Falling missile and drone debris recorded in Ternopil region
Debris from a falling missile and several drones was recorded in the Ternopil region following a nighttime enemy attack. Minor roof damage was reported in the Chortkiv area.
05 October 2025
Debris from a falling missile and several drones was recorded in the Ternopil region following a nighttime enemy attack. Minor roof damage was reported in the Chortkiv area.
President Volodymyr Zelensky stated that Russia is increasing the scale of attacks on Ukraine, destroying civilian infrastructure, yet there is no strong, adequate global response.
Since the beginning of the day, Ukrainian Defense Forces and Russian troops have engaged in 106 combat clashes, with the heaviest fighting occurring in the Pokrovsk sector, where 24 clashes have been recorded.
President Volodymyr Zelensky expressed gratitude to Ukraine’s Territorial Defense Forces (TDF) for their defense of the country presenting them with state awards.
Lithuania’s Ambassador to Ukraine, Inga Stanytė-Toločkienė, responded to the combined overnight strikes carried out by Russian forces against Ukrainian cities early on Sunday, October 5, emphasizing the growing intensity of Russia’s air attacks.
Ruslan Shalamov, a biology and ecology teacher from Kharkiv, has been named the winner of the 2025 Global Teacher Prize Ukraine, the country’s annual national award for educators.
As a result of Russia’s large-scale combined attack on Ukraine, the Lviv and Zaporizhzhia regions suffered the most damage. Rescue teams have already extinguished 10 of 13 fires that broke out at the sites of the strikes.
Air defense forces of Ukraine neutralized 478 aerial targets out of 549 launched by Russia during its attack on Ukraine starting in the evening of October 4, including 439 drones of various types, one Kh-47M2 Kinzhal aeroballistic missile, 32 Kh-101/Iskander-K cruise missiles, and six Kalibr cruise missiles.
During the night of October 5, the Russian Federation carried out a combined missile and drone strike targeting Ukraine’s energy infrastructure. In particular, equipment belonging to JSC Zaporizhzhiaoblenergo was damaged.
A family of four, including a 15-year-old girl, was killed in the village of Lapaivka in the Lviv region.
President Volodymyr Zelensky said that Russia launched more than 50 missiles and about 500 attack drones at Ukraine overnight. Five people were killed, and 10 were injured.
The experience of the Territorial Defense Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine is already influencing the formation of a new military doctrine.
Ukraine’s Territorial Defense Forces (TDF) are experiencing a personnel shortage, particularly a lack of specialists needed to staff newly created units.
The number of people injured as a result of the Russian Federation's attack on Zaporizhzhia is rapidly increasing—ten victims have already been reported.
Over the past nine months, mobile fire teams of the Volunteer Formations of Territorial Communities (VFTCs) have destroyed 350 enemy targets.
Four people were killed and four were injured in the Lviv region as a result of a combined Russian missile and drone attack.
Ukrainian troops have liberated 180 square kilometers of national territory in the Pokrovsk district and cleared nearly 200 square kilometers of enemy sabotage groups.
Two people were killed and two wounded in an enemy attack in the Lviv region.
The Territorial Defense Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine have significant potential for implementing the latest technologies, becoming a testing ground for innovation.
On the night of October 5, Russian troops struck an industrial facility in the Vinnytsia region.
Yesterday, October 4, there were 188 combat clashes between the Ukrainian Defense Forces and Russian invaders on the frontline.
The Russian army launched an air strike on Sloviansk in the Donetsk region, injuring eight people, including a child.
The total combat losses of Russian forces in the war against Ukraine from February 24, 2022, to October 5, 2025, amount to approximately 1,115,250, including 870 personnel lost in the past 24 hours.
Soldiers from the Phoenix unmanned aerial systems unit of the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine neutralized a Russian TOS-1A Solntsepyok heavy flamethrower system deployed by invaders in the Pokrovsk sector.
Soldiers from the Phoenix unmanned aerial systems unit of the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine neutralized a Russian TOS-1A Solntsepyok heavy flamethrower system deployed by invaders in the Pokrovsk sector.
In the Lyman sector, drone pilots from the Signum Battalion of the 53rd Separate Mechanized Brigade named after Prince Volodymyr Monomakh of the Armed Forces of Ukraine struck four Russian artillery guns.
Russian drones are attacking Lviv, with several series of explosions reported across the city.
Ukrainian boxer Oleksandr Usyk has joined the effort to rebuild the Roman Shukhevych Museum in Lviv, which was destroyed in a Russian missile strike in January 2024.
Deputy Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine, Ihor Brusylo, stated that Ukraine’s international partners — including Japan, Norway, Denmark, and the Netherlands — will help the country get through the winter.
In September 2025, Russian forces were likely accumulating ballistic and cruise missiles in preparation for renewed large-scale attacks on Ukrainian territory.