06.10.2024

ISW: Russian forces have reportedly lost at least five divisions’ worth of armored vehicles and tanks in Pokrovsk Raion since beginning their offensive operation to seize Avdiivka in October 2023 and during intensified Russian offensive operations in western Donetsk Oblast in Summer 2024.

POLITICO: Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico vowed on Sunday to block Ukraine from joining NATO for as long as he is head of the country's government.

The Kyiv Independent: NATO has been advised to significantly bolster its defense capabilities, as outlined in a report by German newspaper Die Welt.

United24 Media: Ukraine has received the first F-16 jets from the Netherlands, with the rest of the 24 aircraft set to arrive in the coming months. The Netherlands has also committed to delivering various types of drones for the needs of the Armed Forces of Ukraine valued at 400 million euros.

The Kyiv Independent: Ukraine's military intelligence unit Kryla ("Wings") destroyed a Russian air defense system Osa with a first-person view drone, the agency said on Oct. 6. A drone worth "several hundred dollars" was used to destroy an automated air defense system worth $10 million, the intelligence agency noted.

Yahoo News: Russian activity in Ireland should come as no surprise to anyone, the Irish premier has said. Taoiseach Simon Harris was commenting after a report that Russian intelligence allegedly recruited an Irish politician as an agent.

The Kyiv Independent: Ukraine may be offered "more concrete steps" regarding its NATO membership during the upcoming Ramstein summit, the Washington Post reported on Oct. 6, citing an undisclosed diplomat.

Reuters: Russia unleashed an overnight drone attack across Ukraine targeting the capital Kyiv and hitting infrastructure in the Black Sea port of Odesa, Ukrainian officials said on Sunday.

The Kyiv Independent: Donald Trump asked Putin for advice when deciding on whether to send arms to Ukraine early during his presidency in 2017, the New York Times reported on Oct. 5, citing undisclosed U.S. officials.

Reuters: Russia's envoy to the U.S., a Kremlin hard-liner, was returning to Moscow on Saturday, state media reported, with the end of his term coming at a time of the most hostile relations between the two nations in decades.

05.10.2024

ISW: The Russian Government plans to allocate 90 billion rubles ($948 million) to one-time payments for concluding a military contract with the Russian Ministry of Defense between 2025 and 2027, indicating that the Kremlin plans to continue relying on ongoing crypto-mobilization efforts.

The Insider: Russia’s elites, oligarchs, and military contractors are quietly dodging sanctions in Latvia. A new investigation by The Insider details the Latvian property holdings and business dealings of Russia's pro-Putin elite.

POLITICO: Kyiv will present its victory plan — outlining “clear, concrete steps” to end the war with Russia — at a meeting of allies next week, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Saturday.

AFP: Ukrainian prosecutors said on Saturday they were investigating allegations Russian forces executed four Ukrainian prisoners of war and said a possible suspect for the killings was in custody.

The Kyiv Independent: Russian forces are increasingly launching "unspecified" models of drones against Ukraine alongside those of the Shahed type, former Air Force spokesperson Yurii Ihnat said in a comment to Ukrainska Pravda on Oct. 5.

Forbes: Ukrainian troops in eastern Ukraine received a surprise gift on Saturday when a rare Russian air force Okhotnik stealth drone fell out of the sky over the fortress town of Chasiv Yar.

Ukrinform: Ukrainian forces have struck three command posts of Russian invaders using Storm Shadow missiles and GMLRS rockets.

The Kyiv Independent: Pyrotechnic teams from Ukraine's State Emergency Service have detected and disposed of over 533,200 pieces of explosive ordnance since Russia's full-scale invasion began on February 24, 2022.

04.10.2024

The Kyiv Independent: Half of all the artillery shells used by Russia in Ukraine are supplied by North Korea, The Times reported on Oct. 4, citing Western intelligence sources.

Reuters: Romania recovered fragments from a Russian drone from a canal in the Danube Delta near the Ukrainian border, the defence ministry said on Friday.

The Kyiv Independent: Russia's elite Marines have suffered four times higher losses during a year of fighting near Vuhledar in Donetsk Oblast than during 10 years of the Second Chechen War, the BBC News Russia reported on Oct. 4.

Reuters: A top police official said on Friday that criminal groups with Russian backing were intent on disrupting Moldova's presidential election, including attempts to seize government buildings.

The Kyiv Independent: Kyiv knows of 93 Ukrainian prisoners of war who were summarily executed by Russian soldiers on the battlefield throughout the full-scale war, a senior representative of the Prosecutor General's Office said on Oct. 4.

The Insider: Precision equipment for electronic warfare continues flowing to Russia from the West despite sanctions. A new investigation has found that the coalition supporting Ukraine may literally be helping Russia jam its own equipment.

Meduza: Over the next three years, Russia’s Defense Ministry could recruit at least 225,000 contract soldiers, according to estimates from the independent outlet iStories, which reviewed the government’s draft federal budget for 2025-2027.

Reuters: Russia knocked out around 80% of critical infrastructure in the town of Pokrovsk, a key logistics hub in Ukraine's east, as Moscow's troops inched forward, a local official said on Friday.

The Kyiv Independent: Russian forces are less than 7 kilometers (4 miles) from the outskirts of the town of Pokrovsk in Donetsk Oblast as of Oct. 4, said Serhii Dobriak, the head of Pokrovsk's military administration.

Reuters: Poland will start building the first elements of enhanced defence lines on its borders with Russia and Belarus by the end of 2024, a deputy defence minister said on Friday.

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