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Ukraine October 2025
UN warns of civilian fight for survival in Ukraine: civilian casualties are up 30% since last year. A third of all recorded civilian deaths and injuries in 2025 were caused by drone attacks. Front-line areas see over 57,000 evacuees seeking aid. UN's winter response plan is only 50% funded (LINK) 31 October 2025
Putin boasts of nuclear-driven torpedo that would swamp cities with radioactive tsunami (LINK) 29 October 2025
Ukraine: Russian oil giant Lukoil to sell international assets in response to Trump sanctions (LINK) 28 October 2025
Russian and Iranian shadow oil fleet's hidden ally was New Zealand insurer Maritime Mutual, supported by some of the world's largest reinsurers (LINK) 28 October 2025
Russian army committing murder in Ukraine: Independent rights commission (LINK) 27 October 2025
— Drones operated by Russian forces have repeatedly attacked Ukrainian civilians, causing deaths, injuries and large-scale destruction, independent UN human rights investigators said.The Russian military’s actions amount to two crimes against humanity, the Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine's report states — firstly of "murder and of forcible transfer of population" and secondly, "deportations and transfers of civilians" from areas occupied by Russian forces, some of whom were tortured.
Donald Trump has warned Vladimir Putin that the US "has a nuclear submarine off your shore" as he condemned a Russian cruise missile test as "inappropriate" (LINK) 27 October 2025
— Putin said Russia had successfully tested its nuclear-powered Burevestnik cruise missile, a nuclear-capable weapon Moscow says can pierce any defence shield, in a move that has infuriated Washington. Moscow said the Burevestnik had flown for 14,000km.
Al Jazeera: Russia-Ukraine war: list of key events, day 1,340 (LINK) 26 October 2025
— Russia launched a drone attack on the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, in the early hours of Sunday, striking residential buildings, killing at least three and wounding at least 29 people, including six children, according to Kyiv's Mayor Vitali Klitschko. Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko on X accused Moscow of trying to "create a humanitarian catastrophe" in her country amid the winter season. The Russian attacks on Saturday targeted "critical infrastructure", the energy grid, a railroad and residential areas in the Kyiv, Dnipro, Kharkiv, Sumy and other regions, Ukrainian Minister of Foreign Affairs Andrii Sybiha wrote in a separate post on X.
Governor of Russia's Belgorod says Ukrainian strike damaged a dam (LINK) 25 October 2025
Zelensky hails 'historic' Swedish Gripen deal as Ukraine secures 150 fighter jets starting in 2026 (LINK) 25 October 2025
Russian strikes on Ukraine kill at least two (LINK) — ground.news: 14 media reports (LINK) 25 October 2025
Russia's top Indian oil buyer Reliance says it will abide by Western sanctions (LINK) — ground.news: 66 media reports (LINK) 25 October 2025
Ukraine strikes Russia's fourth-largest refinery (LINK) 24 October 2025
Cyprus has "completely turned the page" on Russian money: Cypriot Deputy Europe Minister Raouna (LINK) 24 October 2025
Ukraine welcomes new U.S., EU sanctions against Russia, as top Russian official declares them "act of war" (LINK) 23 October 2025
Trump and E.U. impose new sanctions on Russia (LINK) 23 October 2025
Trump's turnaround on sanctions targets Russia's oil companies that fund the war in Ukraine (LINK) 22 October 2025
US President Donald Trump announced "tremendous" new sanctions against two of Russia's largest oil companies, in a bid to pressure Moscow into ending the war on Ukraine (LINK) 22 October 2025
Russian airborne assault on Kyiv region kills at least 6, injures 21: first major aerial assault on Ukraine's capital region in almost a month (LINK) 22 October 2025
— Chernihiv, Kirovohrad, Poltava, Vinnytsia, Zaporizhia, Cherkasy and Sumy regions were also affected, according to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. He drew a link between the attacks and U.S. President Donald Trump's decision not to provide Ukraine with long-range Tomahawk missiles and the subsequent collapse of a planned U.S.-Russia summit on Ukraine.
Russian offensive campaign assessment, October 22, 2025 (LINK) 22 October 2025
Ukraine War, Day 1,334: Trump to Zelensky: Surrender to Russia or "Be Destroyed" (LINK) 21 October 2025
Ukraine says it struck Russia's chemical plant with Storm Shadow missiles (LINK) 21 October 2025
Belarus security chief seeks dialogue with Ukraine to help achieve a settlement of Ukraine's war with Russia (LINK) 19 October 2025
Pete Hegseth's tie causes diplomatic spat: accused of wearing a pro-Russian tie to meet Volodymyr Zelensky on 17 October: white, blue and red striped tie matches the Russian flag (LINK) 19 October 2025
— Tass, the Russian state-owned news agency, said Mr Hegseth "stood out" from his colleagues by wearing a "tie in the colours of the Russian tricolor". "Hegseth's tie, featuring bold white, blue, and red stripes arranged in the same order as on the Russian national flag, stood out among the otherwise restrained attire of the US delegation," it wrote. "Trump and the other officials opted for plain, solid-colored ties."
Trump denies Ukraine Tomahawk missiles, urges both sides to 'stop the war immediately' (LINK) 18 October 2025
Al Jazeera: Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 1,329 (LINK) 14 October 2025
Russian drones and artillery attacked WFP trucks in Kherson region, officials say (LINK) 14 October 2025
— No one was reported killed or injured.
Zelensky strips tainted Odesa Mayor Trukhanov of Ukrainian citizenship, effectively pushes him out of office (LINK) 14 October 2025
How Russia laundered a lie about Ukraine through Congress: story claiming that Zelensky's associates funnel $50 million a month in embezzled funds to companies in Dubai (LINK) 14 October 2025
Western parts in Russian drones: Are sanctions working? (LINK) 11 October 2025 2025
Ukraine says Swiss components found in Russian drones — (LINK)
— The Ukrainian President also named China, Taiwan, the United Kingdom, Japan, South Korea and the Netherlands. According to Zelensky, the components found in the downed drones and missiles included converters, sensors and microcomputers.
Power returns to Kyiv after Russian strike (LINK) 11 October 2025 2025
Ukraine updates: Russia launches 'massive attack' on Kyiv (LINK) 10 October 2025
Al Jazeera: Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 1,323 (LINK) 9 October 2025
- The Russian Ministry of Defence said its forces had taken control of the settlement of Novohryhorivka in Ukraine’s Zaporizhia region.
- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in his nightly address that his country's forces had killed thousands of Russian soldiers in the Dobropillia region of eastern Ukraine since August 21, when they launched a counteroffensive against Moscow's occupying troops.
- Zelenskyy also said Ukraine's attacks on Russia's oil facilities had degraded them to an extent that the country was experiencing energy shortages.
- European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said recent drone incidents and other airspace violations show Europe is facing hybrid warfare to which it must respond with measures that go beyond traditional defences. Von der Leyen said it was clear Russia's aim was to "sow division" and "weaken support for Ukraine", and that Europe could "either shy away and watch Russian threats escalate, or meet them with unity, deterrence and resolve".
Newsweek: Russia may be in 'phase 0' of preparation for NATO war (LINK) 7 October 2025
Drones Hit 2,000 km inside Russia as Ukraine unleashes 209-drone barrage on Putin's birthday (LINK) 7 October 2025
Al Jazeera: Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 1,321: IAEA said that "two rounds of shelling struck around 1.25 km" from the perimeter of Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant on Monday afternoon (LINK) 7 October 2025
EU nears decision on using frozen Russian assets to fund Ukraine as divisions persist on new sanctions (LINK) 6 October 2025
Ukraine updates: Russian air assault kills 5, Zelenskyy says: more than 50 missiles and about 500 attack drones launched at Ukraine overnight (LINK) 5 October 2025
Al Jazeeera: Russia-Ukraine war list of key events, day 1,319 (LINK) 5 October 2025
— At least two people were killed and two others injured after Russia launched a drone and missile attack overnight in Ukraine's Lviv region. One person was killed and about 30 others injured after two Russian drones struck trains at a station in Ukraine’s northern Sumy region.
— French photojournalist Antoni Lallican was killed, while his Ukrainian colleague Hryhory Ivanchenko was injured after a Russian drone attack struck the town of Druzhkivka in the Donbas region, one of the front lines of the three-and-a-half-year war, the Ukrainian military said. Polish and allied air defences have been deployed to secure the country’s airspace, its military said, as Russia launched new deadly air strikes on neighbouring Ukraine.
— Danish Defence Intelligence Service director, Thomas Ahrenkiel, has accused Russia of risking unintended escalation, with its warships repeatedly sailing on collision courses with Danish naval vessels, aiming weapons and disrupting navigation systems in Denmark's straits that connect the Baltic Sea to the North Sea.
— International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Rafael Grossi has called on Russia and Ukraine to show the "political will" required to keep the area around the Russian-held Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant safe to allow the external power line to be reconnected to the facility. The facility has been cut off from external power since September 23, making it more complicated to cool the reactors, while compromising nuclear safety.
— A senior Ukrainian intelligence official has accused China of passing on satellite intelligence to Russia to enable Moscow to better launch missile strikes inside Ukraine. The International Civil Aviation Organization has rebuked Russia for disturbances to critical satellite navigation systems that they say violate international rules, as the United Nations aviation agency’s assembly concluded in Canada.
