Overview

• SSU chief Vasyl Maliuk reported to President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on October 8 about results from long-range operations against targets inside Russia.
• Ukrainian officials say SSU drone‑missile strikes are growing more effective, with significant hits reported on Russian air‑defense systems.
• Zelenskyy cited the SSU’s Centre of Special Operations 'A' as eliminating more than 100 Russian troops per day on the Pokrovsk front.
• Over the past month, the SSU’s Centre 'A' reportedly neutralised 3,028 Russian personnel in the Pokrovsk sector.
• The SSU announced the detention of an alleged FSB agent posing as a freight driver, and Zelenskyy approved further operations aimed at reducing Russia’s military potential.