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26 October 2025
On the night of October 26 (from 8 p.m. on October 25), Air Defense Forces shot down/jammed 90 enemy Shahed, Gerbera, and other types of drones in the north, south, and east of the country.
On October 25, a total of 181 combat engagements occurred between Ukraine’s Defense Forces and Russian troops, with the enemy showing the greatest activity in the Pokrovsk sector of the frontline, where they carried out 76 assault actions.
On October 25, Russian forces carried out 663 attacks on 16 settlements in Zaporizhzhia region.
The total combat losses of Russian forces since the start of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, from 24 February 2022 to 26 October 2025, amount to approximately 1,136,890 personnel, including 900 in the past day.
Russian forces attacked Nikopol district in Dnipropetrovsk region, where an elderly woman was injured.
As a result of the enemy attack on the capital, three people were killed and 29 injured, including seven children.
Group 13 unit of the Defense Intelligence of Ukraine has received another advanced Magura V7 naval drone.
Ukraine’s air defense forces intercepted and destroyed a Russian autonomous V2U drone equipped with artificial intelligence in the sky over the Pokrovsk agglomeration.
Police officers and volunteers evacuated six residents of the frontline village of Prymorske in Vasylivka district of Zaporizhzhia region while under attack by Russian drones.
In the capital, during a Russian drone attack, explosions were heard. In the Desnianskyi district debris fell on residential buildings. As of now, 26 people are reported to have been injured, including six children.
A ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine is possible, but only if several factors align simultaneously.
Russia is attempting to trigger a total blackout in Ukraine to increase social tension within the country.
Kremlin propagandists have developed new methodological recommendations for the “prevention of the spread of the ideology of terrorism, extremism, and neo-Nazism” among young people who remain in the temporarily occupied territories.
In temporarily occupied Mariupol, Russian forces have set up another base for the transfer of equipment and personnel.
25 October 2025
On October 25, Ukrainian Defense Forces engaged in 158 clashes with Russian invaders, with the Pokrovsk sector remaining the hottest spot, where the enemy attempted 65 attacks.
In the Pokrovsk sector of the front, current tasks include searching for and destroying enemy sabotage-and-reconnaissance groups and destroying and taking prisoner Russian servicemen who are encircled.
Russian strikes throughout the day on October 25 caused destruction in several communities of Dnipropetrovsk region.
A woman sustained injuries as a result of a Russian drone strike in Kherson.
A Russian Molniya drone carried two FPV drones, resulting in damage in Kharkiv and five people experiencing acute stress reactions.
Vladimir Putins special representative for investment and economic cooperation, Kirill Dmitriev, listed the key elements for resolving Russia's war in Ukraine during an interview on his visit to the United States.
On the evening of October 25, Russian forces struck Kharkiv using Molniya drones, consequences are being assessed.
An Austrian court will review the possibility of extradition for a former general of Ukraine's Security Service (SBU), who has been placed on an international wanted list by the State Bureau of Investigation (DBR).
Once again Russia carried out a massive attack on a DTEK mine in the Dnipropetrovsk region, where 496 miners were underground at the time.
Ukraine expects to receive 150 Gripen fighter jets from Sweden, with the first aircraft to arrive as early as next year.
Swedish Gripen fighter jets could become a powerful instrument for Ukraine's Air Force and change the balance of air power in Ukraine's favor, though final agreements and approvals from component suppliers are still pending.
The Air Assault Forces of Ukraine have liberated the village of Sukhetske in the Pokrovsk district, Donetsk region.
Finland's Foreign Minister Elina Valtonen praised the recent U.S. and EU sanctions targeting Russia's energy sector but called for greater pressure to force Moscow to end its war against Ukraine.
White Angels, a special police unit, has evacuated a 69-year-old man from an area under fire in the Sumy region.
In the village of Antonivka, Kherson region, an elderly woman triggered an explosive device and was taken to the hospital.
Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko stated that Russia’s massive attack on Ukraine on October 25 is yet another manifestation of Russian terror, and Ukraine urgently needs enhanced air defense to stop it.