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Ukraine war latest: Ukrainian forces carry out 2 aerial evacuations of wounded soldiers, video shows • Ukrainian forces carry out 2 aerial evacuations of wounded soldiers, video shows • Death toll from Russian attack on park in Kharkiv Oblast on Oct. 19 rises to 6 after child dies in hospital

⚡️️️️️️️Almost 283,000 Russian soldiers killed in Ukraine identified by media investigation. Since Mediazona last updated the figures in early October, the names of 6,880 Russian soldiers were added to the list of those killed.

These are the indicative estimates of Russia’s combat losses as of Oct. 25, according to the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

Alongside attacks on Vinnytsia, Russia launched 153 Shahed-type drones at Ukraine overnight on Oct. 25, including 92 jet-powered drones, as well as low-cost Banderol cruise missiles, the Ukrainian Air Force said.

⚡️Russian attacks kill 8, injure 51 across Ukraine over past day as drone strikes residential building in Vinnytsia.

⚡️Ukraine strikes Russian titanium plant more than 1,400 kilometers from border, monitoring channel claims. Perm Krai Governor Dmitry Makhonin said at around 11 a.m. local time that 11 drones had been downed during a Ukrainian attack on the region.

⚡️Moscow ready to resume trilateral talks with Ukraine, US after Nov. 4, Kremlin aide says. "The next deadline is now Nov. 4, our major holiday. After that, we will be ready to resume negotiations," Yuri Ushakov said.

News from occupied Ukraine: Former Oleshky resident warns people 'won't survive this winter'.

⚡️ In less than 24 hours, Russia hits 4 hypermarkets belonging to one of Ukraine's largest retail chains. Russian attacks damaged or destroyed facilities in Zaporizhzhia, Kharkiv, Vinnytsia, and Poltava on Oct. 24-25, according to a statement.

⚡️US lawmakers demand answers from Elon Musk over Ukraine Starlink restrictions. In a public letter, Democratic Senators and Representatives listed five questions concerning Starlink restrictions impacting Ukrainian forces, addressed to Musk.

⚡️️️️️️️Mass blackouts reported across occupied Crimea. According to satellite imagery from NASA FIRMS, the Taman substation in Russia's Krasnodar Krai — a key energy node supplying electricity to Crimea —was damaged in an overnight attack.

⚡️Ukraine's Sine Engineering launches joint defense tech initiative with Finland. The initiative will focus on resilient communications and onboard autonomy, as Sine Engineering specializes in producing satellite-independent navigation software, enabling drones to fly without relying on GPS.

These are the indicative estimates of Russia’s combat losses as of Oct. 24, according to the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

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⚡️Ukraine strikes factory in Russia's Tolyatti, airfield in Krasnodar Krai. Videos filmed by locals show smoke billowing over the city, with reports claiming that the Tolyattikauchuk chemical plant was attacked and that evacuations took place at the AvtoVAZ car manufacturing factory.

⚡️Russian attacks kill 4, injure 78 across Ukraine over past day, as drone strikes Kyiv residential building in the morning. Overnight, Russian forces launched 126 drones, 61 of which were jet-powered, while Ukraine’s air defense managed to suppress 101 drones, including 50 jet-powered drones.

⚡️Germany in talks to buy Ukrainian jet powered drones. The Bars jet powered drone has a range of 1,000 kilometers and can reach speeds of up to 700 kilometers per hour.

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⚡️ Ukraine strikes Russian electronic warfare station, General Staff says.

"We thought this was a war and the destruction of Ukraine, but it turns out to be an act of humanity," Nataliia Stativko, a former journalist, told the Kyiv Independent on a street devastated by one of the missiles. "Now we will die and bury our children, knowing that this is an act of humanity."

⚡️️️️️️️Helsinki announces over $336 million for Ukraine to boost energy system, satellite intelligence as Finnish PM visits Kyiv. Kyiv has made a deal with Finnish companies Nokia and ICEYE to allow Ukraine greater access to Finland's satellite services, President Zelensky said.

Russia launched a barrage of ballistic missiles and drones across multiple districts of the capital overnight, damaging residential buildings and critical infrastructure.

⚡️️️️️️️Kyiv denies reports that Trump, Musk have restored Starlink speeds in Ukraine. "Overall, nothing has changed anywhere," a Ukrainian official told the Kyiv Independent on Oct. 22. Starlink's speed cap of 161 kilometers per hour remains in effect, the official said.

⚡️️️️️️️Rosneft admits losses from Ukraine's refinery strikes becoming unsustainable, Bloomberg reports. Officials at Rosneft have privately voiced concerns that even a few more months of Ukraine's continued attacks could lead to lasting damage for the company.

⚡️️️️️️️Amid Starlink crisis, Finnish tech giants announce plan to help Ukraine build its own sovereign satellite system. "Ukraine needs secure, sovereign, and high-performance satellite communications systems that it controls," ICEYE CEO Rafal Modrzewski said.

⚡️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.

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.

As the danger spreads into roads and neighborhoods behind the front, the appearance of the net gun shows just how the threats usually associated with battlefields are becoming a part of everyday civilian life in Ukraine.

⚡️Denmark guarantees $113 million loan for Ukrainian defense company Fire Point. The loan is backed by the Danish state as Russia’s war against Ukraine prevents the company from borrowing on ordinary terms in Denmark. The funding will be channeled through Denmark’s Export and Investment Fund (EIFO).

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.

⚡️️️️ Russia hits gas production facility in Kharkiv Oblast, critical infrastructure in Dnipro, leaving 30,000 consumers without power.

With daily air raid alerts stretching for hours and children spending full days in kindergarten bomb shelters, parents are making the agonizing decision to move to western cities like Lviv and Lutsk, where safety, too, remains fragile.

Spending nights on cold metro floors while their children sleep, mothers in Kyiv are confronting the same question they faced at the start of the full-scale invasion: stay or flee.

⚡️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.

⚡️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.

⚡️Russian ballistic missiles rock Kyiv in late-night attack, injuring 6. In the Dniprovsky district, a car service station and a private residential building were damaged in the attack. In the Darnitsky district, missiles hit near a transportation infrastructure facility.

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Ukrainian volunteers with 12 Vartovykh have saved more than 28,000 animals from front-line communities under Russian fire since the full-scale invasion.

⚡️️️️️️️Pope Leo, Zelensky discuss hopes for ceasefire in Russian-occupied Oleshky. The conversation with Zelensky comes three days after the pope spoke with Russian President Vladimir Putin to call for a ceasefire to evacuate civilians from the front-line town.

⚡️️️️️️️Zelensky appeals to US lawmakers for answers as White House turns on Kyiv. "We want to understand what is happening, why it's happening, and where all this is heading," President Zelensky told a bipartisan group of U.S. senators and representatives.

⚡️US-Russia-China summit would only 'encourage Putin to continue this war,' Ukraine says. "A trilateral meeting between the leaders of Ukraine, the U.S., and Russia could help end the war sooner," Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha said.

Beyond drinking water shortages, Russian strikes on Kyiv's energy grid threaten a major public health crisis. Water industry experts warn that prolonged power outages could cause the capital's wastewater system to fail, posing serious health and environmental hazards.

⚡️Russian attacks hit Ukrainian water filtration, plastics factories overnight. The overnight assault also damaged a data center in Kyiv and infrastructure in Volyn Region, where around 66,000 electricity metering points were left without power, regional officials said.

⚡️ Ukrainian forces evacuate injured soldier from front-line position by drone in 'first-of-its-kind' mission, video shows. The operation involved Ukraine's 92nd Separate Assault Brigade, 30th Separate Mechanized Brigade, and 10th Army Corps, along with Ukrainian drone manufacturer Gurzuf Defense.

⚡️ Over 100,000 Ukrainians safe from deportation as US is set to extend protection status. Temporary Protection Status was granted to Ukraine’s citizens on March 3, 2022, just over a week after Russia began its full-scale war against Ukraine.

The delay comes amid daily Russian ballistic strikes on critical infrastructure and follows wider political tensions over Ukraine's strikes on Russian oil refineries.

U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has yet to approve the transfer of a significant batch of Patriot interceptor missiles for Ukraine, Ukrainian officials told the Kyiv Independent, raising suspicions that Washington is deliberately withholding the weapons.

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⚡️3 killed, 53 injured in Russian attacks across Ukraine over past day as 550,000 households lose power. President Volodymyr Zelensky said Russian forces targeted energy facilities in 11 oblasts across Ukraine.