► Russia claims the capture of a new village near Pokrovsk
Russia claimed on Saturday October 5 the capture of a new village near Pokrovsk, a town which serves as a logistical node in eastern Ukraine and to which Russian forces have been gradually approaching for weeks.
“Thanks to active and decisive action, units of the Southern troop grouping liberated the village of Zhelannoye Vtoroye”the Russian Defense Ministry said in its daily report. This locality is named Jélanné Drugué in Ukrainian. This village is located southeast of the city of Ukraïnsk, which the Russian army captured at the end of September.
In this sector of the front, Russian troops threaten the town of Pokrovsk, a key logistical hub for the Ukrainian army and where there are also major coal mines.
► Two dead in Russian strikes
In Russian-occupied territories in eastern Ukraine, 11 people were injured Saturday in Ukrainian artillery shelling and drone strikes on the town of Gorlivka. A civilian was also injured in a Ukrainian drone attack in the Russian border region of Voronezh, its governor Alexander Gusev said on Telegram.
On the Ukrainian side, two people were killed in Russian strikes on the Zaporizhia region (south), announced its governor Ivan Fedorov.
► Ukraine investigates alleged execution of 4 prisoners of war by Russian army
Ukraine announced that it had opened an investigation into the alleged execution by Russian troops of four Ukrainian prisoners of war in the summer of 2024 in Vovchansk, the scene of bitter fighting in the northeast of the country.
This investigation concerns “the deliberate killing of four prisoners of war — servicemen of the Ukrainian armed forces –, who were executed by the Russian military on the orders of their command during the summer of 2024 on the territory of the plant Vovchansk aggregates »indicated the Ukrainian Prosecutor’s Office of the Kharkiv region, where this city is located. “These facts are documented thanks to cooperation with the defense intelligence services of Ukraine”assured the Prosecutor’s Office, which indicated that it was questioning Russian prisoners of war on this subject. According to this source, a potential suspect in this case is currently “held captive in Ukraine” and could therefore be judged.
► Volodymyr Zelensky will take part in the Ukraine summit next week in Germany
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has announced that he will take part in the international summit on Ukraine’s defense in Ramstein, Germany next week, which will also include his American counterpart Joe Biden. Volodymyr Zelensky said he would present “clear and concrete measures towards a just end to the war”ensuring that Russia could be stopped by “the determination of partners and the strengthening of Ukraine”.
This meeting will come at a crucial moment for Ukraine before the presidential election in the United States in November, which could call into question, in the event of Donald Trump’s victory, American support, crucial for kyiv.
It will also take place while more and more voices, including among kyiv’s allies, are being heard to push for negotiations with Russia, which Volodymyr Zelensky refuses. Ukraine has also been insistently demanding for months to be able to strike Russian territory in depth with long-range Western missiles, but several countries including the United States refuse to authorize such attacks, for fear of an escalation with Moscow. .
