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Russia launches 1,360 bombs and 92 missiles on Ukraine in single week, while global attention is drawn to Middle East

While Israel and Hamas negotiate a pause in hostilities, Russian forces intensify strikes across Ukraine, hitting civilians and energy infrastructure with unprecedented volume.

byOlena Mukhina

Firefighter responds to fire in Odesa after Russian drone attack, 11 October 2025.

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Russian terrorist attack targets Ukrainian energy grid: two workers killed, thousands left without power as winter nears

On the night of 11 October, Russian forces used a double-strike tactic to attack energy workers and firefighters who came to extinguish fires.

byVira Kravchuk

Ukraine’s FM Sybiha: “Russia is worse than Hamas” after 465-drone strike cripples energy grid

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Ukraine’s FM calls Russia “worse than Hamas” as 465 drones strike energy grid on attack anniversary

Sybiha: Even Hamas agreed to ceasefire talks, Moscow rejects all diplomacy

byMaxim Volovich

Firefighters responding to the aftermath of Russian strikes in Zaporizhzhia, 10 October, 2025.

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Russian double-tap strike targets rescue workers in Zaporizhzhia

Russia launched a massive aerial bombardment against energy facilities and civilian targets in multiple cities across Ukraine on 10 October.

byBenjamin Murdoch

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Russia hits firefighters mid-rescue in Chernihiv, kills five civilians in Sumy and Kherson oblasts, targets Odesa port

At least 17 injured in Russian attacks across Ukraine.

byYuri Zoria

15-year-old Anastasia Hrytsiv killed in Russia's overnight drone and missile assault on Ukraine on 5 October. The Russian strike destroyed their home in Lapaivka, Lviv oblast. Photo: Lapaivka Lyceum

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“The world is simply watching”: Russian strike kills 15-year-old Anastasia, her mom and grandparents in their Lviv Oblast home

Rescuers found the bodies of 15-year-old Anastasia Hrytsiv and another relative in severely damaged condition.

byVira Kravchuk

Car destroyed in Russian drone strike in Kupiansk district, Kharkiv Oblast, 5 October, 2025.

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Russian drones hunt civilian cars in Kharkiv Oblast, kill two

Separate strikes within two hours target vehicles on roads in heavily contested Kupiansk district.

byBenjamin Murdoch

Damaged building in Kherson after Russian drone and artillery strikes on 31 August 2025.

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Another death in Kherson: Russian artillery kills 77-year-old as daily terror continues

Prosecutors open war crime investigation as daily bombardment from Russian forces continues across liberated city.

byBenjamin Murdoch

Emergency workers evacuate an injured person from a destroyed home in Lviv Oblast following the Russian attack on 5 October that killed a family of four, including a 15-year-old girl.

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Russian “air terror” kills family of four in western Lviv Oblast while Poland scrambles jets amid massive attack near its border

On the night of 5 October, western regions faced the heaviest strikes despite being typically considered safer than frontline areas of Ukraine closer to Russia.

byVira Kravchuk

"Our last photo together. We were so happy here, tired from unpacking wedding gifts. We planned to listen to Sinatra on a record player this Christmas. I'm sorry we won't do this together," Bohdana captioned their final photo together. Photo: @bogdanavityaz/ Instagram

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Newlywed Ukrainian couple planned Christmas with Sinatra—Russia made her widow instead

Bohdana and Yaroslav had just married and dreamed of listening to records together this holiday season. He was killed on 30 September in a Russian drone strike on Dnipro.

byVira Kravchuk

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Russia hit Ukraine’s railways overnight — and kills a civilian woman in northeastern Ukraine

Russian drones and missiles struck railway infrastructure in Odesa and Konotop while a missile hit Balakliia, killing a woman and injuring 16, including a 4-year-old..

byYuri Zoria

Tevfik Bektaş, a truck driver from Turkey, who was killed in a Russian attack on Kyiv on 28 September. The father of three had delivered cargo to the Ukrainian capital and was waiting in a customs zone when the strike occurred.

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Turkish truck driver and father of three among four killed in Russian 12-hour bombardment of Kyiv

Tevfik Bektaş had completed a cargo delivery to the Ukrainian capital and was waiting in a customs zone when Russian forces launched an assault involving nearly 500 strike drones and over 40 missiles.

byVira Kravchuk

An injured woman receives medical assistance in an ambulance following the Russian strike on Kharkiv on 1 October 2025.

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“We lost everything”: Russia hits same Kharkiv civilian market for eighth time destroying businesses and leaving people in debt

Four guided aerial bombs hit two Kharkiv districts overnight, igniting fires at trading pavilions at Barabashovo market and damaging private homes and garage cooperatives, while at least six people were injured.

byVira Kravchuk

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They were 6 and 4, asleep in their beds—then a Russian drone came for them, their parents, and their unborn twin siblings

Rescuers pulled the bodies of two boys, along with their parents, from the ruins in Chernechchyna, Sumy Oblast.

byYuri Zoria

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Hundreds of unmanned aircraft, dozens of rockets — Russia kills a 12-year-old, three other civilians, injures dozens (updated)

Reports on the dead and injured from come from Kyiv and Zaporizhzhia. Among Russia's targets was a Kyiv hospital and Fastiv bread plant.

byYuri Zoria

Ukrainian emergency responders assess damage to civilian infrastructure in Zaporizhzhia following the 26 September Russian drone attack that left nearly 9,000 residents without power

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Russia targets energy and railway infrastructure in frontline regions leaving thousands civilians without electricity and delaying trains

Russian drone strikes on 27 September also hit residential areas and shops. One woman was injured in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast.

byVira Kravchuk

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Russia’s drones hit Ukraine’s civilian energy infrastructure again as daily strikes continued

Several civilians were killed or injured in overnight strikes that also caused power outages on railway sections, delaying several trains and forcing passengers into shelters.

byYuri Zoria

A firefighter battles blazes in Kharkiv following the Russian drone attack on 23-24 September that damaged civilian infrastructure.

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“I didn’t think at my age I’d face this”: 82-year-old man describes Russian bombing of his home

Yuriy Babak from Zaporizhzhia shared that Russian bomb attack felt as if his roof was lifted up and down, while another civilian described how a chandelier fell right in front of her as she was going to rest.

byVira Kravchuk

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Civilian man killed in his Zaporizhzhia home as Russia targets Ukraine with bombs, missiles, and drones overnight

Ukraine’s Air Force reported shooting down or jamming 103 drones overnight on 23 September.

byYuri Zoria

A Ukrainian ambulance that was struck by a Russian drone in Kherson Oblast on 13 August.

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“Intention to kill”: UN confirms Russia’s systematic drone attacks on civilians amount to crimes against humanity

A UN inquiry has documented systematic Russian drone attacks over 300 kilometers of front-line territory, striking civilians, homes, and first responders.

byBenjamin Murdoch