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Combat Operations

• The total combat losses of the enemy from 24.02.2022 to 01.10.2023 Ukraine MOD 01 Oct 2023
• Russian Forces Keep Up Attacks In Southern Ukraine As Missiles Downed Over Crimea RFE/RL 01 Oct 2023 -- The latest Russian attacks on the Kherson region in southern Ukraine killed at least one man, local military authorities said on October 1, while Russia said its air defenses shot down six Ukrainian drones over two western and southern regions.
• Ukraine Reports Shooting Down 16 Drones VOA 01 Oct 2023 -- Ukraine shot down 16 of about 30 Russian drones overnight in the Cherkasy region, its air force said Sunday.

Ukraine

• On the Day of Defenders of Ukraine, the President presented state awards and took part in the oath taking by military lyceum students President of Ukraine 01 Oct 2023
• We must turn every opportunity into bringing our victory closer - and victory will come - Volodymyr Zelenskyy took part in the events on the Day of Defenders of Ukraine President of Ukraine 01 Oct 2023
• On the Day of Defenders of Ukraine, the President honored the memory of warriors perished for the homeland President of Ukraine 01 Oct 2023
• Address by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on the Day of Defenders of Ukraine President of Ukraine 01 Oct 2023

Russia

• Ukrainian Drone Destroyed Over Russia's Krasnodar Territory Sputnik 01 Oct 2023 -- Russian air defense systems have destroyed a Ukrainian drone over the Krasnodar Territory at 8:00 a.m. Moscow time (05:00 GMT), the Russian Defense Ministry said on Sunday.

United States

• Biden Says U.S. Support For Ukraine Must Not Be Interrupted After Deal To Avert Shutdown Drops Aid RFE/RL 01 Oct 2023 -- U.S. President Joe Biden vowed on October 1 after signing a bill to avoid a government shutdown that aid for Ukraine that was dropped from the legislation would continue and said he expects Congress to pass the aid in separate legislation.
• Biden urges US Congress to approve Ukraine aid left out of deal Press TV 01 Oct 2023 -- US President Joe Biden has reaffirmed his administration's commitment to economic and military assistance to Ukraine as Washington itself is struggling to keep funding the government.

NATO

United Nations

Foreign Reactions

• Borrell to US Lawmakers: 'Continue Military Support for Ukraine' VOA 01 Oct 2023 -- The European Union's foreign policy chief Josep Borrell urged U.S. lawmakers Sunday to reconsider their decision to strip financial support for Ukraine from a stopgap budget bill Congress passed Saturday to halt a federal government shutdown.
• Ukraine: Press remarks by High Representative Josep Borrell on Russia's information manipulation in its military aggression European External Action Service (EEAS) 01 Oct 2023
• European Union prepares long-term security commitments for Ukraine: Eu foreign policy chief Press TV 01 Oct 2023 -- European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell has promised sustained EU support for Ukraine amid the war with Russia.
• British training troops in Ukraine could be legitimate targets, warns Medvedev Press TV 01 Oct 2023 -- Former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has warned that British soldiers training Ukrainian troops in Ukraine would be legitimate targets for Russian forces along with German companies building Taurus missiles.
• UK PM Sunak Says Remarks on British Soldiers in Ukraine 'Misreporting' Sputnik 01 Oct 2023 -- UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said on Sunday that British soldiers would not be sent to participate in the Ukraine conflict and that the training of the Ukrainian military by UK instructors on Ukraine's territory was currently out of the question.
• Former PM opposed to Ukraine military aid wins Slovak elections Press TV 01 Oct 2023 -- A populist party that wants to stop military aid to Ukraine and is critical of the EU and NATO has won Slovakia's election, results have showed.
• Slovakia's Populist, Pro-Russian Ex-PM To Receive Mandate To Form Government RFE/RL 01 Oct 2023 -- The president of Slovakia says she will give a mandate to form a new government to the winner of the country's parliamentary elections, signaling former Prime Minister Robert Fico and his SMER-SSD can begin putting together a coalition government in the central European country.
• Slovak Opposition Party Smer Wins Parliamentary Elections Gaining 23.6% Sputnik 01 Oct 2023 -- The opposition Direction - Social Democracy party (Smer), led by former Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico, won the parliamentary elections with 23.58% of the vote, data from the Slovak Statistical Office showed on Sunday.

News Reports

• War In Ukraine Poses 'Terrible Threat' For Russia's Saami People, But Solutions Are Few RFE/RL 01 Oct 2023 -- He's remembered on the Russian social-media platform VKontakte as "a son, husband, father." But 43-year-old Yevgeny Stanovoi, a deputy platoon commander in Russia's elite 61st Marine Infantry Brigade, was also part of a trend -- another native of an indigenous-populated, impoverished village in Russia's Far North, Lovozero, who joined the military and was killed in Ukraine.