[Korrespondent] 23:29 In the south of Ukraine, air defense forces shot down three Shahed-136 kamikaze drones - the enemy attacked the Odesa and Nikolaev regions, OK Pivden reported.
23:26 Because of the war, the UK will host Eurovision on behalf of Ukraine in 2023 - the song contest will be held in the city of Liverpool.
23:22 While the Russian army is pouring in at the front in Ukraine, dissatisfaction with the war unleashed by him is growing more and more surrounded by the Russian dictator. More details - in the material of the Fronde, Putin's entourage is growing .
22:37 The Russians fired 84 ammunition across the territory of the Sumy region, including 18 missiles - from helicopters from the territory of the Russian Federation, said the head of the OVA Dmitry Zhivitsky. The Khotyn, Krasnopol, Esman, Znob-Novgorod, Velikopisarevskaya communities found themselves under enemy fire. Most of the destruction was in the Krasnopol community: houses and railroad tracks were damaged. During the morning missile attack, one local resident was killed.
22:18 Zaluzhny said that today he discussed the issue of training Ukrainian units with Bundeswehr Inspector General General Eberhard Zorn: "I am grateful for the help. I am convinced that training troops according to NATO standards is a key factor in acquiring full interoperability."
21:50 The Armed Forces of Ukraine have already liberated seven settlements in the Luhansk region , said the head of the OVA Serhiy Gaidai: "Today, seven settlements are under the control of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. We continue to try not to name them, except for one - this is Grekovka." According to Gaidai, the liberation of Grekovka had to be confirmed, because the Ukrainian Armed Forces soldier took a photo that showed the name of the settlement. The head of the OVA also noted that the movement is from Liman towards Svatovo.
21:44 Zelensky said in an evening video message that only during this week the Armed Forces of Ukraine "were freed from the Russian pseudo-referendum" 776 sq. km of territory in the east of the state and 29 settlements, including six in the Luhansk region. In total, since the beginning of this offensive operation, 2434 square meters have been liberated. km and 96 settlements.
"There are good results in the south of Ukraine this week - we are liberating our land and our people there every day from a pseudo-referendum. We will definitely reach the lands that were occupied by Russia earlier," the president stressed.
21:37 Zelensky said in an evening video message that he had signed a decree recognizing Japanese territories as occupied by Russia: "Ukraine has reaffirmed its respect for the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Japan, including its Northern territories, which are still under Russian occupation. There is a corresponding statement from the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine "and we call on everyone in the world to make similar decisions. With this war against Ukraine and against the international legal order, Russia has put itself in conditions where it is now only a matter of time - the real liberation of everything that was once captured and is now under the control of the Kremlin" .
20:56 Zelensky said that by preemptive strikes on Russia he meant new Western sanctions to prevent a nuclear war.
20:29 The IMF will provide Ukraine with an additional $1.3 billion , Shmyhal said. Thus, according to him, the total funding from the fund since the beginning of the war will be $2.7 billion. The received tranche will be used to support the defense capability, payment of pensions and social programs, as well as strengthening the stability of the Ukrainian economy.
In total, since the beginning of the full-scale war, international partners have allocated about $20 billion to Ukraine.
20:26 The head of the IAEA, Rafael Grossi, will visit the Russian Federation early next week, the agency said. He intends to discuss the establishment of a nuclear safety and protection zone around the ZNPP as soon as possible.
20:23 The Indonesian ambassador to the UAE said that both Putin and Zelensky agreed to attend the G20 summit in November.
20:10 Units of the Defense Forces of Ukraine repelled enemy attacks in the areas of the settlements of Vyemka, Bakhmutskoye, Krasnaya Gora, Bakhmut, Mayorsk, Andreevka, Pervomayskoye, Veseloye, Kamenka, Pobeda, Nevelskoye, Novomikhailovka and Ternovye Pody, the General Staff reports in the evening report .
20:04 The Ukrainian military liberated the village of Podily, Kupyansky district, Kharkiv region , said Konstantin Nemichev, chief of staff of the KRAKEN special forces. The village is located near Kupyansk, which was liberated earlier.
19:46 The Financial Times writes, citing senior Ukrainian officials, about disruptions in the work of Starlink on the front line, which hinders efforts to liberate the territory. According to the publication, some of the devices stopped working after the Ukrainian Armed Forces liberated their territory from the Russians and crossed the front line. Some of the outages have resulted in "catastrophic" loss of communications in recent weeks.
19:13 The Russians again fired at the Nikopol district of the Dnipropetrovsk region from Gradov and heavy artillery in the evening. In the Krasnogrigoryevsk community, one person died, another was injured, said the head of the OVA, Valentin Reznichenko.
19:10 Residents of the liberated Lyman told the police about 39 burial sites, among them there can be both single and group, Donetsk OVA reported.
19:08 A second offensive by the Russians on Kiev is possible, but it would take two or three months for the invaders to form such forces, said the commander of the Joint Forces, Lieutenant General Sergei Naev. At the same time, he noted that Kyiv is now better protected than before the start of a full-scale invasion on February 24.
Naev also expressed the opinion that Belarus could enter the war in Ukraine "when it receives the appropriate command" from the Russian Federation: "If there are changes in the enemy's situation, we will change our composition of forces accordingly."
19:04 In Kiev, at the National Defense Hackathon, which will be held with the support of NATO on October 19-21, they will work out the creation of the Muromets drone dome over the capital with a powerful network of anti-drone direction finders-interceptors. On the eve of the event, Cameron Chell, President of the Canadian concern for the production of drones Draganfly, visited Kyiv. He discussed the project with representatives of the Kyiv authorities. Members of the Ukrainian-Canadian working group are ready to involve about 2,000 IT specialists in the project implementation. Funds for the project should be allocated by international donors.
19:00 Estonia will supply Ukraine with new military aid, said Defense Minister Hanno Pevkur. According to him, the new package will include artillery and anti-tank ammunition, winter uniforms, as well as armor plates and body armor.
18:57 The "LPR" said that the ICRC agreed to receive accreditation in the Russian Federation to work in the "republic".
18:54 The European Union will allocate 2 billion euros to Ukraine in the coming days, said the head of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen. And Macron said that the EU will create a fund of 100 million euros, which will allow Ukraine to directly acquire weapons in Europe.
18:36 Estonian Foreign Minister Urmas Reinsalu, on the occasion of Putin's 70th birthday, called for the creation of a special tribunal for the crimes of the Russian Federation in Ukraine: "Putin celebrates his birthday today. I hope he will meet the next one in custody for crimes against humanity. It is necessary to create a special tribunal for crimes committed in the course of Russian aggression".
18:33 At least 20 Shahed-136 kamikaze drones were probably delivered to Belarus at the Luninets airfield, the regional department of the Zahid Territorial Defense Forces said: “It is possible that in the near future Iranian drones will attack the western or central regions of Ukraine. Therefore, we urge you not to ignore the air raid signals under any circumstances.
The airfield is located in the Brest region, 50 km from the border with Ukraine. Russian troops have repeatedly used this airfield for air raids.
18:31 Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said that he proposed at an informal EU summit in Prague to divide the frozen Russian assets worth 350 billion euros between Ukraine and the EU, including for the needs of Poland: "I indicated one source that is relatively easy to obtain: frozen assets of the Russian Federation. They amount to about 350 billion euros. Today, these funds can be used for the benefit of Ukraine, as well as for the needs of the people of the EU and Poland."
18:05 Air defense shot down three Russian missiles over one of the communities of the Zaporizhia region, there were no casualties, said the head of the OVA Alexander Starukh.
17:53 The first rotation of the IAEA mission personnel, which has been at the station since September 1, took place at the Zaporozhye NPP, the head of the agency, Rafael Grossi, said: "The first rotation of the personnel of the IAEA support and assistance mission at the Zaporizhzhya NPP in Ukraine has been completed, and now a new reinforced team of IAEA experts for safety is at the station."
17:51 The Russians launched another missile attack on Zaporozhye, said the head of the OVA Alexander Starukh.
17:44 In the Netherlands, a man was detained who is suspected of selling microchips to Russia in circumvention of sanctions, the NOS portal reports. According to the Investigative Service of the Tax and Customs Administration, microchips could be used in the arms industry. The suspect organized this scheme, which looked like the supply of chips to other countries. Bank accounts, office equipment and stocks of the detainee are arrested. The detainee was found to have Russian citizenship, except Dutch.
17:20 A member of Putin's inner circle over the past weeks has expressed disagreement directly with the president about his approach to the conduct of the war. Such information from American intelligence was passed on to Biden and other US officials, writes The Washington Post, citing anonymous sources. According to Western intelligence, Putin's inner circle is also concerned about recent losses.
16:59 There are no opponents of Ukraine's entry among NATO countries, Shmygal said in an interview with the Czech edition DenÃk N. He recalled that 11 countries have already expressed support for Ukraine's application on the way to NATO: "Other NATO members are also carefully studying our application; the conditions under which "Ukraine has submitted this application. Today we have no opponents, I am convinced that almost all members of the North Atlantic Alliance support us politically." At the same time, he added that there is a discussion about when the best time for Ukraine's entry will be.
16:43 Belarusian Defense Minister Viktor Khrenin said that over 20 years, 130,000 people have been mobilized in the country and that, if necessary, his department can put up a resource of 500,000 conscripts - "and we are talking about a trained reserve." He also announced the arrival of Iskander missile systems and S-400 air defense systems to the troops, and said that a presentation of combat unmanned systems would take place in October.
16:14 Russia is manipulating potential peace talks to slow down the advancement of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Zelensky said during a speech at a meeting of the European Council: "We must maintain political integrity. This is important right now, when Russian forces have finally poured onto the battlefield, and our heroes every day they liberate village after village, city after city. In order to stop the liberation of Ukraine, Russia began to manipulate the topic of negotiations and allegedly remembered the dialogue, which it itself rejected by starting this war."
The President also noted that Russia does not want any real negotiations, because, if it wanted to, it would respond to dozens of proposals and efforts from Ukraine. Russia just wants to buy time to regroup and build up resources to strike again, but it cannot be allowed to do so.
15:47 In Energodar, the invaders have intensified their provocations - right now there are reports of powerful shelling that caused a power outage. Along with the light, the water supply also disappeared, there is no Internet in the city, Mayor Dmitry Orlov said.
15:23 The Kremlin has allowed state media to sometimes tell the truth about the failures of Russian troops in Ukraine, as official propaganda can no longer contain the wave of doubt among Russians, writes Bloomberg citing sources. According to the publication, Moscow fears that the optimistic reports of the Russian Defense Ministry fuel the population's distrust of the authorities and, together with propaganda, increase public criticism of the military. With this in mind, a few weeks ago the media got the green light for "discreet criticism" and "finding those responsible for the failures" - this can already be seen in the video of well-known propagandists.
The authorities hope that the emergence of "little noise" could help bolster public support for the war if state media can create a picture or appearance that mistakes are being accounted for and corrected. The new approach was agreed with Putin.
14:58 Rustam Muradov has been appointed commander of the Eastern Military District of the Russian Federation, head of Dagestan Sergey Melikov said. Muradov once fought in Chechnya and Syria.
14:42 Journalist Andrei Tsaplienko reported that an Iranian drone launched towards Ukraine fell and exploded at the airfield in Kaluga.
14:17 Erdogan said he expects to meet with Putin in the next three to four days. Summits of the Conference on Interaction and Confidence Building Measures in Asia and the CIS are planned in Astana next week, Erdogan will visit Astana on October 12-13, announced in the Kazakh capital.
13:30 In the Odessa region, an FSB agent with the call sign Professor was sentenced to 15 years, who collected intelligence and almost daily passed it on to representatives of the Russian special services, receiving money for this, the Office of the Prosecutor General said.
13:26 An unknown drone flew into the territory of a military unit in the Kaluga region of the Russian Federation. According to preliminary data, it exploded over the runway. The governor said there were no casualties. The incident occurred at an airfield near the village of Shaikovka, from where planes often fly out to bomb Ukraine.
12:54 At the summit of EU leaders in Prague, the head of the European Parliament, Roberta Metsola, called for increased assistance to Ukraine: "Ukraine needs heavy weapons, and it needs tanks. Member countries can provide them while Russia escalates its invasion and becomes more desperate."
12:45 The Rada adopted in general bill No. 6482 on the voluntary procedure for taking women into military registration. However, the rule on medical workers remained: "Women who are fit for military service for health reasons and age and have graduated from institutions of professional (vocational), professional higher or higher education and received a medical or pharmaceutical specialty are subject to military registration of those liable for military service" .
12:43 The Nobel Peace Prize in 2022 was awarded to the Belarusian political prisoner Ales Bialiatski, the Ukrainian organization Center for Civil Liberties and Memorial, a Russian human rights organization.
12:34 The SBU neutralized a criminal group in Kiev, which was led by a traitor MP Ilya Kiva from Russia. The gang members were members of the public association Patriots for Life. Prior to the people's deputy's escape to the Russian Federation, these "patriots" carried out his tasks of carrying out provocations during mass events to undermine the socio-political situation in Ukraine. They were also involved in the so-called "physical support" and protection of public speeches by representatives of the pro-Kremlin party.
According to the investigation, the group included at least 12 people involved in criminal circles. Their organizer was in direct contact with Kiva, including after the full-scale invasion of the Russian Federation. As conceived by the ex-people's deputy, the gang members should remain in Kyiv to support the invaders in the event of the capture of the region. However, after the flight of Kiva, they decided to organize a drug business.
12:31 In the village of Yatskovka near Liman, the SBI officers found the headquarters of the occupiers, equipped in one of the private houses. Lists of prisoners and illegally arrested people were found in the building. In addition, documents with the data of persons and profiles of candidates for positions who decided to work for the occupiers at the seized enterprises and organizations were seized.
12:25 Borrell called on the EU countries to allocate funds for military support to Ukraine in addition to the previously provided 2.5 billion euros: "I will ask the leaders to support the proposal to allocate a new tranche for the European Peace Fund to continue providing military support to Ukraine, as well as a training mission" .
12:06 Since September 7, 530 bodies of civilians have been found in the de-occupied territories of the Kharkiv region, most of them have signs of violent death, said First Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs Yevgeny Enin. Among the dead, 225 were women, 257 were men, 19 were children, and the sex of another 29 people was not established. The total number of civilian deaths as a result of the military aggression of the Russian Federation in the Kharkiv region today is 1,350 people and is increasing almost daily.
11:59 Russia has filed a preliminary objection to the International Court of Justice on the genocide case initiated by Ukraine. The UN Supreme Court received the relevant document from the Russian side on October 3, Radio Liberty reports. Parties may file preliminary objections if they believe that the court does not have the necessary jurisdiction to hear the case. Moscow has previously argued that the International Court of Justice cannot hear this genocide case.
11:55 Erdogan and Putin had a telephone conversation, discussed Ukraine and bilateral relations, the office of the Turkish President reports.
11:26 Podolyak criticized Merkel's statement about peace with Russia: "Pure hypocrisy. Russia invades Ukraine, destroys cities, arranges mass executions, threatens the world with weapons of mass destruction if it does not allow genocide and annexation. It would seem that everything is clear. But again Mrs. Merkel comes out and says: "Without Russia there will be no strong peace." How can this be stopped?
10:57 Lavrov said that Ukraine "creates risks associated with the use of weapons of mass destruction." According to him, this is evidenced by Zelensky's statement about a preventive strike on Russia.
10:53 The "authorities" of the occupied Kherson region said that the bus was hit near the Darievsky bridge, where local residents were queuing for the crossing - five people were killed, five more were injured. They accuse the Ukrainian side of shelling.
10:46 The General Staff announced the approximate losses of the enemy on the morning of October 7. The enemy suffered the greatest losses in the Kramatorsk and Krivoy Rog directions.
- personnel - about 61,680 (+350) people liquidated,
- tanks - 2466 (+17),
- armored combat vehicles - 5093 (+29),
- artillery systems - 1455 (+31),
- MLRS - 344 (+0),
- air defense systems - 177 (+0),
- aircraft - 266 (+0),
- helicopters - 233 (+1),
- UAV operational-tactical level - 1067 (+20),
- cruise missiles - 246 (+0),
- ships/boats - 15 (+0) units,
- automotive equipment and tankers - 3862 (+8),
- special equipment - 135 (+1).
10:40 Russian media and local telegram channels write that five people were killed in the area of ​​​​the Daryevsky bridge in the Kherson region due to shelling.
10:37 The Russians launched another missile attack on Zaporozhye. One of the enemy missiles hit the courtyard of a high-rise building. The house and utilities were damaged. It is known about one victim, said the head of the OVA Alexander Starukh.
10:35 In the Kharkiv region, eight people were injured due to enemy strikes in a day, Oleg Sinegubov, head of the OVA, said. So, in Kupyansky and Chuguevsky districts, two people were hospitalized, in Izyumsky - four. Their condition is moderate. A woman was also wounded in the Izyumsky district - she stepped on a mine when she was picking mushrooms in the forest.
10:33 British intelligence writes that captured Russian equipment now makes up a significant part of Ukraine's military equipment. Ukraine has likely captured at least 440 Russian main battle tanks and about 650 other armored vehicles since the invasion, according to analysts. More than half of the currently available tank fleet in Ukraine potentially consists of captured vehicles.
The inability of the Russian crews to destroy undamaged equipment before withdrawing or surrendering indicates their poor training and low level of combat discipline. With Russian formations under heavy pressure in several sectors and increasingly demoralized troops, Russia is likely to continue to lose heavy weapons.
10:20 Russian invaders stole the seal of the Zaporizhzhya NPP, certifying the right to sign documents. In this regard, the President of Energoatom, acting. Director General of ZNPP Petr Kotin said that he had issued an order to put a new seal into effect and invalidate the stolen one.
10:01 France is considering sending additional Caesar self-propelled artillery pieces to Ukraine, Macron said. In particular, we are talking about the possible delivery of 6 to 12 Caesar self-propelled guns taken from an order for Denmark. France is also exploring the possibility of supplying 20 Bastion armored vehicles to Kyiv.
09:37 Reznikov appealed to the Russian military and urged them not to waste time and save Russia from tragedy, and the Russian army from humiliation. Reznikov said that the leadership of the Russian Federation deceived and betrayed the Russian military, sending Putin to death for the illusory goals. "We guarantee life, security and justice to all who refuse to fight in Ukraine," the minister stressed.
09:33 In the Donetsk region over the past day, as a result of Russian shelling, two civilians were killed - in Bakhmut and Kurdyumovka. In addition, the bodies of seven more civilians killed by the Russians during the occupation were found in Svyatogorsk. Seven more people were wounded yesterday, Pavel Kirilenko, head of the OVA, said.
09:28 Japan has imposed new sanctions on 81 people from Russia, as well as against nine companies and organizations, the country's Finance Ministry said. In particular, the sanctions list includes Margarita Simonyan, members of the families of Shoigu, Kadyrov, Mishustin, Matvienko and Medvedev. The Kalashnikov concern and Rostec also fell under Japanese sanctions.
09:23 Lasting peace in Europe can be achieved only with the participation of Russia, Merkel said. She noted that the attack on Ukraine was "a profound turning point" and urged "to take the words seriously and not classify them as a bluff from the very beginning." "Until we have succeeded in doing this, the Cold War is not really over yet," the ex-chancellor said.
09:06 The American Institute for the Study of War (ISW) believes that the use of Iranian Shahed-136 drones by Russia is unlikely to significantly affect the course of the war. In particular, the use of these UAVs does not lead to effects similar to the use of HIMARS systems by Ukraine. The Russians do not send drones to nodes near the battlefield, but use many drones against civilian targets in rear areas to terrorize, analysts say.
According to ISW, on October 6, Ukrainian troops likely continued counter-offensive operations in the northeast of the Kharkiv region near Kupyansk and operations along the Kremennaya-Svatovo road in the west of Luhansk region. Meanwhile, the Russians are likely to establish defensive positions in the upper part of the Kherson region. They continued ground attacks in the Donetsk region and could achieve new successes in the Bakhmut area.
09:01 The Pentagon currently has no information that Putin has decided to use nuclear weapons, US Department of Defense spokesman General Patrick Ryder said: "We have no information that would make us change our position of strategic deterrence, and we have no estimates that President Putin has decided to use nuclear weapons." At the same time, he stressed that the United States and allies take nuclear threats seriously and continue to monitor the situation.
08:57 "Reinforcements" from 500 mobilized criminals arrived in the Donetsk region to "strengthen" the Russian army, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported.
08:53 The world is closest to a nuclear catastrophe in the last 60 years, Biden said. According to him, the world "has not faced the prospect of Armageddon since the days of Kennedy and the Cuban Missile Crisis." Biden stressed that Putin is not joking when he talks about the potential use of tactical nuclear weapons, biological or chemical weapons, "because his army, one might say, is significantly ineffective."
08:41 Today, sappers will be trained again in the Vyshgorodsky district of the Kiev region - the sounds of explosions can be heard in the capital, the Kiev OVA warns.
07:58 Over the past day, the Armed Forces of Ukraine repelled the attacks of the invaders in the areas of the settlements of Vyemka, Krasnoye, Bakhmut, Mayorsk, Veseloye, Pobeda, Nevelskoye, Kamenka and Ternovye Pody. The troops of the Russian Federation are trying to hold the temporarily occupied territories, do not stop conducting offensive operations in the Bakhmut and Avdeevsky directions, and are also regrouping troops in the South Buzh direction, the General Staff said in a morning report .
07:42 In Zaporozhye, as of the morning of October 7, emergency rescue work continues at the site of destroyed residential buildings as a result of rocket attacks on October 6. In total, 21 people were rescued, 11 people died, according to the State Emergency Service.
06:29 The head of the Zaporizhia OVA Alexander Starukh announced an enemy attack on the regional center. Infrastructure facilities in two districts of Zaporozhye were destroyed. Today, the occupier used unmanned aerial vehicles for the first time - previously they were Shahed-136 UAVs. According to preliminary information, there is one victim, he was hospitalized.
00:11 On October 7, Russians may intensify attacks in connection with Putin's birthday, Aleksey Gromov, deputy chief of the Main Operational Directorate of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, warned. According to him, attacks can be either at the direction of Putin himself or at the initiative of his command. Gromov noted that it is important to remember the obsession of Russians with memorable and sacred dates. According to the military, the attacks may be similar to the shelling during the Independence Day of Ukraine, when the Russians sought to sow panic among the civilian population