Overview

• Gen. Valery Gerasimov told Vladimir Putin that Russian forces are advancing on nearly all axes and will continue offensive operations under the approved plan.
• The General Staff said the 'West' grouping is completing the defeat of Ukrainian units in southern Kupyansk and that most of Yampol is under Russian control.
• In Zaporizhzhia, the Defense Ministry reported a BM-21 Grad strike near Malaya Tokmachka that destroyed personnel and a radio‑electronic warfare station, enabling assaults, and Gerasimov said fighting is ongoing for Primorsk and Stepnogorsk.
• Russia’s Defense Ministry reported 30 Ukrainian UAVs shot down over Belgorod, Kursk, Rostov and Voronezh on the evening of Oct. 7, with regional officials later reporting about 10 more downed over Voronezh and additional intercepts in Rostov without casualties.
• The Defense Ministry said up to 100 Ukrainian troops were killed in the DNR sector by the 'South' grouping, security sources reported a Ukrainian SSO sabotage group was eliminated in Sumy, and a pro-Russian coordinator claimed strikes on a training camp in Chernihiv and an airfield in Kryvyi Rih.