Overview
- Ukraine’s Air Forces reported 405 attack drones and 28 missiles launched overnight, with interceptions claimed but at least 12 missiles and 55 drones striking 26 locations across multiple regions.
- Officials confirmed fatalities in Kyiv and the wider region, including two children among four killed near Brovary, while in the capital two people died and 25 were wounded, five of them children.
- Emergency power shutdowns were imposed nationwide, with the Energy Ministry naming Chernihiv, Sumy, Kharkiv and Odesa as the most difficult areas and Kyiv deploying mobile boilers after heat disruptions at three hospitals.
- Ukrainian forces reported hitting Russia’s Saransk munitions plant in Mordovia and the Makhachkala oil refinery in Dagestan overnight, and intelligence units publicized a recent strike on a Valday counter‑UAV radar in occupied Crimea.
- Heavy ground fighting persisted with 111 engagements logged by Ukraine’s General Staff—40 assaults on the Pokrovsk axis—while EU officials previewed a summit push on Ukraine funding and work on frozen Russian assets; an EU official said Viktor Orbán is expected to miss the initial Ukraine discussion, and a 24 October Coalition meeting will coordinate further pressure on Russia.