Night guided aerial bomb attack on Kharkiv: Number of victims increases to 11, enterprise damaged
In Kharkiv, as a result of a guided aerial bomb attack, an enterprise in the Nemyshlianskyi district was damaged.
21 October 2025
In Kharkiv, as a result of a guided aerial bomb attack, an enterprise in the Nemyshlianskyi district was damaged.
In Kherson, the consequences of a night enemy attack by Shahed dones in the Korabelny district were shown.
In the Cherkasy region, as a result of an attack by Russian drones, critical and residential infrastructure were damaged.
In Chernihiv and northern communities of the Chernihiv region, the power supply has been cut off due to an attack by Russian drones.
Nine people were injured in the Kharkiv region as a result of Russian strikes over the past 24 hours.
Russian forces attacked Pavlohrad, Nikopol, and Synelnykove districts of Dnipropetrovsk region.
On October 20, Ukrainian forces recorded 202 combat engagements with Russian troops along the frontlines.
The total combat losses of Russian forces in the war against Ukraine from February 24, 2022, to October 21, 2025, amount to about 1,132,200 personnel, including 1,130 over the past day.
Service members of the 38th Marine Brigade named after Hetman Petro Sahaidachnyi used a bomber drone to destroy Russian fortifications on the outskirts of Myrnohrad, Donetsk region.
In the Kupiansk sector, FPV drone operators working with the aerial reconnaissance unit of the 77th Separate Airmobile Dnipro Brigade of Ukraine’s Air Assault Forces destroyed motor vehicles used by Russian invaders to transport personnel to their positions.
Over the past day, Russian forces carried out 678 attacks on 19 settlements in Zaporizhzhia region. As a result of enemy shelling in Vasylivka and Polohy districts, a 70-year-old woman was killed, while a 36-year-old man and a 70-year-old woman were injured.
Three people were injured as a result of an enemy drone attack on Kherson overnight.
The Security Service of Ukraine (SSU), together with the National Police, has exposed eight pro-Russian collaborators who organized neo-communist cells aimed at destabilizing the socio-political situation in Ukraine.
Senate Majority Leader John Thune said on Monday that the bill introducing new sanctions against Russia and its trading partners is on hold until after the planned meeting between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin.
In the Kupiansk sector, FPV drone operators working with the aerial reconnaissance unit of the 77th Separate Airmobile Dnipro Brigade of Ukraine’s Air Assault Forces destroyed motor vehicles used by Russian invaders to transport personnel to their positions.
As a result of the enemy attack on Kharkiv, there are casualties. A fire broke out in the private sector of the Industrialnyi district, and at least 15 houses were damaged.
A Russian radar post has been identified near Kurortne on the Kerch Peninsula in temporarily occupied Crimea.
President Volodymyr Zelensky stated that Russia’s budget deficit is growing and is projected to reach nearly $100 billion next year.
Agents of the partisan movement ATESH conducted surveillance of the 127th Separate Reconnaissance Brigade (military unit No. 67606) stationed in temporarily occupied Sevastopol. The brigade is part of the 22nd Army Corps of the Russian Black Sea Fleet’s coastal forces and is actively used in operations along the Kherson front.
Service members of the 38th Marine Brigade named after Hetman Petro Sahaidachnyi used a bomber drone to destroy Russian fortifications on the outskirts of Myrnohrad, Donetsk region.
20 October 2025
Part of the city of Slavutych was temporarily left without power following Russian shelling, with energy workers working to repair the damage.
Italy has privately indicated its willingness to participate in the purchase of U.S. weapons for Ukraine under the PURL initiative.
Bulgaria will allow a plane carrying Vladimir Putin to fly through its airspace to facilitate a planned meeting between the Russian leader and Donald Trump in Budapest later this month.
Russian forces launched a series of coordinated assaults in southern Ukraine on October 20, deploying infantry, armored vehicles, quad bikes, and motorcycles across multiple directions.
The United States is balking at a European Union-led plan for Group of Seven nations to expand the use of frozen Russian assets to support Ukraine.
Soldiers of the Special Operations Forces' 3rd Separate Regiment named after Prince Sviatoslav the Brave have cleared an industrial facility in the Pokrovsk sector of a Russian sabotage and reconnaissance group, capturing an enemy radio station and taking one Russian soldier prisoner.
The United States has shown strong interest in joint energy projects with Ukraine, particularly in the fields of nuclear power generation, gas, and oil.
The Novokuybyshevsk oil refinery in Russia’s Samara region, owned by Rosneft, halted its primary oil processing on Sunday, October 19, following the second drone attack in a month.
Russia is actively preparing for a possible military conflict with NATO.
Russian troops launched a massive attack on the Pavlohrad district with missiles and drones throughout the day, damaging infrastructure and causing casualties.