Warehouses, a home-improvement store, a farm: Russia’s strikes aimed past the grid at Ukraine’s civilian economy
Three people were killed and a woman was still missing as the outages spread.
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More than 500 drones by Moscow’s count: Kh-101 fuel plant, second Yandex data center, and a far-north refinery hit
Russian officials confirmed the fires but named none of the targets.
Ukraine reruns its Vivaldi playbook outside Kramatorsk and pushes Russia back across the Siverskyi Donets, ISW says
Even Russian milbloggers now concede Ukrainian gains east of Sloviansk, including a river crossing toward a key height.
Russia aimed at Sloviansk and Kramatorsk. Ukraine’s Vivaldi counteroffensive stopped it with an attack drones were supposed to have killed
Robots cleared the mines and blew up the bunkers, but soldiers still had to ride in and hold the ground.
Russo-Ukrainian war, day 1688: Russian strike on two passenger buses kills 30 in Kramatorsk
The Pryluky death toll reached 22, including five children, as rescuers finished searching the rubble, while blackouts returned to Kyiv and ISW warned that faster jet-powered Gerans are freeing Russia to concentrate missiles for its winter campaign against Ukraine’s energy.
Moldova pulls its border officers off Ukrainian soil again as Russian drones keep hitting crossings
“They will work on the territory of Moldova.” Moldovan Interior Minister Daniela Misail-Nikitin, on withdrawing border personnel from Ukraine.
Blackouts return to Kyiv as Russia prepares to freeze civilians over the winter
Russia is once again targeting Ukraine’s energy infrastructure as winter approaches, threatening to leave civilians without power, heat, and water as Moscow ramps up its campaign to cripple the country’s critical systems.
Lithuania puts up to 100 soldiers on Kaliningrad border as officials brace for possible Russian mobilization
The move comes as Moscow rejects reports of a new call-up while Ukrainian officials warn Russia is preparing to expand its forces.
Two 14-year-old boys killed by an explosive device in a field in Sumy Oblast
Residents are being warned that, in addition to constant Russian attacks, there is a risk of encountering explosive devices.
80% of Moldovans say country is unprepared for attack as Russian drones flow into its airspace, but few back NATO membership
A new poll shows widespread concern over Moldova’s ability to withstand an attack, even as only 4% of respondents see NATO membership as the answer. Russian drones have increasingly crossed Moldovan airspace in recent weeks.
Polish SIM cards found inside Russian drones in Poland, raising new questions over 2025 incursion
More than 30 Russian drones entered Polish airspace in September 2025, and some were found carrying Polish SIM cards, RMF24 reports.
Ukraine’s FM links Russian plague scare to history of cover-ups, from anthrax to Chornobyl and COVID-19
Russia's handling of the suspected case fits a broader pattern of concealing information about dangerous incidents, Andrii Sybiha said.
Russia kills 30 in strike on two passenger buses in Kramatorsk
Hours after the strike, the head of Donetsk Oblast ordered public transport in Kramatorsk and Sloviansk halted, saying Russia had made the buses a target.
Drone attack forces Yandex to shut down its data center on the grounds of a sanctioned Russian machine-tool plant
In Bashkortostan, Ukraine's General Staff says its forces hit a Gazprom refinery. Salavat's mayor says an unnamed enterprise there keeps working.
A 3-year-old girl came to visit her aunt in Pryluky, Ukraine. By morning, a Russian missile had killed her grandmother and uncle
Zlatoslava is in hospital in Chernihiv. Her aunt, a police officer, was wounded in the strike.
Fewer targets, more waves: jet-powered Gerans partly free Russia to concentrate missiles, ISW says
The faster drones break through Ukraine's air defenses more reliably, and ISW expects the same strike pattern in Russia's winter campaign against Ukraine's energy.
22 killed in Russian missile strike on Pryluky, including five children
Rescuers have finished searching the rubble of the five-story apartment building a Russian missile hit yesterday morning, while residents were still asleep.
Russo-Ukrainian war, day 1687: Russian missile barrage kills 22 in Pryluky on Putin’s birthday
US-made sensor found in Russia's new jet drone.
Sea drone vs. air drone: Ukraine’s Sargan-3000 turns anti-aircraft gunner
A radio-steered Russian Shahed met a remote-controlled machine gun at sea—operator against operator, and the gun won.
Ukraine’s Frodo robot carries wounded soldier in first reported evacuation
The mission involved one of the first Frodo versions supplied to the military for testing, according to its developer.