Overview
- Ukraine said Russia launched 53 missiles and about 500 attack drones across nine regions overnight on Oct. 5.
- Officials reported Lviv suffered its largest attack of the war, where four people including a 15-year-old were killed and an industrial park burned, while one person died in Zaporizhzhia and at least 16 were injured nationwide.
- Ukraine’s air force reported intercepting or suppressing 439 of 496 drones and 39 of 53 missiles, with eight additional missiles failing before impact.
- Energy and gas infrastructure were struck, cutting power to more than 73,000 customers in Zaporizhzhia and damaging facilities in Chernihiv, while Russia’s defense ministry said it targeted military‑industrial and energy sites and achieved its aims.
- Poland said it scrambled fighters and raised air defenses to the highest readiness during the attack, later reporting no airspace violations and noting Dutch F-35s joined the response.