Over the past 24 hours, five civilians were injured as a result of Russian strikes on the Chernihiv region, including a child who is in serious condition.

German Education Minister Karin Prien is in Kyiv on a two-day visit.

The National Guard (NG) has signed a contract with German partners for the supply of unmanned aerial vehicles and ground stations.

As of the morning of October 5, Russian attacks have left additional consumers without power in six regions.

The Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense has published information on the War&Sanctions portal regarding a new variant of the “Geran-4” jet-powered drones, which Russia began deploying this fall.

Russian forces struck Kharkiv and ten settlements in the region over the past day, killing one person and injuring 12 others.

Russian forces carried out a massive attack on industrial and port infrastructure in the Odesa region.

There were 177 combat engagements between Ukraine's Defense Forces and Russian troops over the past day. The enemy was most active in the Pokrovsk and Kostiantynivka directions.

On the morning of October 5, an equipment failure temporarily left residents of parts of Odesa's Kyivskyi, Prymorskyi, and Khadzhybeyskyi districts without electricity.

Yesterday afternoon, the Russian army attacked Mykolaiv with Banderol loitering munitions, damaging warehouses and vehicles and injuring a man.

Ukraine's air defense forces neutralized 172 of the 205 drones with which Russian forces attacked Ukraine from the evening of October 4.

Russian forces carried out 45 strikes on 21 settlements across 14 territorial communities in the Sumy region over the 24-hour period from the morning of October 4 to the morning of October 5, killing one person and injuring others.

The total combat losses of Russian forces since the beginning of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, from February 24, 2022, to October 5, 2026, amount to approximately 1,542,720 personnel, including 2,020 personnel over the past 24 hours.

A house was damaged in an air attack in Vylkove, in the Izmail district of the Odesa region.

The German Embassy in Ukraine, together with other diplomatic missions, expressed concern over a threat issued by the Russian Foreign Ministry against diplomats and foreign nationals in Ukraine and said that German diplomats are staying in Kyiv.

Russian forces struck Kharkiv with a Banderol missile, killing one person and injuring six others.

Last night, a man was injured in a Russian drone attack in Pryozerne, Kherson region.

Minister of Foreign Affairs Andrii Sybiha praised the professionalism of Ukrainian soldiers who carried out a second operation to deliver humanitarian aid to the temporarily occupied city of Oleshky in the Kherson region.

The Estonian Foreign Ministry has said that the country's embassy remains in Kyiv and assured Ukraine of its continued support.

Ukraine's Unmanned Systems Forces, as part of an operation codenamed "Crimean Switch Off," hit 456 energy facilities in territories temporarily occupied by Russia and inside Russia itself over the past three months.

The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) is once again urging citizens not to film or share photos and videos of enemy attacks.

President Volodymyr Zelensky has awarded state scholarships to 16 distinguished figures in education.

The Russians have confirmed the death of war criminal Roman Syromiatnikov, who tortured Ukrainian prisoners of war. He was the one who was blown up on Friday, October 2, in the Tula region while in his own car.

Ukraine and Germany have signed a series of agreements in the energy sector; the total value of the portfolio exceeds 155 million euros.

On October 4, in the Poltava region, approximately 22,000 customers were left without power after an enemy drone struck an energy facility.

Ukraine’s security and defense forces have disabled more than 51% of the Russian Federation’s oil refining capacity.

Ukraine is testing the “Nika” small rocket and the SPYS high-speed drone, developed jointly with Germany, to intercept Russian jet-powered UAVs.

The Ukrainian Defense Forces carried out two successful offensive operations, during which territories were liberated.

President Volodymyr Zelensky is convinced that supporting Ukraine is in Europe’s interest in order to prevent war and further acts of sabotage.

On Sunday, Russian forces struck four districts of the Dnipropetrovsk region more than 70 times using drones, artillery, and aerial bombs.

Ukraine currently has a deficit of about $4 billion, which must be covered to finance the state’s needs.

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha called on partners to respond decisively to Russian terror, strengthen Ukraine's air defense and impose effective sanctions on Russia's defense industry.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has raised the issue of transferring Taurus cruise missiles to Ukraine at a meeting with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz.

Ukraine and Germany have signed a series of documents on cooperation in the defense industry, including the purchase and supply of thousands of missiles for IRIS-T systems.

A Russian drone carrying a munition that failed to detonate reportedly crashed in Kyiv's Obolonskyi district.

A fire broke out at the Nikolaevka solar power plant in the Simferopol district in temporarily occupied Crimea.

Germany supports accelerating Ukraine's accession to the European Union and is working on this with partners in Brussels.

Drones operated by the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) hit Russian Su-35 and Su-34 fighter jets at a military airfield in the Republic of Adygea, Russia.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz visited the building of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine and spoke with rescuers who had cleared the aftermath of Russia's attack on September 28.

Ukraine and Germany have signed an agreement to deepen cooperation in countering unmanned aerial vehicles, under which Germany will make greater use of Ukraine's experience.

Ukraine is ready to participate in technical-level talks in the UAE or another country proposed by representatives of the United States, and the ball is now in Russia's court.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said that more than 12 turrets to counter drones have already been installed in Kyiv, while eight more to be installed in the Kyiv region.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said that Germany had allocated a new comprehensive support package for Ukraine worth EUR 1.3 billion.

The EU Delegation and Advisory Mission in Ukraine, as well as none of the embassies of EU member states, are planning to leave Kyiv because of Russian strikes.

Two people were injured in a Russian strike on the Northern Bridge in Kyiv on Sunday, October 4.

In Kyiv’s Darnytskyi district, debris from a Russian drone fell onto a parked car.

The Russian Armed Forces attacked the city of Kherson and the surrounding region with drones, leaving three people wounded.

Russian troops attacked the Chernihiv region during the day, injuring three people, including a child. Police are documenting the aftermath of the enemy attack.

In the Kharkiv region, a woman and a man were injured as a result of today’s Russian attack on a civilian vehicle.

On October 3 and during the night of October 4, units of the Ukrainian Armed Forces struck a number of key military targets belonging to the Russian invaders, including a “Buk-M3” air defense system in the Zaporizhzhia region and a storage and launch site for attack drones in the Donetsk area.