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An explosion of a drone is seen in the sky over the city during a Russian missile and drone strike, in Kyiv, Ukraine, on October 22, 2025.
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Russia launched a massive drone and missile attack on Ukraine’s capital on Wednesday (October 22, 2025), killing at least two people, Ukrainian officials said, as U.S. President Donald Trump ‘s stop-and-go efforts to resolve the three-year-old war in Europe suffered another setback.
Mr. Trump said Tuesday (October 21, 2025) his plan for a swift meeting with Russian leader Vladimir Putin was on hold because he didn’t want it to be a “waste of time.”
The decision to hold off on the meeting in Budapest, Hungary, which Mr. Trump had announced last week, was made following a call Monday between U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov. The Russian diplomat had made clear in public comments Tuesday (October 21, 2025) that Russia is opposed to an immediate ceasefire.
In the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, emergency services rescued 10 people on Wednesday (October 22, 2025) after a fire caused by drone debris hit the sixth floor of a 16-story residential building in the Dnipro district of the city, where two people were found dead, local authorities reported.
The attack also blew out windows of a medical facility and debris was found at another residential building, Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko reported on his Telegram channel.
In the Darnytskyi district of the capital emergency services were responding after drone debris hit a 17-story residential building causing a fire on five floors. Fifteen people had to be rescued including two children.
In the Desnianskyi district, 20 people were rescued after the façade of a 10-story building was damaged and a gas pipe caught fire. Debris from a drone also fell on a dormitory building and rescue workers were headed to the scene, Mr. Klitschko said.
The large-scale overnight aerial attack also targeted other cities in Ukraine including Zaporizhzhia and the port city of Izmail in the southern Odesa region.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has been trying to strengthen Ukraine’s position by seeking long-range Tomahawk missiles from the United States, although Mr. Trump has waffled on whether he would provide them.
“We need to end this war, and only pressure will lead to peace,” Mr. Zelenskyy said on Tuesday (October 21, 2025) in a Telegram post.
Ukraine is hoping to purchase 25 Patriot air defence systems from U.S. firms using frozen Russian assets and assistance from partners, but Mr. Zelenskyy said procuring them would require time because of long production waits. He said he has spoken to Mr. Trump about help procuring them more quickly, potentially from European partners.
Mr. Zelenskyy said earlier this week that the U.S. is interested in bilateral gas projects with Ukraine, including the construction of an LNG terminal in the southern port city of Odesa. Other projects of interest include those related to nuclear energy and oil.
Earlier this month, Russia launched its biggest attack of the war against natural gas facilities run by Ukraine’s state-owned Naftogaz Group, firing a total of 381 drones and 35 missiles at Ukraine, according to Ukraine’s air force in what officials was an attempt to wreck the Ukrainian power grid ahead of winter.
On Wednesday (October 22, 2025), Mr. Trump is expected to hold talks in the White House with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte. The military alliance has been coordinating deliveries of weapons to Ukraine, many of them purchased from the U.S. by Canada and European countries.
A meeting of the Coalition of the Willing — a group of 35 countries who support Ukraine — is due to take place in London on Friday (October 24, 2025).
Ukrainian drones hit enterprise in Russia’s Mordovia, local head says
A massive Ukrainian drone attack hit Russia’s region of Mordovia on Wednesday (October 22, 2025), damaging a local enterprise, the region’s Governor said in a statement on Telegram.
Local head Artyom Zdunov said that emergency services were at the scene of the strike on the facility, which he did not name.
Published – October 22, 2025 12:05 pm IST
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Massive Russian drone, missile attack on Kyiv kills at least two people, Ukrainian officials say
