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At Robotyne, the fighting between Russia and Ukraine continues. The EU foreign ministers meet in Kiev. The news ticker regarding the Ukraine war.
“Elastic Defense”: Russia launches counterattacks at RobotyneEU foreign ministers meetingn in Kyiv: “Historical event”High Russian Losses: Kyiv publishes current dataThe information processed here comes from international media and news agencies, but also from the warring parties Russia, Ukraine and their allies. In particular, the information on losses suffered by the armies involved in the Ukrainian war cannot be independently verified.
Update from October 3rd, 6:51 a.m.: The eastern Ukrainian city of Kharkiv is building the country’s first underground school to protect its students from Russian attacks. “Such a shelter will allow thousands of children in Kharkiv to continue their lessons safely face-to-face, even during rocket attacks,” writes Mayor Ihor Terekhov on Telegram.
While many schools in frontline regions are forced to teach online during the war, Kharkiv set up around 60 classrooms in subway stations ahead of the start of the school year on September 1, capable of accommodating more than 1,000 students. Parts of the city are less than 35 kilometers from the Russian border and are subject to almost daily Russian air strikes.
Students in Kharkiv study in a classroom in a metro station. Because of the war in Ukraine, the city is now building an underground school. © IMAGO/Ashley Chan
Ukrainian drone destroyed over western Russia
Update from October 3rd, 6:40 a.m.: According to official information, Russian air defense once once more fended off a Ukrainian drone over the southwestern border region of Bryansk on Tuesday night. The missile was destroyed, the Russian Defense Ministry said in its Telegram channel.
There was no damage or casualties, Bryansk region governor Alexander Bogomas reported, according to the Russian state news agency Tass. Moscow has repeatedly reported similar drone attacks in recent weeks.
Update from October 3rd, 6:25 a.m.: After the historic visit of the EU foreign ministers to Kiev, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyj expressed confidence in his country’s early EU membership. “We all know that it is only a matter of time before Ukraine becomes a member of the EU,” he said in a video address on Monday (September 2). With regard to the visit of diplomats from the 27 EU states, he added: “So the meeting actually already took place in the EU.”
“Tactically complex” situation at Robotyne – Russia launches counterattacks
Update from October 2nd, 9:58 p.m.: South of Robotyne, where Ukraine continues its counteroffensive in Zaporizhia Oblast, the situation is said to be “tactically complex” and “dynamic.” This emerges from the current situation report from the US think tank Institute for the Study of War (ISW). According to ISW experts, tactically important defense facilities in the area change hands several times. This is supposed to be proven by evaluated satellite images. As part of their “elastic defense,” Russian troops would launch counterattacks of their own.
In their counteroffensive, Ukrainian forces are trying to advance first to Tokmak, then to Melitopol, in order to drive a wedge between the Russian troops and cut off their supplies.
Consultations on the Ukraine war: EU foreign ministers meet in Kiev
Update from October 2nd, 5:35 p.m.: EU chief diplomat Josep Borrell described the meeting of European foreign ministers in Kiev as historic. It was the first time that the Council of EU Foreign Ministers met outside the European Union, he said at a press conference with Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba in Kiev. It was also the first time that they met in an EU candidate country and in a country at war.
The meeting also sent a strong signal to Russia. “We will not be intimidated by your missiles or drones,” Borrell said. “Of course we would have loved and much preferred to have met under different circumstances,” he added. But the circumstances are just like that and Ukraine must be supported in overcoming this challenge. “With their visit to Kiev, the foreign ministers of the European Union sent a strong signal of solidarity and support to Ukraine in the face of this unjust and illegitimate war,” said Borrell.
Update from October 2nd, 3 p.m.: According to the Russian leader’s former speechwriter, Abbas Gallyamov, there is currently an “internal struggle” in Russia over recruits for the Russian military. In an interview with the news agency Union Gallyamov said that and announcements throughout Russia were trying to attract people to military service in Ukraine. The recruitment work will be supervised by former President Dmitry Medvedev, he emphasized. Since each governor of the Russian regions has the obligation to regularly provide a certain number of recruits, there is an internal struggle between the individual regions. Richer areas such as Moscow or St. Petersburg are trying to attract residents of poorer regions to their own recruiting offices. “The entire regional administrative apparatus is focused on this work,” explained Gallyamov.
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Baerbock reiterates the call for a “winter protection umbrella” for Ukraine
Update from October 2nd, 11:30 a.m.: At the start of the EU foreign ministers’ meeting in Kiev, Federal Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock reiterated her call for a “winter protection umbrella” for Ukraine. This includes expanding air defense, supplying electricity generators and strengthening the overall energy supply.
“We saw last winter how brutally the Russian president is waging this war by deliberately attacking electricity plants,” said the Green politician on Monday in Kiev. Vladimir Putin is betting that the water supply will collapse at temperatures of 20 degrees below freezing. “We have to prevent this as much as possible with everything we have.” Germany has already provided Ukraine with massive support with air defense systems such as Iris-T and Patriot.
Special meeting of EU foreign ministers in Kiev on the war in Ukraine
Update from October 2nd, 10:20 a.m.: The foreign ministers of the 27 EU member states met on Monday for a special meeting in the Ukrainian capital Kiev. The EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell spoke on the online service X (formerly Twitter) of a “historic meeting” aimed at “expressing our solidarity and support for the Ukrainian people”. It was the first meeting of all 27 foreign ministers outside the EU, Borrell explained the importance of the meeting. Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba also spoke of a “historic event” in a joint press statement with Borrell. It is a meeting “within the future borders of the European Union,” said Kuleba.
Federal Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock (Greens) also reported from Kiev on Monday. On the online service X she published a photo of the Ukrainian capital with the addition: “Good morning Kiev!”
High Russian losses in the Ukraine war: Kiev publishes current data
Update from October 2nd, 8:50 a.m.: The Ukrainian General Staff has published current figures on Russia’s losses in the Ukraine war. According to this, around 510 Russian soldiers were either killed or seriously injured in the fighting within one day. The numbers in front of the bracket refer to the total losses since the beginning of the war. The information cannot be independently verified.
Soldiers: 279,080 (+510 on the previous day)Panzer: 4,717 (+15)Armored combat vehicles: 9000 (+9)Artilleriesysteme: 6,525 (+48)Drones: 5061 (+18)Vehicles and tank trucks: 8909 (+26)Source: Information from the General Staff of Ukraine as of October 2, 2023Russian soldiers in the Ukrainian war in the annexed Ukrainian Oblast of Zaporizhzhia © Pavel Lisitsyn/Imago
Ukraine war: EU foreign ministers travel to Kiev
Update from October 2nd, 8:30 a.m.: In support of Ukraine, the EU foreign ministers traveled to Kiev for an informal meeting. EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell announced this on Monday. This is Federal Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock’s second visit to Ukraine in just a few weeks.
USA promises further aid to Ukraine
Update from October 2nd, 6:30 a.m.: According to Defense Minister Rustem Umerov, the US government has assured Ukraine of further military aid despite the budget dispute in Washington. Umerow writes on
Ukraine War: Fierce firefights in the east and south
First report: Kiev – The General Staff in Kiev reported fierce firefights along the almost 1,000 kilometer long front in the east and south of the country. However, no changes in the situation might be seen in the report for Sunday evening. Russian attempts to regain lost positions were repelled near the city of Bakhmut in Donbass. The Ukrainian army is continuing its own attacks near Bakhmut and Robotyne in the south. This military information might not be immediately verified.
Ukrainian attack on Sochi airport
According to unofficial information, Ukraine attacked the Russian Sochi airport on the Black Sea with combat drones on Sunday (October 1st). The Kiev media reported, citing intelligence sources, that the target was a parking area for helicopters. Russia’s main seaside resort of Sochi, from which President Vladimir Putin often conducts his official business, is regarding 800 kilometers from Ukrainian-controlled territory. The Defense Ministry in Moscow announced that a Ukrainian drone had been shot down in the region.
Ukrainian drone attacks were also reported in the Russian regions of Smolensk and Belgorod on Sunday. According to Moscow military reports, two Ukrainian missiles were intercepted over the Crimean peninsula, which was annexed by Russia. (With agencies)
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