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Ukrainian Perspective: Invasion of Ukraine: October 23, 2026
2026-10-24
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[Korrespondent] 19.00 Evening on Friday, the Russian town of Oryol was hit by a missile strike. This was reported by the local authorities and monitoring Telegram channels.

“Once again the business in the Radyansky district and the town of Oryol has been damaged,” Governor Andriy Klichkov wrote in the social media.

Monitoring Telegram channels inform that the attacks detected the Proton plant. This is a wired generator of optoelectronics and components for military purposes, received before the cooperation of the Russian military-industrial complex. Its products are used in production of the S-71 Carpet winged air missile, the 9M723 Iskander-M ballistic missile and the Pantsir-S1 anti-aircraft missile system. Mova about the same modules, remitter-inverters and electronic components for on-board systems.

18.29 The Cabinet of Ministers finalized changes in the armor system. Now the criticality of the enterprise is strengthened by its economical indicators, and the maximum level of armor protection for the energy sector and the defense industry no longer reaches 100%. Prime Minister Sergei Koretsky reported this on Facebook.

17.34 The Security Service and the Office of the Prosecutor General documented the war crimes before the Pivdenny District Military Court of Russia Oleg Terentyev, which resulted in the illegal conviction of a captured soldier of the Ukrainian Defense Forces.

Terentyev mercilessly acknowledged the Ukrainian military prison lines at the dungeons of the Russian colony.

The Russian has abandoned the pseudo-trial process, based on fake charges, in order to bring the person to justice. With its decisions, the Russian judge grossly violated the norms of international humanitarian law, including the suffering of combatants in the violent conflict.

17.14 Russian troops attacked the Dnieper area on Friday. As a result of the attack, at least two people suffered. Oleksandr Ganzha, a member of the regional military administration, reported thi.

Also at the site of attack, private booths will be constructed. You could kill people under these rubbles.

17.00 The first lady of the United States, Melania Trump, tried to start a fire between Russia and Ukraine near the immediately occupied town of Oleshki in the Kherson region, which marked the beginning of a humanitarian catastrophe. I told the White House about this on Friday.
Eh? Tried to start a fire? We have a report elsewhere that she was the one to push for a humanitarian pause, and everyone agreed.
16.57 In Chernihiv, as a result of the Russian attack, one person died and another 25 people were injured. The National Police reported this.
“Today, the Russians launched attacks in the city of Chernihiv. As a result of the attack on the spread of drugs, one dead person was reported, and 25 more people were found injured,” the source said.

16.16 On Friday, all four airports in Moscow were closed - Vnukovo, Domodedovo, Sheremetyevo and Zhukovsky - due to drone attacks. The exchange was reported in Rosaviatsia.

At 15:30 at the capital's airports, over 340 flights were stopped or grounded. Some of the pilots who were heading straight to Moscow were redirected to reserve airfields.

This is the fifth time the woman has had such a fit. Last year, due to an attack by drones, Moscow airports were grounded for 5-7 years, and over 350 flights were either delayed or canceled. The 16th exchange was also carried out at all Moscow airports, which resulted in over 200 flights.

16.07 The third stage of the great military exchange has begun. This idea can be called historical, having written the Supreme Respect for Human Rights Dmytro Lubinets on Telegram.

15.46 In the rural areas of Kup'yanska in the Kharkiv region, several dozen Russian troops will be lost. The stench of pinkness in the low-surface forgets and continues to be repaired against. The defense forces are working on this, or to spare their ability to carry out rotation. Riverman of the Grouped United Forces Viktor Tregubov stated this on TV.

In his words, the Russian military will lose its organization and become a constant threat. At the same time, as soon as the Ukrainian forces are able to block the ability of the plants and breeders, the Russians will begin to calm down.

Tregubov also stated that the Russians had buried Golubivka and Shevchenkovogo in the Kharkiv region. Following these words, the enemy, having not yet established full control over Golubivka, tries to get in front of Radkivka and feeds his command untrue information about the successes.

15.12 Ukraine and Russia conducted a final exchange of soldiers. 270 Ukrainians returned home – 261 military and 9 civilians. About this, having informed the Coordination Headquarters for Power Supply with Military Poleonies (KSHPPV).

More than half of the available soldiers were spent in 2022 during the defense of Mariupol. Five of them survived the terrorist attack in Olenivtsi.

14.59 Russian troops attacked a business in Chernigov with drones, a person died, two more were injured - they were taken to the hospital. We will give emergency medical assistance to two more people who have suffered.

14.35 Russian troops attacked an energy infrastructure facility near the Lviv region with a drone. 175 settlements in the region were left without electricity due to the impact. As reported by the head of the Lviv Regional Administration, Maxim Kozitsky, 154 settlements have been damaged, and 21 more have power supply frequently every day.

14.32 The real terms of concern were taken by two agents of the Russian military intelligence (mostly affiliated with the GRU), who were told that in the spring of 2025 the fate of orchestrating enemy attacks on Donetsk region.

The criminals acted in secret on various fronts and “called” to the single curator from Russia.

One of the accusations is the recruitment by the Russians of the local Slovyanska, who directed Russian air bombs and rocket artillery at the front-line area. For secrecy, before entering the field, the agent put on a tactful uniform and pretended to be a military service member of the ZSU.

Another defendant is a resident of Kramatorsk, whom the Russian special services obtained through a friend of his - a militant of the armed forces of the Russian Federation, who is fighting on a similar front.

Following the instructions of the “zvyazkovogo”, the agent goes around the regional center and the surrounding area in order to identify and transmit to the Russian Federation the geolocation of checkpoints and routes to the mobile fire fighting groups of the Defense Forces.

14.23 Ukraine turned to the controlled territory of civilians near the houses for the mutual return of people. Seven more citizens of the Russian Federation were sent to Russia to raise their homelands in support of the International Committee of the Chervony Khrest (ICCH). About this, having informed the Supreme Court for the sake of human rights, Dmitro Lubinets.

14.15 Near Zaporizhia and Zaporizhzhya regions, four people were injured as a result of Russian attacks. Two were injured in the regional center due to the impact of an FPV drone, and two more women were injured near Vilnyansk. According to the official of the Zaporizhzhya Regional Military Administration Mikhail Semikin, the Vilnyansk Russian attack damaged private booths, part of which was destroyed. The local donkeys recognized the same trouble. I’ll burn what was caused by the attack, the warriors liquidated it.

14.07 Trilateral negotiations for peaceful regulation are planned to be held in Abu Dhabi in the first half of leaf fall. The Kremlin river manager Dmitro Peskov announced this in comments to Russian propagandists on Friday.

The importance of the participation of a special envoy to the European Union in the negotiations depends on the position that the Europeans will take by adding wine.

13.55 In Russian Voronezh, after a missile crisis, there was a fire in the area of ​​the military airfield in Baltimore. The ASTRA Telegram channel reports about this.

The governor of the Voronezk region, Alexander Gusev, stated that the Russian anti-aircraft defense had revealed and destroyed a number of military targets over the area. At his words, through the fall of the fire, the dry grass in the front door caught fire.

13.40 Units of the Ukrainian Defense Forces attacked the low military targets of the Russian occupiers in the temporarily occupied territories (TOT) on 22-23 June. Nowadays, problems with Starlink are being saved, having informed the General Staff of the ZSU on Friday.

12.56 European leaders are considering five policies that could potentially represent Europe in negotiations with Russian ruler Volodymyr Putin before the war in Ukraine.

The following have reached the list of candidates:

Prime Minister of Italy Giorgia Meloni;
President of Finland Alexander Stubb;
President of the Czech Republic Petr Pavel;
Prime Minister of Denmark Mette Frederiksen;
Prime Minister of Norway Jonas Gahr Stjore.

Dzherelo The Telegraph stated that the EU can send not just one representative to Putin, but a whole group of leaders. This approach would help eliminate competition between countries and the risk of blocking other candidates.

12.50 Denmark quickly transferred to Ukraine over 50 thousand 20 mm caliber ammunition for on-board aircraft of the Vinishchuvach F-16. The Ministry of Defense reported this. Ukrainian pilots are already using missiles to bury rocket launchers.

12.42 The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine has changed the procedure for granting the status of a participant in combat operations (UBD). The innovations may introduce bureaucratic changes for the military, who had already denied this status before, and after the start of the large-scale invasion of Russia, they were once again reduced to the military.

12.33 The Security Service, together with the National Police, blocked new schemes for evasion of mobilization and detained 10 equipment organizers in different regions of Ukraine. Let us inform you about the suspicion. They face up to 10 years of punishment due to confiscation of the mine.

12.31 Russian troops hit the Osnovyansky district of Kharkov. As a result of the enemy's attack, the hidden cabins of the locals were damaged. The head of OVA, Oleg Sinegubov, told us about this.

There is also fire on the surface of the surface.

“For updated information, in the Osnovyansky district of Kharkov, 4 private buildings and a car were damaged. This also led to the outbreak of civil enterprise,” said Sinegubov.

The children of the DSNS stole the remains of the enemy’s attack.

12.18 Russia is activating a hybrid strategy of destabilization of the European Union by shortening or reducing the current support of Ukraine by discrediting the defense forces of our state, as well as slander of European orders and guarantees.

The assessments of Ukraine's military intelligence may indicate the implementation of provocative sabotage actions in the territory of central and neighboring Europe, around the Baltic powers.

Moscow's plans include various scenarios - suppression, carrying out "operations under someone else's ensign" with further units of Ukraine through the channels of Russian propaganda and international Maidans accessible to the Kremlin.

The sources of Russian provocations, according to the GUR, may include critical infrastructure facilities, borders with Russia, the Kaliningrad enclave, regions in the EU powers with presence of “Russian-speaking populations” and disputes, The Kremlin controls the borders of the Russian Orthodox Church and historical places connected with the Russian Federation.

12.00 US President Donald Trump's 28-point peace plan poses a threat to the security of Ukraine and Europe, as it may encourage Russian aggression without providing reliable guarantees for a renewal of the war. European leaders need to move on from stimulating their minds to take concrete action. This can be found in the editorial article of the British edition of The Economist.

11.58 Counterintelligence of the Security Service was covering up the bag of Donetsk in Volina, as in the cruel fate of 2022, Russia entered the armed forces and fought against Ukraine.

The swindler was discovered at the Domanovo international automobile pass, when she was trying to get to our country from the territory of Belarus in order to renew her Ukrainian overseas passport. After updating the document, the defendant was assured of a safe exit to one of the countries of the European Union for permanent residence.

11.55 On Friday, drones hit the Azot chemical plant near the Perm region and the data center of the Federal Subsidiary Service of the Russian Federation near the town of Gorodets in the Nizhny Novgorod region.

11.38 In Belarus, at the beginning of a full-scale war between Russia and Ukraine, at least 419 people were convicted on the right associated with the support of Ukraine. Among them are 73 women. As many as 142 convicts are under attack. As the Belarusian legal services center Viasna reports, the actual number of criminal cases may be significantly greater.

According to the center, 222 people were convicted for the so-called “incitement of extremist activity.” We are talking about an increase in photographs and video recordings of the movement of Russian military equipment. Another 44 people took credit for the “sovereign defense” in connection with the support of Ukraine during the hour of war. In addition, 17 foreign citizens were convicted of “espionage.” Another 29 people were convicted of “terrorism” from the right about sabotage, at the airport and at the military airfield. Also, 45 people received compensation for their sacrifices to the forces of Ukraine.

11.32 Low regions of Ukraine have emergency power outages. Ukrenergo reported about this. Previously published emergency shutdown schedules in regions where emergency connections have been suspended will not work.

11.16 Law enforcement authorities tracked down a 17-year-old girl in Zhytomyr region, who, according to investigators, assisted the Russian FSB in seizing the Ukrainian military. The National Police reported this.

Two military men perished, as they voluntarily deprived them of military units. Suddenly there were a few more murders to be committed.

11.13 The Russian army launched an attack on the Dnieper on Friday. On the site of the wedding, the vinyl was burned. According to previous data, no people were harmed as a result of this attack. Suddenly, after a strike on a business near the Dnieper region, two people were injured. The head of the Dnipropetrovsk regional military administration, Oleksandr Ganzha, reported this.

10.46 On Friday, in eight regions of Ukraine, new light connections were recorded due to Russian attacks on civil energy infrastructure. Ukrenergo reported about this. At night in France, Russian aggressors carried out drone attacks on energy facilities in several regions.

10.32 In Ukraine, the exchange of the military version of Starlink will continue, following the announcement of US President Donald Trump to remove them. Nowadays, Ukrainian military personnel are informing about the frequent updates of satellite communications without the latest tax limits. This was stated by the adviser to the President of Ukraine Dmytro Lytvyn.

Also, Ukrainian volunteer Sergiy Sternenko stated that the work of the Starlink/Starshield satellite systems for the Ukrainian military is becoming unstable.
See tweet about Ukraine and Starlink at the bottom of this post.
10.29 Rukh Pivdenny bridge from the right to the left bank of Kiev will be closed immediately on Friday from 12:00 to 15:00. The Kiev Municipal Administration (KMDA) reported this.

10.14 The number of victims of the Russian attack on the market in Lozovaya has grown to three. Another patient died at the doctor's office. The doctors did everything they could to get through life, but the injuries turned out to be too serious.

03/10/23 the Russian drone Geran-2 attacked the Kovpaki district of Sumy. As a result of the impact, a warehouse and a gas station were damaged, and two gas station workers were injured - a 39-year-old woman and a 54-year-old man. Also, as a result of the attack, the windows in the damaged living quarters, the administrative service and the parking of the car were damaged. The head of the Sumy MBA Sergiy Krivosheenko told about this France.

10.00 Russian troops attacked the Rivne region on the evening of the 22nd. The energy sector, the residential sector, and business were targeted. One of the small settlements in the southern region recognized this attack afterward. There were no casualties. Part of the Rivne region is now without light.

9.45 Russian troops attacked an energy facility and civil infrastructure in the Odessa region. The recreational zone also collapsed under the blow. The parts of the non-functional base are often rebuilt as repairs. As a result of the hostile attack, the victims were killed, and they were already liquidated. There was no information about the victims.

9.43 Since the beginning of spring 2026, the Russian armies have spent 241 square kilometers more of Ukrainian territory, less buried. The pace of expansion of the Russian army has become equal to the past fate, as the Ukrainian forces have surpassed the initiative on several front lines. The process is available from the Institute for the Study of War (ISW).

9.23 Russian troops in the night of the 23rd attacked the energy and civil infrastructure of the Zhytomyr region, the legacy of which left over 900 people without electricity points.

Critical infrastructure facilities in the region have been transferred to reserve life units, and security centers have been activated in the region. As a result of the attack, six private households were also damaged, and there were no casualties or deaths.

9.18 From Poland, the locals of the Lublin and Subcarpathian voivodeships withdrew warnings about the insecurity due to the Russian military attack in the western regions of Ukraine. The Polish army activated anti-aircraft defense forces and received aircraft. According to the statement of the Commander to the Security Center of Poland and the Operational Command of the Armed Forces of the Territory, the Lublin Voivodeship was previously seized of bags of four districts and one place, and in the Subcarpathian Province - 15 districts and three places.

8.26 Russian occupation forces moved in near two settlements in the Zaporizhzhya region. As analysts told the DeepState project, the enemy might be located near Malye Shcherbakiv and Shcherbakiv.

7.43 On the evening of the 23rd, Russian troops attacked Poltava with drones, hitting the target infrastructure. In France, in the Poltava community, a UAV crash was recorded in open territory. Vibukhova's disease damaged private buildings, including a power line. According to previous data, there are no casualties. Vitaliy Dyakivnych, the head of the Poltava OVA, announced this.

5.41 Occupations Lugansk recognized a massive attack by strike drones at night on the 23rd. The shocks fell on the connections: some parts of the area experienced connections, and power outages were recorded. This is reported by the Exilenova+ monitoring channel, which also includes a video, as you know from eyewitnesses.

3.51 The Russian army of occupation massively attacked Sumi with attack UAVs in the night before the 23rd. As a result of the attack, at least two people were injured and civil infrastructure was damaged. The head of the Sumy Regional Administration, Oleg Grigorov, told us about this.

3.30 Finland will transfer 10 locomotives to Ukrzaliznytsia free of charge. The agreement was signed on the 22nd of the Ukrainian-Finnish Business Forum. The Minister of Renovation, Infrastructure and Transport of Ukraine Mikola Kalashnik informed about this.

Finnish locomotives can operate without life due to the contact line. Through shocks to energy and interruptions in light, it allows the trains not to stop moving.

2.41 US President Donald Trump has clearly changed his course ahead of the war in Ukraine. After criticism of Putin, he began to demonstrate his cunning until now. Write about this information agency Reuters.

1.59 The United States may force Russia to end the war against Ukraine. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky stated this on the basis of information that US leader Donald Trump had never considered the possibility of signing a peaceful agreement at the G20, reports Noviny.LIVE.

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