Russo-Ukrainian war, day 1713: Ukraine hits Samara Oil hub blending up to half of Russian crude exports
Russia struck a school in Komyshuvakha, Zaporizhzhia Oblast, where civilians had been receiving aid, killing 26 people.
Russo-Ukrainian war, day 1710: Azov says its small UAVs have hit more than 100 Russian trains in occupied Donbas
Ukraine has also unveiled Zakon, a national typeface meant to write Russian type out of state documents.
Russo-Ukrainian war, day 1709: Russian jet drone kills 14 on Dnipro railway platform beside a Zaporizhzhia-bound train
Ukraine’s Navy says Neptune missiles destroyed two Su-34 bombers, Kyiv says Russia’s October losses already set a monthly record, and the Oleshky humanitarian mission moved forward after demining, while ISW warned Moscow may use the truce to rebuild its forces.
Russo-Ukrainian war, day 1708: Russia clones Euromaidan Press to blame Ukraine for its own Kramatorsk strike
Ukraine pushes Operation Vivaldi across the Zherebets River.
Russo-Ukrainian war, day 1707: UN commission finds Russia’s strikes on Ukraine’s power grid are crimes against humanity
Russian missiles hit a Kyiv university campus and the Southern Bridge in two overnight waves and the ceasefire around occupied Oleshky began earlier than planned.
Russo-Ukrainian war, day 1706: In two weeks, Washington sanctioned court prosecuting Putin, waived its own sanctions on Russia, and called him humanitarian
In Brussels, security talks on Ukraine are planned for 27 or 28 October.
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Russo-Ukrainian war, day 1705: Starlink speed restored for Ukraine’s troops, Musk says SpaceX simply enforced its terms
Ukrainian Storm Shadows reportedly hit Russia’s only maker of glide bomb guidance batteries and drones struck a titanium plant in the Urals 1,500 km away, while the Pope’s envoy became the first foreign representative to reach Ukrainian POWs in Russia since 2022, Ukraine’s ombudsman says.
Russo-Ukrainian war, day 1703: White House announces ceasefire for occupied Oleshky, where residents face starvation and blocked escape routes
Ukraine freed 270 captives, including American teacher Stephen Hubbard, as a drone sank a cargo ship off Romania and killed a Ukrainian sailor and Ukrainian Storm Shadows reportedly hit an Oryol plant that makes Iskander components.
Russo-Ukrainian war, day 1702: Ukraine says Poland paused military aid package over Lviv vote honoring WWII nationalists
On the ground, Ukrainian forces went more than 15 kilometers underground to capture over 30 Russian soldiers.
Russo-Ukrainian war, day 1701: Kyiv finds remains of 40 Ukrainians killed by Polish WWII units
Ukraine has built its own jet-powered Shahed-hunting interceptor, Bars, which Zelensky says hits about 30% of Russian jet drones.
Russo-Ukrainian war, day 1700: Trump says Russia has been “fine” toward Ukraine on the day a Russian drone killed six people in a Kharkiv Oblast park
The US restored ballistic missile warnings after a week of silence and Rubio says Starlink is fixed while Kyiv says it still cuts out above 161 km/h, as Ukraine hit a Druzhba diesel tank and Moscow lifted its fuel export ban after US sanctions relief.
Russo-Ukrainian war, days 1699: Ukraine has liberated more territory than Russia has captured since the start of fall
Ukraine’s front-line arms store now supplies 1 in 5 state-bought drones, and a hexacopter flies out a wounded soldier.
Russo-Ukrainian war, days 1697–1698: Russia hits Ukraine’s energy 76 times during a US-declared truce, as Trump waives tariffs on Russia’s oil buyers and Romania downs two Russian jet drones
In Lithuania, officials foiled a night arson attack on a Starlink site serving Ukraine, the third such target after Poland and Bulgaria. The G7 pledged €260 million to repair the Chornobyl shield Russia pierced in 2025.