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A Russian drone hit a residential constructing within the Krasnopillia hromada in Sumy Oblast on 8 October, injuring a four-year-old youngster, her mom and grandmother. [A hromada is an administrative unit designating a village, several villages, or a town, and their adjacent territories – ed.]

Supply: Oleh Hryhorov, Head of Sumy Oblast Army Administration, on Telegram

Quote: "An enemy drone has hit a residential constructing within the Krasnopillia hromada. The strike has injured a household.

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A four-year-old lady is in a vital situation. She, her mom and grandmother have been hospitalised."

Particulars: Hryhorov famous that the kid is affected by extreme burns and docs are combating for her life. Preparations are presently being made to switch the lady to the Okhmatdyt youngsters's hospital.

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Russia has misplaced 1,010 troopers killed and wounded over the previous day alone, bringing its whole variety of personnel losses to 1,118,370.

Supply: Common Employees of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on Fb

Particulars: The entire fight losses of the Russian forces between 24 February 2022 and eight October 2025 are estimated to be as follows [figures in parentheses represent the latest losses – ed.]:

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• roughly 1,118,370 (+1,010) army personnel
• 11,240 (+2) tanks
• 23,324 (+5) armoured fight automobiles
• 33,519 (+26) artillery techniques
• 1,517 (+1) multiple-launch rocket techniques
• 1,225 (+1) air defence techniques
• 427 (+0) fixed-wing plane
• 346 (+0) helicopters
• 67,965 (+401) operational-tactical UAVs
• 3,841 (+0) cruise missiles
• 28 (+0) ships/boats
• 1 (+0) submarine
• 63,650 (+75) automobiles and gas tankers
• 3,973 (+0) particular automobiles and different tools.

The data is being confirmed.

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Ukraine's preferential phrases or its metal exports is not going to be affected by a brand new European Fee plan to guard the EU metal trade, which was introduced in Strasbourg on 7 October and goals to chop import quotas by 47% whereas doubling tariffs on extra imports.

Supply: Olof Gill, Deputy Chief Spokesperson for the European Fee, in a remark to European Pravda

Particulars: The discount of quotas and improve of tariffs on metal imports to the EU is not going to cancel the EU's earlier choice to grant preferential therapy to Ukraine.

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Quote: "The Fee's help for Ukraine is unwavering. This measure isn’t the identical because the earlier metal safeguard. As such there isn’t any contradiction to a earlier choice taken that can stay in place till the safeguard expires."

Particulars: Gill defined that the brand new proposal "goals at tackling the adverse results of world overcapacity on the Union's metal market".

"Ukraine is amongst the highest ten sources of imports into the EU. And, we should be conscious that, in sure market segments, Ukraine's imports into the EU have grown considerably within the context of depressed native demand," the spokesperson mentioned.

He added that in 2024, Ukraine even considerably elevated its exports in a number of key product classes coated by the brand new regulation.

Quote: "Nevertheless, below the measure, Ukraine may have entry to a system of free-of-duty tariff quotas. The proposal particularly signifies that we’ll have in mind the state of affairs of a candidate nation, akin to Ukraine, dealing with an distinctive and instant safety state of affairs when allocating these quotas."

Background:

• The European Fee plans to chop metal import quotas by 47% and lift tariffs on imports by 50%.
• In June 2025, the Council of the European Union adopted a regulation extending the suspension of protecting measures on imports of iron and metal from Ukraine.
• The EU intends to lift metal import tariffs to 50% to align the Union's price with that of the US, which is looking for to counter extra metal manufacturing capability in China.
• The EU metal trade has been dealing with a deep disaster lately as a result of low cost imports from China and different Asian economies. As well as, US President Donald Trump raised tariffs on metal and aluminium imports to 50% shortly after taking workplace.

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Water and electrical energy provides have been restored in Poltava Oblast after a Russian assault on the area's vitality infrastructure.

Supply: Volodymyr Kohut, performing Head of Poltava Oblast Navy Administration

Particulars: On the morning of seven October, Kohut reported that 160 residential properties and 28 enterprise premises within the Poltava district had remained with out energy, and about 1,000 shoppers had been and not using a water provide.

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In the meantime, within the Lokhvytsia hromada, 1,188 shoppers have been and not using a gasoline provide because the assault on 3 October. [A hromada is an administrative unit designating a village, several villages, or a town, and their adjacent territories – ed.]

As of 14:51 on 7 October, water and electrical energy provides had been absolutely restored.

Background: On the night time of 6-7 October, Russian forces carried out a large-scale assault on Poltava and Sumy oblasts, damaging railway infrastructure and vitality amenities. In Poltava, a locomotive depot and rolling inventory had been hit.

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Belarusian rail-transported petrol exports to Russia elevated fourfold in September in contrast with the earlier month.

Supply: Reuters, citing trade sources

Particulars: Russia boosted gasoline imports from Belarus final yr to cowl its home shortages.

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In accordance with Reuters' sources, deliveries of petrol from Belarusian refineries to the Russian home market rose to 49,000 tonnes final month, or about 14,500 barrels per day, whereas diesel provides in September totalled 33,000 tonnes.

Transit of Belarusian petrol for onward export by way of Russian ports grew by round 1% final month, reaching 140,000 tonnes.

Belarus has been utilizing Russian ports for transshipment of its oil merchandise since March 2021 beneath a cooperation settlement between Moscow and Minsk.

Nonetheless, in accordance with the sources and Reuters calculations, such transshipments fell by virtually 40% year-on-year to 1.17 million tonnes between January and September on account of decrease refining volumes.

Belarus's two refineries, Naftan and Mozyr, every have an annual capability of 12 million tonnes (round 240,000 barrels per day), though they often course of about 9 million tonnes yearly, or roughly 180,000 barrels per day.

Background:

• Petrol provides from Belarus to Russia by the St Petersburg Alternate lately resumed after almost a year-long pause that started in autumn 2024.
• Gas shortages have been noticed in 20 areas of Russia and in briefly occupied territories of Ukraine following Ukrainian drone strikes on Russian oil refineries.
• Since 24 September, all grades of petrol, together with the costliest A100, have utterly disappeared from petrol stations in annexed Crimea.
• On 29 September, petrol gross sales within the Russian-occupied metropolis of Sevastopol in Crimea had been restricted on account of gasoline shortages.
• The Russian authorities has prolonged the momentary ban on petrol exports and imposed restrictions on different varieties of gasoline.
• Sergei Aksyonov, the Kremlin-appointed head of Crimea, lately introduced stricter limits on gasoline gross sales at petrol stations on the peninsula.

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Poland has imposed sanctions on one other two firms with hyperlinks to Russia.

Supply: Polish information portal RMF24, as reported by European Pravda

Particulars: The Polish Nationwide Income Administration (KAS) introduced on 7 October that it has added two firms – SteelTrade and Omni GRP – and three associated people, Andriej Karpowicz, Veronika Pental and Władimir Leszczuk, to the nationwide sanctions checklist.

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The people are shareholders or helpful homeowners of the sanctioned entities.

"Their inclusion within the sanctions checklist is the results of the work finished by the Nationwide Income Administration to look into ties between people or organisations and the Russian Federation or Belarus that might have an effect on Poland's safety," KAS stated.

Omni GRP is linked to SteelTrade, previously generally known as the EMK Group, which in flip is linked to different entities within the EMK Group working within the metals business in Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan.

In response to the Polish tax authorities, the businesses exported high-grade metal appropriate for high-pressure casting – a cloth continuously utilized in weapons manufacturing on account of its sturdiness and resistance to excessive situations. KAS burdened that this metal is very more likely to have reached Russian defence vegetation.

The investigators additionally uncovered the mechanism by means of which the merchandise have been routed to Russia through a community of affiliated firms, thereby strengthening its industrial potential.

Background:

• On 12 September, the UK introduced sanctions focusing on Russia's oil revenues and conflict machine.
• On 3 October, the Council of the EU prolonged sanctions in opposition to Russian people and entities chargeable for Russia's hybrid destabilising actions overseas in opposition to the European Union.

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has acquired a report from Oleh Ivashchenko, Head of the Overseas Intelligence Service, on how Russia is utilizing its shadow fleet tankers.

Supply: Zelenskyy in his night handle

Quote: "At present, I spoke with the Head of the Overseas Intelligence Service Ivashchenko and instructed him to work extra actively with companions who can present extra help to Ukraine by way of weapons and funding we’d like.

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We clearly see our companions' intentions and capabilities – and we are going to work with them in a manner that ensures our shared defence potential in Europe just isn’t wasted."

Particulars: Ivashchenko reported that Russia is using its shadow fleet tankers not solely to finance the warfare, but additionally to hold out sabotage and destabilising actions throughout Europe.

Quote: "Latest launches of drones from tankers are one such instance. We share the data we’ve with our companions, and it’s essential that they take tangible steps in response to Russia. We’re working in direction of this in any respect ranges, and there will probably be additional conferences, there will probably be negotiations with our companions, each public and behind closed doorways."

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A 33-year-old firefighter has been injured in Russian artillery shelling of town of Nikopol in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast.

Supply: Serhii Lysak, Head of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast Army Administration; Mykola Lukashuk, Head of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast Council

Quote from Lukashuk: "In Nikopol, a 33-year-old firefighter has been injured in an artillery strike. He has been taken to hospital with a shrapnel wound to his leg.

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A hearth station, a home and an condominium constructing have been broken."

Particulars: Two districts of the oblast got here underneath Russian assault through the day.

Within the Synelnykove district, Russian forces launched drone assaults on the Mykolaivka, Mezhova and Pokrovske hromadas, damaging infrastructure. [A hromada is an administrative unit designating a village, several villages, or a town, and their adjacent territories – ed.]

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Milrem Robotics, an Estonian robotic automobile producer, has introduced that it’s going to ship over 150 THeMIS unmanned floor autos to Ukraine.

Supply: Milrem Robotics, as reported by European Pravda

Particulars: Milrem Robotics is ready to produce Ukraine with over 150 THeMIS unmanned floor autos as a part of support financed and coordinated by the Netherlands.

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A good portion of those autos shall be assembled and delivered in collaboration with VDL Defentec, a Dutch know-how firm.

In shut cooperation with VDL Defentec, Milrem Robotics is organising the meeting of kit on a brand new manufacturing line designed for scalable manufacturing.

Milrem Robotics may also present coaching for Ukrainian operators and assist personnel to make sure the robots' environment friendly deployment and upkeep within the subject.

The brand new items will add to the 15 THeMIS autos already in service in Ukraine, which have proved their effectiveness on the battlefield since 2022.

Milrem Robotics describes THeMIS as a examined and extremely adaptable unmanned automobile platform designed to assist infantry, logistics, reconnaissance and fight missions. It’s at the moment being utilized in 19 nations as a part of varied robotics programmes.

Background:

• In March, Ukraine submitted a listing of required army tools and provides value €100 million, which Estonia promptly procured from its home defence trade.
• On 14 September, Estonia introduced that it intends to proceed offering army assist to Ukraine – subsequent 12 months, greater than €100 million, or 0.25% of the nation's GDP, shall be allotted for this objective.
• It was reported earlier that Estonia had concluded coaching for a gaggle of 13 Ukrainian police leaders, the place Estonian legislation enforcement shared their experience.

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