On October 18, the cities of Kyiv, Dnepr, Krivoy Rog, and Nikolaev were subjected to missile attacks and strikes by Iranian kamikaze drones.

On October 17, Russian kamikaze drones raided Kyiv. At least three explosions were reported, including near a railway station in Kyiv and a multi-storey residential building.

On October 15, Kharkov and Nikolaev again found themselves under rocket fire.

On October 13, at least 7 people were killed and 8 were wounded as a result of shelling by Russian troops of Avdeevka.

On October 12, the former commander of the Chechen detachment “Ajnad al-Caucasus” that fought in Syria, Rustam Azhiev, arrived in Ukraine.

On October 10, Vladimir Putin announced that he had ordered massive long-range strikes.

On October 8, an explosion occurred on the Crimean Bridge, which connects the Krasnodar region of Russia with the annexed Ukrainian peninsula.

On October 6, Putin ordered the transfer of the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant under Russian control as federal property.

On October 4, Ukrainian troops entered the village of Torskoye in the Donetsk region and are fighting for the village of Kremennaya in the Lugansk region.

On October 3, the Constitutional Court of Russia approved documents on the admission of the DPR, LPR, and parts of the Kherson and Zaporozhye regions into the country.