Saturday, October 1. Russia’s War On Ukraine: News And Information

Dispatches from Ukraine. Saturday, October 1. Day 220

As Russia’s attack on Ukraine continues and the war rages on, reliable sources of information are critical. Forbes gathers information and provides updates on the situation.

By Polina Rasskazova

The Ukrainian military surrounded the Russian forces grouped in the Lyman area of the Donetsk region. This was announced by the spokesman of the Eastern Group of Forces, Serhiy Cherevaty, on the air of the telethon, Suspilne media reports. The day after Russian President Vladimir Putin signed the decree to include the Donetsk region into the Russian Federation, the armed forces of Ukraine liberated five settlements in the eastern part of country: “The settlements of Yampil, Novoselivka, Shandryholove, Drobysheve, Stavky have been liberated, stabilization measures are ongoing there”.

Russian troops abducted the Director General of the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant, Igor Murashov, and took him to an unknown location. “The vehicle of the Director General of the NPP was stopped, he was taken out of the car, and, with his eyes blindfolded, he was driven in an unknown direction,” said Petro Kotin, president of SE NNEGC, Energoatom, in a statement. “For the time being there is no information on his fate. Ihor Murashov (the director general) …bears main and exclusive responsibility for the nuclear and radiation safety of the Zaporizhzhya NPP. His detention by the Russians jeopardizes the safety of operation of Ukraine and Europe’s largest nuclear power plant.”

Kharkiv region. A burned civilian convoy with at least 24 bodies, 13 of them children, has been discovered in liberated Kharkiv region. Russian soldiers fired on a convoys of 7 cars with civilians in the Kupyansk district. As a result of the attack, 24 people died, including a pregnant woman and 13 children. “A brutal attack on civilians was carried out by a subversive and intelligence group of Russians — they shot six old passenger cars and one Gazelle truck at close range with small arms,” announced the Security Service of Ukraine in its Telegram channel. The attack took place on September 25, when civilians were trying to evacuate. Two cars burned completely, including one containing children with their parents — all burned alive.

Mykolaiv. At night, the armed forces of the Russian Federation fired rockets at two districts in Mykolaiv. “One of the rockets hit a five-story residential building in the city center,” reported the Governor of the Mykolaiv region, Vitaliy Kim. “Apartments on the 5th and 4th floors were completely destroyed, others were significantly damaged. Cars parked in the yard were damaged.” As a result of the attack, five people were injured, including a three-month-old baby. “In another part of the city, a private house and a two-story residential building suffered extensive damage,” Kim added. “Also, as a result of the shelling, the warehouse and buildings on the territory of the motor vehicle enterprise were damaged.”

The Russian Army has intimidates the people of the occupied city of Mariupol with fakes in order to prevent evacuation to Ukraine and EU countries. According to the information from the adviser to the mayor of Mariupol, Petro Andryushchenko, after the pseudo-referendum, the number of Mariupol residents trying to leave the city for the territory controlled by Ukraine or EU countries has increased rapidly. To address the exodus, the Russian occupying force launched a wave of propaganda aimed at discrediting the Ukrainian authorities. The main false message: “after the referendum, you are Russian citizens, so you will be arrested in Ukraine, and the EU countries will not let you in at the border with Russia due to registration in the Donetsk region.” And “if you received anything — humanitarian aid, money and/or worked in clearing debris, in stores, on construction sites –– you immediately become collaborators and fall under criminal liability in Ukraine.” Andryushchenko urged citizens not to listen to Russian propaganda and to evacuate from the occupied territories because “Ukraine is waiting for every Mariupol citizen.”