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Kharkiv region hit by deadly overnight drone attack
Rescuers carry the body of a person found under the debris of an apartment building damaged in a Russian drone strike in Kharkiv, Ukraine, 13 October 2026.
Reuters

Russian drones killed two people near Kharkiv overnight, while 11 others suffered stress reactions, regional governor Oleh Syniehubov said on Wednesday, 21 October.

⦿ 06:04 GMT | UPDATE

Drone attack kills one in Russia’s Bryansk region

Reuters

A 19-year-old man was killed and two others were injured when a Ukrainian drone struck a car in Russia’s Bryansk region, Governor Yegor Kovalchuk said on Wednesday.

⦿ 05:27 GMT | UPDATE

Russia hits cargo vessel, electric power substation

Reuters

The Russian Defence Ministry said on Wednesday its drones had hit a cargo vessel carrying military cargo to Ukraine en route to the port of Odesa, hours before U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff's meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in St. Petersburg.

The ministry also said its forces had hit a warehouse complex used for drone storage in the central Ukrainian city of Poltava, and an electric power substation, which supplies power to the Ukrainian defence and industrial sector as well as logistics centres in Kyiv.

⦿ 04:49 GMT | UPDATE

U.S. envoy Witkoff due in Russia for Putin talks

Reuters

U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff is expected to arrive in St Petersburg on Wednesday for talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin, two sources told Reuters.

Russian special envoy Kirill Dmitriev will take part in the meeting and is expected to meet Witkoff at the airport. Witkoff is travelling from Norway, where he met Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and other officials.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy hugs U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff alongside Norwegian PM Jonas Gahr Støre and Finnish President Alexander Stubb, Oslo, Norway, 20 October 2026.
Reuters

⦿ 04:19 GMT | UPDATE

Two killed, 11 suffer stress reactions in Kharkiv attack

 

Russian drones struck an area near Ukraine’s second-largest city of Kharkiv overnight, killing two people, regional governor Oleh Syniehubov said on Telegram on Wednesday.

He added that the attack hit private houses and caused other damage. Eleven people also suffered stress reactions.

⦿ 04:05 GMT | UPDATE

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