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| | Natalya reacts as she looks at the damage inside her house following a Russian attack on Oct. 22, 2026 in Kyiv. According to initial reports, Russia fired around 30 ballistic missiles at Ukraine overnight. (Diego Fedele/Getty Images) |
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| Russian ballistic missile attack on Kyiv damages ambulances, kills 1, injures 22. Among the 22 people who were injured are four children, one of whom has been hospitalized, the State Emergency Service reported.
Ukrainian forces reportedly strike Moscow Oblast weapons plant. Ukrainian forces struck a weapons plant in Serpukhov, Moscow Oblast, overnight on Oct. 22, monitoring channels reported.
Explosions, fires reported amid overnight Ukrainian drone attack on Lipetsk, Russia. Ukrainian drones struck a multi-story building in Lipetsk and caused multiple explosions around the city, according to Ukrainian monitoring channels.
Zelensky supports resuming trilateral peace talks with US, Russia after Putin claims Kremlin readiness. Zelensky's statement to journalists follows Putin meeting with U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff on Oct. 21.
Russia hits gas production facility in Kharkiv Oblast, critical infrastructure in Dnipro, leaving 30,000 consumers without power. Acting Naftogaz CEO Serhii Fedorenko said that Russia had struck the company's facilities more than 400 times since the beginning of 2026 — twice as often as during the same period last year.
Lockheed Martin delegation meets Ukraine's defense chiefs in Kyiv amid severe Patriot shortage. The meeting came as Russia intensifies its ballistic missile and drone attacks on Kyiv and elsewhere across Ukraine, posing an immense challenge to the Ukrainian air defense. |
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| | | | Ukraine war latest: Zelensky supports resuming trilateral peace talks with US, Russia after Putin claims Kremlin readiness
President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Oct. 21 that Ukraine will support trilateral peace talks with the U.S. and Russia after Russian President Vladimir Putin claimed the Kremlin is ready to resume negotiations.
Photo: Kristina Solovyova / Pool / AFP via Getty Images |
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| | Stay or flee? Kyiv mothers torn on how to keep children safe as Russian attacks step up
Anna Lodyhina, a mother of a 5-year-old, spent many nights on the cold floor of Kyiv's metro, driven there — like many others — by relentless Russian attacks. As her child slept, she watched over him, exhausted by the constant threat and lack of sleep.
Photo: Khrystyna Kulakovska / The Kyiv Independent |
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| | The net gun built for civilians in Ukraine’s kill zone
At a training with the Ukrainian National Guard’s Omega unit, engineers from the defense tech company BlueBird Tech describe how to use their net gun, named Chipa, to entangle an approaching drone’s propellers.
Photo: Jakub Laichter/The Kyiv Independent |
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| | New Poland-Ukraine dispute looms as local authorities move to honor UPA military leader
Warsaw has denounced Lviv Oblast authorities' plans to honor the World War II-era Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA) and its military leader, Roman Shukhevych.
Photo: Anastasiia Smolienko / Ukrinform/Future Publishing via Getty Images |
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| | | 'Everything was in ruins' — At least 2 killed, 2 injured in Russian drone attack on Kyiv. An air raid alert sounded in Kyiv at around 5:20 a.m. local time on Oct. 21 as drones approached the capital, which has faced an unrelenting barrage of Russian drone attacks this fall.
Russian attacks kill at least 9, wound 45 across Ukraine, as yet another deadly drone attack strikes Kyiv. Russian troops launched attacks against Ukraine overnight with Iskander-K cruise missiles and 186 drones, including Shahed-type ones, the Air Force reported. |
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| | Putin pushing for negotiations because he can’t win in Ukraine, Meaghan Mobbs argues |
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| | | | German military classifies threat of Russian sabotage as 'significant' for first time, German media reports. Reviewing internal documents from Germany's armed forces, German media reports that this is the military's second-highest threat classification.
Denmark guarantees $113 million loan for Ukrainian defense company Fire Point. The guarantee highlights Denmark’s role in helping Ukraine expand defense production beyond its borders as Russian attacks threaten domestic manufacturing and supply chains.
Witkoff lauds Putin as 'humanitarian' as Russia releases US prisoner Stephen Hubbard. Russian leader Vladimir Putin announced the release of Hubbard during his meeting with U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff.
Trump envoy meets Putin in Russia, urges trilateral negotiations. "I hope you will consider the possibility of resuming trilateral talks," U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff told Putin. |
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| | | Shares in one of Ukraine’s biggest farm companies fall to a two-year low. Trading in the company's stock was suspended on the Warsaw Stock Exchange on Oct. 20 after the price dropped 19.14% in a single day.
Russian Su-30 fighter jet crashes in Kaliningrad Oblast during training exercises, Moscow says. The Russian Defense Ministry said the crew was ejected and evacuated by a ground search-and-rescue team, without disclosing whether they were injured.
Anti-corruption agency searches Ukraine's central bank chief, source says. The National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU) on Oct. 21 searched the premises of Andriy Pyshnyi, head of the National Bank of Ukraine, a law enforcement source told the Kyiv Independent. |
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