Worth noting, korrespondent.net has compiled its Invasion of Ukraine series into separate months, beginning May 9th, 2023. Linked in the title.
[Korrespondent] 20:39 Russian publics today wrote about an alleged Ukrainian attack on the Kursk NPP. Governor Alexey Smirnov stated that in the Kurchatov area, where the station is located, a Ukrainian drone was allegedly suppressed by electronic warfare. As a result of the UAV's fall, according to him, explosions occurred in an outbuilding "not related to the Kursk NPP."
However, the governor's adviser Roman Alekhine reported that the UAV could not be shot down or suppressed, and it "hit where the enemy was aiming." "According to Kurchatov, judging by the information, the enemy hit where it was aiming - everyone saw the explosion and secondary detonation," Alekhine wrote. Meanwhile, Russian Telegram channels are publishing footage of a fire that allegedly started several kilometers from the nuclear power plant as a result of "air defense work."
Ukrainian Foreign Ministry spokesman Georgy Tykhy said that Kyiv "categorically denies Russian media claims about Ukrainian strikes on or near the Kursk Nuclear Power Plant." According to him, the Ukrainian Armed Forces strictly adhere to the norms of international humanitarian law.
19:42 Zelensky said in an evening video address that "our active actions continue" in the Kursk region. He also said that he had heard Syrsky's report, in particular, they discussed Russia's responses to the attacks on border communities.
18:26 The death toll from the Russian strike on Poltava on September 3 has risen to 59 - another wounded man has died in hospital, said OVA chief Filipp Pronin.
17:53 Russians launched a suicide drone attack on a public transport stop in Kupyansk, Kharkiv Oblast - two people were injured, including a 16-year-old teenager, the National Police reported.
17:29 The Ministry of Defense reported that the Ukrainian Legion has begun recruiting volunteers - citizens of Ukraine in Lublin, Poland. The first recruiting center was opened at the Ukrainian consulate in Lublin, and a military medical commission is operating on site. Volunteers are trained at a training ground provided by the Polish side. Ukraine provides uniforms and logistical support, while Poland provides weapons and equipment. Training at the training ground lasts 35 days, and further training takes place at NATO bases in Europe.
16:42 Zelensky, commenting on the withdrawal of the Ukrainian Armed Forces from Vuhledar, said that when Russia "destroys the positions of our fighters, they need to save their lives, because they are much more important than any construction."
16:35 Ukraine has already received the Patriot system promised by Romania, the Romanian Ministry of Defense told Radio Liberty.
16:17 The death toll from the Russian strike on the border area of ​​the Koryukov district of the Chernihiv region has risen to three, including a six-year-old child, said the head of the OVA Vyacheslav Chaus. Another four people were injured, including two children aged four and 13. The Russians deliberately struck a car with a drone that was carrying liquefied gas to local residents. The gas cylinders detonated, and residential buildings caught fire.
15:51 Ukraine has already received more than a third of the 500,000 rounds of ammunition promised under the Czech initiative by the end of the year, said Ukrainian Ambassador to Prague Vasyl Zvarych.
15:04 Switzerland will allocate 1.5 billion Swiss francs (almost 1.6 billion euros) for reconstruction projects in Ukraine over the next four years, Swiss Ambassador to Ukraine Felix Baumann said. He specified that 1 billion of this amount will be directed to the self-government sectors, demining and humanitarian aid, the rest of the amount - to reconstruction programs involving the Swiss private sector. Baumann also said that a Swiss representative responsible for the implementation of this project will work in Kiev.
14:39 Luxembourg has joined the Drone Coalition - it is the 17th partner country to join the initiative, the Ministry of Defence reported.
14:28 New NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte arrived in Kyiv on an unannounced visit, the Alliance's press service reported. This is Rutte's first official visit to Ukraine since taking up the post of Secretary General. The head of the Alliance has already met with Zelensky.
13:40 The Ukrainian Armed Forces are ready to hit 261 military facilities on Russian territory, provided the West gives permission to use long-range missiles, Der Spiegel writes. The targets include large weapons depots and Russian military bases.
13:23 Russians have struck the border village of Gorsk in the Chernihiv region. According to preliminary information, two people were killed, including a child, and four were injured, the Snovsk City Council reported.
13:17 The north of Donetsk region will remain without water supply for an indefinite period, said the head of the OVA Vadim Filashkin. Slavyansk, Kramatorsk, Druzhkovka, Konstantinovka and nearby settlements, where about 260 thousand people live in total, will have problems with water supply due to massive enemy shelling on September 28. As a result of the attack, two facilities of the Voda Donbassa public utility company were critically damaged. Given the large volume of damage, there is no technical possibility of resuming the operation of the equipment. Currently, technical water is temporarily supplied from the Voda Donbassa public utility company river water intake.
12:49 SBU drones struck the Borisoglebsk military airfield in the Voronezh region at night, from which the enemy is bombing Ukrainian territories with KABs, Ukrainian media write, citing sources. The drones attacked warehouses with KABs, parking lots for Su-35 and Su-34 aircraft, and storage areas for aviation fuel. Satellite monitoring recorded four fires on the airfield territory.
11:54 Russians carried out a drone strike on Nikopol in the Dnipropetrovsk region, three people were injured, reported the head of the OVA, Serhiy Lysak.
11:36 Ukraine has sent its best tanks to the Kursk region, Forbes writes. According to the publication, Swedish Stridsvagn 122 and German Leopard 2A6 tanks were spotted in this Russian region. Journalists note that this indicates the importance of this direction for the Ukrainian command. At the same time, Forbes notes that breaking through the border in the Kursk region was a risky move on the part of Ukraine, since "the last well-equipped units" were sent there, which is why units in the east and south of Ukraine were deprived of the necessary reinforcements.
10:52 The Defense Forces destroyed the Russian Nebo-M radar station using ATACAMS ballistic missiles, the General Staff reported. The destruction of this radar station significantly reduces the ability of the Russian army to detect, track and intercept aerodynamic and ballistic targets, the department added. They also said that the Nebo-M radar station is a very difficult target to hit, which operates in stealth mode, scanning the horizon in search of airborne objects. According to available information, there are only ten operating systems of this type left in the Russian Federation, each costing more than $100 million. Also, the destruction of the radar station "will create a favorable air corridor for the effective use of Storm Shadow and SCALP-EG cruise missiles," the General Staff noted.
10:18 In the Odessa region, debris from a downed drone damaged power lines: more than 2,000 subscribers in the Berezovsky district were left without electricity, said the head of the OVA Oleg Kiper.
09:43 The Ukrainian Armed Forces have officially confirmed their withdrawal from Ugledar due to the threat of encirclement of the city. A year ago, the loss of Ugledar would have meant a heavy blow to the Ukrainian army, but now, according to analysts, this is unlikely to radically change the course of offensive operations in the western part of the Donetsk region. More details in the article Where the Russians will go next .
09:35 In the Kherson region over the past day, as a result of Russian shelling, two people were killed and eight were injured, reported the head of the OVA, Oleksandr Prokudin.
09:21 In Donetsk region, 11 people were wounded as a result of Russian shelling on October 2: three in Peschanka, two each in Krasnogorovka and Andreyevka, one each in Ulakly, Slavyansk, Kramatorsk and Gornyak, reported the head of the OVA Vadim Filashkin.
08:55 Air defense destroyed 78 out of 105 Shahed-type attack UAVs at night, the Air Force reported. One drone flew in the direction of Belarus, another 23 drones were lost in different regions of Ukraine. Air defense forces worked in the Kyiv, Cherkasy, Vinnytsia, Khmelnytskyi, Kirovohrad, Zhytomyr, Poltava, Chernihiv, Kherson, Odessa, Kharkiv, Sumy, Dnipropetrovsk, Rivne and Ivano-Frankivsk regions.
08:49 The number of victims of the night Russian strike on the Saltovsky district of Kharkiv has risen to 12, including a three-year-old child, the prosecutor's office reported. Another person was injured as a result of the night shelling of the village of Zolochiv in the Bogodukhov district.
The head of the Kharkiv OVA Oleg Sinegubov reported that at night the enemy also struck the village of Cherkasskaya Lozovaya in the Kharkiv district, three people were injured. Over the past 24 hours, two people were also injured in the village of Nechvolodovka in the Kupyansk district, two more in Kupyansk and one in the village of Nikopol in the Izyum district.
07:56 The General Staff announced the estimated losses of the Russian Federation as of the morning of October 3. At the same time, some positions of the enemy's total losses were adjusted:
- personnel - about 656,710 (+1150) people,
- tanks - 8893 (+6),
- combat armored vehicles - 17,596 (+17),
- artillery systems - 18,906 (+37),
- MLRS - 1204 (+0),
- air defense systems - 964 (+1),
- aircraft - 368 (+0),
- helicopters - 328 (+0),
- Operational-tactical level UAVs - 16,393 (+43),
- cruise missiles - 2613 (+0),
- ships/boats - 28 (+0),
- submarines - 1 (+0),
- automotive equipment and tank trucks - 25,750 (+58),
- special equipment - 3330 (+12).
05:34 At night, the Russians attacked Kiev with drones, about 15 of them were shot down by air defense forces, said the head of the Kyiv State Air Defense Forces Sergey Popko. Debris fell in the Desnyansky district, but the consequences were minimal - there were no destructions, fires or casualties.
05:28 American companies continue to supply Russia with electronic components for missile production through intermediaries. At the same time, the US authorities do not accuse them of violating export controls, writes Bloomberg. Components produced by a number of Western companies are regularly found in Russian missiles - for example, in Iskanders. Last year alone, Russia imported components produced by Analog worth $326 million.
The components are not sold directly to Russia - they mostly come to Russia through companies in China and Hong Kong. American chip companies use authorized distributors, who in turn sell to electronics suppliers around the world.
01:54 Russians have launched a KAB strike on Kharkov, one of the bombs hit a residential building between the third and fourth floors. Nine people were injured, including a three-year-old child, there may still be people under the rubble, said OVA chief Oleg Sinegubov.