Our mission is simple: inform people about real events and give them the facts to think for themselves
Friday 23 October 2026
Tag
Saudi aviation authorities said a Saudi citizen and an Indian resident were killed and eight people injured at King Fahd International Airport. The energy ministry said debris from an intercepted drone killed two workers at the Shaybah oil field.
Ukrainian regional officials said Russian attacks killed at least nine people and injured 45 over a day, including two in a drone strike on a Kyiv high-rise. Russia's Defence Ministry said it had taken two villages in Zaporizhzhia region. The Institute for the Study of War assessed that Russian forces have lost more ground than they gained since 1 September.
A drone hit a park in Nova Vodolaha on Monday afternoon, Ukrainian officials said, hours after Russia fired 16 ballistic missiles and more than 200 drones at Ukraine overnight. President Volodymyr Zelensky said 28 energy facilities were hit and that partners again gave no early warning. Russia said it struck defence sites in and around Kyiv.
Defence Minister Dimitar Stoyanov said Bulgaria has sent NATO two requests for air policing, surveillance and missile systems. NATO's North Atlantic Council is due to discuss Black Sea security on 20 October at Romania's request.
St Petersburg's governor said one person was killed and five injured. Moscow's mayor reported 195 drones shot down on Saturday and 76 more overnight.
