Hollywood star and UN Goodwill Ambassador Angelina Jolie visited Kherson and Mykolaiv. She spoke with medics, volunteers, and families living under the threat of shelling.
As a result of the night attack on the railway infrastructure of Zaporizhzhia, Dnipropetrovsk, and Kharkiv regions, trains in the eastern direction are moving on altered routes with delays of up to 5 hours. There are no casualties, but the damage has affected train traffic, including services to Husarivka and international routes.
Angelina Jolie's humanitarian mission to Kherson ended in an incident when a member of her team was stopped at a checkpoint and handed a summons. The Ukrainian Ground Forces deleted the statement about the event, and the Ukrainian government was not notified of the actress's visit.
Four people, including a 10-year-old child, were injured as a result of a Russian drone attack on Bohodukhiv. A UAV hit a warehouse building.
Interior Minister Klymenko reported that over the past three months, Russians have carried out more than 60 targeted attacks on State Emergency Service units. As a result of these shellings, five Ukrainian rescuers were killed and over 30 were injured.
American actress Angelina Jolie visited Kherson, as reported by Oleksiy Honcharenko. This is not the actress's first visit to Ukraine; she was previously in Lviv.
Command and staff exercises of the State Emergency Service and the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine, supported by NATO, took place in Lviv. The event was dedicated to responding to chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear incidents.
Russian strikes on Dnipropetrovsk region resulted in the deaths of four people, including two children aged 11 and 14, and injuries to seven. In Odesa region, a drone attack caused the deaths of two civilians and injuries to three, as well as the ignition of five trucks.
In Kherson, a residential building caught fire after artillery shelling. During the extinguishing, the Russians attacked a fire truck with a drone; rescuers were not injured.
On October 31, Russian troops shelled the Dniprovskyi district of Kherson, hitting residential buildings and a market. As a result of the attack, a 56-year-old woman and a 51-year-old man were killed, and eight more civilians were injured.
As a result of the shelling of a children's hospital in Kherson, 9 people were injured, including four children. Among the wounded is a 9-year-old girl with a mine-explosive injury and shrapnel wound.
Russian troops shelled a medical facility in the Dniprovskyi district of Kherson, damaging the building. Three employees and a 9-year-old girl were injured, and all are receiving assistance.
Russian terrorists shelled Kherson again on the night of October 28, killing an elderly woman. Yaroslav Shanko, head of the Kherson City Military Administration, expressed condolences to the victim's family.
On October 15, 2025, GUR fighters eliminated Lieutenant Vasyl Marzoyev, son of Lieutenant General Arkady Marzoyev, in the Zaporizhzhia direction. His position was discovered during aerial reconnaissance in the area of Plavni village and destroyed by a guided aerial bomb.
As a result of this morning's Russian attacks on Kharkiv and Kherson, 38 people were injured, including three children. In Kherson, two women died and 28 people were injured, while in Kharkiv, ten people were injured by six dropped aerial bombs.
In Kharkiv, the number of injured has risen to 9 after 5 hits by guided aerial bombs in the Industrial District. In Kherson, the number of injured from MLRS shelling has reached 25 people.
As a result of Russia's morning shelling, 3 people were killed and 22 injured in Kherson, including 3 children. In Kharkiv, 6 people were injured after 5 KABs hit a car depot and an enterprise.
On the morning of October 24, Russian forces massively shelled Kherson with MLRS, resulting in the deaths of two women and the injury of 11 civilians, including a 16-year-old teenager. Houses, transport, and infrastructure were damaged, and an investigation into war crimes has been launched.
In the morning, the occupiers shelled the Korabelnyi district of Kherson, as a result of which a 16-year-old teenager sustained a mine-blast injury and shrapnel wounds. In total, 9 Kherson residents were injured, and houses were damaged.
Train traffic in Kirovohrad, Kharkiv, and Sumy regions was complicated on October 24 due to infrastructure damage and traffic restrictions. Combined transportation, backup traction, and bypass routes are being used, leading to delays of up to 2 hours for some services.
On the night of October 24, Russian troops attacked Kherson with drones, causing a fire in the Dniprovskyi district. An 80-year-old woman and a 52-year-old man suffered blast injuries and thermal burns.
Soldiers of the 34th Marine Brigade refuted information about the Russian capture of the Ostriv microdistrict in Kherson, publishing a video with Ukrainian defenders. Kherson and the right bank of the Dnipro remain under the control of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
The heating season has already started in many regions of Ukraine, with Rivne region being the first to "turn on the heating". Some frontline regions are still preparing for heat supply.
On the night of October 21, Russian troops attacked the Korabelny district of Kherson with Shahed drones. As a result of the attack, three people were hospitalized.
In the Zaporizhzhia direction, Russian occupiers leave the wounded to die in their positions, not providing them with evacuation and medical assistance. The command prefers not to risk equipment rather than save soldiers.
Agents of the ATESH movement report a mass escape of Russian servicemen from the Kherson direction. The command of the Dnipro group of troops has deployed reinforced checkpoints and patrols in the Armiansk area to search for deserters.
Russian occupiers shelled two museums in Kherson on October 17. The main building of one museum, adjacent non-residential premises, a passenger car, as well as the facade and roof of another museum were damaged.
Two Russian servicemen who tortured a police officer in Izium and a Russian National Guardsman who tortured and killed a civilian in Kherson have been identified. The latter has been sentenced to life imprisonment.
In Ukraine, 48. 4% of drivers use seat belts, which is an increase compared to last year. Over five years, the share has grown by 86%, and in 10 out of 19 cities, half of drivers are buckled up.
As a result of the Russian artillery shelling of Kherson on October 14, 2025, three civilians were killed and four more were wounded. The Kherson Prosecutor's Office has launched an investigation into war crimes.
