Worth noting, korrespondent.net has compiled its Invasion of Ukraine series into separate months, beginning May 9th, 2023. Linked in the title.
[Korrespondent] 20:23 Zelensky reported that he heard a report from the head of the Foreign Intelligence Service, Oleg Ivashchenko: "Key things - both regarding the strengthening of the Service and our work on extremely sensitive information that our Ukrainian intelligence officers receive."
19:16 The death toll from the Russian attack on Lviv on September 4 has risen to eight - Lviv Polytechnic teacher Bohdan Kril has died in hospital, Lviv Mayor Andriy Sadovyi reported.
18:58 Russians shelled the Nikopol district of the Dnipropetrovsk region throughout the day, two people were wounded, reported the head of the OVA, Serhiy Lysak.
18:33 Croatian President Zoran Milanovic has not allowed his army to take part in the NATO mission to support Ukraine, his office said. According to Milanovic, "despite the huge military aid that Ukraine receives, there is no end in sight to the war, but there is a threat that the war is spreading beyond Ukraine."
17:27 The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) is allocating $825 million to support Ukraine's energy system this winter, twice as much as last year, the agency's administrator, Samantha Power, said during a visit to Kiev. She also announced the launch of a five-year rehabilitation program for Ukrainians, Rehab for You, for which the agency has allocated $13 million. In addition, USAID will provide $237 million in humanitarian aid to Ukraine.
16:19 In occupied Berdyansk, the car of traitor judge Vitaliy Lomeiko was blown up, he died, the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense reported. Lomeiko is a judge of the Chernigov District Court of the Zaporizhia Region, who remained in Berdyansk after the occupation, violated his oath in the conditions of war and consciously and voluntarily went to cooperate with the Russians.
15:14 There are not yet enough volunteers among Ukrainians abroad to form the Ukrainian Legion, Polish Defense Minister Wladyslaw Kosiniak-Kamysz said: "We have prepared for this. We are not responsible for recruitment. However, the number of people who were supposed to volunteer from the Ukrainian side is too small. These declarations were very high at the beginning - that even one brigade could be formed, that is, several thousand people. However, this did not happen."
15:06 Vitaly Sarantsev, spokesman for the Kharkov operational-tactical group, denied information about the use of the OGAB-9000 aerial bomb by Russian troops in Volchansk: "The use of this munition requires an appropriate carrier, which could theoretically be, for example, a Tu-160 strategic bomber. However, no movement was recorded. A munition of less weight and power was used, the explosion of which was used by propagandists to create a spectacular image."
14:38 The Washington Post writes that Russian troops in the Donetsk region in August and September seized Ukrainian territory at a rate not seen since the start of the full-scale invasion in 2022. According to the newspaper, during this period, the Russian Armed Forces increased the occupied territory across Ukraine by 511 square kilometers, about 431 of which were declared along the front between Bakhmut and Ugledar.
The publication attributes such rates to the fact that the Russian Armed Forces "have the numbers to continue the pressure, and Western aid does not compensate for the equipment deficit." Thus, in the Ugledar area, the ratio of artillery salvos sometimes reaches 10:1 in favor of the Russian Federation. WP also notes that Pokrovsk is a key road and rail junction, and the destruction of railways and bridges means that it is effectively lost.
13:58 EU ambassadors have agreed on a new sanctions regime targeting Russian hybrid threats, RFE/RL Europe Editor Rikard Jozwiak reported. The mechanism will come into force next week.
13:19 At least 589 civilians have been killed and 2,685 injured in fighting in Ukraine over the summer, up 45% from the previous three months, according to the UN.
12:55 Ukraine is withdrawing troops from Vuhledar in Donetsk Oblast due to the threat of encirclement of the city, the Operational-Strategic Group of Forces Khortytsia reported. They said that Russian troops sent reserves to carry out flank attacks, which exhausted the defense of the Ukrainian Armed Forces units, resulting in the threat of encirclement of the city. "The Supreme Command has granted permission to carry out a maneuver to withdraw units from Vuhledar in order to preserve personnel and military equipment, and to take up a position for further action," the report says.
12:47 Russian troops used a drone to strike a bus in Antonovka, Kherson region - one person was killed, two were wounded, OVA reported.
12:41 In the Shostka community of Sumy Oblast, a number of critical infrastructure facilities were destroyed as a result of a Russian attack, Shostka Mayor Nikolai Noga reported. As a result of the attack, the city of Shostka and the entire community were left without electricity and water, and communications are intermittent.
12:34 Russian military publics write that in Volchansk, Kharkov region, the Russian army allegedly used the ODAB-9000 vacuum bomb for the first time, which the media calls one of the most powerful non-nuclear munitions in the world. The estimated mass of the explosive is 7,100 kg, there is practically no official data on this munition.
12:29 In the morning, Russians struck Slavyansk in Donetsk Oblast, the head of the city's military administration Vadim Lyakh reported. A hit was recorded in a private hotel in the Molochar district, one person was injured. Private homes were also damaged.
11:58 Ukraine will receive demining equipment worth 22 million euros, the Defense Ministry reported. The coalition of demining capabilities agreed on the purchase of pickups and trucks for the needs of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and the State Special Transport Service. Lithuania is allocating 15 million euros for this purpose, Sweden - 7 million. The decision was made at a meeting in Reykjavik (Iceland).
11:26 Ukraine will increase production of drones, long-range weapons and ballistics in 2025, Defense Minister Rustem Umerov said during the second International Defense Industry Forum DFNC2: "We have already invested $4 billion in the development of Ukrainian industry, and next year we plan to increase funding. Our priority is the development of domestic drones and long-range weapons, including ballistic missiles."
More than 280 companies took part in the event and new defense agreements were signed. Zelensky said that within the framework of the forum he held a meeting with the heads and top managers of the world's leading defense companies, and discussed expanding cooperation to strengthen Ukraine's defense sector.
11:17 An air raid alarm was declared and aircraft were raised in the Romanian border area with Ukraine over the Danube on the night of October 2 due to a Russian drone attack in the south of Odessa Oblast, the Romanian Defense Ministry reported. Two Spanish F-18 fighters based at an air base in Romania and two Romanian F-16s were raised for surveillance.
10:59 The French-German defense concern KNDS, which produces Leopard tanks and Caesar howitzers, has opened a subsidiary in Kiev called KNDS Ukraine. The concern's press service reported that the company will service and repair KNDS systems, including Leopard tanks, Caesar and Gepard self-propelled guns, AMX10 RC armored vehicles, and PzH 2000 armored howitzers. In addition, KNDS and Ukroboronprom intend to jointly produce 155-mm artillery ammunition and spare parts in Ukraine.
10:03 At dawn, the enemy attacked the port and border infrastructure in the Izmail district of Odessa region with attack drones, reported the head of the OVA Oleg Kiper. As a result of the attack, two truck drivers were wounded, one of them is a Turkish citizen.
09:34 In the Kherson region, over the past day, as a result of Russian shelling, six people were killed and 11 were injured, reported the head of the OVA, Oleksandr Prokudin.
09:25 In Donetsk region on October 1, five people were wounded as a result of Russian shelling: two in Chernigovka, two in Dolgaya Balka and one in Slavyansk, reported the head of the OVA Vadim Filashkin.
09:16 Air defense destroyed 11 of 32 Shahed-type attack UAVs at night, the Air Force reported. Four enemy drones left Ukrainian airspace in the direction of Russia, and ten more were lost in the northern and central regions as a result of electronic warfare countermeasures. Air defense forces operated in the Kirovohrad, Odessa, and Sumy regions.
09:01 Officially, the Ukrainian side has neither confirmed nor denied the complete capture of Vuhledar in Donetsk Oblast, but there is no mention of it in the General Staff's morning report. For more information on the situation and the consequences of the loss of the city, see the article Vuhledar Has Fallen.
08:50 At night, Russians attacked the city of Dergachi in the Kharkiv region, five people were injured, including a 14-year-old teenager, said the head of the OVA Oleg Sinegubov. Two more people were injured the previous evening as a result of shelling of Kupyansk. Also at night, the enemy attacked Kharkiv, no one was injured.
08:17 At the Orlovka checkpoint on the border with Romania, checkpoint operations have been temporarily suspended following the Russian attack overnight, the State Border Service reported. The checkpoint is expected to open at 11:00.
07:58 The General Staff announced the estimated losses of the Russian Federation as of the morning of October 2:
- personnel - about 655,560 (+1130) people,
- tanks - 8887 (+4),
- combat armored vehicles - 17,579 (+32),
- artillery systems - 18,869 (+14),
- MLRS - 1204 (+0),
- air defense systems - 963 (+0),
- aircraft - 369 (+0),
- helicopters - 328 (+0),
- Operational-tactical level UAVs - 16,348 (+26),
- cruise missiles - 2613 (+0),
- ships/boats - 28 (+0),
- submarines - 1 (+0),
- automotive equipment and tank trucks - 25,692 (+71),
- special equipment - 3318 (+4).
07:09 The American Institute for the Study of War (ISW) reports that Russian troops likely captured Vuhledar on October 1. However, it is unclear whether the Russian army will achieve rapid advancement beyond the settlement in the near future, analysts note. In addition, according to ISW, Russian troops have advanced in two areas near Pokrovsk and slightly in Vovchansk in the Kharkiv region, southwest of Kremenna in the Luhansk region and in Toretsk in the Donetsk region.