The cities of Kyiv, Dnepr, Krivoy Rog, Nikolaev were subjected to missile attacks

On October 18, the cities of Kyiv, Dnepr, Krivoy Rog, and Nikolaev were subjected to missile attacks and strikes by Iranian kamikaze drones. Zhytomyr was left without electricity and water after a series of missile attacks.
A Su-34 bomber crashed in a residential area in the city of Yeisk, Krasnodar Territory. A large fire broke out at the crash site, engulfing nine floors of an apartment building. 15 people were killed, including three children, and another 19 were injured. The Defense Ministry said the crash was caused by a malfunction of one of the engines during a training flight. Later, security forces reported that the cause of the crash of the military plane was that two seagulls hit the engines during takeoff.
The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine adopted a resolution in which it declared the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria a territory “temporarily occupied by the Russian Federation” and also condemned “the commission of genocide of the Chechen people.” 287 deputies voted for the adoption of the document.

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Keys to 52 new homes handed to Dagestan flood victims
Society
Keys to 52 new homes handed to Dagestan flood victims
6 October 2026

On October 6, in the settlement of Mamedkala in Dagestan’s Derbent District, keys to 52 new homes were handed to families who had lost their housing due to spring flooding. The ceremony was attended by Yana Lantratova, Russia’s Commissioner for Human Rights, and Fedor Shchukin, the Acting Head of the Republic.

Sixteen imprisoned female journalists from Russia and Ukraine receive Politkovskaya Award
Human rights
Sixteen imprisoned female journalists from Russia and Ukraine receive Politkovskaya Award
6 October 2026

The Anna Politkovskaya Award has this year been given to 11 Russian and five Ukrainian female journalists who are imprisoned in Russia and in the occupied territories of Ukraine.

 

According to the award’s founder, the international organisation RAW in WAR (Reach All Women in WAR), the nominations committee praised the “courage and integrity” of the laureates, who “risk their freedom and even their lives to report on the war and speak out against human rights violations, war crimes and the escalating repression of journalists, human rights defenders and anti-war activists in Russia”.

Lawmakers from the ruling and opposition parties clashed in the Armenian parliament
Politics
Lawmakers from the ruling and opposition parties clashed in the Armenian parliament
6 October 2026

A scuffle broke out in the National Assembly of Armenia on October 6 between MPs from the ruling "Civil Contract" party and the opposition "Strong Armenia" bloc.

Chechen Activists Protest Against Movlaev’s Extradition in Paris
Human rights
Chechen Activists Protest Against Movlaev’s Extradition in Paris
6 October 2026

Chechen activists Abubakar Yangulbaev and Said Dzhumaev joined a rally in support of Mansur Movlaev and Yulia Emelyanova, held as part of the "Russie-Libertés" forum in Paris. Forum participants spoke out against their potential extradition from Kazakhstan to Russia.