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According to Serhii Lisak, the regional governor of Dnipro, a Russian missile attack on several residential buildings as well as a medical facility late on October 25 killed three people and injured at least 14.
Lysak reported four children were injured in the attack, including a girl aged eight and a boy aged sixteen. One child is in a critical condition. According to Lysak, first responders were dispatched to the scene of the attack because some people may be trapped under the rubble.
Local news sources reported that different areas of the city were targeted by several strikes.
No further details are available at this time.
Dnipro was Ukraine‘s fourth largest city, with a population of around one million before the war. It served as a major logistics and humanitarian hub throughout the war. It is located about 395 kilometers from Kyiv.
The North Korean foreign ministry stated on October 25 that any decision taken to send troops to support Russia’s war in Ukraine would be in accordance with international law. However, it did confirm if such a deployment has occurred.
Vitali Klitschko, the mayor of Kyiv, reported that a Russian suicide drone had hit a 25 story residential building in the Solomianskyi District on October 25, killing one person. Around 100 people were evacuated from the building.
“If Mr. Trump is so confident of his influence over Putin, would he be able to help free Azovstal’s defenders as well as all Ukrainians who are in Russian captivity immediately?” “Time is of the essence,” Ukrainian boxing world champion Oleksandr Uzyk wrote on X.
“Russia’s losses seem to be quite high.” “This month appears to be the most significant in terms of losses for Russia,” Janek Kesselmann said, the deputy commander at the Estonian Military Intelligence Center.
Ukraine’s military intelligence reported that Russia intends to assign an interpreter for every 30 North Korean soldiers to improve interaction on the battlefield. The report was based on an intercepted communication between service members of an Russian brigade located in Kursk Oblast.
Andrzej Dda, the Polish president, said that he had spoken to Kyiv regarding the possible transfer of South Korean arms but that his response was “unambiguous” to the allies.
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“Any outcome must be favorable to Russia, I say it directly, without embarrassment. It must be based upon the realities of the battlefield,” said Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Rheinmetall has transferred to Ukraine, directly or indirectly, about 200 combat vehicles. This includes more than 100 Marder 1A3 models.
“After Kazan (Guterres), he wanted to come to Ukraine but the president didn’t confirm his visit.” Guterres will not be here because of the humiliation that sanity, international law, and international law suffered in Kazan,” AFP reported citing a high-ranking Ukrainian president source who refused to be named.
In an interview with Russian propagandist Olga Skabeyeva the Russian President Vladimir Putin didn’t confirm the dispatch of North Korean troops, but said that “once a decision is needed, we will make it.”
Since August 8, Commander-in Chief Oleksandr Syrskyi has reported that 6,662 Russian soldiers have been killed. 10,446 have been wounded and 711 have been captured.
Dutch Defense Minister Ruben Brkelmans stated on October 25 that Dutch intelligence has confirmed the deployment of at least 1,500 North Korean soldiers to join in the war against Ukraine.
In his statement, Ukraine’s Ombudsman Dmytro Lubinets didn’t specify whether the lists had been provided to Qatar by Moscow, or the status of those listed as missing soldiers.
Volodymyr Zelensky, the President of Russia, said on October 25 that Russia plans to send its first North Korean soldiers into combat zones between Oct. 27 and 28. He cited intelligence reports.
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The radar guidance system for a Buk M2 system was reportedly destroyed in the attack by Ukraine’s Unmanned Systems Forces.
The incident occurred near Grozny. It is the capital of Russia’s North Caucasus republic with a majority of Muslims, ruled by Putin ally Ramzan Kadyrov.
The Air Force reported that Ukrainian forces shot down 36 of the 63 Shahed drones and unidentified drones launched overnight by Russia. Sixteen drones were also “lost”, it added.
The WSJ reported that such assistance shows just how far Russian President Vladimir Putin will go to undermine Western economic and political orders.
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