Russia has carried out three large-scale strikes on gas infrastructure belonging to Naftogaz Group, the largest national oil and gas company of Ukraine, over the past seven days. In addition, one of Naftogaz's combined heat and power plants came under Russian attack on the night of 14-15 October.

Russia is intensifying drone strikes on Ukraine’s rail network, a critical lifeline for commercial freight, passenger traffic and military logistics.

A United Nations humanitarian convoy was hit by a Russian drone strike in Ukraine, Italy’s foreign minister has said. Antonio Tajani posted on X that an Italian official was accompanying the convoy as it travelled in Kherson Oblast on Tuesday.

Ukrainian gas infrastructure is under heavy pressure from Russian attacks,” said President Volodymyr Zelenskyy last week.

The increasing attacks are part of Russia's broader targeting of infrastructure that now is being carried out with greater precision thanks to advances in long-range drone technology that include on-board video feed.

Russian drone and missile strikes caused blackouts across large swaths of Ukraine, damaged residential buildings and injured at least 20 people in Kyiv, authorities said.

Over the summer, NATO started to coordinate regular deliveries of large weapons packages to Ukraine to help fend off Russia’s war.

The Kremlin will negotiate only if missiles and drones bring the pain of war home to Russians, Ukrainian officials say.

On Saturday, the SBU said its elite Alpha unit’s long-range drones had successfully hit the Bashneft-UNPZ oil refinery in Ufa, some 1,400 kilometres from Ukraine. The plant is one of the largest refineries in Russia, supplying fuel and lubricants to the Russian army.

When Russia destroyed Ukraine’s Kakhovka Hydroelectric Dam in June 2023, unleashing catastrophic floods across the country’s south, it seemed like such a blatant act of environmental and humanitarian devastation might finally jolt the international community into taking more action to support Ukraine.