Russian forces attacked Ukraine with 205 drones of various types overnight. Ukraine's air defence destroyed or jammed 172 UAVs, while hits were recorded at 13 locations.

Kryvyi Rih, the hometown of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, is struggling to survive. Russian airstrikes have brought the city's huge steel plant and mines to a standstill, dragging the local economy to its knees.

Ukrainian intelligence has documents showing ​that Vladimir Putin called for military attacks on a much broader range of civilian targets ahead of this winter, Zelenskiy told Reuters in an interview.

Russia is stockpiling weapons so that it can launch intensified late-autumn and winter barrages, analysts and Ukrainian officials said.

Ukraine has nearly depleted its locomotive fleet due to intensified Russian strikes on railways, threatening grain and iron ore export logistics.

Oct 4 (Reuters) - Russia will intensify strikes on Kyiv and other parts of Ukraine, the Russian Defence Ministry said on ​Sunday, responding to an interview with Ukrainian ​President Volodymyr Zelenskiy in which he vowed ⁠increased attacks on Russian refineries.

Ukraine has used its new domestically built ballistic missile in combat for the first time, President Zelenskyy announced, though Kyiv is refusing to say what it hit. Partly based on a Soviet air defense missile,