Overview

• Ukraine’s General Staff reported 193 combat engagements on October 6, including 59 Russian attacks repelled on the Pokrovsk axis.
• Officials said Russian forces conducted 4,523 shellings and employed 5,301 kamikaze UAVs, along with 66 airstrikes and two missile strikes using guided bombs.
• Kherson authorities reported more than 1,500 drones launched at the region over the week, about 1,200 destroyed for a 77% interception rate, with electronic warfare systems destroying or suppressing 1,186 FPV UAVs, including 704 within Kherson’s community.
• Ukraine’s military put Russia’s cumulative personnel losses at roughly 1,117,360, including 1,020 in the past day, figures Moscow does not publish for comparison.
• Luhansk regional officials described intensified border checks causing queues of around 200 cars and wage arrears in occupied areas, including six months of unpaid salaries for Kreminna municipal workers and 40 million rubles owed to miners.