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Ukraine's General Staff says Russian forces suffered a record 46,230 personnel losses in September, the highest monthly total in 2026.
Russian drone strikes hit near the support structure of Kyiv's Pivdennyi Bridge, forcing authorities to halt metro and surface transit for safety inspections.
OSINT analysts have geolocated the Izhevsk Kupol plant assembling Russian Garpiya-A1 attack drones, created under a 1 billion rouble defence ministry contract.
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said Ukraine struck a Russian vessel in the Black Sea, a drone launch site in Oryol Oblast and facilities in Samara and Bryansk oblasts.
When the Russian forces began stepping up their use of jet-powered drones, perhaps the most common question among Ukrainians was: "Why haven't we destroyed the launch sites yet?"
Ukraine is calling on the US to sanction Russian firms developing the Rassvet satellite network to prevent real-time drone strikes before its launch.
Estonia has banned transit of Russian and Belarusian grain in response to Russia's blockade of Ukrainian exports, Foreign Minister Margus Tsahkna says.
Thirty-two per cent of Ukrainians say corruption in the central government is the biggest obstacle to EU membership, while 29% cite reluctance within the EU.
Volodymyr Zelenskyy greeted Ukrainian troops from a front line command post on Defenders' Day, declaring that Ukraine must defeat Russia to achieve peace.
A Russian drone struck a school building in the Solomianskyi district of Kyiv on 1 October, causing a fire. Children were in a bomb shelter at the time of the impact.
Ukraine’s General Staff reports 209 combat clashes over the past day, with Ukrainian forces repelling six Russian attacks on the Lyman front and 33 on the Pokrovsk front.