The Armed Forces are moving in the Bakhmut area, and the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation in Zaporozhye and Kupyansk - ISW

About it reports the Institute of War Study (ISW) in the report for October 3. Russian military bloggers report that on October 3, the Defense Forces made attempts on the Kupyansk-Svatovo-Kreminna line and attacked near Tornsky and Grigorivka and in the Serebryansky Forestry. For their part, on October 3, Russian troops advanced in the direction of Kupyansk and Kreminna and continued the offensive on the Svatove-Kreminna line.

In particular, the invaders advanced in the direction of Kislivka southeast of Kupyansk and southwest of Kreminna. The General Staff of the Armed Forces reported that the Ukrainian troops continued the offensive actions in the Bakhmut direction, and according to Russian bloggers, they gradually moved in the area of ​​Klicshchiivka and Andreevka to break Russian defense near the railway.

Russian troops continued ground attacks near Bakhmut on October 3, but did not achieve any confirmed success. The Ukrainian General Staff reported that the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation had unsuccessfully attacked near Andreevka. The invaders said they reflected Ukrainian attacks near Krasnogorivka, as well as in Avdiivka and Marinka (in the western part of the city).

The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation made ground attacks along the Avdiivka-Donetsk line on October 3, but did not achieve any confirmed success. The Ukrainian General Staff argued that the army of the Russian Federation had failed attacks east of the Stepov and near Avdiivka, Pervomaisky, Krasnogorivka, Marinka and Novomykhailivka. On October 2, the Russian news unit stated that Russian troops attacked in the direction of Yurivka and advanced in the steppe area.

The Armed Forces continued the offensive actions in the border of the Donetsk-Zaporizhia region, but did not advance on October 3. Russian sources claim that the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation held a series of counterattack and slightly advanced in the border of the Donetsk-Zaporizhia region on October 2 and 3 and advanced 200 meters deep and cleared an uncertain forest area east of the harvest.

The military blogger from the Russian Federation also argued that the Russians advanced to the Hrushev beam during the counterattack after the reflection of the Ukrainian attack in the area. Another blogger argued that on October 3, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation attacked the Staromayorsk and the harvest from the Svitny and achieved unknown success towards the harvest.

The defense forces also continued offensive operations in the Western Zaporizhzhya region, but did not advance on October 3. They attacked Russian positions on the Kopani-Robotine-Verbve line and near Novoprokopivka. Russian troops continued offensive operations in the Western Zaporizhzhya region and, as reported, advanced on October 3, a few hundred meters near the robot and willow.

The General Staff of Ukraine reported that Russian troops unsuccessfully tried to repel lost positions west of the willow and southeast of the Little Tokmachka. Melitopol Mayor Ivan Fedorov reported that the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation had created a complex system of trenches and tunnels near Novoprokopivka, including two -storeyed underground armor. Fedorov stated that Russian troops also flood new trenches near Tokmak.

Ukrainian sources have stated that occupation officials in Crimea reported the detonation of explosives more often than officials in other occupied areas. GUR SIMY Andriy Yusov noted that the Crimean invaders declare the objects every day, but never specify what objects are discussed, and according to the publication "Public", only in September 2023 the invaders reported on 25 such explosions.

Most often reported such explosions in Biuk-Onlar, at the Old Crimea landfill, in Armenian, near Kerch and in the villages of Dzhankoysky district. It should be reminded that 2 Ukrainian planes at the extremely small altitudes broke through the Russian air defense system on the territory of the Russian Federation and fired at the oil depot in the Belgorod region.