Worth noting, korrespondent.net has compiled its Invasion of Ukraine series into separate months, beginning May 9th, 2023. Linked in the title.
[Korrespondent] 21:25 Biden intends to request from Congress the largest package of military and humanitarian aid to Ukraine, which should be enough until the beginning of 2025, The Daily Telegraph writes, citing sources. The size of the package could reach $100 billion.
18:53 Crimean public pages report explosions in Dzhankoy. The Russian Ministry of Defense stated that Ukraine tried to attack Crimea with an S-200 anti-aircraft missile converted into a strike version, but Russian air defense allegedly destroyed it in the air.
16:31 Today, the first round of negotiations with Japan on a bilateral agreement on security guarantees began, the Presidential Office reported.
16:04 “Secretary of the United Russia branch” in Novaya Kakhovka, Vladimir Malov, died from wounds received when his car was blown up, the occupation administration of the city reported.
15:27 Since the liberation, almost 40 thousand residents have been evacuated from the right bank of the Kherson region, said deputy head of the OVA Yaroslav Shanko. The mandatory evacuation of families with children from dangerous communities also continues: 305 children and their families left in three weeks.
14:38 The Russians fired at Kamyshany, Kherson region - residential buildings, outbuildings and enterprise premises were damaged, one person was wounded, OVA reported.
13:55 The enemy attacked the village of Peresechnoye, Kharkov region, with an S-300 missile. The rocket hit a residential area between houses, injuring two people, the prosecutor's office said.
11:24 In Novaya Kakhovka, the car of the “secretary of the local branch of United Russia” was blown up; he is in extremely serious condition, said Russian senator Igor Kastyukevich.
11:12 The Office of the Prosecutor General clarified that at night the Russian army launched a missile attack on Chernomorsk, Odessa region.
11:09 In the morning, the Russians shelled Kherson, one person was wounded, the prosecutor’s office reported. According to the OVA, over the past 24 hours, two people were injured as a result of enemy shelling in the region.
10:32 A representative of the Slovak government confirmed to Politico that the country is stopping providing military assistance to Ukraine. After Robert Fico's party won the elections, negotiations are underway to form a coalition, so until the creation of a new government, Slovakia has frozen aid to Ukraine.
09:38 Trump proposes to give the Russian-speaking regions of Ukraine to Russia: “We could give away areas that tend to be Russian, where people speak Russian. Then we could save the country.”
08:55 In the morning, the enemy fired cluster shells from MLRS at the village of Belenkoye, Zaporozhye district. A private house was damaged, one person was killed, two were injured, said the head of the OVA, Yuri Malashko. In addition, as a result of the shelling of Orekhiv, Zaporozhye region, on October 6, two people were wounded.
08:52 The Russians attacked Kupyansk in the Kharkov region with a controlled aerial bomb at night - three residential buildings were damaged, a fire occurred, no people were injured, said Oleg Sinegubov, head of the OVA. Over the past 24 hours, the enemy has been shelling settlements in the Chuguevsky and Kupyansky districts. One person was wounded in the village of Shevchenkovo, Kupyansky district, and three people were wounded in Volchansk, Chuguevsky district.
08:49 Next week the Biden administration will announce another package of military assistance to Ukraine worth about $200 million, Reuters reports.
08:31 The General Staff announced the estimated losses of the Russian Federation as of the morning of October 7:
- personnel - about 281,700 (+610) people,
- tanks - 4800 (+23),
- armored combat vehicles - 9102 (+20),
- artillery systems - 6688 (+22),
- MLRS - 808 (+2),
- air defense systems - 541 (+1),
- aircraft - 315 (+0),
- helicopters - 316 (+0),
- UAV of operational-tactical level - 5185 (+27),
- cruise missiles - 1530 (+0),
- ships/boats - 20 (+0),
- submarines - 1 (+0),
- automotive equipment and tank trucks - 9073 (+58),
- special equipment - 956 (+5).
08:04 In the Melitopol direction, the Defense Forces have partial success north of Kopan and north of Novoprokopovka, Zaporozhye region, in Bakhmut - east of Andreevka, Donetsk region, the General Staff reported in the morning report .
Over the past 24 hours, 34 military clashes took place at the front. In the Kupyansk direction, the Ukrainian Armed Forces repelled enemy attacks in the Sinkovka and Ivanovka areas of the Kharkov region; on Limansky - east of Makeevka, Lugansk region; on Bakhmutsky - south of Andreevka, Donetsk region; on Avdeevsky and Maryinsky - in the Marinka and Novomikhailovka districts of the Donetsk region; on Shakhtarsky - near Ugledar, Zolotaya Niva, Staromayorsky, Donetsk region and north of Priyutnoye, Zaporozhye region. In the Zaporozhye direction, the Defense Forces are holding back the enemy in the area northeast of Novoprokopovka, Zaporozhye region.
07:13 At night, the Russians launched a missile attack on the Odessa region, targeting civilian and port infrastructure, said Oleg Kiper, head of the OBA. In the Odessa region, a hit was recorded in a boarding house building and in a granary near the port, four people were injured. Missile debris and a blast wave caused a fire in a garage cooperative, and several apartment buildings were also damaged.
The Southern Defense Forces clarified that the strike was carried out by Onyx supersonic anti-ship missiles fired from the Bastion coastal missile complex in Crimea.
00:47 Russia attacked the Poltava region: during an air raid, the sound of an explosion was heard in the Mirgorod region, said the head of the OVA Dmitry Lunin. Information about hits on critical or civilian infrastructure is being clarified. Preliminary - no casualties.