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Since the start of the full-scale invasion by the Russian Federation, 1,330 people have been injured by mines and explosive remnants in Ukraine, including 135 children.
In Kyiv, police are investigating two attacks on the Sens bookstore on Arsenalna Street, which took place on Monday and Wednesday.
In the Kherson region, over the past three days, Russian forces have stepped up attempts to storm Ukrainian positions in the areas of the railway bridge on the left bank of the Dnipro River and the Antonivskyi Bridge, using rain and fog as cover.
The St. Nicholas Church of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine was damaged in Poltava as a result of a Russian attack.
Following a combined Russian missile-and-drone attack, power outages have been implemented in several regions of Ukraine, with the most critical situation in Sumy and Chernihiv regions.
In Poltava region, emergency responders came under a second Russian missile strike, resulting in a damaged fire truck.
Ukraine’s Air Forces shot down 320 aerial targets out of 416 launched by Russia in an overnight attack on Ukraine, including 303 drones of various types, 12 Iskander-K cruise missiles, and five guided aviation missiles Kh-59/69.
Overnight on October 3, energy facilities in several regions of Ukraine, including gas infrastructure, came under a massive Russian attack.
Russian forces carried out 35 attacks on 19 settlements across eight territorial communities in Sumy region over the past 24 hours, leaving three people injured.
In temporarily occupied Crimea, explosions were heard in the evening of October 2, with military airfields Belbek and Kacha — both hosting Russian aviation — reportedly coming under attack.
Ukraine’s Defense Forces stopped the advance of the Russian army in the area of Vorone, Ternove, Kalynivske, and Novomykolaivka in the Novopavlivka sector. These settlements remain under the control of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
On Friday morning, the governor of Russia’s Perm krai confirmed that drones attacked Berezniki overnight, where the Azot plant — a producer of ammonium nitrate and other chemicals — is located.
Overnight on October 3, Russian forces carried out a combined missile-and-drone strike on Poltava region, damaging energy infrastructure facilities.
On the frontline yesterday, October 2, Ukrainian Defense Forces recorded 162 combat clashes with Russian invaders.
Air defense forces were on duty in the Mykolaiv region last night. Debris from enemy drones caused a fire in the Bashtanka district.
Russian troops attacked the Dnipropetrovsk region with strike drones at night, causing fires in Dnipro.
The total combat losses of Russian troops since the start of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, from February 24, 2022, to October 3, 2025, amount to approximately 1,113,430 people, including 970 people over the past day.
In 2026, Russia's federal spending on 18 of 51 state programs will decrease, allowing the government to save more than 207 billion rubles.
During the exchange on October 2, two servicemen of the 12th Special Forces Brigade “Azov” returned to Ukraine from Russian captivity.
During September 2025, the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine approved nearly 110 new models of weapons and military equipment for use by the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
The Ukrainian delegation to PACE did not vote for a resolution that envisages the creation of a separate platform for dialogue with Russian democratic forces in the Assembly, as it has significant reservations regarding the format of this structure and its potential participants.
The Security Service of Ukraine has released exclusive video footage of the release of 205 Ukrainians from captivity, which took place on Thursday, October 2.
The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) has adopted the resolution ‘Russia: new threats to European democracies’, condemning attacks on civilian infrastructure, cyberattacks, disinformation campaigns, and interference in the elections of European states.
In Kryvyi Rih, a man stabbed two servicemen during a conflict and fled the scene. Police have identified the suspect.
Photos have been published showing what the city of Vuhledar in Donetsk Oblast looks like after a year of occupation.
As of September 25, 2025, as many as 1,599 cultural heritage sites and 2,415 cultural infrastructure facilities in Ukraine have been destroyed or damaged as a result of Russia's full-scale aggression.
02 October 2025
In Nizhyn, Chernihiv region, all educational institutions are switching to remote learning due to a blackout, and water will be supplied according to a schedule twice a day.
There have been 133 combat clashes on the front, with Russian forces attempting 64 breakthroughs against Ukrainian defenses in the Pokrovsk and Novopavlivka sectors of the front.
Russia deliberately cut off the electricity supply to the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) from Ukraine’s grid and is preparing to reconnect it to its own energy system.