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kyivpost.com | 4 hrs. 17 min. ago

Russian Shahed Drone Strikes Private Home in Zhytomyr, Injuring 8, Including 2 Children

Russian forces struck a private house in the Zhytomyr community on Thursday, Oct. 22, with a jet-powered Shahed drone, leaving eight people wounded – including two children. The attack struck a region located in western Ukraine, far from the front line, after drone strikes damaged energy infrastructure and eight homes the previous day.

kyivindependent.com | 8 hrs. 3 min. ago

On Borrowed Time: Ukraine's Economy in the War's Fifth Winter – KI Insights monthly briefing

Ukraine is heading into 2027 with a rising fiscal gap. Growth forecasts have been cut, inflation is rising, and the need for external financing seems to just keep going up. The economy is being squeezed by a labor market drained by mobilization and emigration, energy infrastructure has been decimated, and

kyivpost.com | 12 hrs. 28 min. ago

‘We Outplayed Them’: Ukraine Claims First Underground Counteroffensive

Ukraine’s Khartiia Corps says Operation Veles sent troops through underground infrastructure to strike behind Russian lines and disrupt a threat to Kupiansk. The corps reported more than 30 Russian prisoners and described the maneuver as the world’s first full-scale underground counteroffensive.

warontherocks.com | 15 hrs. 22 min. ago

The West Is Thinking Too Small About Ukraine’s Victory

Since fall 2023, Ukraine’s supporters have fallen into a pattern: Ukrainians warn that Russia is targeting its energy infrastructure to prevent them from heating their homes, schools, and businesses in the coming winter. Allies provide insufficient support to Ukraine’s efforts to harden its energy grid and other critical infrastructure.

Ukrainians devise new ways to stay warm, stretch the aid they do get as far as it can go, and survive the winter without catastrophic collapse. Finally, its supporters applaud their resilience, breathe a sigh of relief at the first signs of spring, and busy themselves with other things until the The post The West Is Thinking Too Small About Ukraine’s Victory appeared first on War on the Rocks.

kyivindependent.com | 1 days ago

Russia hits gas production facility in Kharkiv Oblast, critical infrastructure in Dnipro, leaving 30,000 consumers without power

Acting Naftogaz CEO Serhii Fedorenko said that Russia had struck the company's facilities more than 400 times since the beginning of 2026 — twice as often as during the same period last year.

kyivindependent.com | 1 days ago

Ukrainian forces reportedly strike energy infrastructure in occupied Donetsk Oblast, Luhansk telecom site

Ukrainian forces struck energy infrastructure in the city of Chystiakove in Donetsk Oblast, and blackouts were reported in Crimea amid drone fire, monitoring channels reported late on Oct. 20.