There were 118 engagements on the front lines, with the heaviest fighting taking place in the Pokrovsk and Kostiantynivka sectors

Over the past 24 hours, 118 combat engagements with Russian forces took place on the front lines. The occupiers launched the most attacks in the Pokrovsk and Kostiantynivka sectors.

Ukrainian defense forces repelled more than 30 attacks by Russian troops in these two sectors.

“In total, there have been 118 combat engagements since the start of this 24-hour period. The enemy carried out 57 airstrikes and dropped 183 guided bombs. In addition, they deployed 6,014 kamikaze drones and carried out 1,780 shelling attacks on populated areas and the positions of our troops,” the report states.

According to the General Staff, in the Northern Slobozhanshchyna and Kursk sectors, since the start of the day, the occupiers have carried out three airstrikes using seven guided bombs and conducted 41 shelling attacks on our troops’ positions and populated areas, five of which involved the use of multiple-launch rocket systems (MLRS).

In the Southern Slobozhansky direction, the enemy attacked the positions of our units twice in the areas of the settlements of Izbytske and Ternova.

In the Kupiansk direction, the enemy attempted five times to improve its positions by conducting assault operations toward Radkivka and Dovhenke.

Four attempts by the invaders to advance were repelled in the Lyman direction near the settlements of Novoselivka, Zarichne, and Derylove.

In the Sloviansk sector, the enemy did not conduct any assault operations.

In the Kramatorsk sector, the Defense Forces stopped one attempt by the invaders to advance near the settlement of Tykhonivka.

In the Kostiantynivka sector, the Defense Forces repelled 16 enemy assaults: near the town of Kostiantynivka and toward Popasna, Illinivka, Osykove, Raiske, Rusyne Yar, Vilne, and Kucherove Yar. Three of these attacks are still ongoing.

The enemy carried out fifteen attacks in the Pokrovsk direction. The occupiers attempted to advance toward the settlements of Hannivka, Novyi Donbas, Dobropillia, Svitle, Novohryshyne, Vasylivka, Serhiivka, and Novopavlivka. Four battles are still ongoing.

According to preliminary estimates, 40 occupiers were eliminated and 14 were wounded here today; four vehicles, an enemy electronic warfare system, nine special equipment units, a UAV command post, one ammunition depot, two fuel and lubricant depots, and one occupier shelter were destroyed. Three vehicles, one artillery piece, two special-purpose vehicles, 12 UAV command posts, and 45 enemy personnel shelters were damaged. A total of 199 unmanned aerial vehicles of various types were destroyed or neutralized.

In the Oleksandrivka sector, the enemy did not conduct any assault operations.

In the Huliaipole sector, the Defense Forces repelled five enemy attacks near the settlements of Uspishne, Rizdvyanka, and Yegorivka. One assault is ongoing.

In the Orikhiv sector, the occupiers attempted to improve their position by launching a single attack toward Pavlivka.

In the Prydniprovsk direction, the occupiers did not carry out any assault operations.

In other sectors, there were no significant changes in the situation.

This was reported on Facebook, citing operational information from the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine as of 10:00 p.m. on October 5, 2026.

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