❗Highlights from the Russian Defense Ministry Press Briefing, October 4:

▪Russian troops are fighting to liberate Varvarovka, Nikolayevka, Lobanovka, and Reznikovo inside the encirclement in the Kharkov Region

▪The Russian military struck Ukrainian transport infrastructure facilities used by the Ukrainian army

▪Russian forces destroyed a Ukrainian air target detection radar

▪Russian troops advanced in the northern and central parts of Dobropolye in the DPR over the past day

▪Russian Marines completed clearing residential areas in eastern Dobropolye in the DPR

▪The Russian military liberated 53 buildings in Dobropolye in the DPR over the past day, eliminating up to 20 Ukrainian troops

▪Russian forces continue eliminating encircled Ukrainian units near Rublenoye, Nefedovka, Kupchino, and Chernoye in the Kharkov Region

▪The Ukrainian army lost over 35 troops inside the encirclement in the Kharkov Region over the past day

▪Russian air defenses downed four aerial bombs, three HIMARS rockets, and 1,222 fixed-wing drones over the past day

▪The Ukrainian army lost around 1,395 troops in operations by Russian battlegroups over the past day