Overview

• By 16:00 local time, Ukraine reported 101 frontline engagements with the heaviest combat on the Pokrovsk axis, where Russian forces launched 25 assaults and most were repelled.
• Overnight strikes damaged energy and rail facilities in Poltava and Sumy regions, briefly delaying key trains, as outages were reported across five oblasts with scheduled cuts in Chernihiv.
• Ukraine’s Foreign Ministry condemned what it called a dangerous escalation after IAEA observers recorded explosions as close as 1.25 km to the Zaporizhzhia plant, which has relied on diesel generators after losing external power.
• Ukrainian commanders say Russian forces have stepped up kamikaze-drone and artillery attacks on southern fronts, while military officials report no confirmed signs of a Russian river-crossing operation toward the right bank of the Dnipro in Kherson.
• Ukraine highlights growing impact from its unmanned systems, citing 66,500 Russian targets struck by drones in September, as satellite imagery showed a 12‑kilometer smoke plume from a major fire at Feodosiya’s oil terminal after a reported UAV strike.