Overview
- Freedom TV’s Olena Hubanova (Hramova) and cameraman Yevhen Karmazin were killed when a Lancet loitering munition hit their car at a petrol station in Kramatorsk, and colleague Oleksandr Kolychev was wounded.
- Ukraine’s prosecutor general opened a war-crimes investigation, the human rights ombudsman labeled the attack a war crime, and the Committee to Protect Journalists called for a thorough probe.
- Russian authorities said an overnight wave of 111 Ukrainian drones was intercepted across multiple regions, and a drone struck a Krasnogorsk apartment, injuring five people including a child.
- Ukrainian prosecutors documented the Oct. 20 execution-style killing of five civilians in Zvanivka, Donetsk region, and launched a pre-trial investigation to identify the suspected Russian servicemen.
- Officials reported continuing civilian harm from drones in Kherson, where an 84-year-old goat herder was killed this week, as prior UN findings described a sustained Russian drone campaign against civilians.