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The UK Ministry of Defense believes that the Russian command will send recently mobilized reservists to strengthen the defensive positions on the right bank of the Kherson region. The ministry said this in its latest intelligence update published on Twitter, Ukrinform reports. It added that Russia faces a dilemma: withdrawal of combat forces across the Dnipro makes defense of the rest of the Kherson region more tenable; but the political imperative will be to remain and defend. The ministry noted that Russia had already committed the majority of its severely undermanned airborne forces, the VDV, to the defense of Kherson.…

Russian authorities kicked off their covert mobilization campaign after the Russian army’s first significant failures on the battlefield back in May. That’s according to the Ukrainian defense intelligence spokesman Vadym Skibitsky, who spoke on the air of the Orestokratiya show, Ukrinform reports. "Back in May, the first signs appeared that Russia wasn’t coping with the tasks they had set before themselves. Both the blitz capture of Kyiv and full occupation of Ukraine failed. At the same time, the first so-called volunteers began to appear, the ‘combat army reserve’ was recruited, Russian private military companies began to actively hire people, and…

A new enemy offensive from the territory of Belarus cannot be ruled out, as Russia is posed to send mobilized military units there. Some units have already been deployed on the Belarusian territory and are now refurbishing mothballed airfields built back in Soviet times. That’s according to Security Service Colonel Roman Kostenko, who now serves as Secretary of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on National Security, Defense and Intelligence, who spoke in an interview with Ukrinform. He emphasized that Ukraine considers Belarus to be its enemy, therefore it maintains defenses along the entire common borderline. "I have information that Russia will…

In Bila Tserkva, Kyiv region, rescuers put out a fire caused by enemy kamikaze drones this night. Three infrastructure buildings were damaged. Oleksiy Kuleba, Head of the Kyiv Regional Military Administration, announced this during the nationwide telethon, Ukrinform reports with reference to Kuleba's Telegram channel. According to him, "all necessary safety measures were taken and the fire caused by six kamikaze drone strikes was put out. Three infrastructure buildings were damaged." Read also: Russian invaders attack Kyiv region’s Bila Tserkva with suicide drones "The life of an injured person is not in danger," the head of the Administration noted. As…

On October 4, Russian troops struck the liberated town of Vovchansk in Kharkiv region, killing a person and seriously injuring another one. "Police opened criminal proceedings over the attack on the de-occupied town of Vovchansk, Kharkiv region. Enemy shells hit an apartment block in the central part of the town. One person was killed, another one was injured and is in hospital’s intensive care unit now," Kharkiv Region Department of the National Police posted on Telegram. Criminal proceedings were opened under Part 2 of Art. 438 (violation of the laws and customs of war) of the Criminal Code of Ukraine.…

Russian troops attacked Zaporizhzhia city with Iskander-K missiles this morning. "The enemy attacked the regional center with Iskander-K missiles. Infrastructure facilities were destroyed," Oleksandr Starukh, Head of the Zaporizhzhia Regional Military Administration, posted on Telegram. According to him, one of the missiles, a cluster type, was neutralized over the city. Fragments fell in various places in Zaporizhzhia. The administration’s reminded the city residents not to touch them. "If this missile had reached the target, the destruction would have been much more extensive," Starukh noted. As reported, Russian troops launched a missile attack on Zaporizhzhia and its suburbs around 09:30. Infrastructural…

Training of junior commanders of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, including classes in leadership, psychological, methodical, fire, technical and tactical training, has begun in Great Britain. “The basic level training of junior commanders of the Armed Forces of Ukraine has begun on the territory of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. This course was developed on the basis of the Ukrainian training program for non-commissioned officers, taking into account the combat experience of the Armed Forces of Ukraine,” the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine posted on Facebook. As noted, the course includes classes in…

Russian troops have launched a missile attack on Zaporizhzhia city. Oleksandr Starukh, the head of the Zaporizhzhia Regional Military Administration, reported this on Telegram, according to Ukrinform. "The enemy launched a missile strike on the regional center. Air defense is operating. Stay in shelters. There is a risk of repeated attacks," he said. Read also: Ukraine Army destroys enemy S-300 missile system near Zaporizhzhia region’s Tokmak As Ukrinform reported, the enemy attacked Bila Tserkva town of Kyiv region with kamikaze drones last night. iy

Since the beginning of the full-scale armed aggression, Russian troops have killed 418 children and injured 787 more in Ukraine. The press service of the Prosecutor General’s Office said this in a Telegram post, Ukrinform reports. “As of the morning of October 5, a total of 1,205 children were affected in Ukraine as a result of Russia’s full-scale armed aggression. According to the official information provided by juvenile prosecutors, 418 children were killed and more than 787 received injuries of various degrees of severity,” the report says. It is noted that these figures are not final, as work is underway…

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky shared pictures showing the consequences of the presence of Russian troops in the recently liberated town of Lyman, Donetsk region. Relevant photos were posted on Telegram, Ukrinform reports. “This is what the occupier left behind in the Ukrainian Lyman. Everywhere in the captured territory the aggressor state destroys any basis of life – economy, social sphere, culture,” Zelensky wrote on Telegram. The president stressed that “all this can be stopped in one way only: liberation”. “And we are confident that the entire territory of our state will be liberated from the enemy – the enemy…