones struck a Yandex data center in the Russian city of Vladimir overnight on October 11, forcing Yandex to halt operations at the facility and knocking out a wide range of its consumer and cloud services. The attack is the third on a Yandex data center within four days, following strikes on facilities in Sasovo, Ryazan region on October 8 and in the Kaluga region on October 9. Outages hit the Alice voice assistant, Yandex Music, Telemost, Yandex Dom, taxi and other consumer apps, and more than 80 Yandex Cloud services, with disruptions reported in Russian cities and in Kazakhstan, Belarus, Armenia and Serbia.