Russian forces conducted a large-scale missile and drone attack on Ukraine, targeting energy infrastructure and logistics. Ukraine reported shooting down a significant number of Russian UAVs. Houthi forces launched ballistic missiles and drones against Saudi Arabia, striking military and oil facilities. Underground warfare is intensifying near Kupyansk, with both sides utilizing Soviet-era pipelines.
1. Kinetic Strike Log (5W)
- [Ukraine | Overnight] Where: Kyiv, Pechersk
Who/With What: Russian forces with 3 ballistic missiles with cluster warheads.
Effect: One missile struck between Kyiv Pechersk Lavra and St. Vvedensky Monastery, damaging monastery buildings, homes, shops, cafes, and other civilian infrastructure. Warheads detonated in the air, affecting a 400-meter diameter. No military targets were nearby [C3] (Source: noel_reports, operativnoZSU).
- [Ukraine | Overnight] Where: Kyiv, Southern Bridge; Kharkiv, Lozova; Kramatorsk, Donetsk Oblast; Dnipropetrovsk
Who/With What: Russian forces with ballistic missiles and drones.
Effect: Kyiv: Metro infrastructure on the Southern Bridge, ‘Epicenter’ construction hypermarket, JYSK store, Retail Park shopping complex, ‘Auchan’, university, restaurant, car service station, post office, and office premises damaged/destroyed. Approximately 30 buildings damaged by air defense operations and debris. Kharkiv: Passenger electric train hit, causing a fire in the head car. Lozova: Market hit, killing 2 people and injuring 34, damaging trade facilities, residential buildings, and cars. Kramatorsk: Private residential house hit, killing 1 man. Dnipropetrovsk: Series of explosions on the outskirts of the city [C3] (Source: RVvoenkor, nexta_live, astrapress, voenkorKotenok).
- [Russia | Overnight] Where: Serpukhov, Moscow Oblast; Tula Oblast
Who/With What: Ukrainian drones.
Effect: ’75th Arsenal’ defense plant in Serpukhov struck, a key Russian military hub for equipment storage and air defense hardware repair (including Buk-M1, Buk-M2, S-300V systems). Drones also spotted in Tula, where air defense systems, MLRS, artillery, and ammunition plants are located [B2] (Source: r_combatfootage, BSKY: wartranslated).
- [Russia | Overnight] Where: Belgorod Oblast (Shebekino, Dmitrievka, Nizhnee Berezovo-Vtoroe, Koshlakovo, Belyanka, Gora-Podol, Ognishchevo, Arkhangelskoe, Yasnye Zori), Valuysky District (Borki), Grayvoronsky District (Golovchino), Krasnoyaruzhsky District (Krasnaya Yaruga)
Who/With What: Ukrainian drones.
Effect: Two men injured by drone attacks in Shebekino and Dmitrievka. Multiple private homes, commercial objects, trucks, and cars damaged. In Valuysky District, two drones attacked an enterprise, damaging two buildings and causing a fire at a cannery used by military personnel, destroying warehouses and a sausage production workshop [C3] (Source: belpepel).
- [Saudi Arabia | Afternoon] Where: Riyadh, Dammam, Yanbu, Abha
Who/With What: Houthi forces with ballistic missiles and drones.
Effect: Ministry of Defense building in Riyadh, King Fahd International Airport in Dammam, Saudi Aramco facility in Yanbu (causing a fire), and Abha International Airport struck. Two foreign workers killed and two injured at Shaybah oil field by falling debris after a drone interception. Two people killed and eight injured at Dammam airport [C3] (Source: OSINTWarfare, RVvoenkor, warhistoryalconafter, new_militarycolumnist, MilitaryNewsEN, geopolitics_prime, directorate4).
- [Ukraine | Day] Where: Poltava Oblast, Myrhorod airfield
Who/With What: Russian 50th Brigade “Varyag” with Geran UAV.
Effect: Ukrainian Air Force Mi-24 helicopter destroyed on the airfield. Warehouse complexes and industrial facilities also targeted [B2] (Source: epoddubny, infantmilitario, warhistoryalconafter).
- [Ukraine | Day] Where: Zaporizhzhia Oblast, Vesele
Who/With What: Ukrainian Bulava strike drone.
Effect: Russian fuel tanker, guarded by a mobile fire group, destroyed [B2] (Source: noel_reports, BSKY: maks23).
- [Ukraine | Day] Where: Zaporizhzhia Front, Orekhov
Who/With What: Russian Aerospace Forces with FAB glide bombs.
Effect: AFU positions hit, destroying reinforcements from the “Shkval” regiment. Estimated 20 enemy militants killed [C3] (Source: Slavyangrad).
- [Ukraine | Day] Where: Kharkiv Oblast
Who/With What: Russian drones.
Effect: Two locomotives struck in the Kharkiv area [B2] (Source: Slavyangrad, two_majors).
- [Ukraine | Day] Where: Kyiv Oblast, Khotiv (Novokievskaya substation); Zhytomyr (Zhytomyrskaya substation)
Who/With What: Russian forces with UAVs.
Effect: PS-330 “Novokievskaya” and PS-330 “Zhytomyrskaya” electrical substations hit, causing internet connection disruptions in Zhytomyr Oblast and a column of smoke over Zhytomyr. These are critical for military-industrial complex enterprises and logistics [C3] (Source: RVvoenkor, voenkorKotenok, infantmilitario, boris_rozhin, warhistoryalconafter).
- [Black Sea | Day] Where: Black Sea
Who/With What: Russian forces with UAVs.
Effect: Two dry cargo ships, transporting military supplies to Odesa and Chornomorsk ports for the AFU, struck [C3] (Source: RVvoenkor, voenkorKotenok, boris_rozhin, warhistoryalconafter).
- [Sudan | Morning] Where: Blue Nile State, Bakori area
Who/With What: Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) air defenses.
Effect: “Hostile” strategic drone originating from Ethiopia shot down [C3] (Source: OSINTWarfare).
- [Myanmar | Between late September-October 22, 2026] Where: Bhamo
Who/With What: Kachin Independence Army FPV drone.
Effect: Turret of a Myanmar (Burmese) Army ZSL-92 IFV targeted [B2] (Source: r_combatfootage).
- [Yemen | Day] Where: Marib
Who/With What: Ansar Allah (Houthis) with “Shawaz” Fiber-Optic FPV Kamikaze Drones (carrying PG-7/PG-7L/PG-2 pattern Anti-Tank RPGs).
Effect: Numerous PLC Forces members and vehicles, including a T-55 Main Battle Tank, struck [B2] (Source: war_noir, GeoPWatch).
- [Ukraine | October 21-22] Where: Bryansk region (Hulevka), Zaporizhzhia region (Vyshneve, Lankove), Luhansk region (Zolotarivka)
Who/With What: Ukrainian Defense Forces.
Effect: Russian electronic warfare station near Hulevka, command and observation post near Vyshneve, UAV control point near Lankove, and a logistics depot near Zolotarivka struck. These strikes aim to reduce Russian drone capabilities [C3] (Source: GeneralStaffZSU, noel_reports, UkraineNow).
- [Ukraine | Day] Where: Huliaipole axis
Who/With What: Ukraine’s 433rd Separate Unmanned Systems Regiment.
Effect: Russian Buk-M1 air defense system struck. Another concealed air defense system of an unidentified type also hit on a later mission [B2] (Source: noel_reports, BSKY: wartranslated).
- [Ukraine | Day] Where: Unknown location
Who/With What: Ukraine’s 33rd Separate Mechanized Brigade with FPV drones.
Effect: Russian stockpile of MLRS ammunition destroyed, triggering a major explosion. The MLRS launcher itself then struck and destroyed [B2] (Source: noel_reports, warriorsukrainian).
- [Ukraine | Day] Where: Novomykhailivka
Who/With What: NC13 unit of the 3rd Assault Brigade with a ground robot-kamikaze.
Effect: Russian infantry hiding under a tank in a makeshift shelter destroyed [B2] (Source: operativnoZSU).
- [Ukraine | Day] Where: Kupyansk direction
Who/With What: Ukrainian 151st Separate Mechanized Brigade UAV operators.
Effect: Suicidal Russian assault on three motorcycles across an open field stopped [B2] (Source: ButusovPlus).
2. Identified Equipment, Armament, and Combat Modifications
Drones and UAVs
- Model: Arash (new variant)
Iranian underground facility producing Arash one-way attack (OWA) drones visited by Major General Amir Hatami. New variant features a larger 100 kg warhead (up from 50 kg), improved high-explosive and incendiary materials (2.3 times greater destructive effect), and AI-assisted targeting. Still uses the MD-550 four-cylinder engine. A new jet-powered variant has entered production. Arash-2 was used against US bases in Bahrain, Kuwait, and Jordan [C3] (Source: OSINTWarfare, DDGeopolitics, RezistanceTrench, worldpravda).
- Model: Geran-4 (analog of Shahed-238)
First recorded use of a jet-powered version of the “Harpy” (Garpia) kamikaze drone, analogous to “Geran-4” and a copy of the Iranian Shahed-238, produced by IEMZ “Kupol”. Identified by characteristic air intake shape and recessed jet engine. Previously demonstrated at the “Center-2026” exercises with a mobile launcher on a KamAZ-5350 chassis [B2] (Source: milinfolive).
- Model: F-1 (drone-interceptor)
New drone-interceptor “F-1” used by “Center” Grouping air defense units. Claimed to have shot down over 20 Ukrainian strike UAVs (PD-2, “Rubaka”, “Bliskavka”, and two new “Anubis” drones) in four days. Integrated into classical air defense, working with air observation posts and radars [C3] (Source: epoddubny).
- Model: SkyWiper Wall (drone-interceptor)
New Lithuanian drone-interceptor, part of the SkyWiper Wall air defense complex, tested in combat conditions in Ukraine [C3] (Source: milinua).
- Model: Wingman (drone detector)
Danish company MyDefence supplied 2,000 Wingman drone detectors to Ukrainian Defense Forces [C3] (Source: BSKY: militarnyi.com).
- Model: Bulava (strike drone)
Used by Ukrainian forces to destroy a Russian fuel tanker in Vesele, Zaporizhzhia region [B2] (Source: noel_reports, BSKY: maks23).
- Model: Shawaz (Fiber-Optic FPV Kamikaze Drones)
Used by Ansar Allah (Houthis) in Marib, Yemen, to strike PLC Forces. Mostly carrying PG-7/PG-7L/PG-2 pattern Anti-Tank RPGs with limit switches [B2] (Source: war_noir, GeoPWatch).
- Model: Ground robotic complex
Destroyed by Ukrainian border guards’ FPV drones [C3] (Source: warriorsukrainian).
- Model: T-72B3 (unmanned tank)
Trials of remotely-controlled “assault” T-72B3s with shortened barrels and “Arena-M” active protection anti-drone system conducted at a training ground in Chelyabinsk Region. Deputy Defense Minister Yunus-Bek Yevkurov announced possible emergence of unmanned tank units [C3] (Source: two_majors).
Air Defense Systems
- Model: Buk-M1
Russian Buk-M1 air defense system struck by Ukraine’s 433rd Separate Unmanned Systems Regiment on the Huliaipole axis [B2] (Source: noel_reports, BSKY: wartranslated).
- Model: Crotale (ItO 90M)
French-made short-range surface-to-air missile system, Finnish version ItO 90M, in service with Ukraine’s 1039th Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment. Can detect targets up to 20 km and engage up to 10 km range and 6 km altitude. Used against drones and missiles [B2] (Source: BSKY: euromaidanpress, warhistoryalconafter).
- Model: NASAMS
Components of a NASAMS air defense system struck by operators of the “Rubikon” Center [B2] (Source: boris_rozhin).
- Model: P-18 “Malakhit” (radar)
P-18 “Malakhit” radar system struck by operators of the “Rubikon” Center [B2] (Source: boris_rozhin).
- Model: Rada AA radar
One Rada AA radar uncovered and destroyed in Kharkiv region [C3] (Source: two_majors).
- Model: Erl AA radar
One Erl AA radar uncovered and destroyed in Kharkiv region [C3] (Source: two_majors).
Missiles and Artillery
- Model: 9M723 OTRK “Iskander-M” (with cluster warhead)
Russian forces reportedly used 9M723 OTRK “Iskander-M” ballistic missile with a cluster warhead (54 submunitions with non-contact detonation K5) against Kyiv. Warhead deploys at a set altitude, releasing high-explosive fragmentation submunitions that detonate 10 meters from the ground, affecting lightly armored vehicles and personnel in trenches [C3] (Source: voenkorKotenok).
- Model: Tayfun Block 2 (ballistic missile)
Türkiye’s Ministry of National Defence delivered a new batch of Roketsan Tayfun Block 2 ballistic missiles to the Turkish Land Forces Command [C3] (Source: turkish-army-gets-more-tayfun-ballistic-missiles).
- Model: Starhammer (interceptor missile)
British Cambridge Aerospace presented the Starhammer interceptor missile, designed to destroy cruise missiles [C3] (Source: milinua).
- Model: BrahMos (supersonic cruise missile)
Indian Navy modernizing two destroyers and two missile corvettes of Soviet design by equipping them with BrahMos supersonic cruise missiles [C3] (Source: BSKY: militarnyi.com).
- Model: Caesar (155-mm self-propelled howitzer)
One 155-mm Caesar self-propelled howitzer destroyed by operators of the “Rubikon” Center [B2] (Source: boris_rozhin).
- Model: D-20 howitzer
One D-20 howitzer uncovered and destroyed in Sumy region [C3] (Source: two_majors).
- Model: Homar-K (rocket launchers)
Polish 5th Lubusz Artillery Regiment soldiers training on Homar-K rocket launchers at the Toruń Rocket Forces Training Center. New complete launchers recently received [C3] (Source: sily-zbrojne).
Electronic Warfare (EW)
- Model: Damba EW station
One Damba EW station uncovered and destroyed in Sumy region, and another in Kharkiv region [C3] (Source: two_majors).
Other Equipment
- Model: Eisenhower Globe (WWII-era artifact)
A historic World War II-era globe associated with Dwight D. Eisenhower was damaged during an attempt to move it to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s Pentagon office. Staff dropped the globe, puncturing its shell and breaking its rotating mount [C3] (Source: ClashReport, DDGeopolitics, us-news).
3. Unit Dislocation and Activity (ORBAT Tracker)
- Unit Name/Number: Ukraine’s 433rd Separate Unmanned Systems Regiment
Struck a Russian Buk-M1 air defense system and another concealed air defense system on the Huliaipole axis, in the area of responsibility of the 7th Air Assault Corps. The unit notes Russian forces are deploying air defenses to counter Ukrainian aviation [B2] (Source: noel_reports).
- Unit Name/Number: Ukraine’s 49th Assault Battalion Karpatska Sich
Three soldiers evacuated two women and an 89-year-old woman from near Druzhkivka, driving through enemy drone activity to Sloviansk [C3] (Source: noel_reports).
- Unit Name/Number: Ukraine’s 33rd Separate Mechanized Brigade
Destroyed a Russian stockpile of MLRS ammunition and the launcher itself using FPV drones [B2] (Source: noel_reports, warriorsukrainian).
- Unit Name/Number: Ukraine’s 151st Separate Mechanized Brigade
UAV operators successfully stopped a Russian suicidal assault by three motorcycles across an open field in the Kupyansk direction [B2] (Source: ButusovPlus).
- Unit Name/Number: NC13 unit of the 3rd Assault Brigade
Used a ground robot-kamikaze to destroy Russian infantry hiding under a tank in a makeshift shelter in Novomykhailivka [B2] (Source: operativnoZSU).
- Unit Name/Number: Ukraine’s 67th Motorized Rifle Brigade, Spear unit
Operators shot down a large number of Russian Shahed drones [C3] (Source: warriorsukrainian).
- Unit Name/Number: Ukraine’s 3rd Special Operations Regiment, Triarium unit
Conducted a sweep of enemy positions as part of an operation to restore control over a defense area [B2] (Source: warriorsukrainian).
- Unit Name/Number: Ukraine’s 125th Heavy Mechanized Brigade
Reconnaissance fighters cleared a Russian trench [B2] (Source: yigal_levin).
- Unit Name/Number: Russian 41st Motorized Rifle Regiment, 72nd Motorized Rifle Division, 44th Army Corps
UAV operators discovered and struck a camouflaged mortar position of the AFU, destroying it [B2] (Source: wargonzo).
- Unit Name/Number: Russian 177th Marine Regiment, “Center” Group of Forces
Achieved success in liberating Dobropolye using a tactic of phased “infiltration” through AFU combat formations and subsequent force buildup. Systematically worked to isolate the city by blocking enemy logistics routes from Svyatogorovka, Annovka, and Belozerskoye. Artillery and UAV units provided daily fire support [C3] (Source: epoddubny).
- Unit Name/Number: Russian 18th Combined Arms Army, “Dnepr” Grouping of Forces
Drone operators shared footage of fire impacts on temporary deployment points of Ukrainian Armed Forces units on the Kherson Front [B2] (Source: two_majors).
- Unit Name/Number: Russian “North” troop group
Continued establishing a Buffer Zone in Kharkiv and Sumy regions. Assault units advancing in Sumy region, decimating numerous enemy groups in Sumy, Hlukhiv, Okhtyrka, Doroshyivka, Stepne, Spaske, Korenyok, and Lebedyn. Heavy fighting around Khoten, Velyka Rybytsia, Mykyilske. Advancing in forest belts towards Korenyok and around Turya. In Kharkiv region, advancing towards southern areas, decimating enemy groups in Velykyy Burluk, Odnorobyivka, Izbitske, Buhayivka, Pidseredne, Khatne, Kolodzyane, Cherkaska Lozova, and Martove. Overall advance over 400 meters around Nova Kozacha and Tokarivka. Rough fighting around Prykolotne, Buhayivka, Malyiy Burluk, and Sosnovyy Bir. Enemy losses over 230 personnel, one D-20 howitzer, one Damba EW station, eight vehicles, 28 UAV crews, 149 fixed-wing UAVs, fifteen Baba Yaga UAVs, seven UGVs. In Kharkiv region: one Rada AA radar, one Erl AA radar, one Damba EW station, thirteen vehicles, fourteen UAV crews, 155 fixed-wing UAVs, nineteen Baba Yaga UAVs, ten UGVs [C3] (Source: two_majors).
- Unit Name/Number: Russian “Vostok” Group of Forces
Advanced into enemy defenses and liberated Myrovka, Zaporizhzhia Oblast. Inflicted damage on three air assault brigades, three assault regiments, one marine brigade, and one territorial defense brigade of the AFU in Vasilkovskoye, Dibrova, Kolomiitsy (Dnipropetrovsk Oblast), Barvinovka, Voskresenka, and Volnyanka (Zaporizhzhia Oblast). AFU losses over 245 personnel and eight vehicles [C3] (Source: boris_rozhin).
- Unit Name/Number: Russian “Center” Group of Forces
Occupied more advantageous lines and positions. Inflicted damage on five mechanized, one Jaeger, one assault, one airborne brigade, one assault regiment of the AFU, three marine brigades, five National Guard brigades, and the “Azov” special forces brigade in Krinitsy, Roganskoye, Novodonetskoye, Shilivka, Kamenka, Starovarvarovka, Belozerskoye, Novoyavlenka (Donetsk People’s Republic), and Leninskoye (Dnipropetrovsk Oblast). AFU losses over 345 personnel, three armored fighting vehicles, four vehicles, five field artillery pieces, six electronic warfare and counter-battery warfare stations [C3] (Source: boris_rozhin).
- Unit Name/Number: Russian “West” Group of Forces
Improved positions along the front line. Inflicted damage on three mechanized, one assault brigade of the AFU, and one territorial defense brigade in Pleskachovka, Osinovo, Tamarganovka (Kharkiv Oblast), Raygorodok, and Bogorodichnoye (Donetsk People’s Republic). AFU losses over 200 personnel, 16 vehicles, one artillery piece, and one electronic warfare station [C3] (Source: boris_rozhin).
- Unit Name/Number: Russian “South” Group of Forces
Improved tactical position. Inflicted damage on five mechanized, one motorized infantry, one air assault, one assault, one mountain assault, one air assault brigade of the AFU, two marine brigades, and one territorial defense brigade in Sloviansk, Kramatorsk, Druzhkovka, Gavrilovka, Kondratovka, and Vasilevskaya Pustosh (Donetsk People’s Republic). AFU losses up to 185 personnel, one armored fighting vehicle, 32 vehicles, four Western-made field artillery pieces, and one electronic warfare station [C3] (Source: boris_rozhin).
- Unit Name/Number: Russian “Dnepr” Group of Forces
Improved tactical position. Inflicted damage on two mechanized, one mountain assault brigade, and one assault regiment of the AFU in Orekhov, Kushugum, Kirovo, and Yurkovka (Zaporizhzhia Oblast). AFU losses up to 40 personnel, 27 vehicles, and one electronic warfare station [C3] (Source: boris_rozhin).
- Unit Name/Number: Russian “North” Group of Forces
Occupied more advantageous lines and positions. Inflicted damage on personnel and equipment of four mechanized brigades and one assault regiment of the AFU in Revolyutsionnoye, Novouzhvinovka, Kolodeznoye, Bugayevka, Kotovka, and Izbitskoye (Kharkiv Oblast). In Sumy Oblast, inflicted damage on formations of one airmobile brigade and two territorial defense brigades of the AFU in Krovnoye, Khoten, Barilovka, and Luzhki. AFU losses over 230 personnel, 21 vehicles, one artillery piece, and two electronic warfare stations [C3] (Source: boris_rozhin).
- Unit Name/Number: Russian 7th Air Assault Corps
Area of responsibility where a Ukrainian Buk-M1 system was concealed in a tree line, detected and struck by operators of the 433rd SUS Regiment [B2] (Source: BSKY: wartranslated).
- Unit Name/Number: Russian 25th Separate Airborne Brigade
Payments to assault units cut during relocation or rotation due to state budget shortage [C3] (Source: DDGeopolitics).
- Unit Name/Number: Russian 38th Separate Marine Brigade
Payments to assault units cut during relocation or rotation due to state budget shortage [C3] (Source: DDGeopolitics).
- Unit Name/Number: Russian 25th Separate Assault Regiment
Payments to assault units cut during relocation or rotation due to state budget shortage [C3] (Source: DDGeopolitics).
- Unit Name/Number: Russian 45th Tank Brigade (Bundeswehr)
German intelligence recorded attempts by unknown individuals to establish contact with its servicemembers, and drones have repeatedly been spotted over sites of the brigade’s future deployment in Lithuania [C3] (Source: intelslava).
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