Ksenia Larina, a former journalist for the Echo of Moscow, reported that Ildar Dadin was killed in Kharkiv during a battle.
Larina shared on social media the news, citing Igor Volobuyev as a fellow soldier who heard about it from Dadin’s brothers.
Dadin is the first person to be convicted of violating Article 212.1, Russian Criminal Code, for “repeatedly breaking the rules for organizing, holding, protests, rallies or demonstrations or pickets.”
This law was later known informally as the “Dadin Article.”
Dadin, who spent more than two years in prison, was tortured throughout his stay. In 2023, he joined the Ukrainian forces fighting Russia, first serving in the Siberian Battalion, and then in the Freedom of Russia Legion.
Andrii Yusov, Ukraine’s military intelligence spokesperson, said previously that these militias (including the Russian Volunteer Corps) are composed of Russian citizens and are part of Ukraine’s “defense forces” but emphasized that their incursions in Russia do not take place under Kyiv‘s orders.
Yusov, a media spokesperson, said: “On the territory the Russian Federation they act absolutely independently, on their own and pursue their social- and political-programme tasks.”
Kyrylo Budanov said that anti Kremlin militias have been helping Ukraine since the beginning of Russia’s full scale invasion. Ukrainian forces will try to support them “to the maximum extent possible.”
Dutch Defense Minister Ruben Brckelmans visited Kharkiv on 6 October.
In a report from the German media outlet Welt, NATO was advised to significantly boost its defense capabilities.
The Ukrainian national futsal team won a decisive match with a score 7:1.
The intelligence agency reported that a drone worth “several hundreds of dollars” was used to destroy a $10 million automated air defence system.
Peter Magyar, Hungary’s most prominent opposition figure and leader of the Tisza Party, organized the protests outside the building of MTVA, the state-owned media company.
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According to the Air Force, Russia launched 87 Shahed drones, 2 Iskander M ballistic missiles and 1 Kh-59/69 Cruise missile against Ukraine over night.
Delfi reported on October 5 that Lithuanian customs officers found military uniforms and camouflage on passenger trains traveling between the Russian exclave Kaliningrad and Moscow.
These artifacts, which were stolen from our museums, archeological sites and other institutions, are now being sold on the black market. “We already have enough evidence for new criminal proceedings,” said Prosecutor-General Andrii Kostin.
The Washington Post (WP), citing an unnamed diplomat, reported on October 6 that the Ukraine could be offered “more tangible steps” regarding its NATO Membership during the upcoming Ramstein Summit.
Vladyslav Voloshyn, spokesperson for the Southern Defense Forces, said that if Russia achieves a breakthrough it will be able fire on the logistical routes linking Zaporizhzhia with eastern Ukraine.
Donald Trump sought advice from Russian President Vladimir Putin when deciding whether to send weapons to Ukraine during his presidential term in 2017, according to a report by the New York Times on October 5, citing unnamed U.S. government officials.
The Russian forces have suffered over 1,250 casualties in the last day alone.
Anatoly Antonov returned to Moscow from Washington on October 5, as his term ended, according to reports in state media. Antonov’s departure marks an end to his assignment in a time of increasing hostility between the two nations.
In the Richky village of Ukraine’s northeastern Sumy District, Russian forces dropped an explosive device from a drone on a passenger vehicle. The explosion caused injuries to three civilians, and the bus was damaged. This was reported by the Sumy Oblast Military Administration on October 5.
Five U.S. Republican Senators visited Hungary from October 3 to 5, and expressed concern about Hungary’s growing ties to Russia and increased cooperation with China.
Local authorities reported that Russian forces launched a drone strike in the Dripro district, Kherson, on October 5. Four civilians were injured.
After more than a year of hearings in court, the attorneys representing three Ukrainian teenagers who were convicted of sexually abusing a 14-year old girl in Zakarpattia Oblast asked the court to close their case.
The General Staff of Ukraine’s Armed Forces stated on October 5 that “the results of the strikes will be clarified.”
Matthew Miller, spokesperson for the U.S. State Department, said that on Oct. 2, the U.S. State Department had reviewed Ukraine’s Victory Plan and identified “a number” of productive steps.
In recent weeks, Russia has intensified drone attacks. For the first time after the full-scale invasion they targeted cities and townships across Ukraine on a regular basis for a month in September.
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