Overview

• Ukraine’s General Staff said drones hit the Korobkovsky gas processing plant and the Yefimovka dispatch station in Russia’s Volgograd region, reporting explosions and fires as damage assessments continued.
• Volgograd’s governor confirmed fires at unspecified fuel and energy facilities after a drone attack, while Russia’s defense ministry claimed it downed 19 Ukrainian UAVs overnight, including nine over the region.
• Russian strikes overnight killed at least five people and injured 19 across multiple Ukrainian regions, with port and energy infrastructure in Odesa damaged and Chernihiv enforcing three simultaneous power-cut queues, operators said.
• Ukraine’s military reported 217 combat clashes in 24 hours, the highest concentration near Pokrovsk, as President Volodymyr Zelensky said the Dobropillia operation upset Russia’s plans and claimed heavy Russian losses.
• Bloomberg cited Ukrainian briefings saying strikes on Oct. 3 knocked out roughly 60% of domestic gas production, prompting plans for larger imports, and Kyiv set aside Hr 1.5 billion to protect and rapidly restore energy sites.