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Tuesday, 23 December 2025, 00:59
10 October 2025
The U.S. Senate on Thursday evening approved its version of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for fiscal year 2026, which increases the authorized funding under the Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative (USAI) to $500 million.
On October 3, Russia struck the Kharkiv and Poltava regions, which are key areas for gas production in Ukraine.
As of 13:05, emergency power outages are in effect in Kyiv and eight regions, while scheduled hourly outages are applied in the Chernihiv region.
Russia will not abandon its influence over Transnistria as a tool of political blackmail, not only against Moldova but also against Ukraine.
The Russian attack on the night of October 10 was mainly aimed at power generation facilities on the left bank of Ukraine.
Emergency power outage schedules in Kharkiv, Poltava, and Sumy have been cancelled, while standard outage schedules remain in place. In Kyiv, electricity has been restored to 270,000 customers.
On October 10, Polish Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski is on a working visit to the Lviv region.
In the city of Volodymyr, Volyn region, law enforcement officers ensure order during the court decision to vacate the Dormition Cathedral, occupied by the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate.
Overnight on October 10, during a missile and drone attack on the town of Kaniv in Cherkasy region, ten people were injured, including a 10-year-old boy.
In September, the Ukrainian Defense Forces struck 70 facilities of Russia’s military-industrial complex.
Ukraine’s air defense forces intercepted 420 drones and missiles launched by Russian forces since the evening, with direct hits recorded in 19 locations.
Overnight, Russia launched a massive attack on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure, damaging power grids and municipal systems in Kyiv and 11 regions.
In Donetsk region, Ukraine’s Special Operations Forces (SOF) destroyed an enemy sabotage and reconnaissance group (SRG) in Yampil, preventing further enemy advancement.
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha has called on all international partners to respond decisively to the massive Russian terrorist attack targeting critical civilian infrastructure, including the energy sector, across Ukraine with hundreds of drones and missiles.
Following a large-scale Russian attack on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure, emergency power outages have been implemented in several regions of the country.
President Volodymyr Zelensky reported that during the night, Russia launched more than 30 missiles and over 450 drones targeting Ukraine’s critical infrastructure. More than 20 people were injured, and in Zaporizhzhia, a child was killed.
On the night of October 10, Russian forces launched an attack on thermal power plants operated by DTEK Group.
In Kremenchuk district of Poltava region, an energy infrastructure facility was damaged as a result of direct hits and falling debris from Russian aerial targets.
In Kyiv region, about 28,000 households in Brovary and Boryspil districts were left without electricity overnight on Friday, October 10, following a massive combined attack by Russian forces using missiles of various types and strike drones.
In Kyiv region, about 28,000 households in Brovary and Boryspil districts were left without electricity overnight on Friday, October 10, following a massive combined attack by Russian forces using missiles of various types and strike drones.
The number of people injured in the enemy attack on Kyiv has risen to 12.
In Cherkasy region, infrastructure was damaged as a result of an air attack by Russian forces; three people sought medical assistance.
Over the past 24 hours, units of the Unmanned Systems Forces (USF) struck 812 enemy targets, and since the beginning of October, as many as 7,198 targets have been hit.
There were 245 combat engagements between Ukraine's Defense Forces and Russian troops on October 9, with the heaviest pressure applied in the Pokrovsk sector. Increased enemy activity was also recorded in the Oleksandrohrad and Southern Slobozhanshchyna sectors.
The number of people injured in the enemy attack on Kyiv has risen to 12.
The Russian army struck the city of Dnipro and several districts of the region with missiles and UAVs, damaging energy infrastructure.
Russia suffered approximately 1,120,510 casualties in Ukraine between February 24, 2022 and October 10, 2025, with 1,120 soldiers killed or wounded in the past 24 hours.
A seven-year-old boy wounded during a Russian drone attack has died in hospital in Zaporizhzhia.
U.S. President Donald Trump has said he may impose new sanctions on Russia as pressure mounts on Moscow to force it to end the war in Ukraine.
Nine people were injured in an overnight Russian attack on Kyiv's Pecherskyi district, while in the Desnianskyi district drone debris fell on the grounds of a polyclinic.