Overview
- Ukraine accused Russia of “nuclear terrorism” after IAEA reports said strikes damaged substations linked to the South Ukraine and Khmelnytskyi plants and forced output cuts at Rivne, prompting G7 condemnation and pledges of energy support.
- Ukraine’s military intelligence claimed three lines of the Koltsevoy pipeline near Ramenskoye were blown up, describing a major logistics disruption for Russian forces; the claim has not been independently verified and Russia has not confirmed it.
- Fierce urban combat continued in Pokrovsk, where Ukraine says special forces are operating and the city is not encircled, while Russia claims to be tightening a siege and to have killed troops involved in a helicopter insertion.
- Ukraine’s security chief said nearly 160 Russian oil and energy facilities were struck this year, positioning the pipeline attack as part of a broader campaign targeting refineries, depots and pumping stations across Russia.
- Kyiv told Reuters that Russia has used the ground‑launched 9M729 cruise missile 23 times since late August, with debris from an October 5 strike marked 9M729, as U.S. media reported the Pentagon cleared Tomahawk transfers to Ukraine pending the president’s approval.