Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 1,336

Here is however things basal connected Wednesday, October 22, 2025:

Fighting

• A “massive” Russian onslaught killed 4 people and injured 7 successful the municipality of Novhorod-Siverskyi, successful Ukraine’s Chernihiv region, Governor Viacheslav Chaus wrote successful a station connected Telegram.
• Chaus said that Russian forces launched astir 20 Shahed drones successful the onslaught and that determination was “a batch of demolition successful the city”.
• Russian attacks killed 2 radical and injured 1 idiosyncratic successful the metropolis of Kostiantynivka successful Ukraine’s Donetsk region, the caput of the Kostiantynivka City Military Administration, Serhii Horbunov, wrote successful a station connected Facebook.
• A Russian drone onslaught injured 9 radical successful Ukraine’s Sumy region, Governor Oleh Hryhorov said.
• A Ukrainian onslaught killed 1 idiosyncratic and injured 5 successful settlements successful a Russian-occupied portion of the Kherson portion successful confederate Ukraine, the Russian-installed governor, Vladimir Saldo, said.
• A Ukrainian drone onslaught killed 1 idiosyncratic successful the colony of Novostroyevka-Pervaya successful Russia’s Belgorod Region, Russia’s authorities TASS quality bureau reported, citing determination authorities.
• Russian attacks connected vigor facilities near hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians without electricity successful Ukraine’s Chernihiv region, the Ministry of Energy of Ukraine said connected Tuesday.
• More than 1,000 radical were near without energy owed to a Ukrainian onslaught connected the Kamianka-Dniprovska country of the Russian-occupied Ukrainian Zaporizhia region, TASS reported, citing section officials.
• Ukrainian forces struck the Bryansk chemic works successful Russia, Ukraine’s General Staff said successful a station connected Facebook, adding that the “outcome of the onslaught is being assessed”.

Ukrainian volunteers successful Sloviansk, Ukraine, connected Tuesday enactment to place Russian bodies recovered from the beforehand lines to instrumentality them to their families [Jose Colon/Anadolu]

Politics and diplomacy

• A elder White House authoritative told Al Jazeera that “there are nary plans for [US President Donald] President Trump to conscionable with Russian President Vladimir Putin successful the contiguous future”, days aft Trump suggested a gathering could instrumentality spot successful Hungary “within 2 weeks oregon so”.
• Speaking to reporters successful the Oval Office, Trump said of developments: “I don’t privation to person a wasted meeting… I don’t privation to person a discarded of time, truthful I’ll spot what happens.”
• Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov besides implied that immoderate imaginable gathering could instrumentality time, saying “preparation is needed, superior preparation”.

• However, Putin’s peculiar envoy for concern and economical cooperation, Kirill Dmitriev, said connected X precocious connected Tuesday that the “media is twisting remark astir the ‘immediate future’ to undercut the upcoming Summit”, adding that “preparations continue” for the gathering betwixt Trump and Putin.

Media is twisting remark astir the “immediate future” to undercut the upcoming Summit. Preparations continue. 🕊️🇷🇺🤝🇺🇸

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— Kirill Dmitriev (@kadmitriev) October 21, 2025

• Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said successful his nightly code that Moscow’s dwindling involvement successful the statesmanlike gathering came aft the US appeared to backmost distant from considering supplying long-range Tomahawk missiles to Ukraine.
• “As soon arsenic the contented of long-range mobility became a small further distant for america – for Ukraine – Russia astir automatically became little funny successful diplomacy,” Zelenskyy said.

Regional Security

• A antheral who changeable and wounded Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico past twelvemonth has been found guilty of coercion charges and handed a 21-year jailhouse sentence. The shooter said helium opposed the attack taken towards Ukraine by Fico, who ended authorities subject assistance to Ukraine and sought person ties with Moscow.