News War in Ukraine
Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, General Oleksandr Syrskyi, reported that the Dobropillia counteroffensive operation of the Defense Forces of Ukraine is ongoing, and despite constant enemy counterattacks, assault units continue offensive actions, having liberated a total of 180.8 km² of Donetsk region territory.
Over the past 24 hours, Russian invaders have lost 1,120 personnel and 14 armored combat vehicles.
A weapons marketplace, DOT-Chain Defence, has launched a rating system: servicemembers can now rate drones they ordered and leave reviews about their use in combat conditions.
During the night of October 9, units of the Special Operations Forces (SOF) carried out a strike on two facilities in Russia’s Volgograd region, hitting the LUKOIL-Korobkovsky Gas Processing Plant and the Yefimovka Linear Production Dispatcher Station.
The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine has approved the Presidential Decree on deploying 321 Ukrainian servicemembers to Turkey and the United Kingdom — to service Ukrainian naval vessels currently located in these countries.
The third International Defence Industries Forum — DFNC³ — is concluding its work in Kyiv; it has already become an annual platform where decisions are formed to strengthen Ukraine’s defence industry and to build the arsenal of the free world.
Since the beginning of the counteroffensive operation of the Defense Forces in the Dobropillia area, Russian invaders have already lost more than 12,000 of their military personnel there.
In the past 24 hours, Russian invaders have suffered 1,020 personnel losses and 400 pieces of equipment.
Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, General Oleksandr Syrskyi, reported that he worked with military command organs and units operating on the Dobropilskyi, Siverskyi and Lyman directions.
The Special Operations Forces struck the Russian small missile ship “Grad,” reporting that the strike was carried out today at 04:31 a.m. in Lake Onega on the territory of the Republic of Karelia, Russian Federation.
Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, General Oleksandr Syrskyi, conducted a working visit to the Dobropillia direction.
Units of the Unmanned Systems Forces are scaling up and increasing both in personnel and strike capabilities; plans call for more than doubling their numbers.
In September, in the defense sector of the 7th Rapid Response Corps of the Air Assault Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Russian infantry losses increased by almost 30%.
The Ukrainian combat system DELTA became the primary command system for the joint multinational team during NATO’s REPMUS 2025 exercise.
During August 2025, the air defense of the Defence Forces destroyed 10,215 enemy aerial targets, including an air-launched ballistic missile “Kinzhal,” over 120 cruise missiles, and more than 2,700 “Shahed”-type attack UAVs.
On the past day, October 1, Russian forces carried out a UAV strike on one of the energy substations in the city of Slavutych, Vyshhorod district.
Minister of Defense of Ukraine Denys Shmyhal congratulated his fellow citizens on the Day of Defenders.
On the night of September 30, units of the Special Operations Forces struck the radar station of a Russian S-400 “Triumf” surface-to-air missile system in the temporarily occupied territories of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea.
Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, General Oleksandr Syrskyi, held a meeting with commanders of units and formations involved in the counteroffensive operation, and also stated that on the Dobropillia axis, part of the enemy units ended up encircled.
Operators of the 59th Separate Assault Brigade of Unmanned Systems “Stepovi Khyzhaky” of the Ukrainian Armed Forces destroyed a Russian Mi-8 helicopter using an FPV drone.
Measures to weaken Russia's military and economic potential continue: important elements of the Russian fuel industry in the Volgograd region, Bashkortostan, and drone production in the Belgorod region have been hit.
Ukraine’s Defense Forces continue counteroffensive actions in the Donetsk direction — the Pokrovsk area and the Dobropillia area.