Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Ground Forces Andrei Mordvichev said an additional cover echelon at extremely low altitudes has been created in the air defense system.
The Russian Defense Ministry says Russian troops attacked logistics and communications facilities in Ukraine used for military purposes.
Russian security structures told RIA Novosti that a Ukrainian counterattack from outside the encirclement on the Volchansk direction failed: Ukrainian units withdrew to their initial positions with losses.
Colonel-General Yevgeny Burdinsky, head of the Main Organizational and Mobilization Directorate of the General Staff, told Krasnaya Zvezda that about 120,000 conscripts are planned to be sent to the Armed Forces in autumn 2026, with dispatch beginning on October 10.
The government has submitted a draft federal budget for 2027 and the 2028-2029 planning period to the State Duma, with priorities including social obligations, defense and technological leadership.
The Russian Defense Ministry said Russian troops struck a communications center in Kyiv overnight with ground-based precision weapons and long-range attack drones, also hitting energy facilities in Kyiv region and port infrastructure in Izmail.
A Tu-95 aircraft crashed during a training flight in the Amur Region, the Defense Ministry said. Six crew members died and one person was injured.
Presidential press secretary Dmitry Peskov called baseless the accusations against Moscow of burning down a drone production plant in Tallinn, which Estonian Foreign Minister Margus Tsahkna had stated.
Russian strikes are shutting down sectors of Ukraine's economy, with metallurgy reportedly halted, as the Kremlin says Moscow must guarantee its security.
Russian security structures told RIA Novosti that Brigadier General Dmytro Voloshyn, commander of the 8th Air Assault Corps of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, sabotaged an order from Ukrainian Armed Forces Commander-in-Chief Mykhailo Drapatyi to travel from Kyiv to a command post in Sumy region and instead gives interviews to journalists.
European Commissioner Valdis Dombrovskis said the EU is tired of sanctions against Moscow after Alisher Usmanov and Mikhail Fridman were removed from the blacklist. Experts point to the exhaustion of sanctions capacity and severe consequences for Europe's economy.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Kyiv has begun paying for recent attempts to attack Russia, and noted that strikes on enemy military targets continue.
Bryansk Region Governor Egor Kovalchuk said a railway bridge collapsed after a Ukrainian drone attack; no one was hurt and traffic on two sections was suspended.
The Russian Defense Ministry said Russian forces struck data centers in Kyiv that serve the Ukrainian army, including a UkrTelecom facility, and hit a Ukrainian border service unit location in Odesa region.
Sergei Lebedev, coordinator of the pro-Russian Mykolaiv underground, told RIA Novosti that Ukraine has redeployed foreigners with combat experience to the Chernobyl nuclear power plant area; he earlier spoke of a possible major provocation by Kyiv, including to draw Poland into the conflict.
Aleksandar Vucic signed a document marking his departure from the post of President of Serbia; powers will pass to Ana Brnabic, with elections due by the end of December.
Russia's Defense Ministry said Russian forces struck data processing centers in Kyiv that provided internet to Ukrainian fighters.
The Russian Defense Ministry said Russian forces struck a Vodafone data center in Kyiv overnight that supported the Ukrainian army, and hit a cargo ship in the Black Sea carrying goods for Ukrainian military needs to Odesa.
Russian security forces told RIA Novosti that two attempts by Ukrainian units to break out of encirclement in armored vehicles near Nefedovka in Kharkiv Oblast were detected by reconnaissance and the enemy equipment was destroyed.
The meeting between the US president and the Chinese chairman at the White House did not produce significant economic agreements. Beijing warned Washington about the risk of war and demanded caution on Taiwan.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov met with German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul at UN headquarters; the talks were initiated by Berlin.
Kherson region Governor Vladimir Saldo said two people were killed in a Ukrainian attack on a cafe, and two young people were seriously wounded. That same evening in Chaplinka, a drone struck a truck carrying food products, killing a man.
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic held a phone call at Belgrade's initiative, discussing bilateral cooperation, the State Duma elections, firefighting assistance and the situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Fighters of the Sever group have taken two villages in the Kharkov region, strengthening the Reznikovsky pocket, the Defense Ministry said. The liberation of these settlements complicates attempts by the Ukrainian Armed Forces to break out of the encirclement.
Three people died in a night attack by Ukrainian drones on Krasnodar Krai, the regional operations headquarters said.