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Overnight, Russian forces launched 126 drones across Ukraine, hitting Odesa, Sumy, Kharkiv, Dnipropetrovsk, and Chernihiv regions, causing injuries, fires, infrastructure damage, and widespread power outages.

Russian artillery shelled a children’s hospital in Kherson on October 29, injuring nine people, including four children and three medics. The building sustained severe damage.

Russia – Ukraine war updates latest from the General Staff of Ukraine as of October 29, 2025.

German Die Welt journalist Ibrahim Naber was injured in eastern Ukraine when a Lancet drone struck nearby. One soldier died; his team sustained injuries. Fundraising started for Igor’s rehabilitation.

Russian forces destroyed Optima-Pharm’s central warehouse, wiping out 20% of Ukraine’s monthly medicine supply, causing temporary shortages but regional warehouses can stabilize deliveries.

Russian strikes damaged gas facilities in Poltava, marking the seventh attack in October. Naftogaz works to restore equipment; attacks aim to cut Ukrainians’ gas and heat.

Corruption in the defense sector: embezzlement of UAH 90 million on drones uncovered. NABU and SAP exposed a large-scale scheme organized by officials of the State Service of Special Communications and Information Protection of Ukraine and representatives of private companies during the procurement of drones for the Defense Forces of Ukraine.

Russia – Ukraine war updates latest from the General Staff of Ukraine as of October 28, 2025.

A tea festival will be held at VDNH: oolong and pu-erh, tantra and yoga.

NABU, SAPO, and the SBU exposed former acting head of Ukraine’s Tax Service Yevhen Oleinykov and Poltava tax deputy Nataliia Novozhenina for aiding a criminal organization.

Russia jails Ukrainian activist for 14 years: administrator of “Melitopol is Ukraine” Channel convicted on trumped-up charges in occupied territory show trial.

Russia – Ukraine war updates latest from the General Staff of Ukraine as of October 27, 2025.