Air defence neutralised 131 of 157 Russian strike drones overnight to 3 October
Air Force: Shaheds and other types; hits at 12 locations, debris at 5; aviation, SAM, EW and mobile teams took part.
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Zelensky: Ukrainian strikes reached Samara region and Iskander positions in Bryansk
The president reported long-range replies after Russian attacks on Kyiv, energy sites and a ship in Chornomorsk; he thanked units for precision.
Pivnenko: Russian forces outnumber Ukrainians 6 to 1 in some Donetsk sectors
After visiting Kharkiv and Donetsk units, the National Guard chief said troops repelled 170+ attacks in a week; mid-range strikes reach 70–100 km.
SBGS Forpost Brigade regains over 10 sq km on the Southern Slobozhanshchyna axis
Border guards have held their sector since June: 118 Russian troops killed, seven captured; fighting continues.
Operation Vivaldi: Zelensky cites 125–140 sq km liberated
In a Reuters interview the president called the eastern counteroffensive a success still underway; the Third Army Corps freed several villages on the Lyman axis.
Zelensky: Ukraine will step up strikes on Russian oil refineries over Putin’s ‘new doctrine’
Zelensky told Reuters Ukrainian intelligence obtained documents on broader Russian civilian targeting before winter; Kyiv will hit energy, not civilians.
Papal envoy Cardinal Zuppi visits Ukrainian prisoners of war in Russia
During his third mission to Moscow, Cardinal Matteo Zuppi visited a camp holding Ukrainian POWs and conveyed Pope Leo XIV’s closeness. Talks also covered the return of children.
Drone attack on Ukrainian An-124 in Leipzig: media name a GRU-linked suspected organiser
The Telegraph and Welt am Sonntag report that the attempt to blow up a Ukrainian An-124 cargo plane at Leipzig/Halle Airport may have been organised by GRU-linked Russian citizen Oleg Levushkin.
IAEA: strikes damaged transformers near Zaporizhzhia NPP, Grossi seeks a truce for repairs
Drone attacks on Sept. 19, 20 and 27 damaged transformers at the Zaporizhzhia thermal plant that are vital for off-site power to the occupied nuclear plant. The IAEA is brokering an eighth local truce.
Hunger in occupied Oleshky: Ukraine’s foreign minister calls for urgent evacuation
Andrii Sybiha says people in Russian-occupied Oleshky, Kherson region, are starving and urges the world to secure humanitarian access and safe evacuation.
Ukraine sanctions 44 people over Russia’s Duma “elections” in occupied territories
President Zelensky enacted a security council decision sanctioning 44 people involved in staging Russian State Duma “elections” in occupied parts of Ukraine.
EU unlocks €6.6bn for Ukraine’s defence after a three-year veto
EU countries have agreed terms for releasing European Peace Facility money that Hungary had blocked since 2023. Here is where the money goes and when Ukraine might see it.
US proposes Ukraine–US–Russia talks in the UAE, Zelensky says
Washington has suggested technical-level trilateral talks hosted by the Emirates, and Kyiv is waiting for a date. Meanwhile, Putin’s invitation to the G20 is dividing Western politicians.
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