For today, links to seven reports: from the Kyiv Post, the Kyiv Independent, Reuters, Tass, and the Moscow Times; others are accessible by clicking on their names below. (GAZA entry for this date and a MEDIA entry are HERE and HERE.) —MCM
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Ukrainian Long-Range Drones Torch Another Oil Storage Site Deep in Russia, by Stefan Korshak | Kyiv Post Ukraine renewed long-range drone attacks against Russia’s energy infrastructure on Thursday, hitting a fuel storage base deep inside the central Voronezh region and setting it ablaze. READ MORE . . . Click HERE for report from the Kyiv Independent.
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Russia knocked out most infrastructure in Ukraine’s Pokrovsk, local official says. From Reuters KYIV — 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 today. READ MORE . . .
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Russia delivers 29 strikes at Ukrainian military, energy sites over week — Defense Ministry. From Tass. MOSCOW — Russian forces delivered 29 strikes by precision weapons, including Kinzhal hypersonic missiles and unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) at Ukrainian military-industrial and energy sites over the week in the special military operation in Ukraine, Russia’s Defense Ministry said today in a broader statement. READ MORE . . .
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FROM OCT. 3 Russia launches major drone attack on Ukraine, damages energy infrastructure. From Reuters. KYIV — Russian forces launched a major drone attack overnight on 15 Ukrainian regions, causing damage to energy infrastructure and residential buildings, authorities said on Thursday. The Ukrainian air force said it had shot down 78 out of 105 . . . READ MORE . . .
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FROM OCT. 3 Ukraine’s top commander orders defences bolstered in the east after Vuhledar falls. From Reuters. Ukraine’s armed forces commander General Oleksandr Syrskyi said on Thursday he had ordered defences to be strengthened in the eastern Donetsk region, a day after Kyiv forces announced they had withdrawn from the town of Vuhledar. READ MORE . . .
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FROM OCT. 2 On the Pokrovsk front, Ukrainian forces struggle to hold back the Russian advance, by Joseph Roche | The Moscow Times Since the beginning of the summer, Russian forces, in a full-scale offensive in the Donbas, have achieved their greatest advance since the start of the war in February 2022, pushing their troops to within a few kilometers of Pokrovsk . . . READ MORE . . .