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As of October 2, Ukraine returned 808 people from Russian captivity as part of 24 exchanges of prisoners and hostages. Ukrainian Deputy Defense Minister Hanna Maliar said this in a statement on Telegram, Ukrinform reports. "As of today [October 2], 24 exchanges of prisoners were carried out, 808 people were released from captivity," said Maliar. She recalled that at the beginning of Russia’s full-scale invasion, the Cabinet of Ministers decided to establish the Coordination Headquarters for the Treatment of Prisoners of War, which operates on the basis of the Main Directorate of Intelligence of the Ministry of Defense and unites…

Presidents of Central and Eastern European NATO Member States have strongly condemned the Russian military aggression against Ukraine and supported Ukraine’s aspirations to join NATO. This is said in a joint statement by the Presidents of the Czech Republic, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, North Macedonia, Poland, Romania, Montenegro and Slovakia, which was published on the website of the Polish president. “We reiterate our support for the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine. We do not recognize and will never recognize Russian attempts to annex any Ukrainian territory. We firmly stand behind the 2008 Bucharest NATO Summit decision concerning Ukraine’s future membership,”…

As a result of the armed aggression of the Russian Federation against Ukraine, 412 children were killed, more than 784 children were injured. "As of the morning of October 2, 2022, more than 1,196 children were affected in Ukraine as a result of the full-scale armed aggression of the Russian Federation. According to the official information of juvenile prosecutors, 412 children were killed, more than 784 children were injured," the Prosecutor General's Office posted on Telegram. It is noted that the corresponding data are not final as work is ongoing to establish casualties in the areas of active hostilities, in…

The Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine shot down five out of seven Shahed-136 kamikaze drones used by the Russian troops to attack Mykolaiv region last night. "On the night of October 2, the Russian-occupation forces attacked Mykolaiv region with seven Shahed-136 kamikaze drones. Five out of seven Shahed-136 drones were destroyed by the members of the Odesa anti-aircraft missile brigade and the Kherson anti-aircraft missile brigade as part of the Air Command ‘South’ v of the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine," the Air Force command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine posted on Telegram.…

The Russians struck Zaporizhzhia city and its suburbs with four S-300 missiles. "According to preliminary information, the enemy hit the regional center and its suburbs with four S-300 missiles. Industrial infrastructure was destroyed as a result of the attack," Oleksandr Starukh, Head of the Zaporizhzhia Regional Military Administration, posted on Telegram. According to the Administration’s data, there were no casualties. Read also: Attacks on Dnipropetrovsk region: Russians use kamikaze drone, MLRS, heavy artillery Earlier it was reported that residents of several districts of Zaporizhzhia city heard the explosions. ol

The enemy attacked Kryvyi Rih and Nikopol districts, Dnipropetrovsk region, with a kamikaze drone, Uragan, Grad MLRS, and heavy artillery. "Nikopol district came under Uragan, Grad MLRS, and heavy artillery fire. In Nikopol town, private houses, outbuildings, and power lines were damaged," Valentyn Reznichenko, Head of the Dnipropetrovsk Regional Military Administration, posted on Telegram. In Chervonohryhorivka community, the scale of destruction is being assessed. No casualties were reported. An enemy kamikaze drone hit a school in Kryvyi Rih town center at night. Two floors were destroyed, a fire broke out. No casualties were reported. The situation in other districts of…

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…