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The State Property Fund of Ukraine sold designer Artemy Lebedev's second apartment at auction for 8.01 million hryvnias (about $175,700). Earlier, his first Kyiv apartment went for $301,000 to the drone manufacturer 'General Cherry'.
Aziz KarimovCentral Kyiv and the Obolon district were left without power. City authorities linked the outages to hourly electricity supply schedules rather than an accident. Earlier, emergency outages were introduced in four districts of Kyiv region.
Otabek YusupovVerkhovna Rada deputy Volodymyr Kreidenko said Kyiv expects to receive at least two mobile bridges across the Dnipro from its Western partners. Installation may take three to four months, but the temporary crossings will not fully replace the destroyed bridges.
Aziz KarimovRussia's Defense Ministry claimed that drones struck the NTP Ukrspecsvyaz enterprise in Kharkiv Oblast and a cargo ship off the coast of Odesa. According to the Telegram channel Mash, overnight strikes also hit Kyiv's thermal power plants. Some of the reports are based on statements by the military ministry and lack independent confirmation.
Aziz KarimovIn the early hours of October 27, Kyiv came under two waves of ballistic missile strikes. A 46-year-old woman was killed and 14 people were wounded. Rescuers pulled a dog alive from a destroyed building; its owner was killed. According to Zelensky, 16 ballistic missiles and more than 280 drones were fired at Ukraine.
Otabek YusupovAfter the strike on the Southern Bridge across the Dnipro, large-scale traffic jams arose in Kyiv due to movement restrictions on one of the city's key crossings.
Otabek YusupovThe Wall Street Journal reports that residents of Kyiv are preparing for the harshest winter of the entire conflict amid increasingly frequent power outages and water supply disruptions. About three million people fear the severe cold, and some are considering relocating: the number of rental apartments in Kyiv has grown by 66% since the beginning of August, while available housing in the western regions has decreased.
Aziz KarimovOvernight into October 24, Russian forces attacked Ukraine with 126 aerial attack assets; the Ukrainian military reports 101 drones shot down or neutralized. Civilians were injured in Kyiv and Kharkiv, and over the past day two people were killed and 18 injured in Sloviansk and Kramatorsk.
Otabek YusupovDW describes how, due to increasingly frequent Russian attacks on Kyiv, life in Ukraine's capital increasingly resembles a front-line city: residents spend nights in the metro, schools depend on shelters, and in the first eight months of 2026, 140 people were killed. Despite the shelling, 72% of Kyiv residents are ready to endure the war for as long as it takes.
Javlon TursunovWar correspondent Alexander Kots analyzed the consequences of the overnight attack on Kyiv on October 20–21: four districts lost power, the metro and surface transport were halted, and water pressure dropped. Ukrenergo announced hourly blackouts. Strikes are reported on the Nivky substation, a drone warehouse in Poltava, and explosions in Lutsk and other cities.
Javlon TursunovIn Kyiv, part of the right bank was left without power due to damage to energy infrastructure in the Shevchenkivskyi district. DTEK had already reported outages in four districts on the evening of October 20. Metro service was temporarily suspended for about five minutes.
Javlon TursunovOvernight into Thursday, Russia and Ukraine reported mutual strikes. According to Ukraine's State Emergency Service, Russian ballistic missiles hit six districts of Kyiv: one person was killed and 22 wounded, including four children. Moscow Mayor Sobyanin said 630 drones were flying toward the Moscow region, of which 163 were shot down on approach. Russia's Defense Ministry reported strikes on defense industry enterprises and on Ukraine's transport and port infrastructure.
Javlon TursunovUkrainian energy company DTEK reported partial power outages in Kyiv's Shevchenkivskyi, Sviatoshynskyi, Solomianskyi and Pecherskyi districts. The cause was named as an attack on energy infrastructure facilities. The company did not specify the number of affected homes or the timelines for restoring electricity supply.
Javlon TursunovOn the night of October 21–22, Russia launched a massive strike on Kyiv. According to the Ukrainian side, a ballistic Iskander missile with a K5 cluster warhead hit the historic center of the city. At least two people were killed and 34 wounded, including five children. The attack came hours after Steve Witkoff's meeting with Vladimir Putin in St. Petersburg.
Javlon TursunovAccording to Ukrainian authorities, Russian attacks over the past day killed at least nine people. In Kyiv, one person was killed and 22 wounded, including four children; in Kharkiv region, one person was killed and 15 injured, including three children. The strikes hit six districts of the capital, as well as Sumy, Zaporizhzhia and Donetsk — hours after Moscow and Kyiv reached an agreement in principle to resume peace talks mediated by the United States.
Javlon TursunovA KP.ru author who moved from Kyiv before the start of the SVO describes water queues in the city and possible heating problems in winter. Against this backdrop, a statement by Rada deputy Maryana Bezuhla about female mobilization was voiced in the Rada, provoking a sharp reaction from some Ukrainian women.
Javlon TursunovEPP MEP Pekka Toveri said that Russia has 'dropped all rules' and is increasingly attacking residential areas, cultural and government buildings. In his view, the attacks could make large parts of Kyiv 'uninhabitable' in winter. He called on the EU to support Ukraine, abandon Russian gas and tighten sanctions.
Javlon TursunovAccording to DW citing Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko, about 10 missiles were fired at the city, including Iskander-M, Zircon and S-400. Residential buildings, a transport infrastructure facility and a medical facility were damaged. The drone threat persisted, and residents were asked to stay in shelters.
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