22:56 The number of victims of rocket attacks on the center of Zaporozhye has increased to seven people, at least five more are considered missing. At present, the rubble is being cleared, said the head of the OVA Alexander Starukh. The Russians bombarded the city with S-300 missiles, a series of attacks aimed at high-rise buildings. There are no military or important objects near the impact site - only civilian buildings and apartment buildings. During previous shelling, civilian infrastructure was the target of the occupiers, Starukh emphasized.
22:30 Zelensky said in an evening video message that any decisions by Putin regarding the Zaporizhzhya power plant and any attempts by Russia to transfer the plant allegedly into its own ownership are "insignificant and, frankly, pointless."
“Only Ukrainian specialists can guarantee that there will be no radiation incidents at the Zaporozhye station. The international community will only contact Ukraine regarding the ZNPP, because it is Ukrainian property. nothing but 500 risks of catastrophe. The world understands this," Zelensky said.
22:27 Zelensky said in an evening video message that since October 1, more than 500 sq. km of territory and dozens of settlements. "There are successes in the eastern direction as well. The day will surely come when we will report on the successes in the Zaporozhye region - in those areas that are still controlled by the occupiers. The day will come when we will also talk about the liberation of Crimea. This prospect is obvious," he stressed. the president.
22:12 The US does not plan to deploy nuclear weapons in Poland and other countries that joined NATO after 1997, the State Department said.
21:45 Finnish Defense Minister Antti Kaikkonen announced the ninth package of military assistance to Ukraine: "The defensive struggle of Ukraine continues. Unfortunately, it seems that the war can last a long time. Our support for Ukraine continues." At the same time, Finland does not disclose details of assistance for security reasons.
21:39 Zelensky's press secretary Sergei Nikiforov clarified the president's words about a preventive strike on the Russian Federation: "Colleagues, you have gone a little far with your nuclear hysteria and now you hear nuclear strikes even where there are none. The president spoke about the period until February 24. Then it was necessary to take preventive measures in order not to allow Russia to start a war. Let me remind you that the only measures that were discussed at that time were preventive sanctions. Blackmailing the world with explosions at the ZNPP and in every possible way hinting at the use of nuclear weapons allows only the terrorist state Russia. You will never hear such appeals in Ukraine."
20:57 During a meeting with IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi, Zelensky called on the organization to condemn Putin's decision to "transfer" the Zaporizhzhya NPP to the ownership of the Russian Federation: "We were very much looking forward to a tough statement from the IAEA on this matter. The society is very much looking forward to this condemnation. In my personal sense, this is - raiding".
Grossi, in turn, stressed that he considers the Zaporozhye NPP a Ukrainian nuclear facility: "This is a matter of international law ... We want the war to stop immediately, and, of course, the IAEA's position is that this facility is Ukrainian."
20:52 Peskov called on the UK and EU countries to "pay special attention to Zelensky's statement about preemptive strikes against the Russian Federation." He also said that the US and the UK "de facto direct the activities of Kyiv, so they should be held accountable for Zelensky's statements." According to Peskov, Zelensky's statements are "nothing more than a call to start a world war with unpredictable monstrous consequences."
20:34 In the Odessa region, another three Shahed-136 Iranian drones were shot down over the sea, OK Pivden reports.
20:27 Zelensky, during a video interview with the Lowy Institute in Australia, called on NATO to launch a preventive strike on Russia in the event of a threat to use nuclear weapons from its side: “What should NATO do? to the international community, as it was before February 24: preventive strikes, so that they know what will happen to them if they are used, and not vice versa - wait for Russia's nuclear strikes, in order to say later: oh, you are so, well, keep it from us! "
20:19 Reznikov said in an interview with Forbes that Ukraine's partners do not need to be afraid of Russian nuclear weapons: "As for the technical condition of Russia's nuclear weapons. All of its nuclear potential ended in 1997. And when was the last time they tested nuclear weapons? At the end of 1990 "-s in Kazakhstan at the appropriate training ground. Where will they use it? On the front line to destroy not only Ukrainian, but also their own units? The Black Sea? There are three NATO countries."
The minister stressed that "after Mariupol, Bucha, rocket attacks" Ukrainians cannot be intimidated by nuclear weapons: "Stop being afraid of Russia. This is not the second army of the world, these are beggars, looters and rapists. This is a prison that attacked Ukraine."
20:12 The head of the Lugansk OVA Serhiy Gaidai confirmed the information about the liberation of the village of Grekovka. According to him, at the moment, active battles are taking place in the direction of Kremennaya - the Russians are preparing for a long defense.
19:25 The Rada rejected the proposal of the Russian Parliament to sit down at the negotiating table, Vice-Speaker of the Verkhovna Rada Elena Kondratyuk said: "Frankly speaking, only a lie remains from the former pathos and arrogance of the Matvienok."
19:21 Since the beginning of the full-scale war in Ukraine, Belarus has sent 26 trainloads of ammunition to the Russian Federation - this is almost 250 wagons weighing more than 10,000 tons, said Alexei Gromov, deputy chief of the Main Operational Directorate of the General Staff. According to him, since the beginning of October, about 30 wagons with ammunition for the occupiers have been sent from the Belarusian arsenals for storing missiles and ammunition to the Donetsk and Kherson directions.
In addition, at the Belarusian warehouses, bases and arsenals, a group of Russian officers selects car tires, components, assemblies and other spare parts for armored vehicles, which are subsequently sent to the occupying forces.
18:50 Zelensky is sure that the world will never forgive Putin if he uses nuclear weapons. In addition, he is convinced that Putin himself will not survive in such a scenario: “It seems to me that the director of Russia himself loves his life, and I think that he understands that after the use of nuclear weapons, he will not be able to save his life. I am sure of this ".
18:47 In Zaporozhye, after the morning rocket attack, rescuers still continue to work. As of the moment, it is known about three dead, said the head of the OVA Alexander Starukh. 12 patients were delivered to medical institutions - nine of them were hospitalized, three refused hospitalization after a medical examination. One person is in critical condition. Among the injured are two children of four years.
18:25 Zaluzhny said that he had a telephone conversation with the head of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Mark Milley: "We discussed the operational situation, analyzing the offensive and defensive operations of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The situation is complex, but fully controlled and is developing according to our plan. We also checked hours in matters of providing the Ukrainian army with weapons and equipment.
18:22 The European Union has imposed sanctions against 30 individuals and seven legal entities of the Russian Federation. In particular, singer Yulia Chicherina, singers Nikolai Rastorguev and Oleg Gazmanov, philosopher Alexander Dugin, head of the CEC Ella Pamfilova were included in the list. Among the sanctioned legal entities were Goznak, the Irkut corporation, the Avangard machine-building plant, the plant named after. Degtyareva, MKB Fakel, CEC.
17:59 Reznikov said that Russia is looking for bulletproof vests and winter clothes for its soldiers: "We have accurate information from Turkey from our partners that the Russians tried to order 200,000 bulletproof vests and 500,000 sets of winter clothes through third countries. This means that they are in trouble with this. By the way, their Turkish partners refused them."
17:53 Germany handed over five Bergerpanzer 2 armored recovery vehicles to the Armed Forces of Ukraine, according to a report by the Federal Government.
17:26 Since the beginning of the use of Shahed-136 kamikaze drones by the Russians, 86 such UAVs have been used by the enemy, of which 60% have been destroyed, Alexey Gromov said. Since September 30, the enemy has used 20 missiles of various types, including 13 launches of ballistic missiles. The enemy also used 46 Shahed-136 kamikaze drones to destroy military installations, civilian infrastructure and troop positions. Of these, 24 drones were destroyed. This night, the forces and means of the Air Force destroyed 9 out of 12 kamikaze drones.
17:21 In the Kharkiv region, the Armed Forces of Ukraine have advanced 55 km into the depth of the enemy’s defense since September 21, said Alexei Gromov, deputy chief of the Main Operational Directorate of the General Staff. Control was established over 93 settlements, more than 2,400 square meters were taken under control. km Slobozhanshchina.
17:03 The Ukrainian military is already being trained to control the NASAMS and IRIS-T anti-aircraft missile systems, Yuriy Ignat, spokesman for the Air Force Command, said.
16:44 Russian media report a series of explosions in Kherson - allegedly air defense "shot down five HIMARS missiles" fired by Ukrainian troops on the Antonovsky bridge. The bridge was also struck in the morning.
16:16 Almost all NATO and EU countries have joined the training programs for the Ukrainian military, Reznikov said: "In addition to Ramstein, there is also the Copenhagen Donor Conference. Almost all Scandinavian countries have joined the training programs there - Norway, Denmark, Sweden. Plus the Baltic countries - Lithuania , Latvia, Estonia, Poland, Slovakia, the Czech Republic, and now there was the Minister of Defense of Germany, she confirmed. That is, almost the entire block of NATO and EU countries, which are not even included yet, like Sweden and Finland, have all joined the training programs."
According to the Minister of Defense, there are specific training programs for Ukrainian artillerymen and Special Operations Forces. Poland and Slovakia will conduct battalion-level training projects.
15:50 Russia today launched strikes on the territory of Ukraine with Tu-22M3 long-range bombers that were in the airspace of Belarus, said Alexei Gromov, deputy chief of the main operational department of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. According to him, the strategic air strike of the Russian Federation was delivered for the first time since August.
15:31 Andrey Gurulev, a member of the Russian State Duma Defense Committee, said that the preparation of the mobilized and the creation of new formations will take at least two months, "this time the existing forces need to hold the front line." According to him, next it is necessary to "seize the initiative", and during this time - "to disable logistics and industrial facilities" in Ukraine with missile and other strikes.
15:25 Deputy of the Kherson Regional Council Sergei Khlan said that Russians had disappeared from Nova Kakhovka. "According to preliminary information, everyone was sent to Berislav," he wrote.
15:12 A mobilization campaign is gaining momentum in Sevastopol: they are mobilizing, in particular, ambulance drivers and tractor drivers of agricultural enterprises. According to the GUR MOU, in the 1st city hospital, ambulance drivers in full strength received summons, at the Zolotaya Balka winery - 100% of tractor drivers.
The mobilized are undergoing accelerated basic combat training, most of the personnel are men over the age of 40. Among them are participants in the Russian wars in Ichkeria, several "Afghans", a significant part of the former military of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, who remained on the territory of Crimea after the occupation. Part of the personnel has already left for the Donetsk and Kherson directions.
Before being sent to the war zone, the mobilized are given “political training” classes, at which they are told, in particular, that the explosions in Crimea were agreed with Putin, and that you won’t have to participate in real hostilities - you just need to shoot for the sake of appearance.
14:57 The head of the Federation Council of the Russian Federation, Valentina Matvienko, at a meeting of speakers of the G20 parliaments, called for negotiations with Kiev: "Let's sit down at the negotiating table today, on the platform of the parliamentary twenty, the parliament of Russia and the parliament of Ukraine. Let's try to understand each other, find agreements."
14:33 Head of the Bundestag Defense Committee Marie-Agyness Strack-Zimmermann arrived in Kiev, who has repeatedly urged the German government to transfer Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine.
14:02 USAID will allocate $55 million to Ukraine to prepare the heating infrastructure for winter, the head of the agency, Samantha Power, said during a visit to Kiev.
13:39 Representatives of the Russian GRU tried to recruit defenders of Azovstal, the chief of staff of the Azov regiment, Major Bogdan Krotevich with the call sign Taurus, told reporters. According to him, representatives of the GRU of the Russian Federation told the Azov people that they were fighting well, so "let's destroy the West and the USA together."
Krotevich also urged journalists to refrain from asking questions about the captivity, since the disclosure of such information could harm those who are still there. According to him, public outcry will not stop Russia, but may have the opposite effect on Ukrainian prisoners of war and worsen their conditions of stay or harm the negotiation process for release.
13:13 Since the beginning of October, the Armed Forces of Ukraine have liberated more than 400 square meters from Russian occupiers. km of the Kherson region, said the representative of the press center of the Southern Defense Forces Natalia Gumenyuk.
12:46 The Kiev OVA warned that drills for sappers are being held in the Vyshgorod district today, so explosions can be heard.
12:40 A new package of EU sanctions introduces a ban on servicing crypto wallets of citizens and residents of Russia. It also introduces a ban for citizens of the European Union to hold any positions in the governing bodies of Russian state organizations.
12:17 The EU has adopted the eighth package of sanctions against Russia , the European Commission announced. Among other things, a base is being established for determining the price ceiling for Russian oil for its transportation by sea. EU sanctions provide for a ban on the sea transportation of oil from Russia at a price above the established ceiling from December, oil products - from February.
Also, the new sanctions expand the ban on the import and export of goods, including steel products, machinery, chemicals, plastics and cigarettes, and also provide for punishment for participants in sanctions circumvention schemes.
12:15 This morning, two Shahed-136 kamikaze drones and one Mohajer-6 strike drone were shot down in the sky over the Nikolaev region, the command of the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported.
12:13 In Russia, a curator of the annexed "DPR", "LPR", Kherson and Zaporozhye regions has been appointed. According to the decree of Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin, "the development of new territories" will be led by Vadim Vasiliev. He was also appointed Deputy Minister for Construction and Housing and Public Utilities of Russia, and before that he held the position of acting. Director of the Department of Interbudgetary Relations of the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation.
12:10 Head of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Samantha Power announced that she had arrived in Kiev: "I just arrived in Kiev, Ukraine. This is a critical moment for the Ukrainian people, because they are defending their freedom from brutal attacks, liberating the occupied lands prepares for winter and strengthens democratic institutions and the rule of law."
12:02 The torture chamber discovered in Pesky-Radkovsky became the 22nd found in the de-occupied territory of the Kharkiv region. As Sergey Bolvinov, deputy chief of the Main Directorate of the National Police of the region, said, the occupiers occupied one of the private houses, where there was a basement measuring 1.5 by 2 meters, where the Russians kept civilians and prisoners. According to Bolvinov, among the most common tortures are electric current, gas masks, beatings, and pulling out nails. “There is also a man whose arm was broken, after which they began to put bicycle knitting needles under the skin on his back. Now he is in a hospital in Kharkov,” he said.
To date, the bodies of 534 civilians have been found in the region. Most of the corpses - with their hands tied, bullet wounds to the head, cuts in the groin area.
11:58 Zelensky said at a session of the General Assembly of the Organization of American States that Russia forcibly deported more than 1.6 million Ukrainians: "More than 1.6 million Ukrainians have already been forcibly deported to Russia. They are scattered throughout the territory of this state, in remote regions of Russia. Many documents were taken from them, many of them went through the terrible filtration camps of the occupiers, where they were mocked and intimidated.
11:56 Ukraine appealed to the IAEA, the European Commissioner for Energy Kadri Simson and the relevant ministers of the G7 states with a call for decisive action against the Russian nuclear industry because of Russia's intentions to "legally consolidate" the occupation of the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant by Rosatom, Energy Minister German Galushchenko said.
11:54 The FSB does not release Ukrainians with Russian passports from Russia. According to the Ministry of Reintegration, on the Russian borders with Latvia and Estonia, there is an accumulation of Ukrainian citizens who are trying to leave the territory of the Russian Federation. People wait two to six days. At special filtration points, the FSB checks Ukrainian citizens for the presence of a Russian passport: if a Russian passport is not found, a Ukrainian citizen is allowed to leave. And if it is established that a Ukrainian also has a Russian passport, they will not let him out.
11:33 The head of the Zaporozhye OVA, Alexander Starukh, specified that one person died as a result of night shelling, and the death of another one is not confirmed - he was saved by doctors. Seven people were injured of varying severity, including a three-year-old child. The rescue operation continues, the number of victims may vary. 21 people were rescued.
11:14 In Zaporozhye, the Russians hit the infrastructure, said the secretary of the City Council Anatoly Kurtev.
11:11 The American Institute for the Study of War (ISW) believes that Putin is preparing to remove Shoigu from his post, shifting the blame for the defeat at the front onto him. According to analysts, now the head of the Kremlin is looking for support among the security forces, trying to strengthen his position. Growing criticism of partial mobilization and failures at the front lead Putin to blame Shoigu.
10:50 The head of the Zaporizhzhya Regional Military District Oleksandr Starukh announced another missile attack.
10:31 Some collaborators of the Kherson region moved their families to the Crimea, while publicly declaring that there is no panic, said the first deputy chairman of the Kherson Regional Council, Yuriy Sobolevsky.
10:09 British intelligence notes that Russia does not have enough personnel to defend the Kherson region and it is probably planning to deploy mobilized reservists in this sector. Moving south, Ukrainian units have pushed the front line another 20 km, primarily through advances along the eastern bank of the Ingulets and the western bank of the Dnieper, but they do not yet threaten the main Russian defensive positions.
The Russian command probably views the growing threat in the Nova Kakhovka sector as one of its most pressing concerns. In particular, the damaged river crossing over the Dnieper in the area remains one of the few available ways for them to replenish their forces. Russia faces a dilemma: the withdrawal of military forces across the Dnieper makes the defense of the rest of the Kherson region more stable, but the political imperative will remain to defend itself.
Analysts also point out that Russia has deployed most of its understrength airborne troops to defend Kherson. Thus, Russia currently has few additional high-quality rapid deployment forces to stabilize the front: it is probably aiming to deploy mobilized reservists in this sector.
09:58 This morning, the Russians fired two rockets at the Shepetovsky district of the Khmelnytsky region. One rocket fell near an infrastructure facility, no damage or fires. The second fell on the wasteland. According to preliminary information, as a result of the rocket fall, minor damage was recorded to some of the surrounding houses. There were no dead or injured, said the head of the OVA, Sergei Gamaly.
09:40 The General Staff announced the approximate losses of the enemy on the morning of October 6. The enemy suffered the greatest losses in the Kramatorsk, Avdeevsky and Krivoy Rog directions.
personnel - about 61,330 (+330) people liquidated,
tanks - 2449 (+14),
armored fighting vehicles - 5064 (+26),
artillery systems - 1424 (+10),
MLRS - 344 (+3),
air defense systems - 177 (+0),
aircraft - 266 (+0),
helicopters - 232 (+0),
UAV operational-tactical level - 1047 (+15),
cruise missiles - 246 (+0),
ships/boats - 15 (+0),
automotive equipment and tankers - 3854 (+13),
special equipment - 134 (+2).
09:21 In the Donetsk region over the past day, as a result of enemy shelling, four civilians were killed - three in Torsk and one in Zarechny. In addition, ten more civilians killed by the Russians during the occupation were found in the newly liberated cities: five in Svyatogorsk and the same number in Liman. Three more people were injured yesterday, Pavel Kirilenko, head of the OVA, said.
09:04 The American Institute for the Study of War (ISW) believes that Ukraine's counter-offensive in the Kharkiv region has not yet reached its climax and is now moving towards the Lugansk region. The Russians failed to hold the banks of the Oskol and Seversky Donets rivers and use them as natural borders to prevent Ukrainian forces from advancing into vulnerable areas of Russian-occupied northeastern Ukraine.
Analysts note that the terrain of the western part of the Luhansk region is suitable for a quick maneuver war, which Ukrainian forces effectively used in the eastern part of the Kharkiv region in early September. According to ISW, there are no signs yet in open sources that the Russian military has significantly strengthened itself in the western part of the Lugansk region.
Ukraine's northern and southern counter-offensives are likely to force the Kremlin to prioritize the defense of one area of operations at the expense of another. ISW analysts believe that this potentially increases the likelihood of Ukraine's success in both areas.
09:00 Air defense in southern Ukraine destroyed nine Shahed-136 Iranian kamikaze drones, with which the Russian Federation attacked Ukraine on the night of October 6, the command of the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported.
08:55 The Armed Forces of Ukraine seized so many Russian weapons as trophies that Moscow has become the largest supplier of heavy weapons to Ukraine, writes WSJ. This technique helps Ukrainian troops to retake the eastern regions of the Donetsk region, including Liman, and move further east. According to the publication, Ukraine captured 460 Russian main battle tanks, 92 self-propelled howitzers, 448 infantry fighting vehicles, 195 armored fighting vehicles and 44 multiple rocket launchers. At the same time, the real number is probably more, the newspaper notes.
08:36 In the early morning, the Russians attacked infrastructure facilities and residential buildings in Zaporozhye with missiles, the head of the OVA Alexander Starukh said. As a result of the attacks, fires broke out in the city, residential buildings were damaged. In total, the enemy fired seven rockets at high-rise buildings. According to preliminary information, one person died, another died in an ambulance. At least five people remain under the rubble, many were rescued, including a three-year-old child who was hospitalized.
08:03 This morning, during an air raid, the enemy attacked the territory of the Khmelnitsky region. The sounds of explosions were heard, according to preliminary information, there were no victims, said the head of the OVA, Sergei Gamaly.
07:45 Over the past day, units of the Defense Forces of Ukraine repelled enemy attacks in the areas of the settlements of Vyemka, Soledar, Odradovka, Bakhmutskoye, Bakhmut, Krasnogorovka, Mayorsk and Novomikhailovka, the General Staff said in the morning report . In the Yuzhnobuzhsk direction, the invaders continue to regroup and withdraw their units. As a result of the gradual liberation of the occupied territories, simultaneously with the withdrawal of units of the Russian occupation troops, supporters of the occupation authorities are leaving.