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What did the strikes of 22 October 2025 hit?
Summary
A retrospective look at Russian attacks on Kyiv and Kharkiv and a reported operation in Stavropol, as reported on 22 October 2025.
What happened on the ground as the war's reports were filed for the day before 23 October 2025? Looking back at 22 October 2025, public reports from that date described deadly strikes on two Ukrainian cities and an incident inside Russia.
Kyiv and Kharkiv
In Kyiv, Russian strikes on power plants killed six people and injured several others, according to reports at the time. The attack on energy infrastructure in the capital was among the day's most serious.
In Kharkiv, Russian drones struck a kindergarten in the city's Kholodnohirskyi District. One person was killed and six others were injured.
An incident in Stavropol
Reports from the same date also described an operation in Stavropol, in Russia's Stavropol Krai, in which three soldiers of the Russian Armed Forces were killed.
Later background on the war describes attacks inside mainland Russia since the invasion of 24 February 2022. Their main targets have been the military, the arms industry and the oil industry. Many have been drone strikes, firebombing and rail sabotage. Ukrainian intelligence services have acknowledged carrying out some of them, while others have been carried out by anti-war activists in Russia.
The day in summary
Taken together, the reports from 22 October 2025 recorded seven deaths across the Ukrainian cities of Kyiv and Kharkiv, plus three Russian soldiers killed in Stavropol. In Kyiv, the strikes hit power plants; in Kharkiv, a kindergarten was hit by drones.
