Worth noting, korrespondent.net has compiled its Invasion of Ukraine series into separate months, beginning May 9th, 2023. Linked in the title.
[Korrespondent] 22:27 During the day, the Russians fired at the border area of the Sumy region 17 times, the OVA reported. One person was wounded in the Druzhbovskaya community.
21:24 The first underground school in Ukraine will be built in Kharkov, which will meet the most modern regulatory requirements for protective structures, said Mayor Igor Terekhov. According to him, such a shelter will allow safe in-person training to continue even during missile threats.
20:59 Defense Minister Rustem Umerov said that he had a telephone conversation with Pentagon chief Lloyd Austin to discuss further military assistance from the United States. Austin assured that US support for Ukraine will continue.
20:52 The EU as a whole has allocated 85 billion euros to support Ukraine, Borrell said. In particular, military support reached 25 billion.
20:35 Former Prime Minister of Slovakia and leader of the pro-Russian party Smer Robert Fico, who won the early parliamentary elections, said that the Slovaks “have bigger problems than helping Ukraine.” At the same time, he stressed that he would do everything possible to start peace negotiations between Ukraine and Russia: “We believe that Ukraine is a huge tragedy for everyone. If the Smer-SD party is tasked with forming a government... we will do everything possible to peace negotiations took place as soon as possible."
19:43 Borrell said during a visit to Kiev that the EU is preparing long-term security commitments for Ukraine. He called Russia's war against Ukraine "an existential threat to all of us" and said he had discussed EU military assistance with Defense Minister Rustem Umerov.
19:37 Three ships with agricultural products and iron ore left Ukrainian ports, the Ministry of Infrastructure reported. Five more ships are heading to ports for loading.
18:48 The Russian army attacked a residential area of Kherson from a drone. As a result of the impact, a fire broke out, and four people were rescued from the fire trap - a mother and three children (three and five years old, as well as a four-month-old baby), the OVA reported.
The enemy also dropped two guided bombs on a residential area of Berislav. The blast wave shattered windows in medical facilities and residential buildings and damaged critical infrastructure. In addition, the Russians shelled Tyaginka - one person was killed; and Vesele - one person was injured.
17:12 After his visit to Odessa, Borrell came to Kiev, met with Zelensky and Kuleba - all together they honored the memory of the Ukrainian defenders.
16:44 Russia has increased the strength of the 25th Army, which is fighting in the Liman-Kupyansk direction, said Ilya Yevlash, speaker of the Eastern Group of Forces of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. According to him, if previously the formation consisted of 12 thousand military personnel, now it is more than 17 thousand.
As for the appearance of former Wagner PMC mercenaries at the front, he said, “these are quite rare cases.” The militants come mainly for leadership and instructor positions and “they no longer pose and will not pose any tactical threat.”
16:21 The UK is not going to send its military instructors to Ukraine in the foreseeable future, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said. According to him, the media incorrectly interpreted the words of the new Minister of Defense Grant Shapps, who allowed such a possibility.
“Perhaps one day in the future we will conduct some of this training in Ukraine. But this is something that concerns the long term, not the here and now,” Sunak said. He also added that British soldiers will not participate in hostilities in Ukraine.
15:16 Russia is not only improving the tactics of using “shaheds”, which are now moving towards the target from different directions, complicating the work of air defense, but is also modifying the drones themselves, said Air Force spokesman Yuri Ignat. In particular, in the production of Shahed UAVs, composite materials are used, which make them less noticeable to Ukrainian electronic warfare. In addition, the latest improvements allow drones, even after entering the field of electronic warfare, to restore communication with the satellite after leaving its zone.
14:39 Drones attacked the parking lot of Russian helicopters in Sochi, a number of Ukrainian media reported, citing sources in the Main Intelligence Directorate.
14:07 The Russian Ministry of Defense announced the alleged interception of two Grom-2 operational-tactical missiles over Crimea, the fragments fell in the Dzhankoy region. Publics write about an attack in the area of the village. Michurinovka near Dzhankoy, smoke is visible near the local elevator.
13:15 At night, the enemy attacked the private sector in the village with S-300 missiles. Kondratovka, Druzhkovka community, Donetsk region. Four people were wounded, including a 16-year-old teenager, the prosecutor's office said.
12:38 The Russians fired artillery at the central square of Volchansk, Kharkov region, one person was killed, the prosecutor’s office reported.
12:03 Ukraine will not lose US military assistance from previously allocated funds after Congress excluded this assistance from the interim budget law, Ukrainian Ambassador Oksana Markarova said: “We now have at least an additional $1.6 billion for defense assistance + $1.23 billion in direct budget assistance, plus significant amounts for energy and other programs."
11:47 British intelligence reports, citing leaked documents from the Russian Ministry of Finance, that the Kremlin is preparing to increase spending on “defense” to 30% of all government spending in 2024. The Russian Ministry of Defense is asking for 10.8 trillion rubles to be allocated for “defense,” which is approximately 6% of Russian GDP and assumes an increase of 68% compared to the figure in the 2023 budget.
09:23 The enemy fired mortars and artillery at the Novgorod-Seversky and Koryukovsky districts of the Chernihiv region, and the launch of unguided aircraft missiles was also recorded. During artillery shelling of the Semenovsk community, a 16-year-old teenager was wounded, said the head of the OBA, Vyacheslav Chaus.
09:19 In Russian Smolensk, three drones tried to attack an aircraft factory, Governor Vasily Anokhin said that the UAVs were allegedly suppressed in the Zadneprovsky district of the city. The Russian Ministry of Defense also reported on the destruction of a drone in the Krasnodar region. The departure of 14 planes at Sochi airport was delayed, one flight was cancelled.
09:16 In the morning, the Russian army shelled Stanislav, Kherson region, two people were injured, OVA reported. Over the past 24 hours, one person was injured in the region.
09:14 As a result of a night missile attack on Zaporozhye, a fire started at one of the infrastructure facilities, one casualty is known, said the head of the OVA Yuriy Malashko. In addition, in the Matveevskaya territorial community, six people were wounded, and during the shelling of Malaya Tokmachka, one person was killed and one was wounded.
09:03 At night, the Russians attacked Krivoy Rog with drones, there were hits on civilian infrastructure, a fire broke out, said the head of the Dnepropetrovsk OVA Sergei Lysak. The enemy also fired heavy artillery at Nikopol and the Velikomikhailovsky community of the Sinelnikovsky district, no people were injured.
09:00 Today is the Day of Defenders and Defenders of Ukraine; there is a minute of silence throughout the country.
08:53 In Slovakia, the pro-Russian Smer party, led by ex-Prime Minister Robert Fico, is winning the parliamentary elections, who in the election campaign promised to stop military assistance to Ukraine and criticized sanctions against the Russian Federation.
08:39 At night, air defense shot down 16 of about 30 Shahed-type attack UAVs , which Russia attacked from the southern, southeastern and northern directions (Cape Chauda - Crimea, Primorsko-Akhtarsk - Russian Federation, Kursk - Russian Federation), the Air Force command reported.
08:24 At night, the Russians hit Kharkov with three S-300 missiles, and a fire broke out on the territory of a civilian enterprise. The information is being clarified, said the head of the OBA Oleg Sinegubov.
08:02 The General Staff announced the estimated losses of the Russian Federation as of the morning of October 1:
- personnel - about 278,570 (+440) people,
- tanks - 4702 (+11),
- armored combat vehicles - 8991 (+7),
- artillery systems - 6477 (+30),
- MLRS - 798 (+2),
- air defense systems - 537 (+0),
- aircraft - 316 (+1),
- helicopters - 316 (+0),
- UAV of operational-tactical level - 5043 (+37),
- cruise missiles - 1529 (+0),
- ships/boats - 20 (+0),
- submarines - 1 (+0),
- automotive equipment and tank trucks - 8883 (+29),
- special equipment - 933 (+1).
07:26 Over the past 24 hours, 38 military clashes took place at the front, the General Staff reported in its morning report . In the Bakhmut direction, the enemy unsuccessfully tried to restore the lost position in the Kleshcheevka area of the Lugansk region, in Avdeevsky and Maryinsky - in the Avdeevka area of the Donetsk region and to improve the tactical position in the Novoselovka area and east of Stepnoye. The enemy also carried out more than ten unsuccessful attacks in the Marinka area of the Donetsk region.
In the Zaporozhye direction, the enemy unsuccessfully tried to restore the lost position in the Novodarovka area of the Zaporozhye region and improve the tactical situation in the area west of Verbovoy. Defense forces continue their offensive in the Melitopol and Bakhmut directions.
07:14 At night, Russia attacked the Cherkasy region with attack drones, there were hits on the industrial infrastructure in Uman, said the head of the OVA Igor Taburets. As a result of the impact, fires broke out in warehouses, including those where grain was stored. One person was injured.
05:55 Biden signed a law extending funding for the US government for 45 days, which does not include assistance to Ukraine. Before this, the document was approved by both chambers of the US Congress. The US President also called on Congressmen to pass a separate bill to support Ukraine: “Under no circumstances can we allow American support for Ukraine to be interrupted.”
Senators issued a bipartisan statement following the legislation's passage, reaffirming their commitment to Ukraine: "In the coming weeks, we expect the Senate to work to ensure that the U.S. government continues to provide critical and sustained support to Ukraine."