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Heavy fighting is ongoing in the area of the destroyed Antonivsky Bridge in Kherson Oblast, according to Southern Operational Command spokeswoman Natalia Humeniuk.
She said that the emphasis is on counterbattery fire across the front line that follows the contour of the Dnipro River running through the area.
The shape of the river has been altered by the destruction of the Kakhovka Dam upstream close to a month ago.
A day earlier, the Institute for the Study of War said, citing Russian military bloggers, that the Russian forces failed to push up to 70 Ukrainians from their positions beneath the bridge on the eastern side of the river, in spite of attacking the area with Iskander ballistic missiles and infantry. Ukrainian forces used the remains of the bridge as cover.
The Ukrainian forces are trying to deploy personnel to the eastern bank, according to the U.K. Defense Ministry's July 1 analysis.
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Sunday, October 4
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.
U.S. peace negotiations with Russia could now involve multi-billion dollar Lukoil deal, NYT reports.
The Trump administration’s peace negotiations with the Kremlin have come to include discussions of a multi-billion dollar deal involving assets owned by Russian oil company Lukoil, the New York Times (NYT) reported on Oct. 3.
The UN Human Rights Office found that an average of more than 400 civilians were killed or injured every week in Ukraine during the first eight months of 2026, a 55% increase from the same period in 2025, High Commissioner Volker Turk told the Human Rights Council in Geneva on Oct. 2.
Latvian Prime Minister Andris Kulbergs’ centrist United List party is projected to win the greatest number of seats in the Latvian parliament with 35% support, exit polling commissioned by public broadcaster LSM showed on Oct. 3.
Saturday, October 3
The attack comes amid an international call for Russia to halt attacks on civilian ships in the Black Sea and allow the passage of grain exports.
Zelensky said that Ukrainian intelligence obtained documents revealing that Russian President Vladimir Putin issued a "new doctrine" allowing Russian forces to launch broader strikes against Ukrainian civilian targets this upcoming winter.
A Ukrainian official said that the construction of pontoon crossings could take up to three months and would help traffic move through the capital, which remains heavily restricted after multiple bridge attacks.
The strikes damaged transformers considered vital for maintaining the ZNPP’s off-site power supply.
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Ukrainian forces intercepted 131 drones. Hits were recorded at 12 locations, while falling debris was reported at five other sites.
"Moscow is putting lives at risk across Europe and must be stopped," Moldovan President Maia Sandu said on Oct. 3.
Rozhanska attempted to collect her 8-year-old grandson and bring him back to his father in Odesa under an agreement reached in advance with the boy’s Russian relatives.
