Worth noting, korrespondent.net has compiled its Invasion of Ukraine series into separate months, beginning May 9th, 2023. Linked in the title.
[Korrespondent] 22:45 During the landing of GUR soldiers in Crimea on October 4, a fierce battle took place, one Ukrainian soldier was captured by the Russians, said GUR representative Andrey Yusov.
22:43 Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjártó visited Russia for the fourth time since the beginning of the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine. In particular, he will take part in the Russian energy forum.
22:40 Finance ministers and heads of central banks of the G7 countries in a joint statement pledged to keep Russian assets frozen until the Russian Federation compensates Ukraine for the damage caused as a result of a full-scale invasion.
22:09 Ukraine already has its own missiles with a range of 750-1000 km, said Advisor to the Head of the Presidential Office Mikhail Podolyak in an interview with Channel 24. He clarified that we are talking about experimental samples, and investments are needed to expand production.
21:13 The Russian Army planned to begin the assault on Avdeevka on October 7, Putin’s birthday. The situation in and around the city is very tense. Read more in the article Why the Russian Federation is attacking Avdeevka .
20:52 The United States will transfer to Ukraine a large batch of Switchblade 600 kamikaze drones, designed to destroy enemy tanks and armored vehicles on the battlefield, Newsweek reports.
20:45 The US Treasury imposed sanctions on two organizations and blocked ownership of two vessels that were used to supply Russian oil in circumvention of restrictions. We are talking about SCF Primorye, which transported Russian oil at a price of over $75 per barrel, as well as Yasa Golden Bosphorus, which transported ESPO crude oil at a price above $80 per barrel. The registered owner of the first vessel is Lumber Marine SA from the UAE, the second is the Turkish company Ice Pearl Navigation Corp.
20:34 During the period from February 24, 2022 to September 25, 2023, Russia destroyed or damaged 835 cultural heritage sites of Ukraine, the Ministry of Culture reported.
20:13 The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe recognized the Holodomor of 1932-1933 as genocide of the Ukrainian people. In addition, the PA supports the creation of a Register of Damage and demands the immediate and unconditional release of victims of enforced disappearances, the dismantling of filtration camps and the punishment of those responsible.
19:24 In the Avdeevka direction, the Armed Forces of Ukraine are holding the line, repulsing seven enemy attacks in the Avdeevka area and seven more attacks near Lastochkino, Tonenky, Pervomaisky, Nevelsky, Donetsk region, the General Staff reported in the evening report.
In just one day, 55 military clashes took place at the front. In the Kupyansk direction, the Defense Forces repelled enemy attacks in the area of Sinkovka and Ivanovka, Kharkov region; on Limansky - in the areas of Makeevka, Lugansk region and Serebryansky forestry, Donetsk region; on Maryinsky - in the districts of Marinka, Pobeda and Novomikhailovka of the Donetsk region. In the Zaporozhye direction, the enemy unsuccessfully tried to restore the lost position in the Rabotino region of the Zaporozhye region.
19:15 The Russian Army shelled Nikolskoye, Kherson region, one person was wounded, the OVA reported.
18:53 As a result of today's shelling of populated areas in the Donetsk region, two people were killed, including a child, and seven were wounded, the prosecutor's office reported. In particular, two people were injured in Avdeevka, and in the village. Bogatyr of the Volnovakha region, an 11-year-old boy was killed, his mother and six-year-old brother were wounded. Two more people were wounded in the village. Galitsynovka, Pokrovsky district. In the town of Gornyak, Pokrovsky district, one person was killed and one was injured.
18:18 Bulgaria will help organize English language courses for future Ukrainian F-16 pilots, Defense Minister Rustem Umerov said following a meeting with his Bulgarian counterpart Todor Tagarev.
17:51 In Mariupol, partisans neutralized a Russian warehouse of engineering troops by arson, said the mayor’s adviser Pyotr Andryushchenko.
17:37 The International Olympic Committee suspended the Russian Olympic Committee due to the inclusion in its composition of the so-called “sports organizations” that are located in the occupied territories of the Donbass, Luhansk, Kherson and Zaporozhye regions of Ukraine.
17:08 Ukraine has prepared for possible blackouts in winter, so power outages will not be long, said Energy Minister German Galushchenko: “Of course, if there are massive strikes that will really cause significant damage to the energy system, blackouts are possible. But we are preparing everything so that they are short-term character, and in order to restore as quickly as possible."
16:45 Ukraine is preparing the infrastructure for F-16 fighters, and Ukrainian pilots who are training abroad will begin flying with instructors on real aircraft in a few weeks, said Air Force spokesman Yuriy Ignat.
15:57 Dutch F-16 fighters, on which Ukrainian pilots will study, will go to a new training center in Romania within a few weeks, Defense Minister Kaisa Ollongren said. She clarified that we are talking about 12-18 aircraft.
15:36 Zelensky said that he held a meeting of the Headquarters of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief, at which three key issues were considered: the situation at the front, Ukrainian production of weapons and equipment, as well as the situation in the Middle East.
As for the second question, according to the president, the Ministry of Strategic Industry has a clear task to present a program for providing Ukrainian weapons for all key needs - from missiles and drones to armored vehicles and shells. “There have already been reports on certain elements of such a program. Good results. There will be more significant ones,” Zelensky said. He gave a separate instruction to Deputy Prime Minister Mikhail Fedorov and Minister of Defense Rustem Umerov to ensure maximum digitalization of supplies for the Defense Forces. “Full accountability and control are our priority. There are clear deadlines for implementation,” the head of state added.
14:44 Since the beginning of a full-scale war, the SBU has exposed more than 2,000 state traitors, head of the Security Service Vasily Malyuk told The Wall Street Journal. “Russian agents used to grow in Ukraine like cancer cells. Today the SBU is like a surgeon who cleanses the Ukrainian soil of traitors and spies,” Malyuk noted.
According to his information, traitors often work for money, but sometimes they are recruited in the occupied territories using torture or threats. Among those detained are Russian missile pointers at Ukrainian military and energy facilities, officials who worked for the Russian Federation, as well as those who wanted to help Russia eliminate Zelensky.
14:38 In Romania, drone debris was again discovered after a night Russian attack on the Odessa region. According to the country's Ministry of Defense, the drone fell 3 km from the city of Plaura, opposite Izmail, and probably exploded, since a crater formed at the crash site.
14:17 As a result of the Russian strike on a cafe in the village of Groza, Kharkov region, on October 5, 59 people were killed - criminologists identified all the dead, said the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Igor Klimenko. He stressed that all the victims were local civilians. “Pensioners, doctors, farmers, teachers, entrepreneurs... Whole families of several generations died,” the minister noted.
14:13 The Office of the President showed a photo of the downed Russian reconnaissance UAV Supercam S350. Experts are already looking for sanctioned components in it.
14:09 The Russians again shelled Chernobaevka, Kherson region - one person was killed, one was wounded, the OVA reported. Dozens of houses in the village were damaged, and there was a partial loss of electricity.
14:05 As a result of a night Russian drone attack in the Kharkov region, gas transportation infrastructure was damaged - the industrial site of the gas distribution station that supplies the thermal power plant, the Ministry of Energy reported. The fall of debris from a downed drone was also recorded on the territory of the industrial site of another gas distribution station in the city. The fire at both facilities was localized, the work of the gas distribution system did not stop, and there were no deaths or injuries.
In addition, as a result of the fall of drone debris, a 6 kV power line in the Odessa region was damaged, there are de-energized consumers, and repair work is underway.
13:56 The Russians continue their offensive in the Avdeevka area of the Donetsk region in the hope of getting at least some kind of significant “victory” and turning the tide of hostilities, said Alexander Shtupun, spokesman for the Tauride Defense Forces. “If at the beginning of a full-scale invasion Avdiivka was considered by the enemy as something insignificant, then today the capture or encirclement of Avdiivka is for him the most that he can achieve at this stage,” he explained and added that the Ukrainian Armed Forces are holding the line.
13:47 Budanov said that Ukraine was out of schedule for the counter-offensive: “There are objective and subjective reasons - everything is complex. But most of the explanations for this are state secrets, and this is simply not for public discussion. Over time, this will all become clear.” The head of the Main Intelligence Directorate emphasized that Ukraine has not fallen behind the schedule: “We are behind the schedule. We are not behind, but we are behind. This is a completely different interpretation.”
13:14 Over the past 24 hours, the Ukrainian Armed Forces have advanced “hundreds of meters” in some directions south of Bakhmut, said Ilya Yevlash, spokesman for the Eastern Group of Forces.
12:43 Shmygal announced progress on the issue of the upcoming confiscation of Russian assets in favor of Ukraine: “The ice has broken. I am sure that next year we will fill the Restoration Fund with confiscated Russian assets that are located in the West in partner countries. This will be a significant amount "We expect that in general this amount should be from 300 to 500 billion dollars, which will be allocated to Ukrainian reconstruction projects."
12:14 The Czech Republic and Denmark will jointly supply tanks and combat vehicles to Ukraine in the coming months, the Czech Ministry of Defense reported.
12:09 The Mariupol resistance received documents proving that the Russians officially stole two ships flying the Liberian flag that were docked in the city’s port, said mayor’s adviser Pyotr Andryushchenko. The fact that the Liberian ships BLUE STAR I and SMARTA were in the port of Mariupol at the beginning of the blockade of the city was, in particular, documented by the appeal of the Ombudsman of Ukraine to the UN.
Now the Russians not only do not release or return the ships to their owners, but also renamed them in honor of the Donetsk militants Sergei Agranovich and Alexander Zakharchenko . The vessels are “officially” transferred through Russian state ownership to the ownership of the Roskapstroy company. The port of Mariupol is completely given over to the use of the Roskapstroy company, the real beneficiary of which is probably Russian Deputy Prime Minister Marat Khusnullin, notes Andryushchenko.
11:24 Ukrainian forces destroyed the strategic bridge between Yasinuvata and Gorlovka, Donetsk region, local publics report. Russians used this route for relatively quick travel from Gorlovka to Donetsk.
11:21 Russia “without any problems” can afford to wage a war in Ukraine until 2025, and in terms of the amount of equipment - until a maximum of 2026, Budanov said in an interview with the UP.
11:18 In the fall and winter, Ukraine will again face a “battle for electricity,” since the Russian Federation’s plans to organize a blackout have not changed, Budanov said in an interview with UP. “They have enough forces and means, because recently they have launched limited missile strikes. The enemy has restored a certain reserve. This reserve is not very significant, but it is sufficient to create very real problems not only for our energy sector, but also for the oil and gas sector, industrial enterprises, military facilities,” added the head of the Main Intelligence Directorate.
10:57 Spain will transfer to Ukraine installations for the MIM-23 Hawk air defense system and ammunition of 155 and 105 mm calibers, the country’s Ministry of Defense reported.
10:49 The Russian ship Pavel Derzhavin was damaged on October 11 near Sevastopol, Dmitry Pletenchuk, spokesman for the Ukrainian Navy, told Radio Liberty. However, he refused to give details of the incident. The day before, the media and local telegram channels wrote that the ship was probably blown up by a Russian mine.
10:26 The United States has become more active in persuading the governments of European countries to start using the frozen reserves of the Russian Federation to help Ukraine, The Washington Post writes, citing sources. We are talking about an amount of about 300 billion dollars, of which only 5 billion is in the United States. However, so far the heads of central banks of European countries are resisting such a decision. Experts say this will lead to legal problems and create serious financial risks.
09:57 The number of deaths as a result of the Russian strike on the village. The thunderstorm in the Kharkov region on October 5 increased to 56 people - one of the wounded died in intensive care, said Oleg Sinegubov, head of the OVA.
09:39 In the Sumy region at night, soldiers of the territorial defense brigade discovered an enemy DRG consisting of eight people, said the commander of the Joint Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Sergei Naev. The saboteurs tried to cross the border and planned to move further in the direction of one of the civilian critical infrastructure facilities. As a result of fire damage, the sabotage group withdrew with losses. There are no casualties among Ukrainian military personnel.
09:28 The American Institute for the Study of War (ISW) believes that attempted attacks by Russians in the Avdeevka area of the Donetsk region are unlikely to lead to broader operational and strategic advantages for the Russian army.
08:59 At night, the Russians fired at the housing sector of Chernobaevka, Kherson region, one person was killed, said the head of the OVA Alexander Prokudin. In addition, at night the Russians fired at the Belozerka village, hitting a private house, wounding two people, the prosecutor’s office reported. Over the past 24 hours, four people were injured as a result of Russian shelling in the region.
08:37 White House officials privately told members of Congress that the US presidential administration is preparing a joint request for additional funding with funds for Ukraine, Israel, Taiwan and strengthening border security, NBC News reports, citing sources.
08:28 The General Staff announced the estimated losses of the Russian Federation as of the morning of October 12:
- personnel - about 284,890 (+990) people,
- tanks - 4905 (+42),
- armored combat vehicles - 9264 (+44),
- artillery systems - 6763 (+32),
- MLRS - 811 (+2),
- air defense systems - 545 (+0),
- aircraft - 316 (+0),
- helicopters - 316 (+0),
- UAV of operational-tactical level - 5247 (+21),
- cruise missiles - 1531 (+1),
- ships/boats - 20 (+0),
- submarines - 1 (+0),
- automotive equipment and tank trucks - 9170 (+25),
- special equipment - 966 (+1).
07:45 Over the past 24 hours, 95 military clashes took place at the front, the General Staff reported in its morning report . In the Avdeevka direction, the Defense Forces repulsed more than ten enemy attacks in the Avdeevka area and another ten attacks east of Stepnoye, southeast of Severnoye and south of Pervomaiskoye in the Donetsk region.
In the Kupyansk direction, the Ukrainian Armed Forces repelled enemy attacks in the Sinkovka and Ivanovka areas of the Kharkov region; on Limansky - in the areas of Makeevka, Lugansk region and Torsky and Serebryansky forestry, Donetsk region; on Bakhmutsky - in the Andreevka area of the Donetsk region; on Maryinsky - in the districts of Marinka, Pobeda and Novomikhailovka of the Donetsk region; on Shakhtarsky - in areas south of Zolotaya Niva and southeast of Ugledar, Donetsk region; in Zaporozhye - in the Verbovoy district of the Zaporozhye region.
At the same time, the Defense Forces continue assault operations south of Bakhmut, Donetsk region, and were successful in areas east of Kleshcheevka and east of Andreevka, Donetsk region. In the Melitopol direction, the Ukrainian Armed Forces have improved the tactical situation in the area west of Rabotino, Zaporozhye region.
07:21 Air defense at night destroyed 28 of 33 Shahed attack UAVs , which Russia attacked from the northern and southern directions (Belgorod region and Cape Chauda), the Air Force command reported. Drones flew in different directions, and air defenses operated in at least six regions of Ukraine.
07:14 At night, the Russians attacked the Odessa region with drones. Air defense forces shot down ten suicide bombers, and there were also hits, said Oleg Kiper, head of the Air Defense Forces. In the Izmail region, damage to the port infrastructure and residential buildings was recorded, fires broke out on the spot, and they have already been extinguished. One person was injured.
06:35 Governor of the Belgorod region Vyacheslav Gladkov said that at night, as a result of the fall of a drone on the outskirts of Belgorod, two residential buildings were destroyed, and several more were damaged as a result of the explosion. Three people died, including one child, and two more are in critical condition in intensive care.
01:19 Russia has been actively testing and preparing nuclear weapons since the summer of 2023, said Vadim Skibitsky, a representative of the Main Intelligence Directorate, in an interview with the UP. According to him, nuclear facilities are being actively checked on the territory of both Russia and Belarus.
At the same time, Skibitsky believes that there is no real threat of the use of tactical nuclear weapons from the Russian Federation now. In his opinion, “a hypothetical nuclear strike is not as terrible as the Russian Federation says it is.” The representative of the Main Intelligence Directorate added that the Russians have already committed enough war crimes on the territory of Ukraine, for example, blowing up the Kakhovka hydroelectric power station.
In addition, Skibitsky said that currently about 430 thousand military personnel of the Russian Armed Forces are taking part in the war against Ukraine. Among them are Chechens, Dagestanis, Ingush, and representatives of other nationalities, but it is difficult to determine the exact number of national minorities among the occupiers. Skibitsky added that there are still more Russians in the army.
00:12 The Russians shelled Kharkov - a private house was damaged, one person was wounded, said the head of the OVA Oleg Sinegubov.