Ukraine is working to unblock the route to the occupied town of Oleshky in Kherson region, where people, including children, have been trapped without food, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy stated.
On Friday, October 23, at 10.00, the press center of the Interfax-Ukraine news agency (8/5a Reitarska Street) will host a discussion entitled "Ukraine on the threshold of winter: Energy, defense and new diplomatic reality."
Russian occupiers used Iskander ballistic missile with a cluster warhead to strike the center of Kyiv on Thursday night, reported Serhiy Flash Beskrestnov, Advisor to the President of Ukraine on Defense Technologies, expressing conviction that this was done not for a military purpose, but to injure as many civilians as possible.
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy does not believe that Russia will dare to use nuclear weapons, because in that case it would lose all its allies, including the U.S and China.
On Thursday morning, due to the security situation, traffic across the Pivdenny Bridge in Kyiv was temporarily blocked in both directions, the capital's police report.
Over the past 24 hours, October 21, the Defense Forces of Ukraine neutralized 2,250 Russian occupiers, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reports.
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy emphasizes the Russia’s lack of "real changes in its attitude toward everything that is happening," noting that "virtually right after another round of talks, Russia launched a demonstrative strike."
Belgian Prime Minister Bart De Wever said the European Commission would not propose new mechanisms for using frozen Russian assets to cover Ukraine's financial needs.
As a result of a massive Russian strike on Kyiv overnight into Thursday, October 22, consequences were recorded across six districts of the capital, Kyiv City Military Administration reported.
Former head of the Ukrainian Institute of National Memory (UINP), Member of Parliament Volodymyr Vyatrovych (European Solidarity faction) believes that by postponing the commemoration of the Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA), Ukraine is agreeing to external control.
Ukraine and Canada are preparing to sign a 100-Year Partnership Agreement, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha said following a conversation with Canadian Foreign Minister Anita Anand.
Overnight into Thursday, October 22, Russian occupiers launched a massive combined strike against Ukraine using Iskander-M/S-400/Zircon/Onyx missiles and 210 strike UAVs of the Shahed, Gerbera, Italmas types, and Parodiya-type decoy drones.
Russian drones attacked a private TV and radio company and an energy infrastructure facility in Poltava region overnight on Thursday, Poltava Regional Military Administration head Vitaliy Diakivnych has said.
Traffic on the Southern Bridge in the direction from the right bank to the left bank has been restricted in Kyiv due to an enemy attack on the capital, the Kyiv City Military Administration has said.
Overnight into Thursday, Kyivians heard what real Russian "humanism" sounds like, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Andriy Sybiha stated, reacting to another Russian attack on Kyiv.
Over the past 24 hours, the Russian Armed Forces launched strikes on Kharkiv and 11 settlements across the region, killing one person and injuring 15 others, including three children, Head of Kharkiv Regional Military Administration Oleh Synehubov reported.