Conflict & Security
Russia and Ukraine trade massive overnight drone strikes on Moscow and Kharkiv
October 22, 2026 at 02:57 AM · Updated 11h ago
4 reports · over 4 hours
MAMasrawy
هجمات متبادلة بين روسيا وأوكرانيا وسط تحركات لاستئناف المحادثات
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MAMasrawy
مسؤول روسي: إطلاق 630 طائرة مسيرة باتجاه موسكو وإسقاط معظمها
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SNSky News Arabia
هجوم بمئات المسيّرات على موسكو.. وروسيا تعلن إسقاط معظمها
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MAMasrawy
قصف صاروخي يستهدف كييف في هجوم جديد على العاصمة الأوكرانية
(opens the publisher’s site)Russia and Ukraine exchanged major overnight drone strikes, with Moscow reporting hundreds of drones over the capital and Ukraine reporting deaths near Kharkiv.
- Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said 630 drones headed toward the capital overnight and air defenses downed most, with two people wounded outside the city.
- Russia's Defense Ministry said overnight strikes hit a drone storage facility in Poltava and a power substation in Kyiv.
- Kharkiv Governor Oleh Syniehubov said Russian drones killed two people near Kharkiv, with 11 others suffering shock-related symptoms.
- Bryansk Governor Yegor Kovaltchuk said a Ukrainian drone killed a 19-year-old and wounded two in a car attack, a claim Reuters could not independently verify.
- Russian missiles struck Kyiv in the early hours of Thursday in a new attack on the Ukrainian capital.