Oleksandr Prokudin
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- Oct 25
Russia and Ukraine hold local truce as aid convoy nears occupied Oleshky
Ukrainian, US and Russian delegations reached the aid delivery point on Thursday, 29 October, with deliveries to the trapped town planned for 30 October.
- Oct 19
Pope Leo XIV calls Zelensky over Oleshky humanitarian crisis and truce request
Pope Leo XIV spoke by phone with Volodymyr Zelensky on Monday, 19 October, days after calling Vladimir Putin to seek a humanitarian truce for civilians trapped in the Kherson region city of Oleshky.
- Oct 17
Russia and Ukraine escalate drone strikes as Moscow airports restrict flights and Ukrainian cities are hit
Russia says it downed 610 Ukrainian drones overnight and restricted flights at Moscow's four main airports, while Ukrainian officials report deaths in Kherson and Sloviansk.
- Sep 28
Ukraine airdrops four tonnes of food into occupied Oleshky as civilian famine deepens
Ukrainian forces delivered four tonnes of food and medicine using heavy drones to the occupied town of Oleshky, where up to 2,000 trapped civilians face severe starvation.
- Aug 30
Russian strike on Bucha Raion kills 37 and triggers official negligence probe
A Russian attack on an ammunition warehouse in Myla killed at least 37 people and injured 42, leading to evacuations and a government investigation into official negligence.
- Aug 27
Kherson governor urges evacuations after Russian strikes heavily damage heating plant
Regional Governor Oleksandr Prokudin advised residents to leave Kherson after Russian glide bombs severely damaged the district heating facility, threatening prolonged power and heat outages.
- Aug 19
Russian drone strike on Kherson minibus kills four passengers and wounds five
A Russian drone dropped an explosive directly onto the roof of a civilian minibus in Kherson on Wednesday morning, killing four passengers and wounding five others in the frontline city.
- Aug 16
Russia strikes Kyiv with ballistic missiles overnight, five killed across Ukraine
Russian forces launched ballistic missiles and 106 drones at Kyiv and other Ukrainian cities overnight on August 15-16, killing five people and wounding 33 across four regions, while debris from downed drones sparked fires in the capital.
- Aug 4
Russian drone chases vegetable vendor in Kherson market; Zelensky condemns 'human safari' war crime
Footage shows an FPV drone pursuing a 52-year-old vegetable seller around his van before exploding; he survived with shrapnel wounds. Kyiv calls it a deliberate war crime and part of a systematic terror campaign.
