Thursday, October 23, 2025 - Russian attacks overnight and into the early hours of Thursday killed one rescue worker in Ukraine, disrupted train services and damaged a synagogue, Ukrainian officials said.
AFP journalists in Kyiv heard air raid sirens and explosions
during the night, as Russia launched 130 drones, according to the Ukrainian air
force.
The emergency services said the rescue worker was killed and
five others were wounded putting out a fire during a repeat Russian attack on
the village of Zelenyi Gai in the eastern Kharkiv region.
“Another crime against rescuers,” its statement posted on
social media said.
In Kyiv, eight people were wounded, city officials said,
while the foreign ministry announced a synagogue had been damaged during the
attack on three districts of the city.
“Russian terror does not spare anyone, including religious
communities,” the foreign ministry said.
Its statement added that 640 places of worship and 67
religious leaders had been killed since Russia invaded Ukraine in February
2022.
AFP journalists in Kyiv saw residential buildings whose
windows were blown out in the attack and the charred remains of cars as
residents cleared rubble.
In the eastern Sumy region, officials said two railway
workers were wounded, while the state trains operator said services were
disrupted in the border region.
Russia’s defence ministry, meanwhile, said it shot down 139
Ukrainian drones overnight, mostly over western regions bordering Ukraine.
The governor of the Ryazan region, southeast of Moscow,
reported a fire at an industrial site, after unverified images on social media
showed a large flame at an oil refinery there.
The overnight exchange of Russian and Ukrainian fire came
one day after Russian bombardments killed seven people, including two children,
and spurred nationwide blackouts across Ukraine.
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