Overview

• Ukraine’s General Staff reported 200 combat engagements in the past 24 hours, including 67 on the Pokrovsk axis, and said Russia used 4,774 kamikaze drones and conducted 4,396 attacks.
• An IAEA team documented a drone being shot down and exploding about 800 meters from the South Ukraine nuclear plant, observed 22 drones near the site, and noted a crater and non‑plant damage as the agency warned of rising nuclear‑safety risks.
• Ukrainian intelligence sources said strike marine drones hit oil facilities at Novorossiysk and Tuapse on September 24, disrupting the Transneft complex and the CPC terminal that can ship up to 2 million barrels per day; independent verification was not provided.
• Local officials detailed expanding anti‑drone net tunnels and electronic‑warfare defenses in Zaporizhia and Kherson, warned that all road exits from Berislav are mined after casualties from a drone hit and a vehicle detonation, and described a critical security situation in Kupiansk with FPV drones targeting civilians.
• The Institute for the Study of War assessed that Russia’s defense ministry is overstating territorial gains, while Ukraine’s SBU said it detained a suspected agent near the Izyum sector and President Volodymyr Zelensky said he would be ready to leave office if a ceasefire ends the war.