The Russian soldiers are believed to belong to the 38th Separate Motorized Rifle Brigade, which is operating in the area. Kravchuk alleged that orders of this nature within the brigade are issued at t...

Ukraine's General Staff reported on Oct. 17 that Ukrainian forces struck a Russian military drone manufacturing plant in Rostov Oblast the day before. According to the report, the strike targeted a production and storage facility belonging to Roboavia, a company that develops and manufactures drones for the Russian military, near the settlement of Lenina in Rostov Oblast. Among the drones it produces are the Sarych, which uses video and thermal imaging equipment for surveillance, and the Klin, a loitering munition designed to strike targets, according to Ukraine's military intelligence agency. Roboavia is linked to Russia's Era Military Innovation Complex, a Defense Ministry project focused on developing military technology. The General Staff said the strike was intended to interfere with drone production and deliveries to Russian forces. The extent of the damage and its result on operations remains unconfirmed. The military also reported that Ukrainian forces struck a logistics warehouse used by a Russian missile brigade near Latyshi in Bryansk Oblast on Oct. 12. The Ukrainian military said the strikes were aimed at aimed at disrupting UAV production and supply to Russian forces...

October 17, 2026 Ukrainian forces struck a railway bridge in Russia’s Bryansk Oblast and other Russian military and logistics facilities in occupied Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine’s General Staff reported on Oct. 17. The military said Ukrainian forces struck a railway bridge over the Unecha River near the settlement of Sloboda-Seletskaya in Russia’s Bryansk Oblast. According to […]

The Russian soldiers are believed to belong to the 38th Separate Motorized Rifle Brigade, which is operating in the area. Kravchuk alleged that orders of this nature within the brigade are issued at the initiative of its commander, Colonel Valery Kazak.

Lasar's Group, a special forces detachment of the National Guard of Ukraine, has destroyed a Russian BM-30 Smerch launcher and its transporter-loader vehicle in Kherson Oblast.

Anatolii Hopka, 41, a rescue worker with the State Emergency Service of Ukraine, has been killed in a Russian airstrike on a residential building in Sloviansk.

Volyn Oblast authorities have confirmed three fatalities and twelve injuries following a Russian drone attack on a wholesale venue and apartment block in Lutsk.

A Russian attack has damaged an energy facility in Chernihiv Oblast, leaving approximately 19,000 consumers in the Chernihiv district without electricity.

Russian forces have launched another attack on an energy infrastructure facility in Ternopil Oblast, leaving some consumers in the Kremenets district without electricity.

Lasar's Group, a special forces detachment of the National Guard of Ukraine, has destroyed a Russian BM-30 Smerch launcher and its transporter-loader vehicle in Kherson Oblast.

Russian forces from the 38th Separate Motorised Rifle Brigade have executed Ukrainian prisoners of war on the Huliaipole front in Zaporizhzhia Oblast.