Here are the key events from day 1,322 of Russia’s war on Ukraine.A Russian 'Grad' self-propelled, multiple rocket launcher fires towards Ukrainian positions at an undisclosed location in Ukraine on Monday [Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP]Published On 8 Oct 2025Here is how things stand on Wednesday, October 8, 2025:Fighting
Three people were killed and one injured by Ukrainian shelling in Russia’s Belgorod region, the local governor said.
Russian President Vladimir Putin said his forces have captured almost 5,000 square kilometres (1,930sq miles) of Ukrainian territory so far this year, and Moscow retains the strategic initiative on the battlefield.
Russian troops have captured the Ukrainian villages of Novovasylivka in the southeastern Zaporizhia region and Fedorivka in the eastern Donetsk region, Russia’s defence ministry said.
Russian air defence units destroyed 184 Ukrainian drones in recent attacks, the RIA Novosti state-owned news agency reports.
