Polina Moroziuk

"The corporation's enterprises produce confectionery products and do not manufacture drones or other products for military purposes. The production complex in Vinnytsia is a civilian facility," the company said.

"Russia calls this an 'evacuation.' But when people are taken away against their will, intimidated, and left with no choice, it is not a rescue. It is coercion," Dmytro Lubinets said.

Several modules of the data center were completely knocked out of operation, Yandex said in a statement.

Russia attacked Ukraine overnight with 136 drones, including 93 jet-powered Shahed-type drones, Ukraine's Air Force said.

The number includes 1,710 casualties that Russian forces suffered over the past day.

The drop in voltage temporarily halted Kyiv Metro train services and escalator operations, the Kyiv City State Administration (KMDA) said. Other parts of the capital's public transport network were also affected.

PRYLUKY, Chernihiv Oblast – Families stand outside the ruins of a five-story apartment building, watching rescuers dig through what remains of their homes. Some sit wrapped in blankets, staring at the rescue operation, waiting to see who is pulled from the rubble next. Five bodies so far are those of children, three of them only one year old. They were among at least 20 people killed by a Russian cruise missile that struck a five-story residential building in Pryluky as part of a mass salvo th

Chernihiv Oblast Governor Viacheslav Chaus said that on Putin's birthday, he hopes "the Russian dictator ends up in custody in The Hague or in hell."

Drones operated by the SBU's Alpha special operations unit hit a Su-35 multirole fighter and a Su-34 fighter-bomber at the airfield, located around 500 kilometers (310 miles) from Ukrainian territory.

The package was announced by President Volodymyr Zelensky and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz at a joint press conference in Kyiv.

Overnight, Russia launched 135 attack drones of various types, including 52 jet-powered drones, the Air Force said.

From Oct. 1 to Oct. 3, Kyiv's Southern and Northern bridges were targeted in multiple Russian drone strikes amid an intensifying campaign against infrastructure in the capital.

The number includes 1,750 casualties that Russian forces suffered over the past day.

Merz was accompanied by Economy Minister Katherina Reiche and 10 executives from Germany's defense and energy sectors.

In this report, the Kyiv Independent travels to Odesa and the surrounding region to document how intensified Russian attacks are threatening the city, its ports, and Ukraine’s vital Black Sea trade route.