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Timeline of the Russo-Ukrainian war (2022–present)

This timeline of the Russo-Ukrainian war covers the period from 1 September 2025 to the present day.

September 2025

1 September

The HUR claimed to have destroyed two Russian Mi-8 helicopters in a drone attack on the Hvardiiske air base near Simferopol, and damaged a military tugboat using a warhead in Sevastopol Bay.[1]

A power substation caught fire after it was struck by falling drone debris in Kropotkin, Krasnodar Krai. The traction station supplied power to the railway transport network between Krasnodar and the Black Sea. Airports at Saratov and Volgograd also shut down operations for several hours due to drone attacks.[2][3]

The Ukrainian military claimed to have retaken Novoekonomichne in Donetsk Oblast.[4] The ISW assessed that Ukrainian forces only managed to take half of the settlement up to Myru Street.[5]

Deepstate UA confirmed that Russian forces took the village of Komyshuvakha [uk] in Donetsk Oblast.[6] An official of the Donetsk People's Republic claimed that Russia forces took the villages of Muravka [uk], Zeleny Hai and Oleksandrohrad [uk], along the Dnipropetrovsk Oblast border.[5]

The SBU charged the head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, in absentia with war crimes against Ukrainian soldiers, including ordering his fighters to kill Ukrainian troops on the battlefield rather than take them prisoner and turn POWs into human shields against drone strikes in Grozny.[7]

2 September

One person was killed in a Russian drone strike on Bila Tserkva, Kyiv Oblast.[8]

The Ukrainian military claimed to have retaken Udachne in Donetsk Oblast.[9]

Thirteen Ukrainian drones were downed over Rostov-on-Don. Falling unexploded debris forced the evacuation of some 320 people from a high rise apartment. Three people, according to the local governor, were injured including a child, while several buildings were damaged as well.[10]

Geolocated footage showed that Russian forces took the village of Myrove [uk], northwest of Kupiansk. Russian forces claimed to have taken the village of Sobolivka [uk] and severed the P-79 Kupyansk-Chuhuiv highway, west of Kupiansk, as well as the villages of Fedorivka, southwest of Siversk and Dachne, south of Novopavlivka.[11]

3 September

Apartment building in Kostiantynivka after the attack

Nine people were killed by Russian shelling in Kostiantynivka.[12] One person was killed in a Russian air attack in Khmelnytskyi Oblast.[13] The Polish military said that two drones temporarily entered the country's airspace during a Russian air attack on western and central Ukraine.[14]

The Ukrainian Navy claimed to have destroyed a Russian naval speedboat that was attempting to unload airborne soldiers at the Tendra Spit, killing seven soldiers and injuring four others.[15]

A Russian court-martial sentenced four Ukrainian POWs captured in Bryansk Oblast to up to 28 years' imprisonment on charges of conducting sabotage and reconnaissance operations against military and industrial facilities within Russia.[16] It also sentenced Telegram channel administrators Heorhiy Levchenko (Ria-Melitopol) and Vladyslav Gershon (Melitopol tse Ukraina) Melitopol to up to 16 years' and 15 years' imprisonment for spying on Russian positions and distributing anti-Russian propaganda on Telegram.[17]

The Danish government announced that production of solid rocket fuel for the Ukrainian FP-5 Flamingo missile will start in Denmark from 1 December 2025.[18]

Geolocated footage showed that Russian forces took the village of Oleksandro-Shultyne, near Kostiantynivka.[19]

4 September

Hospital in Kostiantynivka after the bombing on 4 September

Two deminers working for the Danish Refugee Council were killed while on duty by a Russian Iskander missile strike near Chernihiv.[20][21]

Geolocated footage showed that Russian forces took the village of Novoselivka [uk], east of Velykomykhailivka.[22]

5 September

NASA's FIRMS detected fires on 5 September 2025 01:13:00 (UTC) at the Ryazan refinery

The Ukrainian military claimed to have carried out drone strikes on an oil depot in Luhansk Oblast and Rosneft's largest refinery, located in Ryazan.[23]

The Russian Ministry of Defense Claimed that Russian forces took the village of Markove [uk], northeast of Kostiantynivka.[24]

6 September

The SBU arrested former MP Fedir Khrystenko on charges of treason for collaborating with Russia.[25][26]

7 September

Ukrainian Government Building after the attack

The Ukrainian Air Force said that Russia launched 810 drones and 13 missiles towards Ukraine, of which 747 drones and four missiles were intercepted.[27][28] A fire erupted on the top of the Ukrainian Government Building housing the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine in Pecherskyi District of Kyiv; there were conflicting reports on whether an Iskander missile or a shot-down UAV caused the fire.[29][30][31] Five people were killed while several residential buildings were damaged.[32]

Ukrainian drones struck the Stalnoy kon pipeline in Bryansk Oblast and the Ilsky oil refinery in Krasnodar Krai.[33] Commander of the Unmanned Systems Forces Robert Brovdi claimed that Ukrainian drones struck a pumping station in Vladimir Oblast which feeds diesel into the Moscow Ring Oil Product Pipeline.[34]

The Russian Defense Ministry claimed that Russian forces took the village of Khoroshe [uk], southeast of Velykomykhailivka.[35]

8 September

Ukrainian military observer Kostyantyn Mashovets claimed that Ukrainian forces retook Bezsalivka near Tyotkino on the Ukrainian border.[36] The Ukrainian military also claimed to have retaken the village of Zarichne in Donetsk Oblast, along the road between Sloviansk and Lyman.[37]

The FSB arrested an Azerbaijani citizen accused of joining an unidentified Ukrainian terrorist organization and conducting surveillance of potential targets in Stavropol and Yessentuki.[38]

The HUR claimed to have disabled three gas and oil pipelines in Zheleznodorozhny, Penza Oblast with a capacity of 2 million barrels a day. At least four explosions were reported.[39] The Kuibyshev-Lysychansk pipeline in Saratov Oblast was claimed to have been disabled, with an "annual capacity of 82 million metric tons". Saratov Central Airport was shut down due to threats of drone strikes.[40]

Ukrainian-made cruise missiles struck three Russian command posts in occupied Donetsk Oblast, including one belonging to the 41st Guards Combined Arms Army, the 20th Motor Rifle Division and "an army-level headquarters" in the Topaz plant [uk] in Kuibyshevskyi District, Donetsk.[41]

Commander of the Unmanned Systems Forces Robert Brovdi claimed that drones from the 14th Unmanned Regiment struck the Vtorovo station in the settlement of Penkino, Vladimir Oblast.[34]

9 September

Place of the strike on Yarova

At least 25 people were killed and 18 injured in a Russian airstrike on the village of Yarova in Donetsk Oblast.[42]

The HUR claimed to have carried out an attack on a Russian 48Ya6-K1 Podlet low-altitude radar and an RLM-M module from the 55Zh6M Nebo-M air defense complex in Crimea, destroying the RLM-M module.[43]

The governor of Krasnodar Krai claimed that one person was killed in a Ukrainian drone strike on Sochi.[44]

Russian forces claimed to have retaken the settlement of Novoekonomichne, near Pokrovsk.[45]

10 September

See also: Violations of non-combatant airspaces during the Russian invasion of Ukraine

Poland said that it shot down Russian drones which violated its airspace during a Russian attack on Ukraine.[46]

The governor of Belgorod Oblast claimed that the regional government building was damaged in a Ukrainian drone strike.[47]

The HUR claimed to have struck and disabled an unspecified Project MPSV07 salvage ship in Novorossiysk Bay in Krasnodar Krai.[48]

Ukrainian drones struck infrastructure connected to the Russian 40th Command and Measurement Complex, responsible for parts of the Russian space program. Drones managed to bypass Russian air defences and damaged the headquarters building and the main communications hub.[49]

A Russian Pantsir-S1 was destroyed by a Ukrainian RAM-2X drone at Luhansk International Airport.[50]

11 September

Street of the village Hrushivka (Kharkiv Oblast) bombed on 11 September

The Holy Resurrection Cathedral [uk] in Sumy was damaged by a Russian drone attack.[51] Mayor of Moscow Sergey Sobyanin, stated that nine drones were intercepted on their way to the city.[52]

The Ukrainian Navy claimed to have carried out an attack on a communications center of the Russian Black Sea Fleet's 184th Research and Testing Facility in Sevastopol.[53]

Atesh partisans claimed to have destroyed a communications tower belonging to an "air defense factory" in Tula.[54]

Ukrainian Air Force pilot Oleksandr Borovyk was killed in action during a combat mission aboard a Sukhoi Su-27 over the Zaporizhzhia front.[55]

Ukrainian military observer Kostyantyn Mashovets stated that Russian infiltration groups were seen operating near Blahodativka [uk], Kindrativka [uk] and Myrove [uk], all near Kupiansk. Mashovets stated that Russian forces took the village of Serednie [uk], northwest of Lyman. In Velykomykhailivka, the Russian defense ministry claimed to have taken the village of Sosnivka [uk]. Geolocated footage showed that Russian forces likely took the villages of Khoroshe [uk] and Vorone [uk] as well.[56]

12 September

Russian forces were reported to have entered Kupiansk using a gas pipeline that ran eight kilometres (5.0 mi) from Russian positions in Lyman Pershyi.[57]

The governor of Belgorod Oblast claimed that one person was killed in a Ukrainian drone attack on Belgorod city.[58]

SBU drones struck and damaged two oil tankers, the Kusto and Cai Yun, in the port of Primorsk, Leningrad Oblast. According to the local governor, Aleksandr Drozdenko, more than 30 drones were downed. Locals reported smoke and explosions, describing it as "one of the largest attacks" since the full scale invasion. Other attacks were reported in Leningrad Oblast. Lukoil's facility in Smolensk was set ablaze, and Russian officials claimed 221 drones were shot down, including nine over Moscow Oblast.[59][60] The Vtorovo Fuel Facility was also struck by Ukrainian drones, part of the oil pipeline Vtorovo→Tuma→Ryazan, responsible for pumping gas and oil to Moscow. Damage was reported to two fuel tanks along with various power cables and pipelines used to maintain pressure in the pipeline.[61]

A suspected Russian STC Orlan-10 drone washed up on a beach in Burgas, Bulgaria.[62]

Geolocated footage showed that Ukrainian forces retook the village of Filiia [uk], south of Novopavlivka. Near Velykomykhailivka, geolocated footage showed that Russian forces took the villages of Ternove and Komyshuvakha [uk].[63]

13 September

Three people were killed by Russian shelling in Kostiantynivka, while one person was killed in a separate attack in Borova, Kharkiv Oblast.[64]

Russia claimed to have taken the village of Novomykolaivka in Synelnykove Raion, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast.[65] A Russian milblogger claimed that Russian forces retook the villages of Bezsalivka, Kindrativka, and Andriivka in Sumy Oblast.[66]

Russian media reported that the Novo-Ufimsky oil refinery in Bashkortostan was attacked by drones. The head of Bashkortostan, Radiy Khabirov, said that drones were shot down by small arms fire, but falling debris started a fire.[67]

Metafrax Chemicals, a business in Perm Krai that manufactures ammonia, was attacked by drones. Local officials said that the facility continued normal operations and there were no casualties.[68]

Two officers from the National Guard of Russia were killed and one was critically injured during an explosion in Oryol Oblast that delayed some 10 trains. The explosion occurred while victims were clearing mines from the Oryol-Kursk railway line that had been discovered by rail personnel on the Maloarkhangelsk — Glazunovka section. The HUR claimed responsibility for the attack.[69]

A drone violated Romanian airspace over Tulcea County during a Russian strike on Ukraine.[70]

14 September

NASA's FIRMS detected fire on 14 September 2025 01:24:00 (UTC) at the Kirishi oil refinery (The topmost detection is consistent with a refinery gas flare)

The Kirishi oil refinery in Leningrad Oblast was set ablaze by Ukrainian drones according to Governor Alexander Drozdenko. He claimed that three drones had been shot down but falling debris set fire to the refinery.[71]

A Russian Buk-M3 was destroyed by HUR drones in Zaporizhzhia Oblast.[72]

15 September

One person was killed in a Russian air attack on Zaporizhzhia.[73]

The National Guard of Ukraine claimed to have cleared the village of Pankivka [uk] in Donetsk Oblast from Russian forces following a joint operation with the Ukrainian military.[74] Russian forces entered the settlement of Yampil, in Donetsk Oblast.[75]

Belgorod Oblast Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov claimed a Ukrainian drone killed two women in the village of Golovchino, ten kilometres (6.2 mi) from the Ukrainian border. Three others were injured and a car was destroyed.[76]

Denmark opened a rocket fuel plant for Flamingo missiles, temporarily suspending 20 laws and regulations in the process.[77]

16 September

One of the buildings of the National University of Pharmacy in Kharkiv after the strike
Removal of an unexploded Russian bomb dropped on Kherson

The administrative building of the National University of Pharmacy in Kharkiv's Slobidskyi District was set on fire by a Russian drone attack that injured four people.[78][79]

The Saratov Oil Refinery was set on fire by drones. The Russian MoD claimed to have intercepted 87 drones, including 18 over Saratov Oblast.[80]

The HUR claimed to have struck the Russian 155th Guards Naval Infantry Brigade headquarters in Vladivostok. The Primorsky Krai Anti-Terrorist Commission claimed "gas equipment exploded near administrative buildings". Local soldiers claimed it was a training exercise.[81]

The Verkhovna Rada resumed live broadcasts of its sessions following a three-year ban it imposed due to security reasons following the 2022 invasion.[82]

US President Donald Trump authorised the first two U.S. military aid packages paid for by NATO.[83]

A court in Italy ordered the extradition of Serhii Kuznietsov to Germany over the investigation into the Nord Stream pipelines sabotage.[84]

The FSB arrested a woman who allegedly worked for Ukrainian intelligence and detonated a bomb along a section of the Trans-Siberian Railway in Zabaykalsky Krai in August.[85]

17 September

A Russian drone struck a minibus in Prymorske, Zaporizhzhia Oblast, injuring one person.[86]

The Ukrainian military claimed to have captured a Kenyan national fighting in the Russian army near Vovchansk.[87]

Atesh operatives sabotaged rail relay equipment near Yekaterinburg.[88]

The FSB arrested and later charged a North African resident of Astrakhan for spying on behalf of Ukraine.[89]

18 September

Five people were killed in a Russian airstrike in Kostiantynivka.[90]

Gazprom's refinery in Bashkortostan was set ablaze by Ukrainian drones. The Lukoil-Volgogradneftepererabotka oil refinery in Volgograd was also attacked with locals reporting explosions. The local governor reported no casualties but a private home was damaged. Volgograd International Airport also suspended flights. The Russian MoD claimed to have intercepted 43 drones overnight.[91][92]

The bodies of 1,000 Ukrainian soldiers killed in action were repatriated by Russia in exchange for that of 24 Russian soldiers.[93]

Russian milbloggers claimed that Russian forces took the village of Odradne [uk], east of Velykyi Burluk from the Russian side of the Kharkiv Oblast border. Russian milbloggers also claimed that Russian forces took the villages of Volodymyrivka [uk] and Pankivka [uk] in the Dobropillia direction.[94]

Ireland announced military aid for Ukraine involving 34 used military vehicles and three de-mining robots.[95]

A Russian ammunition dump in Bohdanivka, Luhansk Oblast was destroyed by Ukrainian drones.[96]

19 September

The HUR claimed to have destroyed a Russian DT-10 Vityaz multi-purpose tracked vehicle and laid mines during a raid on the Tendra Spit.[97]

President Zelenskyy announced that Ukraine would allow a limited exportation of "controlled" weapons which would fund an "increase in the production of drones for the front line".[98]

The Russian Defense Ministry claimed that Russian forces fully controlled the Serebriansky forest. Geolocated footage showed that Russian forces took the town of Muravka [uk], northeast of Novopavlivka.[99]

20 September

Burning cars in the village of Sofiivska Borshchahivka near Kyiv after the attack

Russia launched a massive air attack on cities across Ukraine, killing three people in Khmelnytskyi, Chernihiv and Dnipro.[100]

Five to seven explosions occurred in Saratov, causing a fire at an oil refinery, after a drone attack.[101] According to the SHOT channel five explosions occurred at the Novokuybyshevsk oil refinery in Samara Oblast. Locals recorded footage of a fire at the refinery, while the pumping stations, on the Kuibyshev-Tikhoretsk pipeline, were also attacked.[102][103] Four Ukrainian FP-2 drones struck a Russian Rubicon unit position near the Pokrovsk sector.[104]

Russian forces claimed to have taken the town of Filiya [uk], south of Novopavlivka. Geolocated footage showed that Russian forces took the town of Berezove, south of Velykomykhailivka.[105] Russian forces claimed to have taken the town of Shandryholove in northern Donetsk Oblast.[106]

21 September

Atesh claimed that its operatives in Smolensk blew up railway tracks that they claimed serves a factory that makes Kh-59 missiles.[107]

The Ukrainian Ministry of Defense claimed that HUR drones destroyed a 55Zh6U Nebo-U radar system and three Mi-8 helicopters in Crimea.[108] The HUR also claimed that it had destroyed two Russian Be-12 Chayka amphibious aircraft for the first time in an attack on Crimea’s Kacha Airbase,[109][110] while the Ukrainian military claimed to have destroyed an ІМР-3М engineering and obstacle clearing vehicle following a drone strike.[111]

The Russian-appointed head of Crimea, Sergey Aksyonov, claimed that three people were killed while 16 others were injured in a Ukrainian drone attack on Foros.[112]

Russian Colonel General Aleksandr Lapin, who fought against Ukraine during the 2022 Kharkiv counteroffensive and the Kursk campaign, was dismissed from the Russian Army.[113]

A Russian drone strike in Pokrovsk killed one person.[114]

Ukrainian military observer Kostyantyn Mashovets claimed that Russian forces took the town of Kindrashivka [uk], north of Kupiansk and Sichneve [uk], east of Velykomykhailivka.[106]

22 September

Three people were killed in a Russian airstrike on Zaporizhzhia.[115]

Several settlements in Krasnodar Krai were damaged by Ukrainian drones that had been shot down. The Kanevskaya traction substation, which supplies power to the rail network, was damaged.[116] In Slavyansk-on-Kuban three houses and several cars were reported damaged but no casualties. A grass fire was started near an "industrial area". Locals in Temryuk, Krymsk and Primorsko-Akhtarsk reported explosions and air raid sirens.[117]

Russian sources claimed that Ukrainian forces retook the town of Nove Shakhove [uk] in the Dobropillia direction. The Russian defense ministry claimed that Russian forces took the town of Kalynivske, southeast of Velykomykhailivka.[118]

Ukraine said that it shot down a Russian "Forpost" combat drone.[119]

23 September

One person was killed in a Russian drone strike in Zaporizhzhia.[120]

Russian air defences intercepted 36 drones near Moscow, according to Mayor Sergey Sobyanin. There were no reports of casualties or damage in Moscow. Flights out of Sheremetyevo International Airport were suspended for four hours, leading to the cancellation of nearly 100 flights. Some 81 drones were shot down across several regions according to the Russian MoD, with seven people reported injured in Belgorod Oblast.[121] Ukrainian drones struck two oil pipelines in Bryansk and Samara Oblasts. In Bryansk Oblast, near the village of Naitopovichi, an ignition on the LVDS Stalnoy Kon pipeline was reported.[122]

Geolocated footage shows that Russian forces took the town of Pereizne, south of Siversk.[123]

24 September

The Gazprom Neftekhim Salavat oil refinery was attacked by Ukrainian drones with locals reporting smoke and several explosions according to Astra.[124] Russian authorities claimed that two people were killed in a Ukrainian drone attack on Novorossiysk.[125] According to Bloomberg, Ukraine forced a temporary halt to oil exports from the ports of Novorossiysk and Tuapse after Ukrainian naval drones targeted the oil transshipment points at the two ports.[126]

A Ukrainian training ground in Honcharivske, Chernihiv Oblast, was struck by two Iskander ballistic missiles, causing an unspecified number of military casualties.[127]

Ukraine and Syria formally reestablished diplomatic relations that had been severed following the decision of President Bashar al-Assad's regime to recognize the independence of the Donetsk and Luhansk People's Republics in June 2022.[128]

The Russian defense ministry claimed that Russian forces took the town of Zarichne, east of Lyman. Russian milbloggers claimed that Russian forces took the town of Kuzmynivka south of Siversk and the entirety of Chasiv Yar, ending the battle for the city.[129]

25 September

The Ukrainian Air Force claimed to have shot down a Russian Su-34 fighter jet over Zaporizhzhia Oblast.[130] The HUR claimed to have carried out a drone strike on Crimea that destroyed two Russian An-26 transport aircraft, a surface surveillance radar system and the MR-10M1 Mys M1 coastal radar station.[131] The EuroChem-Belorechensk Mineral Fertilizers plant in Krasnodar Krai was attacked by Ukrainian drones. A fire measuring 50 square meters broke out and 140 employees were evacuated. The plant is believed to be used in the manufacture of explosives.[132]

The 14th Regiment of the Unmanned Systems Forces struck three gas distribution stations in Shchastia, Sievierodonetsk and Novopskov, all located in Luhansk Oblast.[133]

In Nairobi, Kenya the Criminal Investigation Department uncovered a human trafficking syndicate that in return for large payments pretend to offer jobs in Moscow but in reality dupes their victims into joining the Russian Army after which they are sent to the front in Ukraine. The Kenyan investigation was prompted by reports of Kenyan men being killed, maimed or taken prisoner in Ukraine. In addition to making arrests the authorities discovered 21 Kenyan men waiting to travel to Russia.[134] Among the arrested was a named Russian who was subsequently deported.[135]

26 September

Afipsky refinery in Krasnodar Krai was attacked by Ukrainian drones, setting one of the processing units ablaze. The fire was blamed by local officials on falling debris.[136]

Ukrainian Commander-in-Chief Oleksandr Syrskyi announced the creation of a new branch of the Ukrainian Air Force to combat drone warfare, the Unmanned Air Defence Systems.[137] Ukraine also announced the creation of the Assault Troops (ShV) as a separate branch and a rapid reaction force within the Ukrainian military that would respond to a "breach in the defense, loss of positions, or a settlement."[138]

Zelenskyy said suspected Hungarian reconnaissance drones had entered Ukrainian airspace along their common border.[139]

Russian milbloggers claimed that Russian forces took the towns of Katerynivka [uk] and Kleban-Byk [uk], near Kostiantynivka, Derylove [uk], near Lyman, Chunyshyne [uk], near Pokrovsk, and Nove Shakhove [uk] and Novotoretske [uk], near Dobropillia. Russian milbloggers also claimed that Russian forces retreated from Pleshchiivka [uk], southeast of Kostyantynivka.[140]

27 September

Ukrainian drones struck an oil pumping station in the Russian autonomous republic of Chuvashia, according to its head Oleg Nikolayev, resulting in "minor damage" and the suspension of operations.[141]

A Russian drone struck a car in an unnamed village in Znob-Novhorodsk settlement Hromada [uk], Sumy Oblast, killing one person and injuring another.[142]

Zelensky announced that Ukraine received a Patriot air defence system from Israel a month prior.[143]

The Russian defense ministry claimed that Russian forces took the town of Stepove [uk], south of Velykomykhailivka, and Mayske [uk], north of Chasiv Yar. Russian milbloggers claimed that Russian forces took the town of Dorozhnie [uk], near Dobropillia.[144]

A Rosgvardiya lieutenant colonel, an aide, and his driver were killed by HUR agents using a car bomb near the village of Tambukan [ru] in Stavropol Krai. The HUR claimed to have worked with a local resistance movement.[145]

28 September

Russia launched a massive air attack on cities across Ukraine, killing at least four people in Kyiv and injuring at least 80 nationwide.[146] The Polish embassy was damaged after missile debris fell on its roof.[147]

The HUR claimed to have killed four Russian drone operators in an attack on a UAZ-452 van at an airfield in Melitopol.[148]

An "unidentified missile" struck the Belgorod Thermal Power Plant [ru] and the Luch Thermal Power Plant [ru], causing a "total blackout" in Belgorod city and surrounding areas.[149]

The head of the Kupiansk City Military Administration, Andrii Besedin, announced the city's closure to civilians.[150]

The head of Kherson Oblast Military Administration, Yaroslav Shanko [uk], stated that a Russian attack in Kherson city damaged a power station, leaving the city without electricity.[151]

Geolocated footage showed that Ukrainian forces retook the town of Druzhkivka [uk] in southern Kharkiv Oblast.[152]

29 September

Four Neptune missiles struck the Karachev electrical components plant, which manufactures electrical components for the Russian military.[153] The governor of Moscow Oblast claimed that two people were killed in a Ukrainian drone strike on Voskresensk.[154]

The 59th Separate Assault Brigade shot down an Mi-8 near the village of Kotliarivka [uk] in Pokrovsk Raion, Donetsk Oblast, using a drone.[155]

A drone struck a Rosrezerv owned oil depot in the city of Bologoye, Tver Oblast. A container of aviation fuel was struck and had to be "cooled" by emergency services.[156]

The Russian defense ministry claimed that Russian forces took the town of Shandryholove and a Russian source claimed that Russian forces took the town of Boikivka [uk], in the Dobropillia front.[157]

Ukrainian forces reportedly shot down a Russian Mil Mi-8 on combat search and rescue duties with an FPV drone in Nadaeyvka, Pokrovsk Raion, Donetsk Oblast, killing several people and injuring several others.[158]

30 September

Four people were killed in a Russian drone strike on Chernechchyna, Sumy Oblast.[159] One person was killed in a Russian drone strike on Dnipro.[160]

The Ukrainian Special Operations Forces Command claimed to have destroyed the radar of a S-400 missile system in Crimea using drones.[161]

Acting on a German-issued European Arrest Warrant, Polish authorities arrested in Pruszków a Ukrainian citizen suspected of involvement in the Nord Stream pipelines sabotage.[162]

The 9th Separate Guards Motor Rifle Brigade of the 51st Guards Combined Arms Army opened a school for “training horse-mounted assault teams” in Donetsk.[163]

October 2025

1 October

NASA's FIRMS detected fires on 30 September 2025 23:01:00 (UTC) at the Sukodolnaya oil pumping station, Verkhnedonskoy District

Volodymyr Leontiev, a Russian collaborator in Nova Kakhovka, Kherson Oblast, was killed by a Ukrainian drone.[164]

Rostov Oblast's governor reported that drones had attacked and caused fire at the Sukodolnaya oil pumping station in Verkhnedonskoy District. According to Russian Telegram channels the attack halted the operations of the facility, which is part of an oil pipeline from Samara Oblast to the Black Sea coast.[165][166]

A Russian drone struck an electrical substation in Slavutych, Kyiv Oblast, leaving the town with no electricity.[167] A Russian missile strike on Balakliia, Kharkiv Oblast, killed a woman and injured five others.[168]

Russian strikes in Sumy Oblast's critical infrastructure left parts of Konotop and Shostka Raions with no electricity.[169]

Ukrainian energy ministry said that a Russian strike cut power to the confinement structure of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant.[170]

US president Trump reportedly allowed US intelligence agencies to provide Ukraine with information on targets "deep inside" Russia. Additionally, US officials asked other NATO-member countries to similarly support Ukraine.[171][172]

Russian sources claimed that Russian forces seized Verbove [uk] and Sichneve [uk], east of Velykomykhailivka.[173]

Ukrainian drones struck two Russian radars in Voronezh Oblast, a P-14F Lena in the Buturlinovka air base and a Sopka-2 in the village of Garmashevka [ru].[174]

2 October

Ukraine severed diplomatic relations with Nicaragua after it recognized the annexed four Oblasts and Crimea as a part of Russia.[175]

DeepstateUA acknowledged that Russian forces took the towns of Olhivske [uk] in Zaporizhzhia Oblast, and Berezove and Kalynivske in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast.[176]

Ukraine and Russia conducted a prisoner swap, with 205 Ukrainian POWs and civilians released in exchange for 185 Russian soldiers.[177]

Ukraine revealed a new Neptune missile called the Neptune-D that is capable of striking land and sea targets, operating without satellite navigation and "terrain-following flight".[178]

In the Dobropillia direction, geolocated footage showed that Ukrainian forces retook the town of Dorozhnie [uk], while Russian milbloggers claimed that Russian forces retook the town of Pankivka [uk].[179]

3 October

In Perm Krai, the Azot chemical plant, which manufactures chemicals used in explosives used by the Russian military, was attacked by Ukrainian drones, causing brief interruptions to operations according to the regional governor Dmitry Makhonin. The Russian MoD claimed that 20 drones had been intercepted.[180] A Ukrainian Liutyi drone also struck the Orsknefteorgsintez [ru] oil refinery in Orsk, Orenburg Oblast, according to footage posted online. Governor Yevgeny Solntsev claimed that there were "no disruptions" to operations and no casualties.[181]

A Russian ballistic missile strike hit an energy facility in Donetsk Oblast, leaving Druzhkivka, Kostiantynivka, and parts of Kramatorsk and Sloviansk without electricity.[182][183] Russian strikes in Donetsk Oblast killed one person and injured four people in Komyshuvakha, injured two people in Kostiantynivka and one person in Novooleksandrivka, Russian strikes injured seven people in Kherson Oblast.[184] Thirteen thousand pigs were killed in a Russian drone strike on a pig farm in Novovodolazka, Kharkiv Oblast.[185]

Geolocated footage showed that Ukrainian forces retook the towns of Sosnivka [uk] and Verbove [uk], southwest of Velykomykhailivka.[186]

French photojournalist Antoni Lallican was killed in a Russian drone strike in his car that also injured Ukrainian photojournalist for The Kyiv Independent Heorhii Ivanchenko near Druzhkivka, Donetsk Oblast.[187][188][189]

4 October

NASA's FIRMS detected fire on 4 October 2025 00:09:00 (UTC) at the Kirishi oil refinery

One person was killed while 30 others were injured in a Russian double tap strike on a railway station in Shostka.[190]

The Kirishi oil refinery in Leningrad Oblast was attacked by Ukrainian drones sparking a fire. According to the local Governor Aleksandr Drozdenko seven drones were shot down. However videos posted by the Telegram channel Astra showed four explosions occurring at the facility.[191] A Garmon radar complex and ballistic missile loader for an Iskander missile in Kursk were struck. Ukrainian special forces claimed to have attacked and damaged a Buyan-M missile carrier near Lake Onega in the Republic of Karelia.[192]

Geolocated footage showed that Russian forces took the town of Fedorivka, southwest of Siversk. A Russian milblogger claimed that Russian forces took the town of Ivanivka [uk], southwest of Novopavlivka.[193]

5 October

Russia launched a massive air attack on cities across Ukraine, killing four people in Lviv Oblast and one each in Zaporizhzhia and Kherson.[194]

The Russian MoD reported thirty-two Ukrainian drones were shot down over various regions. Locals reported the Kstovo refinery in Nizhny Novgorod Oblast being struck by seven explosions.[195][196] Power cuts in Belgorod city were reported by the local governor after Ukrainian shelling of "regional energy infrastructure", locals reported the Luch Thermal Power Plant [ru] being struck. Seven hospitals switched to backup generators.[197]

Russian milbloggers claimed that Russian forces took the town of Zoloty Kolodiaz [uk], northeast of Dobropillia.[198]

6 October

NASA's FIRMS detected fire on 5 October 2025 23:07:00 (UTC) at the Feodosia oil depot

The Ukrainian military claimed to have carried out a drone attack that destroyed a Russian R-330Zh Zhitel radio jamming station in Luhansk Oblast.[199]

The Sverdlov Plant in Nizhny Novgorod Oblast was set ablaze by Ukrainian drones. A manufacturer of industrial explosives, it had since started supplying military grade explosives for various bombs and missile. The local governor confirmed fires, damaged property and one person who was injured.[200] The marine oil depot at Feodosia in Crimea was attacked as was an ammunition dump for the 18th Combined Arms Army.[201] The oil depot was still burning the following day.[202] Two people were killed in a drone strike in Belgorod.[203]

Parts of Ukrainian-held Donetsk Oblast were left without electricity after Russian forces struck energy facilities.[204]

In Tyumen, 2,000 kilometers from Ukraine, explosions were reported near the local oil refinery. The local governor confirmed the drone attack but claimed no damage or casualties while local enterprises were "operating normally". Three drones were reportedly intercepted.[205]

Ukrainian military observer Konstantyn Mashovets claimed that Russian forces took the towns of Ivanivka [uk] and Dorozhnie [uk] while also re-entering the town of Zoloty Kolodiaz [uk], while Ukrainian forces retook the town of Vilne [uk] in the Dobropillia front. Mashovets also claimed that Russian forces took the towns of Novoekonomichne and Krasnyi Lyman in the Pokrovsk front.[206]

Kharkiv mayor Ihor Terekhov said that Russian airstrikes destroyed two transformer substations in the city.[207]

7 October

The Russian-installed governor of Kherson Oblast claimed that four people were killed in a Ukrainian drone strike, while Ukrainian authorities said one person was killed in a Russian attack.[208]

Ukrainian forces launched a drone that exploded on a Buk-M2 or Buk-M3 after it had travelled with the missile system for some 15 kilometres.[209]

A suspected Ukrainian drone believed to have been suppressed by Russian electronic warfare systems exploded after hitting a cooling tower at the Novovoronezh Nuclear Power Plant, leaving "a dark mark" on the tower.[210]

HUR-aligned Russian partisans blew up a section of the Stroganovo–Mshinskaya railway, derailing a train carrying military cargo and suspending traffic between St. Petersburg and Pskov. Russian Railways acknowledged the incident but blamed it on "technical reasons".[211]

The Ukrainian 141st Mechanized Brigade claimed to have retaken the village of Sichneve in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, killing 50 Russian personnel and capturing eight others.[212]

The SBU arrested a Russian volunteer in the Ukrainian military in Lviv Oblast on suspicion of spying for Russia.[213]

8 October

Three people were killed in Russian airstrikes in Sumy Oblast.[214]

The Governor of Belgorod Oblast, Vyacheslav Gladkov, claimed that a Ukrainian missile struck a sports complex in Maslova Pristan, killing three and injuring one.[215]

Geolocated footage showed that Ukrainian forces retook the town of Novomykolaivka [uk], northeast of Novopavlivka in Donetsk Oblast, while the Russian defense ministry claimed that Russian forces took the town of Novohryhorivka [uk], northeast of Huliaipole.[216]

9 October

Ukrainian drones struck the Efimovka oil pumping station and the Lukoil-Korobkovsky Gas Processing Plant in Kotovo, Volgograd Oblast, causing fires.[217] Ukrainian drones set an oil depot on fire in Matveyev Kurgan, Rostov Oblast. Rostov governor Yury Slyusar reported damage to private homes and cars.[218]

Ukrainian authorities ordered the evacuation of children and their guardians from the Kramatorsk area due to increased Russian attacks.[219]

Chornomorsk Mayor Vasyl Huliaiev stated that the entire city as well as the Hromada surrounding it aside from Burlacha Balka [uk] was left without electricity after Russian strikes.[220]

Russian milbloggers claimed that Russian forces seized Volodymyrivka [uk], in the Dobropillia front.[221]

Russia and President Zelenskyy confirmed the first use of Flamingo missiles, used alongside the Neptune missile, against targets in Russia.[222]

10 October

Damage to a residential building in Kyiv following Russian air strikes on 10 October 2025

One person was killed in a Russian missile attack on Zaporizhzhia.[223]

Russia claimed to have shot down the first two Flamingo missiles using a Buk missile launcher, without confirmation from Ukraine that it is the first use of Flamingo missiles on Russian soil.[224]

Three Nebo-M radars were destroyed by Ukrainian naval drones in Crimea.[225]

Russian milbloggers claimed that Russian forces retook the town of Boikivka [uk], near Dobropillia.[226]

11 October

In Volgograd, drone strikes resulted in five to seven explosions. Flights were suspended at Volgograd Airport. Andrey Bocharov, governor of Volgograd Oblast, said that windows in three apartment blocks were damaged, along with a school and a kindergarten. One person was injured.[227] Ukrainian missiles struck the Luch Thermal Power Plant in Belgorod, causing "brief rolling power outages".[228]

The Bashneft-UNPZ oil refinery in Bashkortostan was struck by SBU drones, some 1,400 kilometers from Ukraine, causing an explosion of the "crude oil processing unit".[229]

Russian milbloggers claimed that Russian forces took the town of Kozatske, near Myrnohrad.[230]

12 October

The Ukrainian military claimed to have retaken the villages of Mali Shcherbaky in Zaporizhzhia Oblast,[231][232] and Shcherbaky [uk], west of Orikhiv.[233]

An aviation plant in Smolensk was struck by Ukrainian drones. Locals reported multiple explosions and air defence was activated. The plant manufactured components for Kh-69 and Kh-101 missiles.[234]

Atesh partisans attacked a railway junction in Novocherkassk, Rostov Oblast.[235] A power substation in the village of Vygonichi, Bryansk Oblast, was also attacked. Locals reported explosions and a missile alert was declared.[236]

Russian milbloggers claimed that Russian forces took the town of Balahan [uk], near Myrnohrad, and the Pokrovsk Railway Station [uk].[232]

Two people were killed and one was injured after a Russian strike in Synelnykove Raion, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast.[237]

13 October

NASA's FIRMS detected fires on 12 October 2025 23:03:00 (UTC) at the Feodosia oil depot

The head of the Republic of Crimea claimed that an oil depot in Feodosia was set on fire following a drone attack.[238] Five fuel tanks were struck as well as several power substations that were part of the "Russia-Crimea energy bridge", the substations located in Simferopol and Feodosia.[239]

The Russian defense ministry claimed that Russian forces took the town of Borivska Andriyivka, near Borova. Ukrainian military observer Kostyantyn Mashovets claimed that Russian forces took the town of Dorozhnie [uk], southeast of Dobropillia. Russian milbloggers claimed that Russian forces took the town of Molodetske [uk], southwest of Pokrovsk and advanced in southern Novopavlivka [uk], south of Pokrovsk, while the Russian defense ministry claimed that Russian forces entered eastern Myrnohrad.[233]

14 October

An UNOCHA aid convoy was hit by a combined Russian drone and artillery strike near Bilozerka, Kherson Oblast, destroying one truck and damaging another.[240]

The governor of Kursk Oblast claimed that one person was killed in a Ukrainian drone strike on the village of Belitsa.[241]

Ukrainian drones struck a power substation in Arzamasskaya, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast. NASA FIRMS reported a fire which disabled two transformers leading to "short power outages", according to the local governor.[242]

President Zelenskyy signed a decree stripping several Ukrainians of their citizenship, including Odesa Mayor Gennadiy Trukhanov, former Platform for Life and Peace MP Oleg Tsaryov and ballet dancer Sergei Polunin, all of whom held Russian citizenship. Trukhanov denies the allegations and will challenge the decree in court.[243][244] Trukhanov was later replaced by Serhiy Lysak as the head of the city military administration.[245][246]

Russian milbloggers claimed that Russian forces took the towns of Balahan [uk], near Pokrovsk, and Sichneve [uk], east of Velykomykhailivka.[247]

Ukrainian authorities ordered the evacuation of children and their guardians from 40 settlements in Kupiansk Raion due to increased Russian attacks.[248]

15 October

The Volgograd refinery was struck by Ukrainian drones, locals reported explosions and fires.[249]

Geolocated footage showed that Russian forces took the town of Oleksiivka [uk], southwest of Velykomykhailivka. Russian millbloggers claimed that Russian forces took Karantynnyy Island [uk], southwest of Kherson, while the Russian defense ministry claimed that Russian forces took the town of Novopavlivka [uk], south of Pokrovsk.[250]

16 October

Ukrainian drones struck Engels and Saratov according to locals, who reported explosions and a fire at an oil refinery in Saratov. Volgograd and Voronezh both reported power interruptions. An electrical substation in Novonikolayevka was set on fire according to Volgograd Governor Andrey Bocharov. Voronezh Governor Aleksandr Gusev also reported "several settlements" were without power due to drone attacks "in a neighboring region." Saratov Gagarin Airport suspended operations.[251] Ukrainian drones also attacked the Kstovo oil refinery in Nizhny Novgorod Oblast. Drones flying towards the processing unit were filmed by locals while Lukoil confirmed the refinery would have to temporarily suspend operations "due to the incident."[252]

A Ukrainian training ground under Operational Command South was struck with "two ballistic missiles", resulting in an unspecified number of casualties.[253]

A Russian drone struck Nikopol in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, killing one person and injuring four people. Russian drones also hit the Pokrovske settlement hromada [uk], killing another person.[254]

Russian journalist and RIA Novosti correspondent Ivan Zuev was killed in a Ukrainian drone strike in Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia Oblast that also injured another Russian journalist.[255]

17 October

NASA's FIRMS detected fires on 17 October 2025 09:13:00 (UTC) at the Gvardeyskoye oil depot

Ukrainian drones were reported over Sochi, resulting in the suspension of flights from ten airports. The city's mayor claimed that a missile and drone attack had been repelled by air defences. An ammunition dump in Donetsk was also attacked.[256] Ukrainian Navy spokesperson Dmytro Pletenchuk claimed that Russian air defences shot down an Su-30SM over Crimea "while attempting to intercept Ukrainian drones".[257] The Avangard plant chemical factory in Sterlitamak was struck by drones. The plant specializes in "manufacturing specialized products under the state defense order." Explosions were reported in workshops at the plant. The attack killed three people and injured five more.[258][259]

In Donetsk Oblast, Ukrainian military observer Kostantyn Mashovets claimed that Russian forces took the town of Shandryholove, northwest of Lyman. Near Velykomykhailiavka, Mashovets claimed that Ukrainian forces retook the villages of Sosnivka [uk], Novoselivka [uk] and Khoroshe [uk], while the Russian defense ministry claimed that Russian forces took the villages of Pryvillya [uk][260] in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, and Pishchane and Tykhe in Kharkiv Oblast.[261] Geolocated footage confirmed Russian control over Pishchane a day later.[262]

A Russian court-martial sentenced 15 Ukrainian POWs from the Aidar Battalion to up to 21 years' imprisonment on charges of terrorism.[263]

An oil depot in Hvardiiske, Simferopol Raion near Gvardeyskoye air base was attacked and set on fire by drones.[264]

Russian lieutenant Vasily Marzoyev, who was the son of General Arkady Marzoev [ru], commander of the 18th Combined Arms Army, "was killed while carrying out a combat mission" in Ukraine. A commander of a reconnaissance platoon of the 108th Guards Kuban Cossack Air Assault Regiment, he was posthumously made a Hero of Russia.[265]

18 October

Ukrainian drones struck the Veshkayma substation in Ulyanovsk Oblast. Local authorities confirmed the strike by four drones, two of which exploded causing a fire. Power was out for several hours in the area. Ukrainian officials claimed the substation was a link in the electrical infrastructure between Syzean and Zhiguli hydroelectric power plants.[266]

Two people were killed by a Ukrainian drone strike in Russian-occupied Kherson Oblast, according to the Russian-appointed governor Vladimir Saldo.[267]

The Russian defense ministry claimed that Russian forces took the town of Pleshchiivka [uk], near Kostantynivka.[262]

19 October

Ukrainian drones struck the Orenburg gas processing plant [ru], damaging it but causing no casualties according to plant management. Yevgeny Solntsev, the local governor, reported a fire. It is the first attack on Orenburg by Ukraine. The governor of Samara Oblast also reported a drone attack that interrupted flights and internet access.[268]

Geolocated footage showed that Russian forces took the town of Poltavka [uk], near Huliaipole.[269]

In Dnipropetrovsk Oblast around 192 miners needed to be evacuated from an underground DTEK coal mine that suffered a Russian drone strike.[270]

20 October

Russian forces struck an energy facility in Chernihiv Oblast, leaving the northern part of the Oblast and the city of Slavutych, Kyiv Oblast, without electricity.[271]

Head of the Donetsk People's Republic, Denis Pushilin, claimed that Russian forces has entered Kostyantynivka.[272]

In the Dobropillia front, Russian milbloggers claimed that Russian forces took the towns of Shakhove [uk] and entered Novyi Donbas [uk].[272]

21 October

Four people were killed in a Russian drone attack in Novhorod-Siverskyi, Chernihiv Oblast.[273]

Ukrainian drones were reported to have struck a residential building in Bataysk, Rostov Oblast, damaging a wall resulting in the evacuation of 20 residents according to the local governor. Windows in nearby homes were also damaged by drone debris. A cut power line left 3,000 customers without power. In Rostov-on-Don a minor was hospitalised with "shrapnel wounds". In Bryansk Oblast the governor also claimed a minor was injured by drone debris. In Voronezh Oblast the local governor reported an "industrial enterprise" and private property was damaged. The Bryansk Chemical plant was struck by Storm Shadow missiles.[274][275] Ukrainian intelligence said that explosives destroyed a section of the railway between Pskov and St. Petersburg, claiming that it would delay Russian logistics.[276]

The SBU claimed to have carried out an attack that destroyed two Russian light drone-interceptor aircraft in Russian-occupied airfields in Ukraine.[277]

Geolocated footage showed that Russian forces re-entered the town of Mala Tokmachka and took the center of the town. Russian millbloggers claimed that Russian forces took the entire town, as well as the towns of Shcherbaky [uk] and Mali Shcherbaky, west of Orikhiv.[278]

22 October

Russia launched a massive air attack on Ukraine, killing two people in Kyiv and four others in Brovary Raion, Kyiv Oblast.[279] One person was killed in a separate attack in Kharkiv.[280]

The Makhachkala Oil Refinery in Dagestan was struck by Ukrainian forces along with the Saransk Mechanical Plant in Mordovia, with locals reporting explosions.[281] Commander of the Unmanned Systems Forces, Robert Brovdi, said the explosion at the Saransk Mechanical Plant was "over an area of 6,500 m2 (70,000 sq ft)."[282]

The HUR claimed to have killed three Russian paratroopers in Stavropol following a suspected bomb attack.[283]

US President Trump approved sanctions against both Rosneft and Lukoil, Russia's biggest oil companies.[284]

Geolocated footage showed that Ukrainian forces retook the town of Kucheriv Yar [uk], northeast of Dobropillia. The Russian defense ministry claimed that Russian forces took the town of Pavlivka [uk], northeast of Huliaipole.[285]

23 October

Ukrainian journalist Olena Hramova and cameraman Yevhen Karmazin, who both worked for Freedom TV, were killed by a Russian Lancet drone strike in Kramatorsk.[286][287] One person was killed in a separate attack in Zelenyi Hai, Kharkiv Oblast.[288]

Ukrainian drones struck the Plastmass munitions plant in Kopeysk, Chelyabinsk Oblast,[289] leaving 12 employees missing, 10 dead and 19 injured with five being hospitalised, according to the regional governor. Two civilians were also claimed to have been killed in Bryansk and Belgorod Oblasts. The Ryazan oil refinery was also struck by falling debris according to the local governor.[290]

The remains of 1,000 Ukrainian soldiers killed in action were repatriated by Russia.[291]

A Czech fundraising initiative, Darek pro Putina (A Gift for Putin), raised $520,000 in 48 hours to buy Ukraine a Flamingo cruise missile.[292]

In Kazakhstan, wreckage from a drone explosion was found in Borili District of West Kazakhstan Region, bordering Russia's Orenburg Oblast. One drone fragment had "Ukrainian-language markings" on it. No damage or casualties were reported, but the Kazakhstan government launched an investigation.[293]

24 October

Three people were killed by Russian shelling and drone attacks in Kherson.[294]

A Ukrainian drone struck an apartment building in Krasnogorsk, Moscow Oblast, injuring five people. The Russian MoD claimed to have intercepted 111 Ukrainian drones over 13 regions.[295]

The Russian defense ministry claimed that Russian forces took the towns of Bolohivka [uk] in Kharkiv Oblast near the international border, Dronivka northwest of Siversk and Zlahoda [uk] near Velykomykhailivka. Russian millbloggers claimed that Russian forces took the towns of Vilne [uk] and Ivanivka [uk] east of Dobropillia.[296] A Russian milblogger claimed that Ukrainian forces retook the town of Tyshchenkivka [uk], northwest of Kupiansk and a Ukrainian news outlet claimed that Russian forces took the town of Krasnyi Lyman, near Pokrovsk.[297]

25 October

Andrey Bocharov, governor of Volgograd Oblast, said that the Balashovskaya electrical substation, in the Novonikolayevsky District, was set on fire after a "massive" drone attack.[298] The Governor of Belgorod Oblast, Vyacheslav Gladkov, claimed that Ukraine struck the Belgorod Reservoir [ru] dam with HIMARS rockets damaging "several buildings with technical equipment, and lifting mechanisms of one discharge lock". One Russian National Guard and a civilian were wounded.[299] According to Ukrainian officials the dam was damaged to impede Russian logistics near Vovchansk.[300]

Geolocated footage showed that Ukrainian forces retook the town of Sukhetske [uk], northeast of Pokrovsk.[297]

Russian OMON commander Lieutenant Colonel Veniamin Mazzherin was killed by a car bomb, according to the HUR, in Kemerovo Oblast. His unit was accused of war crimes in Kyiv Oblast in 2022.[301]

26 October

Three people were killed in a Russian airstrike on Kyiv.[302]

A Russian train was derailed by partisans using explosives in Berdiansk Raion, Zaporizhzhia Oblast. One locomotive, three railway platforms[clarification needed] and at least nine freight cars were derailed according to HUR.[303]

In the Sumy front, Russian millbloggers claimed that Russian forces took the town of Oleksiivka and in the Kupiansk front, Russian forces took the towns of Radkivka and Kurylivka.[304]

27 October

Ukrainian drones targeted Moscow, with the city's mayor, Sergey Sobyanin, reporting 34 drones shot down. Domodedovo and Zhukovsky airports were temporarily closed. On Russian Telegram channels explosions were reported across Moscow including the Kommunarka district. An oil refinery in Serpukhov was reported on fire by the Astra news agency, "citing eyewitness footage".[305] Russian milbloggers released footage of what they claimed was a Flamingo missile flying over Russian territory.[306]

Near Velykomykhailivka, geolocated footage showed that Ukrainian forces retook the town of Yehorivka [uk], while near Huliaipole, geolocated footage showed that Russian forces took the towns of Pryvilne [uk] and Novomykolaivka [uk].[307]

28 October

Ukrainian forces captured a Russian Bactrian camel in the east of the country.[308]

29 October

NASA's FIRMS detected fire on 29 October 2025 07:07:00 (UTC) at the ATAN oil depot east of Simferopol International Airport

According to Telegram channel Astra, Ukrainian drones attacked the NS-Oil refinery in Novospasskoye, Ulyanovsk Oblast. The Stavrolen petrochemical plant in Budyonnovsk, Stavropol Oblast was also hit. However, according to the local governor, the drones "did not cause significant damage". Witnesses in Orshanka, Mari El reported explosions and a "fireball".[309][310]

The ATAN oil depot east of Simferopol International Airport was attacked by drones and caught fire.[310]

Russian forces launched airstrikes on cities in Kherson Oblast, particularly Antonivka, Komyshany, Prydniprovske, Sadove, Chornobaivka, Bilozerka, Beryslav and Kherson, injuring 12 people including two children. Two people were killed and seven were injured during airstrikes in Druzhkivka and Kryvorizhzhia [uk]. A man was killed by airstrikes in Yunakivka rural hromada, Sumy Oblast. Two people were injured by Russian strikes in the village of Pisky-Radkivski in Kharkiv Oblast.[311]

Near Velykomykhailiavka, Russian millbloggers claimed that Russian forces took the town of Vyshneve [uk] and the Russian defense ministry claimed that Russian forces took the town of Yehorivka [uk].[312]

SBU said that Ukrainian drones struck a Pantsir missile system and radar stations in Crimea.[313]

30 October

A crowd of civilians attacked a recruitment center of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in Odesa using tear gas and batons, injuring numerous soldiers.[314] According to the Odesa Oblast Territorial Recruitment Center, the incident was "a direct attack and an attempt to forcibly obstruct legal mobilization measures."[315]

In Kremenchuk, Poltava Oblast, two Ukrainian soldiers working at a draft office were shot and injured by an unidentified man wielding a Tokarev pistol.[316]

31 October

SBU chief Vasyl Malyuk claimed that the HUR, SBU and the Ukrainian military destroyed a Russian Oreshnik missile system on an unspecified date at the Kapustin Yar testing site, leaving two operational.[317] Neptune missiles struck the Oryol thermal power plant resulting in a power outage. Neptune missiles also struck the Novobryansk substation, near Bryansk. Drones attacked the electrical substation in Vladimir and the Yaroslavl refinery was also attacked by drones.[318][319] Zhukovsky, Moscow Oblast, lost power after a drone attack. Some locals in Belgorod reported up to 700 drones, on Telegram, the "largest ever" swarm of Ukrainian drones.[320]

Former Odesa City Council member Valentyn Chernov was detained by Ukrainian authorities on suspicion of "treason and encroaching on the territorial integrity and inviolability of Ukraine".[321]

The HUR claimed to have blown up a section of the Koltsevoy pipeline in Moscow Oblast and "reportedly destroyed all three major fuel lines".[322]

The HUR claimed to have inserted commandoes, by helicopter, into Russian controlled areas of Pokrovsk. On 1 November, the Russian MoD claimed that the "11 personnel who landed from the helicopter were killed".[323]

Ukrainian military observer Kostyantyn Mashovets claimed that Russian forces took the town of Volodymyrivka [uk], southwest of Druzhkivka, the Russian defense ministry claimed that Russian forces took the town of Novooleskandrivka [uk], southwest of Velykomykhailivka.[324]

November 2025

1 November

The Russian MoD claimed to have destroyed 98 drones over 10 regions.[325] Drones struck a power substation in Alchevsk, Luhansk Oblast, resulting in a power outage. A power substation in Zheleznogorsk, Kursk Oblast, was also struck by drones leaving part of the city in darkness.[326]

2 November

NASA's FIRMS detected fire on 1 November 2025 22:59:00 (UTC) at the Tuapse oil terminal in Tuapse, Krasnodar Krai

In Tuapse, Krasnodar Krai, the port’s oil terminal was attacked by two drones. The oil-loading infrastructure and an oil tanker caught fire and the tanker's crew was evacuated.[326][327]

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