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[LB] Since the beginning of the day, the number of clashes has increased to 79.
by Ivanna Kapustyanska
The defense forces of Ukraine are holding back the offensive of the Russian occupiers. Russian terrorists continue to destroy Ukrainian cities and villages with rocket, air and artillery strikes. By this time, the number of combat clashes had increased to 79.
The General Staff of the Armed Forces opposes this.
It is the hottest now in the Kurakhiv, Kupyan and Pokrovsky directions. The defense forces are taking measures to prevent the enemy from advancing deep into Ukrainian territory.
Today, the occupiers carried out airstrikes and artillery fire on the border of the Sumy region. Currently, 13 air strikes using 23 guided air bombs are known.
In particular, the districts of Stepne, Obody, Bilokopytove, Yastrubyne, Pavlivka, Bondarivshchyna, Myrlogi and Katerynivka settlements fell under them. The settlements of Uhroidy, Sosnivka, Obody, Shalygine, Luhivka, Pavlivka, Velyka Pisarivka, Fotovizh, and Stepanivka were subjected to artillery fire.
On the territory of the Kursk region of the Russian Federation, the Russian occupiers carried out ten air strikes, dropping 20 guided air bombs.
In the Kharkiv direction, since the beginning of the day, there have been three skirmishes near Staritsa and Vovchansk, two of which are still ongoing. At the same time, the occupiers dropped two aerial bombs in the Vovchansk region.
In the Kupyansk direction, Russian troops tried 11 times to storm our positions near Sinkivka, Novoselivka, Pischany, Stelmakhivka, and Lozova, the fighting continues. Hlushkivka was hit by an airstrike.
In the Lyman direction, the enemy attacked in the areas of Grekivka, Makiivka, Novosadovo, and Torsky. Since the beginning of the day, there have already been eight clashes in this direction, two are still ongoing. The enemy carried out airstrikes with anti-aircraft missiles in the areas of the settlements of Izyumske, Zarichne, Ozerne and Lyman, using 20 air bombs.
The enemy does not stop trying to break through the defense of our troops in the Siversk direction, however, receives a decent rebuff from the Ukrainian defenders. So, near Verkhnokamyansk, the occupiers twice tried to suppress our units. Air strikes were carried out on Zakitny, Pereizny and Riznyivka.
In the Kramatorsk direction, since the beginning of the day, Russian troops have tried six times to dislodge our units from their positions near Kalynyvka, Stupochky and Andriivka. Also, the enemy attacked Chasovoy Yar with unguided air missiles and dropped the KAB on Yurkivka.
In the Toretsk direction, the enemy, with the support of bomber aircraft, attacked the positions of our troops eight times. Currently, there are seven clashes near Toretsk and Shcherbinivka.
Fierce battles are taking place in the Pokrovsky direction in Mykolaivka, Selidovoy and Lysivka districts. So far, the enemy has carried out seven assaults on our positions. Battles are ongoing in four locations. Enemy aircraft also struck near the settlements of Pokrovsk and Selidove, using anti-aircraft missiles.
A difficult situation is observed in the Kurakhiv direction, where the enemy has attacked our units 16 times since the beginning of the day. Tried to advance near Tsukuryny, Gostroy, Georgiyivka, Antonivka, Kostyantynivka and in the direction of Bogoyavlenka. Six clashes are ongoing.
In the area of Robotyny, Maly Shcherbaki and Kamiansky in the Orihiv direction, the occupiers tried to advance four times, but were strongly repulsed, the battle continues near Kamiansky.
Worth noting, korrespondent.net has compiled its Invasion of Ukraine series into separate months, beginning May 9th, 2023. Linked in the title.
[Korrespondent] 20:04 The draft budget of the Russian Federation for 2025-2027 includes 90 billion rubles for one-time payments for concluding a contract with the Ministry of Defense, which will allow for the recruitment of up to 225 thousand new contract soldiers, the Russian publication Important Stories calculated.
19:31 Kyiv Post reports, citing sources, that the Defense Forces killed six officers from the DPRK yesterday. They were among 20 servicemen killed in a missile strike near Donetsk. The officers from North Korea had come to a meeting with the Russian Armed Forces command, which was demonstrating to them the preparation of personnel for assault operations.
18:48 Zelensky reported that he held a meeting of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief's Headquarters in Sumy Oblast. The main issue is the protection of infrastructure, energy, and the operation of air defense. The president also heard a number of reports, including those of the head of the SBU, law enforcement officers, and Syrsky.
18:17 Zelensky said that he was on a working visit to the Sumy region and visited the command post of the 82nd separate airborne assault Bukovina brigade, which is carrying out combat missions as part of the operation in the Kursk region.
17:23 At least 177 Ukrainian prisoners of war have died in Russian captivity since February 2022, the Defense Ministry reported. They added that this is only official data, and the real number could be significantly higher.
17:00 The Prosecutor General's Office reported that Russians executed 93 Ukrainian soldiers on the battlefield this year. Moreover, 80% of the executions were carried out in 2024.
16:09 In Poland, 300 Ukrainians have expressed a desire to join the Ukrainian Legion, Defense Minister Wladyslaw Kosiniak-Kamysz reported. According to him, the Polish side was ready to begin training on September 1, but there were not enough volunteers. "Ukraine has now taken steps related to informing, recruiting and promoting this process, so we are counting on the result," the Polish minister added.
14:33 Russian troops are 7 km from the outskirts of Pokrovsk in Donetsk Oblast, the city's infrastructure is 80% damaged, said GVA head Sergei Dobryak. Despite this, according to him, 13,000 people remain there, including 94 children, and the evacuation continues. Dobryak added that a month and a half ago there were 48,000 people and almost 5,900 children in Pokrovsk.
13:24 Swiss Ambassador to Kiev Felix Baumann in an interview with Interfax-Ukraine called the information that his country allegedly supports the peace plan of China and Brazil, as previously stated by a representative of the Swiss Foreign Ministry, a "misunderstanding". According to Baumann, the Swiss position "remains absolutely clear: any decision in response to Russia's full-scale military aggression against Ukraine must fully respect international law, the UN Charter and, in particular, the territorial integrity and sovereignty of Ukraine."
12:07 In Sumy Oblast, six workers were injured as a result of enemy shelling of a substation, the Ministry of Energy reported. Substations, household consumers and an energy facility were de-energized, power has already been restored. In Chernihiv Oblast, household consumers were de-energized after the shelling of overhead lines and a substation, a total of 4,817 subscribers were left without power. Power has been partially restored.
11:31 The Czech Republic and Ukraine will jointly produce 155 mm artillery ammunition - a corresponding agreement was signed by the Czech arms manufacturer Czechoslovak Group (CSG) and Ukrainian Armor. The agreement is part of a large package of contracts signed by the two companies on October 2 at the International Defense Industry Forum in Kiev. Production will begin next year.
11:25 In the Kirovograd region, during a night attack by drones, the administrative building of one of the enterprises in the Golovanovsky district was damaged, an employee was injured, reported the head of the OVA Andriy Raikovich.
11:13 Ukraine will receive 12 Caesar systems from France, Defense Minister Sebastien Lecornu announced. The corresponding contract was signed by the French-German defense concern KNDS on the sidelines of the industrial forum in Kiev. The supplies are financed by Ukraine.
10:36 The General Staff confirmed that the Defense Forces struck the fuel and lubricants storage base of OOO Annanefteprodukt, located near the settlement of Anna in the Voronezh Region, at night. At least one of the vertical tanks was confirmed to have been hit, and a fire broke out.
10:24 In Energodar, the "chief of physical security" of the occupied Zaporizhzhya NPP, Andrey Korotky, was blown up. According to the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense, his car was blown up this morning. Korotky is a collaborator involved in organizing and committing war crimes against Ukrainians during the occupation. After the seizure of the NPP, he gave the Russians lists of the plant's employees with their personal data, indicating citizens with a pro-Ukrainian position, and personally took part in the repressions.
09:55 In the Kharkiv region, eight people were injured as a result of Russian shelling over the past 24 hours: two in the village of Tokarevka in the Kharkiv district, two in the village of Boguslavka in the Izyum district, three in the village of Perovskoye in the Bogodukhovsky district, and one in the village of Okhrimovka in the Chuguevsky district, reported the head of the OVA Oleg Sinegubov.
09:42 In Donetsk Oblast, two people were killed as a result of Russian shelling on October 3 - in Stara Nikolaevka and Kremennaya Balka. Another two people in the region were injured in the past 24 hours, reported OVA head Vadim Filashkin.
09:37 At night, the Russian army struck Belozerka in the Kherson region with artillery, one person was killed, the OVA reported. Another person was injured in the morning as a result of a drone attack in Kizomys. Over the previous day, as a result of Russian shelling in the region, one person was killed and four were injured.
09:26 Air defense destroyed nine of the 19 Shahed-type attack UAVs used by the enemy to attack critical infrastructure facilities in Ukraine at night, the Air Force reported. Another seven drones were lost in location - probably due to counteraction by electronic warfare. The drones were shot down in the Kyiv, Cherkasy, Kirovohrad and Kherson regions.
08:50 The American Institute for the Study of War (ISW) believes that the offensive of Russian forces in eastern Ukraine, which they began in the summer, will reach its climax "in the coming months, if not weeks." According to analysts, the Russian army does not have enough manpower and resources to continue an intensive offensive indefinitely.
08:38 On October 3, the regional FSB office in Novosibirsk burned down - a flammable mixture was thrown into a broken window of the building and set on fire, the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense reported.
08:17 In the Voronezh Region, drones attacked the oil depot of OOO Annanefteprodukt in the urban-type settlement of Anna at night. Governor Alexander Gusev claims that one of the suppressed UAVs fell on the territory of the oil depot, and an empty tank caught fire. Also in the Perm Region, a private oil depot in the industrial zone of the village of Osentsy caught fire at night. The Russian Emergencies Ministry stated that the UAV attack version is not being considered, and that the cause of the fire was "careless handling of fire" or "emergency operation of electrical equipment."
07:33 The General Staff announced the estimated losses of the Russian Federation as of the morning of October 4:
personnel - about 657,940 (+1230) people,
tanks - 8908 (+15),
combat armored vehicles - 17,627 (+31),
artillery systems - 18,965 (+59),
MLRS - 1212 (+8),
air defense systems - 965 (+1),
aircraft - 368 (+0),
helicopters - 328 (+0),
Operational-tactical level UAVs - 16,494 (+101),
cruise missiles - 2613 (+0),
ships/boats - 28 (+0),
submarines - 1 (+0),
automotive equipment and tank trucks - 25,820 (+70),
special equipment - 3333 (+3).
03:42 NATO countries will not shoot down missiles and drones over Ukraine, as they do over Israel, said Deputy Spokesperson for the Pentagon Sabrina Singh. She explained that the situation in Ukraine is different from the situation in Israel. "That would mean that we are drawn into a war. And now we feel that Ukraine has been able to successfully defend itself from Russian strikes on its cities, population, infrastructure. And we will continue to provide them with the support they need to do this," Singh added.
00:37 In the Darnitsky district of Kyiv, during the shooting down of an enemy UAV, a metal-plastic frame on the eighth floor of a 16-story building was knocked out, Mayor Vitaliy Klitschko reported. The fire was quickly extinguished, no one was hurt.
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[EngMilRu] In the period from 28 September to 4 October, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation carried out 29 group strikes by high-precision weapons, including a Kinzhal hypersonic air-launched ballistic missile and attack drones.
The strikes hit energy facilities that supported the Ukrainian defence industry enterprises, as well as the infrastructure of military airfields.
In addition, AFU arsenals, temporary deployment areas, concentration areas of AFU troops, nationalist formations, and foreign mercenaries were hit by the strikes.
Over the past week, the Sever Group of Forces has been eliminating the AFU formations in Kursk region.
Operational-Tactical and Army aviation, unmanned aerial vehicles, and artillery strikes against concentration areas of personnel and military hardware of five mechanised brigades, one tank brigade, three air assault brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, one marine brigade, and five territorial defence brigades have thwarted the enemy's attempts to launch counter-attacks and deploy reserves. In Volchansk and Liptsy directions, Russian troops hit units of an AFU motorised infantry brigade, an air assault brigade, a marine brigade, and two territorial defence brigades.
Over the past week, more than 3,050 troops, four tanks, 43 armoured fighting vehicles, including two U.S.-made Bradley infantry fighting vehicles and 77 motor vehicles of the Armed Forces of Ukraine have been eliminated in the area of responsibility of the Sever Group of Forces. Twenty-eight field artillery guns and seven electronic warfare stations were eliminated.
The Zapad Group of Forces has improved their tactical position along the front line in the past seven days and has liberated Makeyevka (Lugansk People's Republic) and Vishnyovoye (Kharkov region). They inflicted losses on six mechanised brigades, one tank brigade, one assault brigade of the AFU, two territorial defence brigades, and one national guard brigade.
Eleven counterattacks launched by AFU assault detachments were thwarted.
The enemy losses amounted to more than 2,880 troops, four armoured fighting vehicles, including three U.S.-made M113 armoured personnel carriers, 42 motor vehicles, as well as 37 field artillery guns, including sixteen 155mm self-propelled artillery systems and howitzers supplied by NATO countries. In addition, 14 electronic warfare and counter-battery stations as well as 29 field ammunition depots were eliminated.
The Yug Group of Forces liberated Verkhnekamenskoye (Donetsk People's Republic). The Group delivered strikes at manpower and hardware of four mechanised brigades, one motorised infantry brigade, two infantry brigades, one mountain assault brigade, one airmobile brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, one territorial defence brigade, and one national guard brigade.
Twenty counter-attacks launched by AFU assault detachments were thwarted.
The enemy sustained losses of up to 5,110 troops, two tanks, three armoured fighting vehicles, 44 motor vehicles, 47 field artillery guns, with 30 of them produced by Western countries. Thirteen ammunition depots were eliminated.
The Tsentr Group's decisive actions liberated the settlements of Nelepovka and Krutoy Yar (Donetsk People's Republic). The Group's strikes defeated units of five mechanised brigades, one infantry brigade, two jaeger brigades, one assault brigade, one airborne brigade, one air assault brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, two territorial defence brigades and two national guard brigades.
In addition, 48 counter-attacks launched by enemy assault detachments were repelled. During the week, the AFU units suffered losses of up to 4,210 troops, two tanks, 16 armoured fighting vehicles, 31 motor vehicles, and 31 field artillery guns in this direction.
The Vostok Group of Forces took more favourable lines and positions and liberated Ugledar (Donetsk People's Republic). Strikes were delivered at manpower and hardware of one mechanised brigade, one motorised infantry brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, three territorial defence brigades, and one national guard brigade.
Ten counterattacks launched by AFU assault detachments were thwarted.
The enemy losses amounted to up to 890 Ukrainian troops, two tanks, four armoured fighting vehicles, 60 motor vehicles, 12 field artillery guns, and eight field ammunition depots.
The Dnepr Group of Forces inflicted fire damage on one infantry brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, one naval infantry brigade, and one coastal defense brigade, three territorial defence units and one national guard brigade.
The AFU losses amounted to up to 510 troops, two tanks, 42 motor vehicles, three field artillery guns, five electronic warfare and counter-battery stations, and 10 field ammunition depots.
Air defence systems have shot down seven U.S.-made ATACMS operational missiles, six French-made Hammer aerial bombs, 22 U.S.-made HIMARS projectiles, as well as 540 fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles during the week.
Over the past week, 83 Ukrainian servicemen surrendered on the line of contact, with 44 of them during the mop-up operation in Ugledar (Donetsk People's Republic).
In total, since the beginning of the special military operation, 646 aircraft, 283 helicopters, 32,816 unmanned aerial vehicles, 580 anti-aircraft missile systems, 18,524 tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles, 1,469 MLRS combat vehicles, 15,569 field artillery guns and mortars, and 26,915 units of support military vehicles have been neutralised.
The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue the operation to neutralise an enemy group, which broke into the territory of Kursk region.
The Sever Group of Forces continues the offensive operation and engaged formations of 22nd, 41st 115th Mechanised brigades, 17th Tank Brigade, 95th Air Assault Brigade of the AFU, 1st National Guard Brigade, 36th Naval Infantry Brigade, as well as 103rd and 129th Territorial Defence brigades near Daryino, Lyubimovka, Novy Put, Pokrovsky, and Plekhovo.
Over the past 24 hours, the Group's units have repelled two counter-attacks of the enemy in the direction of Lyubimovka, Olgovka, and Plekhovo.
As a result, the Armed Forces of Ukraine have lost up to 30 troops killed and wounded.
Moreover, with the support of Army Aviation and artillery fire, five AFU attempts to break through the border of the Russian Federation towards Novy Put were foiled.
The enemy sustained losses of more than 30 troops killed and wounded, one armoured fighting vehicle, and two motor vehicles.
Army Aviation and artillery strikes inflicted losses on manpower and hardware clusters of the 22nd, 41st, 61st, 115th Mechanised brigades, 17th Tank Brigade, 80th and 95th Air Assault brigades, 1st National Guard Brigade, 36th Naval Infantry Brigade, 103rd, 112th, 116th, and 129th Territorial Defence brigades of the AFU near Bogdanovka, Bondarevka, Daryino, Kositsa, Kolmakov, Knyazhy Pervy, Loknya, Lyubimovka, Lebedevka, Martynovka, Nikolayevo-Daryino, Novoivanovka, Novy Put, Orlovka, Plekhovo, Pokrovsky, Pravda, Russkoye Porechnoye, Sverdlikovo, and Cherkasskoye Porechnoye.
Operational-Tactical Aviation and Missile Troops delivered strikes in Sumy region at concentration areas and reserves of the 21st, 41st, 47th, 115th Mechanised brigades, 1st National Guard Brigade, 82nd, 95th Air Assault brigades, 1st National Guard Brigade, 101st, 103rd, 106th, 129th Territorial Defence brigades near Belovody, Bondarevshchina, Belaya Beryoza, Belokopytovo, Zhurovka, Katerinovka, Kislaya Dubina, Loknya, Miropolye, Mirlogi, Nikolayevka, Pavlovka, Petrovskoye, Obody, Pavlovka, Sukhodol, Sumy, Khoten, and Yunakovka.
Over the past 24 hours, the AFU losses amounted to more than 350 troops, six armoured fighting vehicles, as well as three artillery guns, including one French-made Caesar self-propelled artillery system, one U.S.-made M-777 towed howitzer, three motor vehicles, three electronic warfare stations, and one counterobstacle vehicle.
Since the beginning of hostilities in Kursk region, the Armed Forces of Ukraine have lost more than 20,200 troops, 135 tanks, 66 infantry fighting vehicles, 98 armoured personnel carriers, 870 armoured fighting vehicles, 580 motor vehicles, 165 artillery guns, 33 MLRS launchers, including eight of HIMARS and six of MLRS made by the USA, nine SAM launchers, five transport-loading vehicles, 43 electronic warfare stations and nine counter-battery radars, three air defence radars, 20 engineering and other vehicles, including 12 counterobstacle vehicles, one UR-77 mine clearing vehicle, and two armoured recovery vehicles.
The operation to neutralise the AFU units is in progress.
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[NewsFront] 21:35 Around 20:00 Moscow time stopped an attempt by the Kyiv regime to carry out a terrorist attack using an aircraft-type UAV against targets on the territory of the Russian Federation.
A Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicle was destroyed by air defense systems on duty over the territory of the Belgorod region.
20:54 Important success. The Kruglyakovka road has been cut off –map.
The enemy has lost an important bypass road, as a result of which the overall connectivity of the bridgehead on the eastern bank of the Oskol will continue to decline.
20:12 Destruction of the concentration area of the company tactical group of the 47th Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
Servicemen of the North group of forces discovered the concentration area of a company tactical group of one of the mechanized battalions of the 47th Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, which was arranged in a forest belt in the Sumy region.
The crew of the Iskander-M operational-tactical missile system destroyed 12 combat armored vehicles, five pickup trucks and up to 80 Ukrainian Armed Forces militants.
19:57 The crew of the 130mm M-46 towed gun of the "Southern" group of forces destroyed a self-propelled artillery unit and a crew of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Donetsk direction –video.
19:25 Novomikhaylovka – Katerinovka.
Active military operations in the Novomikhaylovka area. Attack by the Russian Armed Forces with armored vehicles and bridge-rifle units in the direction of the Ukrainian Armed Forces positions in Katerinovka. artillery attack from the Ukrainian Armed Forces. The Russian Armed Forces advance about one km and the assault group reaches the southern outskirts of the settlement of Katerinovka.
18:43 The crew of the T-90M Proryv tank of the Center group of forces destroyed an enemy group that was preventing the advance of assault units in the Avdeevka direction –video.
Semi-direct fire with constant adjustments by UAV crews allows tank crews to destroy enemy military targets with minimal expenditure of ammunition.
18:08 Telegram channel «Fisherman»:
Seversky direction: battles on the northern approaches to Belogorovka and successes of the Russian Armed Forces on the southern flank of the “northern salient”.
The Seversky direction has long remained a "static" section of the front, significant changes in the line of contact here occur quite rarely. However, over the past two months, Russian troops have expanded the zone of control at several key borders at once.
– Units of the Russian Armed Forces occupied the territory of the western filtration station of the first lift in the Belogorovka area. This allowed them to create a bridgehead on the right bank of the Seversky Donets River, threatening the positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the northern part of the settlement.
– It is likely that the Russian command will soon launch attacks in the direction of the Belogorovsky forest reserve with the aim of expanding the left “pincer” of the semi-encirclement around the enemy group in the village.
- At the same time, Ukrainian formations still control the chalk quarry dump, which allows them to hold back the advance of Russian troops. On the western slope of the heights, the enemy has set up numerous fortifications, allowing it to quickly transfer reserves.
– Further south, fighting continues in the area of Verkhnekamenskoye, which is one of the key strongholds of Ukrainian formations in the Seversk direction. Recently, the Russian Defense Ministry announced the liberation of the settlement. If confirmed, this would mean the beginning of an operational crisis for the Ukrainian Armed Forces, which could lead to the enemy losing Belogorovka and, possibly, Seversk itself.
- Nevertheless, it is currently impossible to confirm the data on the capture of the village by the RF Armed Forces. Our sources from the field report that units of the Ukrainian Armed Forces are present both in the settlement itself and in its environs.
– The liberation of the village has not yet been confirmed by objective control footage – in the videos published online, the target of Russian FPV drones is the positions of Ukrainian formations at a large stronghold to the east of Verkhnekamenskoye.
– Further south, Russian troops have achieved success in the Spornoye area. During a series of attacks, the Russian Armed Forces have driven the enemy out of several forest belts in the Vezuyeva Gora nature reserve and the neighboring forest. This opens up the possibility for them to attack the flank of the Ukrainian Armed Forces positions on the northern outskirts of Ivano-Daryevka, where Russian Armed Forces units are gradually “softening” their defenses with artillery and the Solntsepek TOS.
The Russian command can also be expected to take action to “straighten” the front line to the north, forcing the enemy to retreat under the threat of being semi-encircled.
– On September 2, information was confirmed about the liberation of Vyemka by the Russian army – a large stronghold of Ukrainian formations on the southern approaches to Seversk.
The Russian Armed Forces assault aircraft drove the enemy out of the forest belts to the southeast of the village and also advanced along the railway to the north from the Vyemka station. After this, the Ukrainian Armed Forces units in the village were caught in a “pincer” and forced to retreat.
- Now the Russian troops are faced with the task of clearing the "pocket" that has formed to the south of Vyemka and preparing for a further offensive on Seversk. Ukrainian formations rely on several large strongholds to the south of the city, for the assault of which the Russian Armed Forces will need to deploy significant resources.
– On September 10, footage emerged of Russian troops successfully storming a stronghold of the Ukrainian Armed Forces southeast of Privolnoye. The attack was probably carried out by the Russian Armed Forces during the summer, but the footage “surfaced” on the Internet only in early September.
Russian troops continue their offensive in this area with the aim of breaking through the formation of the northern face of the semi-encirclement of Ukrainian Armed Forces units in Orekhovo-Vasilevka.
17:50 Advance of the Russian Armed Forces in the direction of the settlement of Katerinovka –map.
After the liberation of Ugledar, pressure on Katerinovka and Bogoyavlenka increases.
17:10 The crew of the Su-34 launched an air strike with aerial bombs with a universal planning and correction module against personnel and a stronghold of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the border area of the Kursk region –video.
16:48 Volchansk.
Our aviation covered part of the column of Ukrainian Armed Forces equipment, using a FAB-1500 with an UPMK. The equipment was located in the hangar building. The control point for the Ukrainian Armed Forces UAV was also located there.
15:29 Advance of the 144th Guards Motor Rifle Division near Nevsky –map.
14:47 Around 12.30 Moscow time stopped an attempt by the Kyiv regime to carry out a terrorist attack using an aircraft-type UAV against targets on the territory of the Russian Federation.
Two Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles were destroyed by air defense systems on duty over the territories of the Belgorod and Kursk regions.
14:22 Air strike with a cruise missile on the identified location of the Ukrainian Armed Forces near Chasov Yar –video.
13:15 From 9.50 to 11.30 Moscow time stopped attempts by the Kyiv regime to carry out terrorist attacks using aircraft-type UAVs against targets on the territory of the Russian Federation.
Two Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles were destroyed over the territory of the Belgorod region by air defense systems on duty.
12:44 The Mi-28NM crew struck a concentration of manpower and armored vehicles of the Ukrainian Armed Forces units in the Kursk border area –video.
12:04 Situation in the Kupyansk direction. The Russian Armed Forces approached Kruglyakovka and Kolesnikovka –map.
The task of our troops is to reach the river and cut off the bypass road running along it, effectively cutting the Ukrainian Armed Forces bridgehead on the eastern bank of the Oskol into two parts.
11:36 During the past night, during an attempt by the Kyiv regime to carry out a terrorist attack using unmanned aerial vehicles on targets on the territory of the Russian Federation, air defense systems on dutydestroyed and intercepted18 Ukrainian aircraft-type UAVs.
Six UAVs were destroyed over the territory of the Belgorod Region, six UAVs were destroyed and intercepted over the territory of the Voronezh Region, five UAVs were destroyed over the waters of the Sea of Azov and one over the territory of the Rostov Region.
11:11 Svatovo-Terny.
Active military operations in the Svatovo area. Attack of the Russian Armed Forces in the direction of Terny. Advancement of the assault group to the west. Expansion of the Russian Armed Forces control zone by about one km. Defeat of armored vehicles by the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
10:43 Destruction of the Tunguska air defense missile and gun system combat vehicle of the Ukrainian Armed Forces by the Lancet loitering munition in the border area of the Kursk region –video.
10:10 Tsukurino. Advance of the Russian army.
Since yesterday evening, our attack aircraft, supported by armored vehicles and army aviation, knocked out enemy from two strong points. The enemy suffered losses. Some of the Ukrainian Armed Forces retreated, while the rest were semi-encircled. Our troops are currently closing the flanks to completely encircle the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
09:55 Sumy region. Destruction of the Grad MLRS of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
Tonight our UAV revealed enemy 122mm BM-21 MLRS "Grad" artillery attack the border areas of the Kursk region. As a result of the air strike, the enemy installation was destroyed.
09:22 Frontline summary as of the morning of 10/04/2024
- Zaporizhzhya Front. There are small advances of the Russian Armed Forces in the Rabotino area. Our troops are slowly recapturing positions from the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
- Donetsk Front. The Russian Armed Forces are trying to develop their success north of Ugledar, and the advance towards Bogoyavlenovka from Vodyanoye is also continuing. There are further successes in the Tsukurino area, the situation of the Ukrainian garrison in this settlement is getting worse every day. There is an advance of Russian troops in the Krasny Yar area. Heavy urban fighting continues in Dzerzhinsk.
- Chasovoyarsk direction. The RF Armed Forces continue to try to improve their positions on the flanks. No significant changes in the LBS.
- Khar'kov Front. Long-range weapons continue to operate actively in this direction. Fighting continues in Volchansk and in the area of ??Glubokoe.
- Kursk Region. Counter battles are underway in Sudzhansky District. Ukrainian troops are in active defense and do not miss the chance to conduct counterattacks, but they cannot achieve success. Reports continue to come in about enemy concentrations on the border with Glushkovsky District. Another attempt to break through in the direction of the settlement of Tetkino is possible.
08:42 Telegram channel «Fisherman»:
Chronicle of the special military operation for October 3, 2024
– Russian troops struck enemy targets in the Kyiv, Sumy, Rivne, Khar'kov, Odessa and Kirovograd regions. Ukrainian formations attempted to attack airfields housing Russian Aerospace Forces aircraft in Buturlinovka and Borisoglebsk in the Voronezh region.
– In the Kursk direction, the Ukrainian Armed Forces attacked Kurchatov with a drone near the Kursk Nuclear Power Plant. Another fact of the use of the Inokhodets drone by the Russian Armed Forces to hit targets with guided weapons has been recorded.
– In the Pokrovsk direction, Russian troops expanded the zone of control to the west of Novogrodovka and consolidated themselves on the outskirts of Lysovka. Nikolayevka to the north also came under full control.
– In the Donetsk direction, the Russian Armed Forces carried out an attack under the cover of armored vehicles in the direction of Ostrovsky from the side of Ostroye, advancing several kilometers to the west.
– In the South Donetsk direction, attack aircraft took control of the territory of the ventilation shaft of the Yuzhnodonbasskaya mine No. 3 to the west of Vodyanoye, and are also fighting to the south.
08:03 In the border area of the Kursk region, D-30 howitzer crews of the Sever group of forces are destroying infantry, armored vehicles, artillery and mortar crews of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, as well as fortified enemy positions –video.
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[Regnum] A joint photo of the head of the Kiev regime, Volodymyr Zelensky, with the head of the Main Intelligence Directorate (GUR) of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, Kirill Budanov and Defense Minister Rustem Umerov confirms rumors of their imminent resignation.
This opinion was expressed on October 4 by Verkhovna Rada deputy Alexander Dubinsky, who is in custody in a pretrial detention center on suspicion of treason.
“The fact that Zelensky published a joint photo with Budanov and Umerov can only mean that their days are numbered,” Dubinsky wrote on his Telegram channel.
The Rada deputy also recalled that similar joint photos had previously been published shortly before the resignations of former Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Valeriy Zaluzhny and former Prime Minister of the country Oleksiy Honcharuk. According to Dubinsky, such "hints" from Zelensky may be related to some personal problem of his.
As reported by the Regnum news agency, the Forbes-Ukraine publication reported earlier that the office of the head of the Kiev regime was discussing the possible dismissals of Budanov and Umerov. It was noted that the issue of the resignation of the head of the GUR was being discussed against the backdrop of his difficult relationship with the head of Zelensky's office, Andriy Yermak. According to the source, the possible removal of the current commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Oleksandr Syrsky, from office is also being considered.
The first reports of Budanov's possible resignation appeared in the Ukrainian media at the end of September. Citing a source in the security forces, they claimed that the head of the Foreign Intelligence Service of Ukraine, Oleg Ivaschenko, was being considered for his replacement.
Text taken from the V Kontakte page of Armed Forces of Novorossiya (AFN)
[VK] There is total crap at the front, the infantry is dying out as a species, only a miracle can save us, - General of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
Only a miracle can save Ukraine, because there is collapse and ruin at the front, the infantry of the Armed Forces of Ukraine is dying out as a species.
This was stated on the channel of the former spokesman of the banned in the Russian Federation "Right Sector" Borislav Bereza by the former deputy secretary of the Security Council of Ukraine, former deputy commander of the Special Operations Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Serhiy Krivonos, the correspondent of "PolitNavigator" reports.
According to Krivonos, the government is lying to the population about the state of affairs at the front.
🗣"To put it in one word, it's total crap. The reality is that offensive actions by small units from a squad to a company in different parts of the front are actively carried out by the Muscovite army. We need to understand that only a miracle can save Ukraine at this stage, if we do not draw real conclusions from the situation and do not change our attitude to what is happening in our country.
The fact that the government is telling one thing, and the front is telling something completely different, is not the first day or the first month, but now the situation has reached the point where it will soon be quite difficult to fight, because the infantry, as the infantrymen themselves said, is starting to die out as a branch of the military. Because there is no one to fight, nothing to fight with, nowhere to fight,” Krivonos said.
More from Russian military journalist Boris Rozhin And then the battalion commander shot himself
To understand the realities of the retreat of the Ukrainian Armed Forces from Ugledar. Ukrainian war correspondent Kiriyenko-Merinova.
“The fighters were told to take up positions. Although the 123rd Nikolaev Territorial Defense Brigade is nearby, which simply refuses to enter. This unit was supposed to support the 72nd Separate Mechanized Brigade in Ugledar. But the infantry fled. And then the battalion commander shot himself. Territorial Defense units can be classified as militia.
There are seven battalions in the brigade. In several of them, after the battles around Ugledar, there was simply no infantry left. Now, in such a state, the brigade must become a LBS. I think you can imagine what the moral and psychological state of the fighters is. Even the commanders are writing reports about their removal from command.” LBS stands for line of combat contact
The Russian Ministry of Defense reported the capture of 44 prisoners in Ugledar. The rumors about 800-900 prisoners were obviously the result of the excessive fantasies of some comrades.
The enemy suffered its main losses in the Ugledar area in killed soldiers (today it was also stated that a number of battalions of the 72nd Separate Mechanized Brigade were simply left without infantry), which he himself admitted during the garrison's agony and about which there has been whining in Ukrainian social networks for several days now. Plus, an unspecified number of personnel deserted, which was also admitted by the enemy.
Several stories in Rantburg's May, 2023 archives refer to Zaluzhny. This is the most prominent one.
More from the V Kontakte page of Alexander Kots The Ukrainian Armed Forces battalion commander in Yuzhno-Donetsk shot himself out of hopelessness
With the fall of Ugledar, the self-exposure session continues. Ukrainian journalist Yulia Kiriyenko-Merinova, who works near the LBS, complains that the surviving units of the "tired, crippled, with losses" 72nd Motorized Rifle Brigade were not given a day to rest.
Meanwhile, units of the 29th Combined Arms Army of the Russian Armed Forces are moving further north, towards Bogoyavlenka. After which the road to Kurakhovo opens, which we are approaching from three sides at once. Something tells me that they will not storm it head-on.
According to regnum.ru the Ukrainian battalion commander was identified: Ukrainian Armed Forces Battalion Commander Commits Suicide After His Subordinates Flee Near Ugledar
The commander of one of the battalions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Igor Hryb, committed suicide after his unit deserted near Ugledar (DPR), the online publication Strana.ua reported on October 4. Presumably Hryb was likely a senior lieutenent or captain in rank.
Even more from regnum.ru Deserters from the 123rd Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine held a rally in the Nikolaev region
Servicemen of the 123rd territorial defense brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) refused to carry out the combat mission assigned to them and, having left their deployment location without permission, staged a rally in the Nikolaev region. This was reported on October 4 by the Ukrainian TV channel "Obshchestvennoye".
The article notes that the fighters are protesting to draw attention to the lack of training of personnel and the lack of weapons to participate in combat operations in the Donetsk direction. A platoon commander named Sergei explained that they were prompted to take this step by a lack of resources and supplies on the front line.
"I have repeatedly contacted them, even at my site, for which I was responsible. I asked to provide PKMs (modernized Kalashnikov machine guns), machine guns. [They told me that] we don't have any, we can't provide them," the serviceman said.
As reported by the Regnum news agency, Yaroslav Didenko, a fighter from the 58th separate motorized infantry brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces who was captured by Russia, said on October 1 that many Ukrainian servicemen at the front were ready to turn their guns toward Kiev. He did not rule out that a coup d'etat would occur in Ukraine in the future due to the unbearable situation in the country. He called on Ukrainians to refuse to participate in battles and to rebel against mobilization, which leads to deaths.
On August 19, Verkhovna Rada deputy Ruslan Gorbenko reported that investigators in Ukraine have opened over 80,000 criminal cases ! against Ukrainian Armed Forces servicemen who voluntarily left their military units or refused to participate in combat operations.
He specified that the total number of the Ukrainian Armed Forces at that time was 1 million people. Thus, the share of servicemen who fled the army or refused to fight exceeded 8%.
On August 21, Verkhovna Rada deputy and member of the Ukrainian parliament's defense committee Oleksandr Fedienko acknowledged that desertion in the ranks of the Ukrainian Armed Forces is widespread. He noted that thousands of fighters are leaving their units without permission.
More from regnum.ru Reuters: Syrsky orders defense reinforcement after loss of Ugledar
After the surrender of Ugledar in the Donetsk People's Republic by Ukrainian militants, the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) Oleksandr Syrsky ordered to strengthen the defense in the eastern part of the region's territory temporarily controlled by Kiev. This was reported on October 4 by the Reuters agency.
It is noted that this happened the day after Ukrainian formations left Ugledar.
According to Syrsky, he is currently working on "one of the hottest sections of the front" as part of the 25th Sicheslav Airborne Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. At the same time, the commander-in-chief of the Ukrainian army did not specify where exactly he is now, but it is known that the said brigade is working in the Pokrovsky direction, where the Russian military is currently conducting an intensive offensive.
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
It's not a war crime if you win the war... by Kirill Velesov
[REGNUM] In Russia, the cases of Ukrainian war criminals continue to be considered. On October 2, the next case was submitted to the Supreme Court of the DPR for consideration on the merits. 30-year-old Denis Khmelevsky will sit in the dock.
In March 2022, when Ukrainian forces were just beginning to defend Mariupol, he fought as part of Azov (a terrorist organization banned in the Russian Federation). Khmelevsky held the position of senior machine gunner of a separate special forces unit. The DPR prosecutor's office established that the nationalist gave one of the servicemen a criminal order to kill two local residents. They were shot in the entrance of a building on Moskovskaya Street, the townspeople died on the spot.
Khmelevsky is far from the first Ukrainian militant or regular army serviceman to be held accountable in the DPR for crimes in Mariupol. The day before, the republic's Supreme Court sentenced three marines from the 36th separate brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces to lengthy prison terms: 40-year-old Eskender Kudusov, 34-year-old Dmitry Braiko, and 25-year-old Bogdan Potapov.
The trio was found guilty under two articles: the murder of two people committed by an organized group, motivated by political and ideological hatred, and cruel treatment of civilians in the occupied territory. In April 2022, Potapov was at a position set up at the Ilyich Metallurgical Plant. While conducting surveillance, he noticed two civilians crossing a railway bridge. Potapov reported this by radio to Kudusov and Braiko, who gave the order to shoot the people, which Potapov did. Two people were killed.
According to the court's decision, all three will spend almost 30 years in a maximum security penal colony: Potapov and Braiko - 28, Kudusov - 29.5 years.
NEW FACTS - NEW CRIMES
It happens that Ukrainian war criminals get sentences, but over time, facts about other crimes they committed are revealed. This happened to Leonid Onupko, the commander of a company of a separate battalion of naval infantry of the same 36th brigade.
In mid-October 2023, the Supreme Court of the DPR sentenced him to life imprisonment. The prosecution proved that 46-year-old Onupko, being a captain at the time, participated in military operations in Mariupol and gave the order to open fire on a group of civilians - 10 people were killed.
All this took place in the area of the Ukrainian Armed Forces stronghold, which was nicknamed "Kadyk". It received this name because the Ukrainian military equipped their positions on the territory of a former kindergarten on Yasnopolyanskaya Street in the village of Mirny in Mariupol. It was established that one of Onupko's tasks was to prevent the evacuation of civilians, who were used by the Ukrainian Armed Forces and the "Azov" as a "human shield".
While in the "Garden", Onupko and his subordinates periodically detained civilians, after which they reported this to the higher command. Often, orders came from the higher command to get rid of the detainees.
Onupko's attempts to shift all the blame to other officers in court were unsuccessful for him. The court sentenced him to life imprisonment.
More than a year later, the former Marine captain was brought to the Supreme Court again. In late September, the case of another Marine, Alexander Malovichko, was heard there. In March 2022, he killed a civilian walking along Altayskaya Street in Mariupol with a sniper rifle. As the investigation found out, he received the order from Onupko. As a result, Malovichko received 24 years in a maximum security penal colony, and Onupko received another life sentence.
What are people most often judged for?
Ukrainian soldiers are being punished not only for killing civilians. Last month, three artillerymen from the 55th separate artillery brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces heard their sentences.
As established by the Supreme Court of the DPR, in February 2022, 31-year-old Daniil Vereshchaka, 24-year-old Artem Batyuta and 23-year-old Artur Sharamok were in a firing position from which they fired high-explosive fragmentation shells at the Slavyansk-Donetsk-Mariupol bridge, which is a critical infrastructure facility. As a result of the shelling, the bridge was significantly damaged, the damage amounted to 214 million rubles.
The court sentenced the three defendants to 16 years of imprisonment in a maximum security penal colony.
In general, most of the criminal cases involving Ukrainian military personnel in the DPR and LPR are related to the murder of civilians. Especially many such cases are being considered regarding the events in Mariupol in 2022. The defendants in them are both career military personnel and representatives of neo-Nazi formations such as Azov.
Another common type of criminal case concerns Ukrainian Armed Forces servicemen involved in shelling civilian cities. This mainly concerns populated areas in Donbass, including episodes that have taken place since 2014.
And the third conditional group is military personnel who were members of neo-Nazi organizations. If they have no direct connection to war crimes, they are tried for participation in terrorist communities.
IDEOLOGICAL NEO-NAZI VOLUNTEERS
Criminal cases against Ukrainian military personnel are being heard not only in the DPR and LPR, but also in other Russian courts.
In September of this year, the Southern District Military Court of Rostov-on-Don heard the case of a fighter of the Aidar battalion (a terrorist organization whose activities are banned in the Russian Federation) Dmitry Kistion. As a "volunteer", he participated in military operations against the Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics since 2015.
Some time ago, he was detained by border guards and Russian special services in the Kursk region. A criminal case was opened against the militant under the article on participation in a terrorist organization. The court found him guilty and sentenced Kistion to 5.5 years in prison.
In March, the same court sentenced Ukrainian Armed Forces serviceman Dmitry Yevgan to 20 years in prison. He joined the Ukrainian army voluntarily back in 2017. In the spring of 2022, Yevgan took part in military operations in Donbass.
The court established that on April 7 of that year, the defendant was in a shelter that also housed a prisoner of war room. At some point, Yevgan decided to kill a DPR fighter who was there, stabbing him several times with a bayonet. The wounded prisoner survived and was later freed by his fellow soldiers. The would-be killer was caught and brought to trial. He will spend the next 20 years in a penal colony for attempted murder.
The "Azov" members are also being tried in Rostov-on-Don. In July, the District Military Court sentenced Ukrainian citizen Ivan Chernenko, who joined this formation in 2020, to 18 years in prison. He ended his inglorious combat career in May two years ago, when he was captured. In addition to participating in a terrorist community, he was accused of undergoing training for the purpose of carrying out terrorist activities.
Nationalists from the Right Sector (a terrorist organization banned in the Russian Federation) also end up in the dock in Russian courts. One of these criminals is Dmitry Lisovets. He is also an ideological neo-Nazi who fought against the LNR and DNR militias long before the start of the SVO.
He joined the Right Sector no later than June 2016, in the village of Yuryevka in Donbass. Lisovets was assigned to the assault unit of the 8th separate battalion "Aratta", where he underwent training.
He was then sent to the Volnovakha district, to the village of Shirokino. There he was engaged in the arrangement of fortifications, carried out surveillance, and also took direct part in battles with the DPR People's Militia. Later he was sent to positions in the village of Vodyanoye.
Where and under what circumstances Lisovets was detained was not disclosed in court. It is only known that he was arrested by operatives of the Rostov Department of the UFSB. The court sentenced Lisovets to 16 years of imprisonment, three of which he will spend in prison, and the remaining term in a general regime penal colony.
RUSSIAN IN THE ARMED FORCES OF UKRAINE
In addition to Ukrainian citizens, servicemen of the Armed Forces of Ukraine who hold Russian passports are also being tried in the Russian Federation.
Several months ago, one of these trials ended in the Supreme Court of the DPR. As the FSB Directorate for the Tver Region established, a native of this region moved to Ukraine, where he joined the local territorial defense. There, he rose to the rank of deputy chief of staff of one of the units.
The Russian took direct part in military operations against the Russian Armed Forces and was captured during one of the clashes on the territory of the LPR. The man was found guilty of treason and sentenced to 15 years in a maximum security penal colony with a year of restricted freedom after serving his sentence.
They always try — that is their job, just as our people try against them. But is this real, or is this another Steele Dossier hoax worked up by this year’s Democratic presidential campaign team in concert with Five Eyes types at home and abroad?
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] The United States has disrupted attempts to hack Pentagon and State Department computers in order to 'steal Americans' sensitive information'.
Over 40 internet domains allegedly used by Russian intelligence to try and gain access to computers and emails used across the US government were seized yesterday.
The hackers had used the domains as a part of 'an ongoing and sophisticated spear-phishing campaign.'
Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco said in a statement: 'The Russian government ran this scheme to steal Americans' sensitive information, using seemingly legitimate email accounts to trick victims into revealing account credentials'.
It comes as the head of the department's National Security Division told CBS that the nation faced 'onslaught of foreign election interference' from Russia, Iran and China before the upcoming election on November 5.
Matthew Olsen said: 'They see this as a period of vulnerability for us. They are looking at ways at which they can change the outcome of our election, or to find issues that divide us'.
Mr Olsen also said that the department learned a lesson from 2016 - when Russian meddling in the election wasat first seen as a hoax before it was proven.
He claimed that hackers are coming up with new and innovative ways to spread misinformation which includes impersonating well known news websites such as Fox News and the Washington Post.
The domains seized yesterday were used by hackers belonging to the 'Callisto Group' and its partners, which the DOJ described as a unit within the Russian Secret Service - the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB).
The group, also known as 'Cold River' or 'Star Blizzard', first appeared on the radar of intelligence professionals after it targeted Britain's foreign office in 2016.
Microsoft told the DOJ that they had simultaneously filed a civil action to seize 66 internet domains allegedly used by the Callisto Group.
A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
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Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
over three years, presented in a multi volume set intended to chronicle the death, violence and mayhem which has
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