Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 1,341

Here is however things basal connected Monday, October 27, 2025:

Fighting

• Russian drone attacks connected the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, aboriginal connected Sunday killed astatine slightest 3 people and wounded 29 others, according to Ukrainian Minister of Internal Affairs Ihor Klymenko.
• The wounded included 7 children, Klymenko said.
• Russian attacks besides killed a 63-year-old antheral successful the southeastern Zaporizhia portion connected Sunday and 1 idiosyncratic successful the eastbound Kharkiv portion connected Saturday night, the Kyiv Independent reported connected Sunday, citing section officials.
• Russian attacks killed 1 idiosyncratic successful Ukraine’s Donetsk portion connected Sunday and 4 others connected Saturday, Governor Vadym Filashkin said successful posts connected Telegram.
• A Ukrainian onslaught connected Russian-occupied Donetsk successful eastbound Ukraine killed 2 radical successful the city’s Leninsky district, Russian authorities TASS quality bureau reported aboriginal connected Monday, citing exigency services.
• Another Ukrainian onslaught connected the Russian-occupied Kherson portion killed 1 person, TASS reported, citing section officials.
• Another Ukrainian onslaught connected the Russian-occupied Donetsk portion aboriginal connected Sunday greeting killed astatine slightest 3 radical successful the Yasynuvata region, TASS reported.
• In Russia, Ukrainian drone attacks connected the capital, Moscow, forced the closure of the city’s 4 airports aboriginal connected Monday, with Russian aerial defences downing 28 drones implicit a five-hour period, Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said.
• Ukrainian attacks connected Sunday besides killed 1 idiosyncratic successful Russia’s Belgorod region.
• Russian forces changeable down 281 Ukrainian drones and 2 guided bombs successful a 24-hour period, the Russian Ministry of Defence reported, accorded to TASS.
• Ukraine’s General Staff said its forces regained power of 2 settlements successful the Donetsk portion – Kucheriv Yar and Sukhetske – implicit the past 10 days.

Weapons

• Russian President Vladimir Putin said that Moscow successfully tested its nuclear-powered Burevestnik cruise missile, a nuclear-capable limb that helium said tin pierce immoderate defence shield, and volition determination towards deploying the weapon.
• “It is simply a unsocial ware, which cipher other successful the satellite has,” Putin said successful remarks released by the Kremlin connected Sunday.
• The rocket travelled 14,000km (8,700 miles) and was successful the aerial for astir 15 hours, Russian General Valery Gerasimov, main of the wide unit of Russia’s equipped forces, told Putin successful the associated remarks released connected Sunday.
• Kirill Dmitriev, a apical Putin adjutant who was successful the United States erstwhile the video was published, said his delegation informed US officials of the “successful testing” of the Burevestnik, which helium said was an “absolutely caller class” of weapon.

Politics and diplomacy

• Slovakia volition not instrumentality portion successful immoderate European Union programme aimed astatine financing subject assistance for Ukraine successful its combat against Russia’s invasion, Prime Minister Robert Fico said connected Sunday.
• “I garbage to let Slovakia to instrumentality portion successful immoderate fiscal strategy aimed astatine helping Ukraine negociate the warfare and subject spending,” helium said.
• North Korean Minister of Foreign Affairs Choe Son Hui volition sojourn Russia from October 26 to 28, Russia’s RIA authorities quality bureau reported connected Sunday, citing Russia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Regional security

• NATO subordinate Lithuania closed the Vilnius airdrome and the Belarus borderline crossings connected Sunday aft respective objects, identified arsenic apt helium balloons, entered its airspace, the National Crisis Management Centre said. The incursion marked the 4th such incident this week.
• It is besides the latest successful a bid of drone incidents and airspace violations that person prompted fears that Russia is investigating NATO.