Overview

• Naftogaz reported the largest strike on its gas‑production assets since 2022, saying 35 missiles, including ballistic types, and 60 drones hit facilities in Kharkiv and Poltava, causing critical damage as emergency crews work on repairs.
• Overnight drone attacks on 4 October damaged multiple power facilities in Chernihiv region, cutting electricity to about 50,000 customers, while Slavutych restored partial supply to critical services after earlier strikes.
• In Shostka, strikes hit the railway station and two passenger trains, leaving the city without power, water and gas; officials said roughly 30 people were injured, including children, and Ukrzaliznytsia will reconfigure routes in frontline regions.
• The General Staff logged 159 combat clashes in the past day, including 56 Russian assaults repelled on the Pokrovsk axis; by 16:00 today, 54 clashes were recorded across eight directions.
• Commander Oleksandr Syrskyi reported about 3,520 Russian personnel losses in the Dobropillia counter‑operation, and Ukraine’s Center for Countering Disinformation refuted Russian claims about destroyed “drone trucks,” saying civilian grain haulers were hit.