Not ratedArmed conflictActive
Russia–Ukraine war
- Latest dated report
- 2 Oct 2026, 05:30 UTC
- Last checked
- 2 Oct 2026, 07:30 UTC
- Last change ingested
- 2 Oct 2026, 06:00 UTC
At a glance
- What happened
- Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine began on 24 February 2022, following fighting in eastern Ukraine since 2014.
- Where
- Ukraine, Russia
- When
- Since 24 Feb 2022
- Who is affected
- Current casualty and displacement figures are published by UN OCHA and UNHCR — see the reference links. We do not restate them here, so they cannot go stale.
- Has it escalated?
- Not rated automatically. Reporting volume (below) is not a measure of events on the ground.
- Latest development
- France 24, 2 Oct 2026: Live: Russia hits Kyiv’s Southern Bridge again as Moscow continues to pound capital
What the source confirmsFacts · from the record
- Background: Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine began on 24 February 2022, following fighting in eastern Ukraine since 2014.
- Started: 24 Feb 2022
Official updatesUN / ReliefWeb
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- LIVE: Weighing nuclear risks amid rising tensions and war Amid rising tensions, extreme weather impacts and strikes on nuclear infrastructure in war-torn Iran and Ukraine, UN Member States returned to the core issue of disarmament on Tuesday, closing out the General Assembly’s High-Level Week with calls for greater safeguards.
Reported, not independently verifiedNews organisations
- Live: Russia hits Kyiv’s Southern Bridge again as Moscow continues to pound capital Russian drones on Friday hit Kyiv’s Southern Bridge for a fourth time in 24 hours, forcing authorities to close traffic on it. “They keep hitting it in the same place,” FRANCE 24’s Ukraine correspondent said, noting that it is one of Kyiv’s seven bridges and is extremely important to the life of th…
- Seoul warns 'further action' if Ukraine does not apologise over prisoner-of-war row President Lee Jae Myung also accused Kyiv of "attempting to provoke a war on the Korean Peninsula".
- Russia’s Putin rules out ceasefire with Ukraine during speech in Moscow Putin warned the West he would deploy nuclear weapons if necessary to defend the Russian Baltic exclave of Kaliningrad.
- Western militaries are undermining Ukraine’s defence, experts say A combination of rigid Western military attitudes and Kyiv's regulatory paralysis leaves fewer weapons at the front.
- Ukraine persists with Russian oil refinery strikes in defiance of Trump US president blames attacks for driving up fuel prices before midterms, though analysts say his Iran war is main cause Europe live – latest updates Ukraine is pressing on with strikes on Russian oil refineries, defying Donald Trump, who blames the attacks for exacerbating a global diesel shortage a…
- Rosenberg: Putin shows no sign of stopping the war as Russia doubles down on Ukraine A foreign policy speech by the Russian president will be keenly watched, but all signs point to the full-scale invasion continuing.
TimelineNewest first · UTC · grey = older than 7 days
- 2 Oct 2026, 05:30 UTC
- 2 Oct 2026, 03:09 UTC
- 1 Oct 2026, 21:33 UTCAl Jazeera reported: Russia’s Putin rules out ceasefire with Ukraine during speech in Moscow
- 1 Oct 2026, 15:00 UTCAl Jazeera reported: Western militaries are undermining Ukraine’s defence, experts say
- 1 Oct 2026, 12:09 UTCThe Guardian reported: Ukraine persists with Russian oil refinery strikes in defiance of Trump
- 1 Oct 2026, 12:00 UTC
- 30 Sept 2026, 23:10 UTC
- 29 Sept 2026, 12:00 UTC
- 24 Feb 2022, 00:00 UTCStart of the situation (matter of record).
AssessmentRule-based · not a measurement
Not rated No authoritative severity scale is published for this situation, and no editorial assessment is current. We do not assign one automatically — see the reporting activity and sources below.
| Factor | Rating | Basis |
|---|---|---|
| Severity No authoritative public severity scale for this situation; not rated. | Not rated | Not assessed |
| Geographic spread 2 countries listed by the source: Ukraine, Russia. | Medium | Rule on source data |
| Escalation Not rated automatically. Reporting volume (below) is not a measure of events on the ground. | Not rated | Not assessed |
| Civilian impact See the UN OCHA and ReliefWeb pages linked below for current figures. | Not rated | Not assessed |
| Displacement See the UNHCR / OCHA pages linked below for current figures. | Not rated | Not assessed |
| Infrastructure No structured, authoritative source for this factor; not rated. | Not rated | Not assessed |
| Economic impact No structured, authoritative source for this factor; not rated. | Not rated | Not assessed |
| International involvement No structured, authoritative source for this factor; not rated. | Not rated | Not assessed |
| Reporting activity 8 dated reports in the last 7 days (0 in the 7 days before) from the sources we monitor. | Medium | Rule on source data |
| Uncertainty 5 independent sources reporting in the last 14 days, 2 official (UN / ReliefWeb). | Low | Rule on source data |