Summary of significant developments on day 1,336 of the Russia-Ukraine conflict.
Published On 22 Oct 2025
Here is the latest update as of Wednesday, October 22, 2025:
Combat and Attacks
- A large-scale Russian offensive struck Novhorod-Siverskyi in Ukraine’s Chernihiv region, resulting in four fatalities and seven injuries, according to Governor Viacheslav Chaus on Telegram.
- Chaus reported that approximately 20 Shahed drones were deployed during the assault, causing extensive damage throughout the town.
- In Donetsk’s city of Kostiantynivka, Russian strikes claimed two lives and wounded one, as stated by Serhii Horbunov, head of the local military administration, via Facebook.
- Governor Oleh Hryhorov confirmed that a Russian drone attack in the Sumy region injured nine civilians.
- In the Russian-occupied areas of southern Ukraine’s Kherson region, a Ukrainian strike resulted in one death and five injuries, according to Vladimir Saldo, the Russian-appointed governor.
- Russia’s TASS news agency cited regional officials reporting that a Ukrainian drone attack killed one individual in Novostroyevka-Pervaya village, located in Russia’s Belgorod Region.
- Russian assaults targeting energy infrastructure left hundreds of thousands in Chernihiv without power, the Ukrainian Ministry of Energy announced.
- Following a Ukrainian strike on the Kamianka-Dniprovska area within the Russian-controlled Zaporizhia region, over 1,000 residents experienced power outages, local sources told TASS.
- Ukraine’s General Staff revealed on Facebook that their forces targeted the Bryansk chemical plant in Russia, with damage assessments currently underway.
Diplomatic and Political Developments
- A senior official from the White House informed Al Jazeera that there are currently no scheduled meetings between US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin, despite Trump’s recent suggestion of a possible summit in Hungary within a fortnight.
- Addressing reporters in the Oval Office, Trump emphasized his reluctance to engage in unproductive talks, stating, “I don’t want to waste time on a meeting that yields nothing… I’ll wait and see how things unfold.”
- Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov indicated that any potential summit would require “thorough and careful preparation,” implying a delay before such a meeting could occur.
- Contrastingly, Kirill Dmitriev, Putin’s envoy for investment and economic cooperation, tweeted late Tuesday that media interpretations of “immediate future” comments are misleading and that preparations for the Trump-Putin summit are ongoing.
Media is twisting comment about the “immediate future” to undercut the upcoming Summit. Preparations continue. 🕊️🇷🇺🤝🇺🇸
👇https://t.co/lb81a3Tdxo https://t.co/RYrJI6yONs
– Kirill Dmitriev (@kadmitriev) October 21, 2025
- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy remarked in his evening address that Moscow’s reduced enthusiasm for a presidential dialogue coincided with the US stepping back from plans to provide Ukraine with long-range Tomahawk missiles.
- “Once the prospect of enhanced long-range capabilities diminished for Ukraine, Russia’s interest in diplomatic engagement noticeably waned,” Zelenskyy explained.
Security and Regional Affairs
- A Slovak court sentenced a man to 21 years in prison for terrorism after he shot and wounded Prime Minister Robert Fico last year. The assailant opposed Fico’s policy shift away from military aid to Ukraine and his efforts to strengthen relations with Moscow.
