Ukraine has pointed to successes in Dobropillia, just north of the logistics hub of Pokrovsk, one of Russia’s key targets. In an assessment dated 7 October, the ISW said Russia was incurring heavy casualty rates, particularly from Ukrainian drone attacks, in return for limited tactical advances. The governor of Sumy region, on the northern border with Russia, said three people died in Russian drone attacks in different districts. In Russia’s Belgorod region bordering Ukraine, a missile strike killed three people in the village of Maslova Pristan, the local governor said. “It’s not that we prefer American weapons over French or German or some other European weapons – the issue is that we are asking the US for weapons which European countries can’t provide,” said Alyona Getmanchuk.

Source: The Guardian October 09, 2025 21:56 UTC