Ombudsman: Mariupol residents suffer from hunger.

The operation, code-named "Veles," was carried out by the National Guard's 2nd Khartiia Corps together with other Ukrainian units, according to the corps.

The National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU) on Oct. 21 searched the premises of Andriy Pyshnyi, head of the National Bank of Ukraine, a law enforcement source told the Kyiv Independent.

Russian forces launched a mass combined attack overnight with Iskander-M, S-400, Zircon, and Onyx missiles, as well as 210 drones of various types, including 110 jet-powered drones, the Air Force reported.

The number includes 2,250 casualties that Russian forces suffered over the past day.

Among the injured people are four children, one of whom has been hospitalized, the State Emergency Service reported.

Ukrainian forces struck a weapons plant in Serpukhov, Moscow Oblast, overnight on Oct. 22, monitoring channels reported.

Ukrainian drones struck a multi-story building in Lipetsk and caused multiple explosions around the city, according to Ukrainian monitoring channels. Eyewitness footage from the scene appears to show low-flying Ukrainian drones and fires lighting up the night sky.

Reviewing internal documents from Germany's armed forces, German media reports that this is the military's second-highest threat classification.

Zelensky's statement to journalists follows Putin meeting with U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff on Oct. 21.

Acting Naftogaz CEO Serhii Fedorenko said that Russia had struck the company's facilities more than 400 times since the beginning of 2026 — twice as often as during the same period last year.

The Kyiv Independent’s Tim Zadorozhnyy speaks with Meaghan Mobbs about the strained U.S.-Ukraine relations, U.S. President Donald Trump’s diesel deal with Russia, and pressure on Kyiv to halt strikes on Russian oil refineries.