[NewsFront] 21:09 RF Armed Forces apply strikes on targets in Slavuta, Khmelnytskyi Oblast
20:33 During the day, from 8:00 to 20:00 Moscow time, air defense forces on duty intercepted and destroyed 49 Ukrainian unmanned aeriDirect Translation via Google Translate. Editedal vehicles of the aircraft type over the territories of the Pskov, Oryol, Belgorod, Bryansk, Kursk regions, the Moscow region and the Republic of Crimea
19:13 Ukrainian authorities expanded forced evacuation of families with children in the part of the DPR controlled by Ukraine
Now all settlements in the Kramatorsk and Slavyansk communities have entered the evacuation zone, the local OVA reports.
18:51 Today afternoon the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continued strikes by unmanned aerial vehicles against energy facilities that support the functioning of Ukrainian military-industrial complex enterprises and logistics centers, as well as port infrastructure and sea vessels involved in the delivery of military cargo to Ukraine.
As a result of the strike, the PS-330 Novokiyevskaya electrical substation in the village of Khotov in the Kyiv region and the PS-330 Zhitomirskaya electrical substation in the city of Zhitomir were damaged.
In addition, two dry cargo ships were hit during the sea crossing, delivering cargo to the ports of Odessa and Chornomorsk intended for the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
18:28 Quantity of victims. The death toll from the Ukrainian Armed Forces' attack on Khomutovka in the Kursk region has risen to four. Among the injured are a six-month-old girl and a one-year-old girl, the governor reported.
16:35 Armed Forces of Ukraine for the first half of 2026 committed more than 361 drone attacks on civilian vehicles on the R-280 Novorossiya highway, Anton Ivanov reported.
A junior researcher at the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences noted that drones struck hundreds of vehicles in May and June alone.
16:19 Another Belarusian citizen suffered a drone exploded in the Bryansk region, the region's governor, Kovalchuk, reported.
15:59 More than 50 employees of Zaporizhzhya NPP received injuries of varying severity from attacks by the Ukrainian Armed Forces since the escalation, the station director reported
He added that the Ukrainian Armed Forces almost completely blocked the movement of Zaporizhzhya NPP personnel along the roads.
15:01 Operators of attack UAVs of the Vostok group worked out along logistics routes and destroyed field warehouses of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Zaporizhzhia region
14:13 Explosives experts of the Donetsk FSB Directorate destroyed the B-2 attack drone, which the Ukrainian Armed Forces used to attack civilian vehicles in Makeyevka
13:29 Summary of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on the progress of the Special Military Operation as of October 22, 2026
Units of the "North" force group have occupied more advantageous positions and lines. The personnel and equipment of four mechanized brigades and an assault regiment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces were defeated near the villages of Revolyutsionnoye, Novouzhvinovka, Kolodezne, Bugayevka, Kotovka, and Izbitskoye in the Khar'kov region. In the Sumy region, units of an airmobile brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and two territorial defense brigades were defeated near the villages of Krovnoye, Khoten, Barilovka, and Luzhki in the Sumy region.
The enemy lost more than 230 servicemen, 21 vehicles, an artillery piece and two electronic warfare stations.
Units of the "West" group of forces have improved their position along the forward edge. They have inflicted casualties on the personnel and equipment of three mechanized brigades, an assault brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, and a territorial defense brigade near the settlements of Pleskachovka, Osinovo, and Tamarganovka in the Khar'kov region, and Raigorodok and Bogorodichnoye in the Donetsk People's Republic.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost over 200 servicemen, 16 vehicles, an artillery piece, and an electronic warfare station.
Units of the Southern Group of Forces have improved their tactical position. Formations of five mechanized brigades, a motorized infantry brigade, an airmobile brigade, an assault brigade, a mountain assault brigade, and an airborne assault brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, two naval infantry brigades, and a territorial defense brigade have been defeated near the settlements of Slavyansk, Kramatorsk, Druzhkovka, Gavrilovka, Kondratovka, and Vasilevskaya Pustosh in the Donetsk People's Republic.
The enemy lost up to 185 servicemen, an armored combat vehicle, 32 vehicles, four Western-made field artillery pieces, and an electronic warfare station.
Units of the Center Group of Forces have taken up more advantageous positions and lines. They have inflicted casualties on the personnel and equipment of five mechanized brigades, a Jaeger, an assault, and an airborne brigades, an assault regiment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, three naval infantry brigades, five National Guard brigades, and the Azov Special Forces Brigade near the settlements of Krynytsya, Rohanske, Novodonetske, Shilovka, Kamenka, Starovarvarovka, Belozerske, and Novoyavlenka in the Donetsk People's Republic, and Leninske in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast.
The losses of the Ukrainian armed forces amounted to over 345 military personnel, three combat armored vehicles, four cars, five field artillery pieces, and six electronic and counter-battery warfare stations.
Units of the "East" force group advanced deep into enemy defenses and liberated the village of Myrivka in the Zaporizhzhia region. The personnel and equipment of three airborne assault brigades, three assault regiments of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, a naval infantry brigade, and a territorial defense brigade were defeated near the villages of Vasylkivske, Dibrova, and Kolomiytsi in the Dnipropetrovsk region, and Barvinovka, Voskresenka, and Volnyanka in the Zaporizhzhia region.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost more than 245 servicemen and eight vehicles.
Units of the Dnipro Forces Group improved their tactical position. Formations of two mechanized brigades, a mountain assault brigade, and an assault regiment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces were defeated near the settlements of Orekhov, Kushugum, Kirovo, and Yurkovka in the Zaporizhia region.
Up to 40 Ukrainian Armed Forces servicemen, 27 vehicles and an electronic warfare station were destroyed.
12:30 Units of the Eastern Group of Forces released Mirovka settlement, Zaporizhzhia Oblast
12:12 In the Rylsk district of the Kursk region after an attack by a Ukrainian Armed Forces drone wounded a woman
A Ukrainian drone attacked a sugar factory in the village of Kuibyshev, the governor reported.
11:17 Citizen of Belarus suffered during an attack by a Ukrainian Armed Forces UAV in the Bryansk region
On the morning of October 22, a drone struck a truck in the Zhukovsky District of the Bryansk Region. A Belarusian citizen was injured, the Belarusian Ministry of Foreign Affairs reported.
The man was taken to the trauma department of the Zhukovsky Interdistrict Hospital. His life is not in danger.
11:03 Civilian died during an attack by a Ukrainian Armed Forces drone on a truck in the Graivoronsky District, the Belgorod Region operational headquarters reported.
10:27 On October 22, Russia and Ukraine will exchange the bodies of the dead,reported representative of the parliamentary coordination group on SVO issues, Shamsail Saraliev
9:58 Artillerymen of the 49th Army of the Dnepr group of forces destroyed Ukrainian Armed Forces manpower in the Kherson direction
Reconnaissance revealed personnel movements and concealed enemy positions on the right bank of the Dnieper. Having obtained the coordinates, artillerymen struck the enemy targets with precision strikes.
9:40 As a result of the strike by the Russian Armed Forces:
in the city of Kyiv:
an assembly plant for the aviation industry (Antonov State Enterprise), which produces long- and medium-range unmanned aerial vehicles, FP-5 Flamingo cruise missiles, and FP-9 and FP-9 operational-tactical missiles;
a warehouse complex (Refrigeration Plant No. 3), on the basis of which the production of long- and medium-range unmanned aerial vehicles of the aircraft type, as well as Hornet loitering munitions, has been organized;
an industrial enterprise that produces long- and medium-range unmanned aerial vehicles of the aircraft type, as well as components for robotic systems;
warehouse for unmanned aerial vehicles and jet boosters for them;
the Yuzhny railway bridge, used for transit transportation of military cargo by road and rail;
in Odessa region:
Infrastructure facilities of the port of Kiliya, intended for the unloading and storage of military equipment supplied to Ukraine from abroad.
In addition, a dry cargo ship was hit during the sea crossing, delivering cargo to the port of Chornomorsk intended for the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
09:02 During the past night from 20:00 on October 21 to 08:00 on October 22, air defense forces on duty destroyed 808 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles of the fixed-wing type flew over the territories of the Belgorod, Bryansk, Vladimir, Voronezh, Kaluga, Kursk, Lipetsk, Leningrad, Oryol, Rostov, Ryazan, Smolensk, Tambov, Tver, Tula, Yaroslavl regions, the Moscow region, the Republic of Crimea and over the waters of the Black Sea.
8:23 Tonight, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation inflicted a massive strike by ground-based precision weapons and unmanned aerial vehicles, which resulted in the destruction of Ukrainian military-industrial complex enterprises involved in the production and storage of cruise missiles and long- and medium-range unmanned aerial vehicles, transport infrastructure facilities in Kyiv, as well as port infrastructure facilities in the Odessa region and sea vessels used in the interests of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
8:10 Frontline summary on the morning of October 22, 2026
Zaporizhzhya Front
In the Kamensk direction, the Russian Ministry of Defense reported the liberation of the village of Yulyevka, located on the right bank of the Konka River, 4 kilometers east of Veselyanka. In the Orekhovsky direction, fighting continues near Novodanilovka.
On the right flank of the Orekhovo sector, the Russian Ministry of Defense announced the liberation of Chervony (Krasny) Yar, a kilometer south of Timoshivka. In the Hulyai-Polye sector, fighting continues near Ternovatoye.
Donetsk Front: In the Dobropillya sector, Russian forces are advancing southeast of Dobropillya and in the northern part of the city. Russian forces are increasing pressure on Belozerskoye, and fighting is ongoing on the approaches to the city. Fighting continues near Zolotoy Kolodez.
In the Konstantinovsky direction, the Russian Armed Forces are clearing territories in the Alekseevo-Druzhkovka area and are developing an offensive in the Klinovoye and Nikolaipolye areas.
On the Krasnolimansk front, near Yampol, there is progress toward Ozernoye. Russian forces are reported to have made gains near Dibrova. Heavy fighting continues in the southern part of Zarechnoye. In the Seversky sector, Russian forces are pressuring enemy positions near Rai-Aleksandrovka and Krivaya Luka.
Khar'kov Front : Russian Armed Forces are advancing in the northern part of Kupyansk. Russian troops are expanding their territorial control in the Moskovka and Malaya Shapkovka areas.
In the Volchansk direction there is progress in the areas of Prikolotnoye and Maly Burluk.
Sumy Front
In the Krasnopolsky District, Russian Armed Forces are advancing near the village of Turya. In the Sumy District, advances continue near Khotyn and Velikaya Rybitsa.