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Combat Operations

• Ukraine Withdraws From Vuhledar As Russia Resumes Strikes On Danube Port RFE/RL 02 Oct 2024 -- The Ukrainian military has confirmed that it is pulling out of the strategic city of Vuhledar in the east as Moscow continues its grinding offensive, while Ukraine's critically important Danube port of Izmayil was again targeted by waves of Russian drone strikes that raised the alarm in neighboring NATO member Romania.
• Kyiv Investigating 'Largest Mass Execution' Of Ukrainian Soldiers Captured By Russia RFE/RL 02 Oct 2024 -- Ukraine's Prosecutor-General's Office has initiated an investigation into what it describes as the "largest mass execution" of Ukrainian "prisoners of war" by Russian troops since the start of Moscow's full-scale invasion more than 31 months ago.
• The Fall Of Vuhledar: What It Means For Ukraine's Beleaguered Military RFE/RL 02 Oct 2024 -- In late January 2023, a column of Russian vehicles and hundreds of naval infantry ran into a buzz saw of Ukrainian defenses near the Donbas city of Vuhledar, a humiliating defeat that showcased both Ukrainian pluck, but also Russia's frequently ham-handed offensive operations.
• Ukraine says Russian drone attack hurts 2 people in Odesa VOA 02 Oct 2024 -- Officials in southern Ukraine said Wednesday a Russian drone attack targeting port infrastructure in Odesa injured two truck drivers.

Ukraine

• Winterization, Protection of Energy Facilities and Construction of School Shelters: the President Met with the USAID Administrator President of Ukraine 02 Oct 2024
• Now, in All Areas and at All Levels, We Are Preparing Maximum Results for the State for this Fall - Address by the President President of Ukraine 02 Oct 2024
• The President Met with the Ambassador of Japan to Ukraine and Thanked Him for Strengthening Bilateral Relations President of Ukraine 02 Oct 2024
• Andriy Yermak Took Part in Plenary Session of the International Coalition for the Return of Ukrainian Children President of Ukraine 02 Oct 2024
• The President Met with Leaders of the World's Top Defense Companies President of Ukraine 02 Oct 2024

Russia

• RFE/RL Reveals 20,000+ From Russia's Volga Regions Have Died In Ukraine RFE/RL 02 Oct 2024 -- More than 20,000 soldiers from Russia's Povolzhye - territories comprising several regions around the Volga River - have died in Ukraine since the start of Moscow's full-scale invasion of its neighbor, according to calculations from RFE/RL's Idel.Realities, another sign of the deep impact the Kremlin's war in Ukraine is having on more distant regions of Russia.
• Ukraine Loses Over 19,550 Soldiers During Operation in Kursk Area - MoD Sputnik 02 Oct 2024 -- The Russian armed forces have eliminated more than 19,550 Ukrainian servicemen and 135 tanks during military operations in the border areas of the Kursk Region, the Russian Ministry of Defense (MoD) said on Wednesday.

United States

NATO

• Croatia Backs Out Of NATO Ukraine Mission Over National Security Concerns RFE/RL 02 Oct 2024 -- The president of Croatia has refused to approve the participation of Croatian soldiers in NATO's mission to support Ukraine, citing concerns about the conflict spreading toward Croatia and his desire to ensure the safety of the Balkan country.

United Nations

• Russian authorities systematically torture Ukrainian POWs, UN says VOA 02 Oct 2024 -- Russian authorities have subjected hundreds of Ukrainian prisoners of war to "widespread and systematic torture" while supervisors in detention facilities aware of that treatment did nothing to stop the abuse, according to a report published by the U.N. Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights.

Foreign Reactions

• Joint Statement by co-chairs of the International Coalition for the Return of Ukrainian Children Canada 02 Oct 2024 -- Building on the Joint Declaration on the creation of the International Coalition for the Return of Ukrainian Children, issued on February 2, 2024, as well as on the productive dialogue during the 3rd Plenary Meeting of the International Coalition for the Return of Ukrainian Children, we, co-chairs Canada and Ukraine, reaffirm our unwavering commitment to address the problem of the deportation and forced transfer of Ukrainian children in the context of the ongoing armed conflict of the Russian Federation against Ukraine, which is in violation of international law.
• Landsbergis in Strasbourg: "The lack of accountability, which promotes the sense of impunity, are the primary reasons that allow Russia to continue its terrible, senseless aggression" Lithuania MFA 02 Oct 2024 -- 2 October, in Strasbourg, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania, Gabrielius Landsbergis, who presides over the Council of Europe's (CoE) Committee of Ministers, attended the autumn session of the CoE Parliamentary Assembly (PA).
• Russia's illegal war in Ukraine is the defining struggle for our generation: UK statement to the OSCE UK FCDO 02 Oct 2024 -- UK military advisor, Nicholas Aucott, says the UK's military, financial, diplomatic and political support for Ukraine is iron-clad and will continue for as long as is needed as the cost of inaction would be far higher.

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