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The Russian invasion forces launched a strike targeting the city of Zaporizhia and its suburbs. That’s according to Oleksandr Starukh, chief of the Zaporizhia Regional Military Administration, Ukrinform reports. "The enemy attacked the regional center and its suburbs. The reports on casualties and destruction are being verified," the official wrote on Telegram. Read also: Russian kamikaze drone hits Kryvyi Rih centerAt around 6:00 local time, a series of explosions was heard throughout the city before an air-raid alarm went off.

Lithuania will never recognize Russia's illegal annexation of four regions of Ukraine, Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda has said. In his address to the people of Lithuania, he said that Lithuania will never recognize this act and confirmed continued support for Ukraine until its complete victory over the aggressor, Ukrinform reports, citing the press service of the Lithuanian president. "Today, Putin's increasingly desperate regime has crossed yet another red line. The announced decision to annex the Ukrainian regions of Kherson, Donetsk, Luhansk, and Zaporizhzhia is illegal and void. Sooner or later, Russia will have to pay the price," Nauseda said. According…

Russian troops launched a missile attack on the Odesa region early on Saturday, October 1. Ukraine's Operational Command South said this in a statement on Facebook, Ukrinform reports. "Two missiles, presumably Iskanders, hit an industrial infrastructure facility, damaging an electrical substation and several surrounding buildings," the report said. A fire broke out in a private garage. The blaze was promptly extinguished. No casualties were recorded, the command said.

Russian occupiers have detained Ihor Murashov, the general director of Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP). Petro Kotin, the president of the state-owned energy company Energoatom, said this in a statement published on the company's Telegram channel, Ukrinform reports. According to the statement, on Friday, September 30, 2022, at around 16:00, Russian forces detained Murashov on his way from the station to Enerhodar. His car was stopped, and he was forcibly detained and taken away blindfolded. Currently, there is no information about Murashov's whereabouts and fate. The statement added that the plant's general director bears the main and exclusive responsibility…

The first consequence of the attempt at the annexation of the Ukrainian territory by Russia will be that they will simply choke on these new chunks of land. This was stated by the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, Dmytro Kuleba, who spoke in an interview with Interfax-Ukraine, Ukrinform reports. "The first consequence for Russia will be that it will simply choke on these new chunks of territory that they are attempting to annex," he said. Read also: Putin claims Russia ready for talks, while “annexed” areas not to be discussed Kuleba noted that in New York at the UN…

Russia is ready for peace negotiations with Ukraine but their agenda must not include the “accession” to Russia of the previously captured territories. This was stated by President Vladimir Putin of the Russian Federation during his Friday speech during the ceremony in the Kremlin where the "agreements" were signed on the so-called "inclusion" into Russia of the territories of Ukraine captured by Russian troops, an Ukrinform correspondent reports. “We call on the Kyiv regime to immediately stop the war, all hostilities, the war it unleashed back in 2014, and return to the negotiating table. We are ready for this. This…

In the liberated town of Vovchansk, Kharkiv region, as part of the ongoing “stabilization measures,” the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) detained a local traitor who had helped Russian troops capture the settlement. The culprit had earlier been declared wanted, the SBU reports, according to Ukrinform. "The Security Service of Ukraine continues a comprehensive purge of the de-occupied territories of Kharkiv region. As part of the stabilization measures in Vovchansk, SBU operatives detained a local resident who had been wanted for treason," the statement reads. According to the inquiry, a local man, 45, known in criminal circles by an alias…

Ukrainian Defense Minister Oleksii Reznikov in a phone call with his U.S. counterpart Lloyd Austin discussed the upcoming meeting of the Ukraine Defense Contact Group, scheduled for October 12. According to Ukrinform, Reznikov reported this on his Twitter account. "Had a phone call with the Secretary of Defense. Discussed updates from the front line, Ramstein 6, and ways of strengthening our capabilities. Good news to be announced soon," Reznikov wrote. He also added that U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin had confirmed that the United States would not recognize pseudo-referendums in the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine. "The Ukrainian army…

Explosions rang out in the area between Pivdennoukrayinsk and Voznesensk in Mykolaiv region. In Mykolaiv city, a Russian missile hit a nine-story apartment block. "Explosions were heard between Pivdennoukrayinsk and Voznesensk," Vitaliy Kim, Head of the Mykolaiv Regional Military Administration, posted on Telegram. According to him, the explosions were caused by Iranian drones which Russian terrorists use in the war against Ukraine. "One Shahed drone damaged a building in the center. Another Shahed drone struck the infrastructure," Kim added. Read also: Air defense units down five out of seven enemy drones in southern Ukraine Also, according to him, the Russian…

At night, the enemy struck Dnipro city with Iskander missiles. One person was killed, five more people were injured. "One person was killed and five people were injured. This is the current situation after a Russian Iskander missile attack on peaceful Dnipro at night..." Valentyn Reznichenko, Head of the Dnipropetrovsk Regional Military Administration, posted on Telegram. Enemy missiles destroyed a transport company. During the fire, caused by the explosion, 52 buses burnt down, another 98 were damaged. Several apartment blocks, a school, a store, and administrative buildings were damaged in the city. Rescuers have been working at the sites and…