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Combat Operations

• The total combat losses of the enemy from 24.02 to 09.10 Ukraine MOD 09 Oct 2022
• Russian Strikes Kill 17 In Ukraine's Southern City Of Zaporizhzhya RFE/RL 09 Oct 2022 -- A top official in the southern Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhya has said that rockets fired by Russian forces overnight have killed at least 17 people.
• Ukraine says recaptured nearly 1,200 sq km of Kherson region in ongoing counteroffensive Press TV 09 Oct 2022 -- The Ukrainian military says its forces have recaptured some 1,200 square kilometers of the southern Kherson region since the start of a counterattack against Russian troops in late August.
• 13 Killed, Dozens Wounded in Russian Attacks on Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia VOA 09 Oct 2022 -- A barrage of Russian missiles overnight killed at least 13 people and wounded more than 60 others in the southeastern Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhia, Ukrainian officials reported Sunday, as Moscow attempted to enforce its claim to the illegally annexed territory that Ukraine still controls.

Ukraine

• The constant terror against the civilian population is an obvious Russian refusal to engage in real negotiations - address by the President of Ukraine President of Ukraine 09 Oct 2022

Russia

• Meeting with Chairman of the Investigative Committee Alexander Bastrykin President of Russia 09 Oct 2022 -- The President had a meeting with Chairman of the Investigative Committee Alexander Bastrykin.
• Putin Blames Ukrainian Special Services For Crimea Bridge Explosion RFE/RL 09 Oct 2022 -- Russian President Vladimir Putin claimed that a massive explosion which damaged a crucial bridge linking Russian-occupied Crimea and the Russian mainland was a "terrorist" act organized by Ukrainian special services.
• Putin: Crimea bridge blast 'terrorist act' done by Ukraine secret services Press TV 09 Oct 2022 -- Russian President Vladimir Putin puts the blame squarely on Ukraine for a recent huge blast that targeted a bridge connecting Russia to the Crimean Peninsula.
• Russia: West long-range weapons deliveries to Ukraine 'Moscow's red line' Press TV 09 Oct 2022 -- A senior Russian Foreign Ministry official has warned the Western countries that supplying long-range and more advanced weapons to Ukraine would cross Russia's red lines and in that case they have to be ready for a response.
• 'Everyone's Drunk. No Uniforms. No Food.' Inside The Confusion Greeting Some Of Russia's Newly Mobilized Troops RFE/RL 09 Oct 2022 -- Four days after Russian President Vladimir Putin announced the order to mobilize hundreds of thousands of men to fight in Ukraine, Aleksandr Koltun, a 35-year-old father of six, showed up at the local draft board office in the Siberian city of Bratsk and presented himself for service.

United States

• Biden's 'Armageddon' Comment Not Related To Any Specific Development, Says Spokesman RFE/RL 09 Oct 2022 -- The U.S. national-security spokesman said President Joe Biden's recent warnings of possible "Armageddon" in relation to Russian President Vladimir Putin's continued references to his nuclear arsenal were not based on any specific developments and that the White House does not see an imminent threat.

NATO

United Nations

• Update 115 – IAEA Director General Statement on Situation in Ukraine IAEA 08 Oct 2022 -- Ukrainian engineers restored external power to the Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) today, a day after the facility lost the connection to its last remaining operating power line due to shelling, Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said.
• UN Vote Will Test Countries' Views on Russian Annexation Bid VOA 09 Oct 2022 -- The U.N. General Assembly will convene Monday in a special session to discuss Russia's recent attempt to annex four regions of Ukraine. The session could reveal whether Russia's international isolation is growing as its war grinds on.

Foreign Reactions

• Iran opposes war, sends no arms to any side of Ukraine war: FM Amir-Abdollahian Press TV 09 Oct 2022 -- Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian has once again reiterated the Islamic Republic's principled stance on the need to end Russia-Ukraine conflict, saying Iran has sent no weapons for any of the two sides in the ongoing war.

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