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Russian Rostov Region Massively Attacked By Drones
1 There's destruction. Late in the evening of October 20 and after midnight on October 21, explosions were heard in Russia's Rostov region. Russians complain of a massive drone attack, and also report destruction in a residential apartment...

Russia claims drone attacks hit Bryansk and Rostov regions, injuring two
Photo: Yuriy Slyusar/Telegram Authorities in Russia said overnight drone attacks targeted the Bryansk and Rostov regions, injuring two people and damaging several buildings. In Bryansk Oblast, Governor Alexander Bogomaz said a Ukrainian drone...

Russian Drone Strike Injures Three in Kherson’s Korabelnyi District
During the night of October 21, 2025, in the Korabelnyi district of Kherson, Russian forces carried out a strike with Shahed attack drones. As a result of the incident, three people were injured. According to the Kherson City Military...

Russian Attack Disrupts Power and Water Supply in Slavutych
As a result of the Russian shelling, Slavutych’s energy infrastructure sustained damage, leaving the city temporarily without power, and water-supply restrictions are in place. The situation was reported in the evening of October 20 by the head of...

Russia Hits Kharkiv With KABs: 15 High-rise Buildings Damaged
There are wounded. At midnight on Tuesday, October 21, a series of explosions occurred in Kharkiv - the enemy attacked the city with KABs. Under attack were Industrial and Nemyshlansky districts, at the moment it is known about nine victims. The...

‘Shoot down Russian, drones, period!’ Europe’s noisy effort to unify against Russia
Russian incursions into NATO allies’ airspace are causing rare public disagreements between treaty allies. Is this the disarray that Moscow wants, or a sign of healthy debate? Officials we spoke to suggested that the answer is both. On the eve of...

Trump’s pharma strategy ‘holds Europe hostage’, Finnish MEP warns
As a member of the EU-US delegation, Finnish MEP Maria Guzenina (S&D) has closely followed how Donald Trump has shifted his negotiation tactics with the pharma industry. After initially trying to cut drug prices through executive orders, the US...

'Massive air attack' — Drones attack Russia's Bryansk, Rostov oblasts, causing damage, injuring 2, authorities claim
Editor's note: This is a developing story and is being updated. Drone attacks against Russia overnight on Oct. 21 caused damage and injured one in Russia's Bryansk Oblast and another in Rostov Oblast, authorities claimed. Three cars were damaged,...

How Russian officials fly to Europe under sanctions
Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin have agreed to meet in person in Budapest. One of the many questions is how exactly will the Russian president manage to get to the Hungarian capital under the sanctions? The European Commission has already stated...

Nighttime Russian drone attack on Kherson injures three
Three people were injured as a result of an enemy drone attack on Kherson overnight. The Kherson City Military Administration reported this on Telegram, according to Ukrinform. “It is known that three people were injured during the night attack on...

Russia’s running out of men and money to crack Ukraine’s ‘drone wall’
When Russian armored columns rolled into Ukraine in February 2022, Moscow’s confidence was so high, troops packed ceremonial parade kits instead of combat supplies. Instead, Ukrainian units picked apart a stalled 40-mile-long convoy outside Kyiv,...

World News | Nearly 1 Lakh People Visited Exposition of Holy Relics of Lord Buddha in Russia's Kalmykia
Moscow [Russia], October 21 (ANI): Nearly 1 lakh devotees and visitors from Kalmykia and neighbouring provinces of Russia attended the weeklong exposition of the holy relics of Lord Buddha at the Golden Temple of Buddha Shakyamuni in Elista,...

Indian MBBS student suffers brain stroke in Russia, airlifted to Jaipur
Jaipur: A 22-year-old MBBS student from Rajasthan, who was battling for life in Kazakhstan after suffering a brain stroke, was airlifted to Jaipur on Monday evening. Rahul Ghosalya, a resident of Jaipur’s Shahpura and a medical student in Astana...

Nature’s food brings satisfaction as well as nutrition
There is joy to be found in scouring the countryside GETTY IMAGES There is something idyllic about foraging. Going out to the fields and woods at dawn to gather mushrooms, braving the brambles to pick blackberries, harvesting wild garlic, crab...

Russians launch large-scale attack on Pavlohrad in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast: 16 injured
The aftermath of a Russian attack on the Nikopol district. Photo: Vladyslav Haivanenko Russian forces launched a large-scale attack on the city of Pavlohrad in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast on 20 October, injuring 16 people and damaging an infrastructure...

Russian Lynk group leaks sensitive UK MoD files, including info on eight military bases
Russian Lynk group leaks sensitive UK MoD files, including info on eight military bases Russian hackers stole and leaked MoD files on eight RAF and Navy bases, exposing staff data in a “catastrophic” cyberattack via Dodd Group breach. Russian...

Russia in mass food poisoning outbreak as 90 hospitalised with most being children
Phoebe Tonks Overnight Reporter 23:07, 20 Oct 2025 Full-length side-view shot of African-American paramedic taking stretcher out of ambulance car outdoors in winter(Image: Getty) Almost 90 people, over half of them children, were taken seriously...

Russia’s opening up to the world: Opportunities for Pakistan
Dr. FurqanRao Renowned for its rich cultural heritage, scientific achievements, technological innovation, and global influence, Russia stands as a nation that continues to foster cooperation across continents. Among its trusted partners in Asia,...

BU alum runs Boston Marathon to fund 3D prosthetic printer for Ukrainian hospital
Mariia Yelizarova was a sophomore at Boston University when she crossed the finish line of the 2013 Boston Marathon, the site of a bombing that left three dead and more than 200 injured. Thirteen years later, she plans to run the marathon again —...

Encompass Health opens 'cutting edge’ rehab hospital in St. Petersburg
The nation’s largest owner and operator of inpatient rehabilitation hospitals has opened a 50-bed facility in St. Petersburg. Encompass Health Rehabilitation Hospital of St. Petersburg celebrated its grand opening Oct. 9. Approximately 100 people...