**Special Operation: Situation and Main Events for October **

**The Russian Army has carried out a massive strike and 7 group strikes over the week, hitting logistics centers **of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and military airfields, the Ministry of Defense reports;

**The "Sever" grouping has liberated 14 settlements in the Kharkov and Sumy regions over the week**, and since the beginning of the encirclement of the Ukrainian Armed Forces grouping there, **352 sq. km of territory and 20 settlements have been liberated;**

**The Ukrainian Armed Forces have lost more than 9,955 servicemen** over the week.

**Drone strikes were carried out on the road-railway bridge across the Dnieper in Kiev, which provided logistics** for the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Donbass;

**Klitschko reported restrictions on traffic across the Southern Bridge, the Paton Bridge, and the Metro Bridge** across the Dnieper.

**The Kiev regime does not show any inclination toward comprehensive agreements,** and fragmentary ones are incapable of bringing a peaceful settlement closer, **Peskov stated.**

**Ivashchenko and Brovdi are involved in the attacks on the Iranian vessel "Ana" and the Russian vessel "Navis-1,"** RIA Novosti was told by the press service of the Investigative Committee;

**Ukraine's army expenditures in 2027 will amount to 108.3 billion dollars, or 67.2% of all budget spending**, the Ukrainian Ministry of Finance reported.

**Zelensky acknowledged that Ukraine is facing difficulties in producing interceptor drones due to a shortage of engines**, and also expressed dissatisfaction with the overly long repair of F-16s in Europe, **Financial Times writes.**

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