Topic: Occupied territories
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Ukrainian forces strike Russian logistics targets in Bryansk and occupied Donetsk
Ukrainian Defence Forces struck a series of Russian military logistics targets on 16 October and during the night of 17 October 2026, according to the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Hits were reported on a railway bridge in Russia's Bryansk Oblast and on materiel warehouses and a UAV control point in the temporarily occupied territory of Donetsk Oblast.
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47 states and EU demand Russia return Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant to Ukraine at UN General Assembly
During the 81st session of the UN General Assembly, 47 states together with the European Union issued a joint statement calling for the immediate return of the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant to Ukrainian control and the withdrawal of Russian forces from the site.
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Ukraine's General Staff reports strikes on Russian missile-repair base, radar, and depots across four oblasts
On 12 October and during the night of 13 October, Ukraine's Defence Forces struck a series of Russian military targets, including an Iskander-M missile-system repair base in Russia's Kursk Oblast and a radar station in Bryansk Oblast, according to the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Fuel and ammunition depots were hit in occupied Luhansk Oblast, while concentrations of Russian personnel were struck across Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia, and Luhansk oblasts.
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Russian forces strike civilian column during so-called evacuation from Kupiansk
On 13 October, Russian forces struck a column of civilians being led out of Kupiansk, Kharkiv Oblast, toward the Shebelinka–Ostrohozk gas pipeline during a Russian-organised so-called "evacuation," causing casualties. Ukraine's 2nd National Guard Corps "Khartiia" said the group, which included two women, a child and several men, came under mortar and artillery fire from the eastern bank of the Oskil River. The Joint Forces Command (UOS) said it recorded the strike and was clarifying the number of casualties; Joint Forces spokesperson Viktor Trehubov said preliminary information indicated a drone (UAV) was used.
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Drone strike hits key Russian airfield in occupied Crimea overnight
Explosions and satellite-detected fires were recorded at the Gvardiiske airfield in temporarily occupied Crimea during a drone attack on the night of 12 October. The base is used by Russia to launch drones against Ukrainian territory, and Ukraine's Defence Forces had not commented on the attack at the time of reporting.
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Russia launches overnight missile and drone attack on Ukraine, 15 hit locations recorded
Russia attacked Ukraine during the night of 12 October with one X-59 guided air-launched missile and 121 strike drones of various types, including decoys. Ukrainian air defenses shot down or suppressed 89 drones, but hits were recorded at 15 locations and falling wreckage at 4 others, with several drones still airborne as of the morning.
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Eleven children, including an infant, returned from Russian-occupied Kherson Oblast to Ukraine-controlled territory
Eleven children aged from 1 year and 4 months to 17 were returned from the Russian-occupied part of Kherson Oblast to Ukrainian-controlled territory, the head of the Kherson Oblast Military Administration, Oleksandr Prokudin, said. The operation was carried out with the charity Save Ukraine under the presidential Bring Kids Back UA initiative. Among those brought back, several said they had been subjected to militarization and intimidation in occupation schools.
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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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Russia fortifies Crimean Bridge after three Ukrainian attacks, ATESH reports
Russia has turned the Crimean Bridge into a high-security regime object following three Ukrainian attacks, restricting certain categories of transport and tightening inspections, according to the ATESH partisan movement. ATESH says Russian forces are deploying additional air defense units and mobile fire groups on both banks of the Kerch Strait and replenishing ammunition stocks in preparation for further attacks.
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Baltic states push EU to ban transit of Russian grain through bloc territory
Lithuania, Estonia and Latvia are jointly urging the European Union to ban the transit of Russian grain through EU territory and to add Russian agricultural oligarchs to the sanctions list. Lithuanian Prime Minister Mindaugas Sinkevičius announced the initiative, and the three Baltic leaders addressed a joint letter to European Council President António Costa and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen. The push comes amid concerns that Russian exporters, including grain allegedly stolen from occupied Ukrainian territories, are using Baltic and other European infrastructure to reach world markets.
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EU ambassadors agree on largest Russia sanctions package to date, targeting 1,500 individuals and companies
EU member-state ambassadors agreed on October 7 to add 743 individuals and 826 companies linked to Russia's military-industrial complex to the EU sanctions list, along with 77 people 'elected' to the Russian State Duma from occupied Ukrainian territories. The package also extends the chemical-weapons sanctions regime covering 31 individuals and six organizations. Formal approval is scheduled at the EU Foreign Affairs Council on October 12 in Luxembourg.
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Chongar bridge linking Crimea and Kherson Oblast severely damaged, OSINT project reports
Satellite imagery analyzed by the OSINT project Dnipro Osint shows major damage to the Chongar automobile bridge connecting occupied Crimea with the occupied part of Kherson Oblast, including at least three large breaches in the road surface and the collapse of a span. The crossing is a key logistics artery for Russian forces, and the damage has reportedly complicated traffic including military transport, with Russian forces attempting detours through Armyansk and pontoon bridges.
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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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IAEA reports drone strikes near occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant, seeks eighth localized ceasefire
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) reported a series of drone strikes near the occupied Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) in recent weeks that damaged transformers at the nearby thermal power station critical to the plant's external power supply and knocked out an off-site radiation monitoring station. IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi said he is negotiating with both sides on a new localized ceasefire to allow repairs — the eighth brokered by the agency for this purpose — and called strikes near nuclear infrastructure at peace and against nuclear infrastructure absolutely unacceptable.
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Drone strikes on energy infrastructure in occupied Crimea cause power and water outages across multiple districts
On the night of September 30, 2026, drone strikes hit energy facilities in occupied Crimea, causing power and water outages across several districts and municipalities. The Russia-controlled operator Krymenergo confirmed damage to electrical substations without specifying causes. Russia's Ministry of Defence claimed 330 Ukrainian drones were downed overnight, while Ukrainian forces had not commented at the time of reporting.
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Berlin march demands humanitarian access for occupied Oleshky
The Ukrainian civic movement Vitsche Berlin organized a march through central Berlin on 28 September under the slogan "Stop the Russian occupation of Oleshky," calling for humanitarian aid and safe evacuation of residents of Russian-occupied Oleshky in Kherson Oblast. Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov acknowledged a "critical situation" in the city but blamed Ukraine, while Ukraine's Center for Countering Disinformation accused Russia of obstructing aid and shifting responsibility.
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Russia hits Kyiv and ten oblasts in large overnight missile and drone attack
Russia launched a large overnight missile and drone strike on 28–29 September 2025, hitting Kyiv and at least ten oblasts. Ukrainian air defense said all incoming missiles and 106 drones were intercepted, but the salvo damaged a major Kyiv railway depot, data and business centers, residential buildings, energy infrastructure and two foreign vessels in Odesa region.
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Ukrainian forces deliver 4 tonnes of food by drone to occupied Oleshky as humanitarian crisis deepens
Ukrainian forces used drones to deliver about 4,000 kg of food to 100 locations in Russian-occupied Oleshky, Kherson Oblast, one of the largest such operations since systematic drone deliveries across the Dnipro began in March. Head of the Kherson Oblast Military Administration Oleksandr Prokudin said Russian forces shoot down delivery drones, seize or resell the food, and detain and beat residents who receive aid. The situation has been raised at the UN Security Council, with Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha comparing the blockade to the 1932–1933 Holodomor.
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Ukraine proposes Oleshky evacuation, accuses Russia of blocking it as starvation reports mount
Ukraine has proposed a temporary ceasefire and land corridor to evacuate civilians from Russian-occupied Oleshky in Kherson Oblast, but says Russia has rejected the plan. Ukrainian officials describe a humanitarian catastrophe with no food deliveries since late May, cases of starvation, and civilians trapped by mines and shelling, while Kyiv appeals to the UN, ICRC, Council of Europe and Pope Leo XIV for help.
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Ukrainian strikes hit Azov optical-mechanical plant, Ilysky refinery, and Russian air-defense assets overnight
On the night of 25–26 September 2026, Ukrainian Defense Forces struck the Azov Optical-Mechanical Plant in Rostov Oblast — a facility linked by open-source analysts to several Russian missile programs — along with the Ilysky oil refinery in Krasnodar Krai, a Pantsir-S2 air-defense system, an ammunition depot in Sievierodonetsk, and a P-18 Terek radar in Donetsk Oblast. The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) said the Azov strike was carried out by its Alpha Special Operations Center together with the Ukrainian Navy, using Neptune cruise missiles and Ruta, Palyanytsya, and Bars jet drone-missiles. President Volodymyr Zelensky publicly confirmed the strikes.