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-Signs, Portents, and the Weather-
A bear ran out onto a school bus stop in Krasnoyarsk Krai
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[Regnum] A bear was spotted near a school in the village of Koshurnikovo, Krasnoyarsk Krai. Efforts have been made to locate the predator, the Kuraginsky District Unified Dispatch Service reported on October 22.

The animal appeared on Nevsky Street and ran past the school toward the club, according to a report from the Unified Dispatch Service in MAX. The report also reported that the bear was seen within the village of Chibizhek, located 20 km from Koshurnikovo.

Earlier, footage from Koshurnikovo surfaced on social media showing a bear running past a parked school bus. There were passengers inside. Local residents fear the bear could attack.

A bear approached a kindergarten in the village of Bely Yar in the Altai District of Khakassia. Residents were asked to refrain from walking outside, and police and hunters are searching for the predator.

Another bear visited the taiga lodge of Dmitry Merkulov, head of the Minusinsk District of Krasnoyarsk Krai. The official posted a video from the devastated ravine.



Since spring, 27 people have died in bear encounters across Russia. The most recent incident occurred on October 18 in the Pinezhsky District of the Arkhangelsk Region. A 49-year-old hunter, armed with a rifle and out picking berries, was mauled to death by a bear. Previously, bears hadn't attacked people in the Pinega area since 1978.

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A bear was found wandering near a kindergarten in Khakassia, and specialists are searching for the predator.

A bear was spotted near a kindergarten in the village of Bely Yar in the Altai District of Khakassia. This was reported by Irina Voynova, head of the district, on October 22.

"An alarm has been received: a bear has been spotted near the new Ogonyok kindergarten. I ask everyone to remain calm—the situation is now under control," Voynova urged in a post on her VKontakte page.

The mayor advised local residents to temporarily avoid walks, especially with children. Voynova assured that specialists were dispatched to the scene promptly, a search for the predator was launched, and police officers and experienced hunters were involved.

A bear destroyed the forest cabin of Dmitry Merkulov, head of the Minusinsk District of Krasnoyarsk Krai. The official posted footage from the taiga on his VKontakte page. The animal broke down the door, knocked down shelves, tore up belongings, scattered food, and left claw marks and paw prints on the walls of the cabin. All the rooms in the cabin, including the sauna, were damaged.

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Melania Trump valiantly secures cease-fire in Ukrainian city on brink of humanitarian catastrophe
[NYP] Melania Trump secured a cease-fire between Russia and Ukraine in the city of Oleshky to allow the evacuation of civilians and the delivery of humanitarian aid.

Oleshky, in the Kherson region, is on the brink of a humanitarian catastrophe.

About five miles behind the front lines, Ukrainian authorities claim residents of the city are being held hostage there with Russian forces using them as human shields.

"Oleshky’s remaining population is comprised primarily of elderly residents who urgently need medical attention, medicine, food, and clean water," the first lady said in a statement Friday.

"The people of Oleshky have limited electricity, live amid mined roads, and endure regular military attacks. It was abundantly clear that without my intervention, the possibility to bring humanitarian aid into the city and to evacuate the elderly would be impossible."

The localized cease-fire will begin on October 29, 2026.
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#1  Would Dr. Jill Biden have done such a thing? How about Michelle Obama? Hillary Clinton?
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#2  She's certainly got class. The other member of the team, not so much. Effectiveness trumps class.
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#3  Reportedly there are vast differences between his public manner and his private manner, Besoeker.
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Ukrainian Perspective: Invasion of Ukraine: October 22, 2026
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[Korrespondent] 20.01 Four Russian troops hit the Zhytomyr region and Zaporizhzhya. The enemy kissed the locals in a private booth. We know about the dead and injured civilians. A member of the Zhytomyr Regional Military Administration, Vitaly Bunechko, and the head of the Zaporizka OVA, Mikhailo Semikin, were informed about the consequences of the attack.

Thus, the Zhytomyr community acquired a “shahed” type enemy drone from private booths. Nine people were injured, including two children. Two victims were transported to the regional hospital.

Just like in Zaporizhia, two people died as a result of the Russian attack on a private booth. Over the years it has become clear that the homeland is a 37-year-old man and a 38-year-old woman.

19.21 Near Kharkov, as a result of the Russian strike, the electric train caught fire. The Head Office of the DSNS in the Kharkiv region reported this.

“When there was a threat of repeated shelling, the rioters put out the fire. Fortunately, there were no casualties,” said the source.

19.00 In Ukraine on the 23rd of the month, electricity supply schedules will be frozen. Ukrenergo reported about this. Some areas have stagnant yearly connection schedules for all categories of residents.

18.41 In the Odessa region, 10 people tried to get Moldova from a milk truck. DPSU informed about this. The logistics were provided by the 40-river giant of Moldova. After the DAF Vantazhivka you go straight to the Starokozace checkpoint.

18.15 In the United States, 23 congressmen wrote a letter to President Donald Trump, complaining about Elon Musk, to give Ukraine full access to Starlink satellite systems. This was reported on by The Hill.

17.33 Based on the materials of the Security Service of Ukraine, the court found 15 more facts related to the agent of the Russian military intelligence, who blew up the car of the military service of the ZSU and set fire to the relays. Ukrzaliznytsia. The SBU informs about this.

The man entered the intelligence and combat group of the GRU of the Russian Federation, as the SBU neutralized the 2024 flight in the Kharkiv region. This affected all four members of the group. Inherited by driving a car, the Ukrainian army was seriously injured.

In the sickle of 2026, the evildoer took away 15 fates due to the confiscation of the lane.

In the wake of the judgments, having won another term in the form of 15 rocks of liberation, two relays of Ukrzaliznytsia fell.

16.44 In the Donetsk region, the zone of obligatory primus evacuation of families with children has been expanded. Now it is covering all the settlements of the Kramatorsk and Slovyansk communities. The head of the OVA, Vadim Filashkin, told us about this.

He explained that the security situation in the region is steadily deteriorating. Russians are now attacking Kramatorsk and Slovyansk, attacking residential areas, civilian transport and places where people are moving.

16.31 Traffic flow The Pivdenny bridge near Kiev has been renewed. The Kiev Municipal Military Administration (KMVA) reported this. Ale, when stunned by the red line of unsafe conditions, transport will again be pushed in both directions.

16.02 The Russian aggressors stopped three ballistic missiles with cluster warheads on the 22nd hour of the attack on Kiev. This is an ostentatious blow, President Volodymyr Zelensky announced on Telegram.

15.33 The Ukrainian Defense Forces attacked the low military targets of the Russian occupiers in the Russian Federation and in the temporarily occupied territories (TOT). The ZSU General Staff provided details.

14.49 Following clarification and updates, as a result of the Russian attack on the market in the town of Lozova, two women died, and the number of wounded increased to 34 people. The head of the Kharkiv Regional Police Department, Oleg Sinegubov, reported this on Telegram.

Through the shelling of Vinikla, a store was destroyed, other commercial facilities, large apartments and private residential buildings and passenger cars were destroyed.

14.15 Finland voted to provide 2 million euros for humanitarian aid to Ukraine to address food instability and provide winter aid.

Zokrema, 1 million euros will be directed through the World Food Program, which works with local partners to deliver food packages and other goods to front-line areas. Rashtu will be directly contacted through the UN Agency to the right of refugees to provide assistance, shelter, internal displacement and evacuations. Both organizations are also offering assistance in preparing for the coming winter.

13.44 President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky appreciates that if in 2014 the Ukrainian government gave the order to seize Crimea and defeat Russian forces, a full-scale war in this format might not have been possible buti. The head of state spoke about this on the podcast The Diary of a CEO, who is an entrepreneur and investor, Stephen Bartlett.

13.31 The bodies of 252 dead were returned to Ukraine, which, according to the assertions of the Russian side, may belong to the Ukrainian military services. About this, having informed the Coordination Headquarters for the supply of military forces (KSHPPV).

12.58 Operators of the 433rd detached regiment of unmanned systems of the Ground Forces ZSU hit the Russian Buk-M1 anti-aircraft missile system and another air defense system of an uninstalled type on the Gulyaypilskoe direct. According to military data, Russian complexes were used to counteract Ukrainian aviation. About the 7th Corps of the Swedish Airborne Assault Forces ZSU on Facebook.

12.48 Traffic collapse The Pivdenny bridge near Kiev was immediately blocked in both directions. The Kiev City Military Administration reported this.

12.43 At night, the Russian military fired an Iskander ballistic missile with a cluster warhead to strike the center of Kiev. This was reported by the Presidential Adviser for Defense Technologies Sergiy “Flash” Beskrestnov.

“Last night, Russia attacked the historical center of Kiev with an Iskander ballistic missile with a K5 cluster warhead. This warhead hovers above the ground and is specially positioned for maximum impact on people and equipment on an area of ​​400 400 meters. 58 combat elements vibrate in the wind. This blow was not caused by a military weapon. The weapon would destroy part of the old place and injure more people,” he wrote on Facebook.

12.42 Russian troops launched an attack on the market in Lozova, in the Kharkiv region. We know in advance about two people who died. The head of the OVA, Oleg Sinegubov, announced this.

“In this area, according to previous data, we know about two dead people. Doctors, DSNS and law enforcement officers are on the scene,” he said.

First, the OVA stated that there were 11 victims, however, over the past year, the number of those injured was 17 people.

12.10 Ukraine can purchase armor, ammunition and military equipment through the NATO Support and Procurement Agency (NSPA). The new mechanism could help Kiev to better recover essential defense resources and replace the costs of large-scale purchases. The partnership with NSPA will bring the Ukrainian defense industry closer to its closest allies and provide Ukraine with an additional procurement channel. This allows us not to rely on double-sided construction with edged edges. Ukrainian defense companies may soon be able to compete for contracts with the alliance, reports the Financial Times.

12.02 Prime Minister of Finland Petteri Orpo arrived on a visit to Kiev. The press service of the Finnish government informed about this. Meta visit - consider the decision to support Ukraine from the side of Finland in the minds of Russian aggression and preparations before winter.

11.50 Russian armies, after a pause of several months, are preparing to once again stock up armored vehicles for mechanized attacks on the outside of Ukraine. The occupiers have completed preparations for the main assaults and are deploying equipment to areas where the intelligence agencies are planning to launch offensive operations. As the intercessor of the riverine officer of the Grouped Army (forces) Pivden Anastasia Shevchenko said, Ukrainian squadrons control the enemy’s logistics routes and systematically identify and damage their equipment and special warehouse even before the hour of attack.

11.42 Four new light connections have been recorded in six regions of Ukraine due to Russian attacks on civil energy infrastructure. In some areas of Kiev there are emergency connections. Ukrenergo and the Ministry of Energy were informed about this.

11.26 In the time-occupied Crimea, the Russian occupiers created embankments for automobile collapse along the bridges across the Pivnichno-Krimsky Canal near the Dzhankoy area. This happened after the destruction and destruction of bridge spores by the Ukrainian Defense Forces, reports the Crimean Wind Telegram channel.

11.20 Russian fire fighters launched strikes in 12 regions of Ukraine on the night of the 22nd. Two people died and 34 people were injured, President Volodymyr Zelensky announced on Telegram on Thursday.

"Three rounds of ballistic strikes were launched by the Russian "humanists" in Kiev this evening. 21 missiles were stuck. Unfortunately, the place has a lot of disruption and damage: basic buildings, energy, infrastructure of one From stations and metro stations, shopping centers, businesses. Our emergency services are operating everywhere in the damaged areas,” the head of state wrote.

11.14 US President Donald Trump said that we can call Russian ruler Volodymyr Putin a “humanist” after releasing the remaining American Stephen Gabbard.

The day before, on June 21, the special envoy of the American President, Stiv Vitkoff, publicly called the head of the Kremlin a “humanist,” and these words immediately provoked a huge scandal. Journalists tended to ask Trump if he could agree with his messenger and share his thoughts.

“I’m guessing that in this particular episode - looming on the respect of the noble people (Stephen Gabbard - ed.), who cared that you would spend your entire life with your wife - you can say this. But I especially don’t want to give any harsh assessments,” the US President said.

11.01 Military counterintelligence officers detected a Russian agent at the ZSU lava, which triggered a Russian attack on their UAV. The SBU reported this.

10.58 Near the Alabuga special economic zone in Tatarstan, where Russian attack drones Geran based on the Iranian Shahed are collected, since spring they had 33 positions for anti-aircraft defense systems.

Zokrem, after the completion of the main production platform, new concrete stands appeared, as well as podiums for the Pantsir, Tor and other PPO complexes. In addition, brackets for anti-aircraft large-caliber machine guns and structures for tensioning anti-drone nets over the workshops were installed on the territory.

In comparison, Alabuga can be compared with the residence of the ruler of the Russian Federation, Volodymyr Putin, on Valdai, where 31 buildings and two squares for the S-300/400 were placed. Moscow and the Moscow region had over 100 new positions for software systems since the beginning of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

At the same time, in Alabuz, production will be expanded and there will be underground workshops. The area of ​​underground premises to be built has reached 42 thousand. sq. m. Finally, the photographs also recorded the daily life of at least ten new workshops and dozens of warehouses.

10.42 Russia was preparing an information operation called “Teleconference”. According to the data of the Ukrainian intelligence service, their aim is to capture the military evils of the Russian troops, focusing on the time-consuming occupation of the territory of the Kherson region, and discredit the Defense Forces of Ukraine.

10.40 The Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine on the War&Sanctions portal published an interactive 3D model, storage and electronic component base of the new winged Filin missile, as Russia began to stagnate At the end of the summer of this fate.

The new rocket missile Filin AT NPO Molniya (enter the warehouse of the Tactical Missile Armor Corporation) continues the trend of the Russian military-industrial complex from the development of inexpensive means of air attack with jet thrust and ground launch.

The fillet has a fuselage made of composite material (fiberglass) - a height of 3.5 meters and a wing span of 3 meters. Apart from that, the rocket elements were produced using the latest 3D technology. The maximum speed declared by the enemy is 800 km/year; range - up to 1,200 km. The rocket can crash at low altitudes, up to 6 km. There are versions with a warhead of 50 and 100 kg. The launch is carried out from a ground launcher with the help of a powder booster.

10.36 The defense forces conducted an underground counter-offensive operation Veles near Kup'yansky in Kharkiv region and captured 30 Russians. The Charter Corps was informed about this.

10.23 The Supreme Court confirmed the confirmation of the 28-year-old resident of Zaporizhzhia, who transferred the FSB of Russia data about the Ukrainian military objects and reported about the legacy of Russian shelling.

At the beginning of the cruel year 2022, even before the large-scale invasion, the man decided to cooperate with the Russian special service. Continuing the cruel war via Telegram by transmitting to the curator information about the dismantling of bridges, which collapsed Ukrainian military equipment, worldwide locations of deployment of self-propelled units of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, the region the military administration, the military commissariat and the military boarding school.

After the Russian missile attacks, they used photographs of damaged objects, reporting on incidents when the missiles did not reach their targets.

During the investigation, evidence of a connection with the FSB, as well as materials about the military and strategic objects of Zaporizhzhya and Dnipropetrovsk region, was found on his phone.

The convictions were intended to be rejected by the Supreme Court, but prosecutors told the Office of the Prosecutor General that their arguments were unfounded. The Criminal Court of Cassation at the warehouse of the Supreme Court deprived of the right without change - 15 days of reduction of will with the confiscation of the lane. The man expects punishment.

10.20 Russian military girls attacked businesses in Chernigov with Banderol type ammunition. As reported by the head of the Chernihiv OVA, Vyacheslav Chaus, the 54-year-old man suffered from an acubarotrauma. At the hour of the second attack, the 61-year-old man died.

Also last night, Russian troops attacked with a drone Geranium agricultural enterprise in Semenivtsi in Chernihiv region. As a result of the impact, the warehouse and government premises caught fire. The fire has already been liquidated.

09.59 At night, Russian troops attacked the civilian enterprise producing grub products in the Odessa region. The inheritance may also result in administrative work. The fire was liquidated, there are no more victims. The head of the Odessa Regional Military Administration Oleg Kiper reported this.

According to the data of local snakes, the Titan plant near Kiliya was under attack, which produces meat, dairy and bakery products, as well as beverage products. It appears that the enterprise became aware of the Russian attacks last night.

09.37 Last year, Russian drones attacked energy infrastructure facilities in the Khmelnitsky region. The inheritance of the blows and the destruction of the head of the Khmelnitsky ODA Serhiy Tyurin. Also in the Shepetivsky district, as a result of the attack, the window of a private booth was damaged. There are no dead or injured people.

09.23 On the eve of the 22nd, Russia launched a massive combined attack on Ukraine using Iskander-M/S-400/Zircon/Oniks missiles and 210 attack UAVs of the Shahed, Gerbera, Italmas type, drone simulators of the Parody type. The main target of the attack was Kiev.

The anti-aircraft defense has shot down/suppressed 181 Shahed-type UAVs (of which 87 are jet-powered), Gerbera and other types of drones, 10 attack drones are still in the air, the combat robot is in trouble. An accident was recorded at 32 locations, as well as a fall of downed people (tricks) at eight locations.

09.17 On Thursday, the 22nd of June, the Russian army launched a massive attack on the Vinnytsia region. The legacy of the impacts damaged industrial facilities, energy infrastructure and private buildings. According to the words of the head of the Vinnytsia Municipal Administration, Natalya Zabolotna, there were no casualties.

08.58 At night, Russian troops attacked civilian objects in Kremenchutsk, Poltava region. The Russian drone, having been received by a private television and radio company, was taken away from the middle of everyday life. Kerivnik Poltava OVA Vitaly Dyakivnych also reported about the attack on the energy infrastructure facility in the Kremenchuk region. There were no casualties.

08.39 As a result of the Russian ballistic attack on Kiev, one person died, another 22 were injured, including four children. Fires and ruins were recorded in six districts of the capital, the DSNS reported.

08.18 Urantia On June 22, drones attacked Serpukhov near the Moscow region of Russia. Having become the 75th Arsenal, we save, repair and upgrade Russian Buk and S-300B anti-aircraft missile systems. Vibukhas also lulled in Lipetsk, Tula, Kursk and Belgorod regions. Monitoring Telegram channels and OSINT channels inform you about this.

07.51 Near Kiev, after a massive night shelling, the flow of trains on the Siretsko-Pecherskaya, or “green” metro line was immediately surrounded. The reason was the deterioration of the subway infrastructure on the Pivdenny Bridge. To transport passengers, the number of buses on routes No. 22 and No. 91 will also increase.

07.36 On the evening of the 22nd, Russian troops attacked Kharkov with jet drones. As a result of the strikes, three areas of the city were burnt down, private buildings, a store, a lot of roofing and transport damaged. According to the latest information from the local and regional authorities, people were not harmed.

03.40 The Russian military launched massive launches of ballistic missiles towards Kiev. There is no official information, but monitoring channels counted up to 30 ballistic missiles that hit the capital that same night. Based on monitoring and social monitoring data, energy has once again become the main goal of the Russians.

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Latest information on the situation on the front line as of October 22 (updated)
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[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.

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Over 800 Ukrainian drones were shot down overnight over Russian regions
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited
[Regnum] More than 800 Ukrainian fixed-wing drones were intercepted overnight over 18 Russian regions and the Black Sea. The Russian Ministry of Defense reported this on the morning of October 22.

Air defense alert forces repelled the enemy air raid from 8:00 PM to 8:00 AM Moscow time. A total of 808 UAVs were shot down over the Belgorod, Bryansk, Vladimir, Voronezh, Kaluga, Kursk, Lipetsk, Leningrad, Oryol, Rostov, Ryazan, Smolensk, Tambov, Tver, Tula, and Yaroslavl regions, the Moscow region, Crimea, and the sea.

Several regions reported the aftermath of the airstrike. The enemy sent 630 UAVs toward Moscow, most of which were shot down by air defense forces at distant points. Two people were injured in New Moscow.

Around 20 enemy drones were destroyed in the Lipetsk region. Several private and apartment buildings, as well as a clinic, were damaged in the regional center. An unexploded warhead from a drone fell on the roof of the medical facility. One man, born in 2001, was injured.

Ukrainian forces have recently intensified attacks on civilian targets in Russian regions. Russian President Vladimir Putin noted that Kyiv regime forces, using terrorist methods, are deliberately targeting civilians and attempting to destroy civilian objects and transport. In response, the Russian Armed Forces are striking military targets in Ukraine and facilities used by the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

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Strikes on Kyiv. October 22, 2026
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited

Commentary by Russian military journalist Boris Rozhin

[ColonelCassad] The following were damaged as a result of the strike:

In Kyiv:

1. Aviation industry assembly plant (Antonov State Enterprise), which produces long- and medium-range unmanned aerial vehicles, FP-5 Flamingo cruise missiles, FP-9 and FP-9 operational-tactical missiles;

2. Warehouse complex (Refrigeration Plant No. 3), which is used to produce long- and medium-range aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles, as well as Hornet loitering munitions;

3. Industrial enterprise producing long- and medium-range aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles, as well as components for robotic systems;

4. Warehouse for unmanned aerial vehicles and jet boosters for them;

5. The Yuzhny automobile-railway bridge, used for the transit of military cargo by road and rail;

In the 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 vessel was struck during the sea crossing, delivering cargo to the port of Chornomorsk intended for the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
(c) Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation

As a result of the announced and other strikes.

1. Traffic on the Yuzhny Bridge is blocked. There is a transport collapse in the city and the metro is partially stopped.

2. Some districts of Kyiv are still without power, the shutdown schedules are not working.

3. A number of facilities burned out completely + thermal power plants were seriously damaged.

4. More than 30 hypersonic and ballistic missiles flew at Kyiv alone from late yesterday evening until the morning. The air defenses were operational, but weak – they couldn't intercept a single missile, although Patriot missile launches were also reported.

The cocaine-fueled Führer had previously complained that the US was selling 12 missiles a month, which wasn't enough for even a single attack.

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