Russian Army manpower losses as of October 4: 279, 890
Children killed (according to the Prosecutor General Office of Ukraine): 504
Ukrainian forces land in Crimea, battle with losses occurs – Defense Intelligence
Ukraine’s Defense Intelligence has stated that units of the Special Operations Forces landed on the territory of the occupied Crimean peninsula and attacked the Russians, and after completing the mission, they retreated. Defense Intelligence did not specify when the landing took place. Andrii Yusov, representative of Defense Intelligence, stated that after completing the task, having inflicted losses on the Russians, the special forces group withdrew, although also with some losses.
US aid for Ukraine to last ‘couple of months’ without funding, White House says
US President Joe Biden’s National Security Council spokesperson has warned that US aid for Ukraine’s fight against Russia will run out in “a couple of months” if Republican hardliners fail to pass new funds for Kyiv. “You’re talking perhaps a couple of months or so, roughly,” John Kirby told a briefing.
The UK plans to train over 30,000 Ukrainian soldiers by the end of 2023
British Ambassador to Ukraine Martin Harris has announced the UK's plans to train more than 30,000 Ukrainian soldiers by the end of 2023. Among those undergoing training are military personnel of various qualifications, including pilots. "The first pilots arrived in the UK for training a month ago... Even before the full-scale invasion, we had a very powerful programme. Over 20,000 soldiers were in the Operation Orbital programme before the full-scale invasion. And now it's even more," Harris said in the interview.
Ukraine will have 6-8 more weeks of good weather for progress on the battlefield – Kirby
The US presidential administration believes that offensive operations in Ukraine are possible for another month and a half to two months, and then the weather will complicate this process. "We know that the counteroffensive has not gone as far or as fast as even the Ukrainians want it to. It’s still a violent fight on two major lines of axes – one in the Donbas area and one down south – the south of Zaporizhzhia. And they’re still fighting it out every single day. And it’s why I said in my opening statement, ‘Time is not our friend’. We’ve got six to eight more weeks of good weather here before things really make it hard for both sides, quite frankly, to fight," he said.
Twelve more vessels to enter Black Sea corridor towards Ukrainian ports
Ukraine’s navy has announced that 12 more vessels were ready to enter a Black Sea shipping corridor on their way towards Ukrainian ports, and that 10 other vessels were ready to depart from the country’s ports.
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