Russia launched about 1,600 guided aerial bombs, nearly 2,300 strike drones and 48 missiles, including ballistic missiles, against Ukraine over the past week, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on October 25, 2026.
Nine regions hit overnight
Overnight strikes damaged thermal power plants, electrical substations, coal mines, grain silos and a postal facility across nine regions.
Civilian toll
In Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, a drone strike on Synelnykove killed four civilians and wounded 22, including an 11-year-old girl. In Vinnytsia, a drone hit a five-storey apartment building, injuring six people and forcing a nearby nursing home to evacuate. In Kharkiv, Russian forces struck a construction hypermarket and then hit rescue workers arriving at the scene in a follow-up attack. “Unfortunately, almost every day there are dead and wounded from these brutal strikes,” Zelenskyy said.
A response to diplomacy
Zelenskyy said the attacks were Russia’s answer to diplomatic efforts and its attempts to end its isolation.
Call to unblock Patriots
He urged partners to release Patriot interceptors that had already been approved. “It is necessary to unblock the supplies of Patriot interceptors,” he said, as Ukraine’s air defences struggled to keep up with the scale of Russian attacks.
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