Overview

• Russia’s Ministry of Defense said on October 1 that Verbove in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast is under its control.
• In a ministry video, a platoon commander with the callsign Ugryumy describes pushing toward the village through mines, anti‑tank ditches, dug pits, barbed wire and heavy drone activity.
• He says his group offered the defenders a chance to surrender, a firefight followed in which three opposing fighters were killed, and his unit withdrew without losses.
• The unit says recorded radio intercepts from the captured position included Spanish before the channel went quiet.
• The commander reports scant food and water at seized posts and says three soldiers fled a nearby strongpoint that was beyond effective range to engage.