Overview

• By 22:00 on September 30, the General Staff logged 137 engagements as Russian forces launched 31 airstrikes, used about 1,552 kamikaze drones, and conducted 2,733 shellings, with regional data citing nearly 2,300 FPV attacks in Kherson over a week.
• Ukrainian defenders reported stopping 51 Russian storming attempts on the Pokrovsk axis over the past day, where military briefings continue to describe the heaviest pressure.
• President Volodymyr Zelensky said Ukrainian personnel have begun a mission in Denmark to train partners on counter‑drone defenses, positioning Kyiv’s expertise for a wider European response such as a proposed “drone wall.”
• Ukraine’s Special Operations Forces said a drone strike destroyed an S‑400 radar in occupied Crimea, a claim not yet independently confirmed.
• Ukrainian authorities advanced accountability cases, with the SBU charging Russian generals over the 2022 Okhtyrka strikes, police in Kherson identifying six alleged torturers, and investigators exposing a scheme to sell Ukrainian passports to Russian citizens.