Overview

• The General Staff counted 155 engagements on September 30 and said 51 Russian assaults were repelled on the Pokrovsk axis, with a further 79 clashes recorded by 16:00 on October 1.
• Operational command spokespeople denied Russian advances near Pokrovsk, stating Zvirove, as well as Ternove and Verbove in Dnipropetrovsk region, remain under Ukrainian control despite infiltration attempts.
• Ukraine’s Special Operations Forces said drones destroyed a radar tied to an S‑400 system in occupied Crimea, a claim not independently confirmed as reports noted brief traffic halts on the Kerch Bridge and air‑defense activity.
• The Security Service announced in‑absentia war‑crimes suspicions for Russian commanders over the February 25, 2022 strikes on Okhtyrka, while a Foreign Ministry adviser was charged in a probe into selling Ukrainian passports to Russian citizens.
• Regional authorities reported 96 Russian strikes across Sumy in the past day with civilian injuries, as Ukraine dispatches a team to Denmark to share counter‑drone expertise and urges broader European air‑space protection.