On the afternoon of October 26, Russian forces carried out a strike on the Derhachi community in the Kharkiv region. As a result of the attack, a building caught fire.
Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko stated that Russia’s massive attack on Ukraine on October 25 is yet another manifestation of Russian terror, and Ukraine urgently needs enhanced air defense to stop it.
Counterintelligence officers of Ukraine's Security Service (SBU) and the National Police have detained a Russian FSB agent in central Kyiv who was attempting to set fire to the building of the Ukrainian Institute of National Remembrance.
On Friday, October 24, the Russian army attacked Kramatorsk in the Donetsk region three times with drones, damaging parts of the city's infrastructure.
This autumn, Russian invading forces have intensified assault operations on the southern axis, particularly in the Orikhiv sector of the front. However, all breakthrough attempts have failed.