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Russian drones struck an educational institution in Kharkiv overnight, while Ukrainian drones targeted Moscow as the two countries continued exchanging attacks despite a localized ceasefire brokered by Melania Trump.
The latest attacks came after a deadly 24-hour period in Ukraine. A Russian drone strike on two passenger trains stopped at a station in Dnipro killed at least 13 people and injured 10 others, according to Ukrainian officials. Washington is seeking to restart peace negotiations between Moscow and Kyiv, with discussions expected to take place next month.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky described the Dnipro strike as a "horrific attack" in a post on X.
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In Kharkiv, Mayor Ihor Terekhov said Russian forces struck two districts of the northeastern Ukrainian city early Thursday. One attack caused a fire in the Kholodnohirskyi district, while another hit an educational facility in the Saltivskyi district.
"According to updated information from the Situation Center, the enemy struck an educational institution," Terekhov wrote on Telegram.
The extent of the damage was still being assessed, and initial reports did not confirm any casualties from the overnight strikes.
Meanwhile, Russia's Defense Ministry said its air defenses had downed 1,214 Ukrainian drones overnight, in what it described as one of Kyiv's largest drone attacks. Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said around half of the drones were heading toward the Russian capital.
A six-day humanitarian ceasefire continued in and around the Russian-occupied Ukrainian town of Oleshky, in the southern Kherson region. The agreement, facilitated by U.S. first lady Melania Trump, is intended to allow humanitarian aid to reach residents and enable civilians to evacuate.
Russian Strikes Kill One in Rivne as Civilian Sites Hit Across Ukraine
There was a series of Russian strikes on civilian and industrial facilities across Ukraine on Wednesday.
In the western Rivne region, a Russian strike hit a civilian enterprise in the Sarny district, killing one man and starting a fire, according to regional military administration head Oleksandr Koval. "A civilian enterprise in the Sarny district came under enemy attack. Unfortunately, casualties could not be avoided. One man was killed," Koval wrote on Telegram.
Emergency crews contained the fire while authorities assessed the damage.
In Dnipro, Russian forces struck an industrial enterprise on Wednesday evening, triggering another fire and injuring a 35-year-old man who was taken to hospital.
Dnipropetrovsk regional military administration head Oleksandr Hanzha initially reported the strike without any confirmed injuries, before later confirming the man's hospitalization.
The attack came amid a wider wave of Russian strikes across the Dnipropetrovsk region. Hanzha said Russian forces had carried out more than 40 attacks across four districts on Wednesday using drones, artillery and aerial bombs.
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Five people were injured in those earlier attacks, including a 15-year-old boy who was hospitalized in Pavlohrad.
In the Nikopol district, strikes damaged private homes, an administrative building, a warehouse and a shop. Two men were hospitalized following attacks in the Synelnykove district, one in serious condition, while fires were reported after infrastructure strikes in Kamianske.
Further north, a Russian strike damaged a municipal veterinary and animal sterilization center in Chernihiv on Wednesday afternoon.
Ukraine's National Police said Russian forces used a Banderol drone-missile in the attack, which occurred at approximately 4 p.m. local time. Three women, aged 18, 40 and 59, were wounded. One dog was killed, and another canine and three cats were injured at the veterinary facility, according to police.
In the Sumy region, eight civilians were injured in Russian drone strikes across the Sumy, Shostka and Putyvl communities on Wednesday, regional military administration head Oleh Hryhorov said.
One woman and two men remained hospitalized in stable condition, while the other victims received outpatient treatment. A separate drone attack on a warehouse in the city of Sumy also caused a fire.
Humanitarian Aid Prepares To Enter Oleshky
Humanitarian aid is expected to reach the devastated Ukrainian town of Oleshky on Friday, as the localized ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine, brokered by Melania Trump, enters its third day.
Ukrainian ombudsman Dmytro Lubinets said Thursday that the truce had been in place for 54 hours, with both sides adhering to the agreement and no violations reported.
"The parties are fully adhering to the agreements, and no violations of the ceasefire have been reported," Lubinets said.
His Russian counterpart, Yana Lantratova, also confirmed that the ceasefire was holding and said Russian engineers were clearing mines from roads in and around Oleshky to prepare for the arrival of humanitarian supplies.
Lantratova said the operation had been five months in the making. She and her team were traveling to Oleshky for the aid delivery, while Lubinets had arrived in Belarus and was preparing to travel to the town from there.
The six-day agreement is intended to enable food and medical supplies to reach approximately 2,000 people remaining in Oleshky, which has been occupied by Russian forces since February 2022.
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Many residents have faced severe shortages of essential supplies, including food, medicine and clean water.
Officials have also said civilians will be able to leave the area, either toward Ukrainian-controlled territory or Russia. The precise departure points, transport schedules and final destinations have not been fully confirmed publicly. Residents should rely on verified instructions from trusted humanitarian coordinators and Ukrainian authorities rather than attempting unverified routes.
U.N. Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator in Ukraine Matthias Schmale said the organization was not directly involved in the Oleshky mission. U.N. Emergency Relief Coordinator Tom Fletcher had approached Russia's U.N. mission to seek guarantees for civilian passage and humanitarian aid access. However, as of October 28, Russia had not responded.
Both sides have credited Melania Trump with helping broker the temporary truce, while Pope Leo XIV has also called for a ceasefire.
On October 27, Melania Trump announced that the ceasefire's geographical scope had been expanded beyond Oleshky within the Kherson region to allow humanitarian convoys to pass without risk.
"The ceasefire’s geographic area has expanded beyond Oleshky, within the Kherson Region, to provide safe passage for the humanitarian convoys," she wrote on X.
Ukraine and Russia Prepare for New Peace Talks
The humanitarian agreement comes as the Trump administration seeks to bring Ukraine and Russia back to the negotiating table.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on October 23 that negotiators from Ukraine, Russia and the United States had agreed to hold technical-level meetings in the first half of November.
The talks were expected to take place in Abu Dhabi, although U.S. officials also identified Switzerland as a possible venue.
The diplomatic push followed meetings involving U.S. presidential envoy Steve Witkoff. He traveled to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin in St. Petersburg after discussions with Zelensky in Norway.
However, the timing and arrangements for the next round of negotiations remain uncertain.
There have been several significant disagreements that continue to separate Moscow and Kyiv, particularly over territorial control and security guarantees.
Russia has demanded control over Ukrainian territory it claims to have annexed, including the regions of Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhia and Kherson, as well as Crimea, which it seized in 2014.
Ukraine has rejected demands to surrender territory and has argued that any peace agreement must include credible security guarantees to deter another Russian invasion.
These disputes have complicated previous diplomatic efforts, with the two sides maintaining significantly different positions on the conditions required to end the conflict.
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