New Delhi, Oct. 22 -- Ukraine Strengthens Defenses and Eyes Diplomatic Breakthrough as Russia-Ukraine War Enters Day 1,335

Moscow - On Day 1,335 of the Russia-Ukraine war, the fighting continued to exact a heavy toll across eastern and northern Ukraine while diplomacy circled potential venues and formats for talks. Local authorities and independent reporting described new strikes and rolling outages, an arc consistent with recent days' patterns of energy and infrastructure targeting as tracked in The Eastern Herald's day-by-day coverage.

In the south, officials reported shelling and drone salvos in the Kherson theater of fighting, with fresh injuries and damage to utilities. Northern districts saw new disruptions as grid nodes and rail ...