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20 October 2025
A Joint Forces Group has been created as part of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. It will be managed almost entirely by the Joint Forces Command under the leadership of Major General Mykhailo Drapatyi.
On the southern front last week, there was increased activity of Russian forces – the enemy ramped up the number of airstrikes and drone attacks significantly.
Despite official statements to the contrary, the Russian command continues to replenish its units with conscripted personnel from Ukraine's temporarily occupied territories.
Russian units engaged in combat against Ukraine’s Defense Forces in the Orikhiv sector are experiencing widespread desertion.
The enemy struck a residential neighborhood in Kherson's Tsentralnyi district with a drone this morning, destroying a house.
On the southern front, Ukrainian defenders have successfully repelled all attempts by Russian forces to breach the defenses.
A Russian sabotage and reconnaissance group infiltrated the center of Pokrovsk, killing several civilians near the railway station.
Ukrainian air defense forces shot down 38 out of 60 Russian drones launched by Russia overnight.
Six settlements in Kharkiv region came under Russian attack over the past day leaving one person dead and five injured.
Russian invaders wounded six residents of Donetsk region over the past day, October 19.
In the Kherson region, one person was killed and three others were injured over the past 24 hours as a result of Russian aggression.
A total of 168 combat engagements were recorded between Ukrainian forces and Russian invading troops on October 19.
On the night of October 19-20, a fire broke out in a five-story residential building following a Russian drone attack on the Synelnykove district, Dnipropetrovsk region.
Russia suffered approximately 1,131,070 casualties in Ukraine between February 24, 2022 and October 20, 2025, with 890 soldiers killed or wounded in the past 24 hours.
The White Angels special police unit, operating in the Dnipropetrovsk region, has evacuated over 2,400 people in the past six months, including 577 children.
Russian strikes on the power system in the Chernihiv region have left more than 30,000 consumers without electricity.
The majority of Russia's territory is experiencing problems related to a shortage of petroleum products.
In the Odesa region, servicemen from a Ukrainian Navy unit discovered and neutralized a Russian naval mine.
Russian troops are attempting to create so-called “kill zones” — areas where nothing remains intact — to later conduct assault operations and advance.
In Zaporizhzhia region, military personnel from one of the brigades of the ‘East’ Air Command have received equipment and machinery worth over UAH 7 million.
19 October 2025
On October 19, Ukrainian Defense Forces engaged in 151 combat clashes with Russian troops, with the heaviest fighting — 53 attacks — occurring in the Pokrovsk sector.
All workers trapped underground at the DTEK coal mine in Dnipropetrovsk region following a Russian attack have been brought safely to the surface.
The European Union is moving closer to a decision to train Ukrainian military personnel inside the country and to expand other forms of support, including border monitoring, assistance to veterans, and boosting cybersecurity.
Russian troops shelled Kherson’s Central district at around 18:45, wounding two men who have since been taken to hospital.
Russia carried out a massive attack on a DTEK coal mine in Dnipropetrovsk region, where 192 miners were underground at the time. Evacuation efforts are ongoing.
Russian forces on Sunday attacked an energy facility in the Koriukivka district, Chernihiv region, leaving nearly 55,000 consumers without power.
On October 19, Russian forces attacked four districts in the Dnipropetrovsk region using drones.
One civilian was killed and four others were injured in the Kherson region over the course of the day as a result of Russian aggression.
On the morning of October 19, Russian forces shelled one of the settlements in the Kupiansk district of the Kharkiv region, killing a 71-year-old local resident.
Since Sunday morning, 76 combat engagements have taken place in Ukraine, most of them in the Pokrovsk sector (26) and the Kostiantynivka sector (15).