On the night of October 3, Russia launched 35 missiles and 381 drones at Ukraine; 303 drones and 17 missiles were neutralized. Energy facilities in the Kharkiv and Poltava regions were attacked, and the Sumy, Dnipropetrovsk, Odesa, and Kyiv regions also suffered.
In the first nine months of 2025, 225,046 new individual entrepreneurs were registered in Ukraine, which is almost on par with last year's figures. However, the number of closed businesses increased by 11%, reaching 213,293.
Since the beginning of the academic year, almost 4,000 children from frontline regions have returned to offline schooling. New "underground schools" have been opened in Kherson, Zaporizhzhia, and Dnipropetrovsk regions for safe learning.
No precipitation is expected in Ukraine on October 3. Daytime temperatures will range from 8-13°C, in some places up to +19°C.
In Dnipropetrovsk region, a couple will be tried for beating their 4-year-old son to death with a metal pipe and other objects. The reason was that the boy took bread without permission, sustaining over 20 injuries that led to traumatic shock.
On October 3rd, Ukraine is expected to have dry weather, but with gusty winds. The air temperature will be uneven: in the south and east up to +19 degrees, in the north up to +13, and in the west only +8+11 degrees.
Due to Russian shelling in Sumy region on October 2, train 143/141 Sumy, Chernihiv - Lviv, Ivano-Frankivsk is delayed by 3 hours and 40 minutes. Traffic in Sumy region has been fully restored without the use of reserve locomotives.
Russia launched massive strikes on Odesa, Kyiv region, Dnipropetrovsk region, and Zaporizhzhia. In Odesa, a Ukrzaliznytsia depot was shelled, a train driver was wounded, and railway infrastructure in the North was also damaged.
As a result of Russia's full-scale war against Ukraine, 1599 cultural heritage monuments and 2415 cultural infrastructure objects have been destroyed or damaged. The greatest losses were suffered by monuments in Kharkiv, Kherson, and Odesa regions.
The deputy head of the Pishchanska amalgamated territorial community (ATC) in Dnipropetrovsk region was detained for extorting and receiving 9,000 US dollars. He demanded money for approving the placement of nine advertising structures on the community's territory.
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy awarded the rank of major general to Hennadiy Shapovalov and Yevheniy Ostryanskyy. They are the Commander of the Ground Forces and the Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
On Defenders' Day, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy awarded the title of hero cities to 16 cities. This took place in Donetsk, Dnipropetrovsk, Kharkiv, Sumy, Zaporizhzhia, Mykolaiv, and Khmelnytskyi regions.
Significant temperature contrasts are expected in Ukraine on October 2: in the west and north, it will get colder to +6. ..+10 degrees, while in the east and south, warm weather up to +18 degrees will persist. In Kyiv, rain and about +8 degrees are forecast, with no significant precipitation in the rest of the territory.
As a result of the Russian military attack on Dnipro on September 30, 31 people were injured, including a 17-year-old boy. The Russians also attacked the Synelnykove community with UAVs, damaging infrastructure, a store, and a pharmacy.
The police of Lviv region are investigating information from social media about the beating of a veteran of the Russian-Ukrainian war in Pustomyty. No official complaint has been received, the circumstances of the incident and the identities of the attackers are being established.
As a result of the night attack by the occupiers in Kyiv, four people died, including a 12-year-old girl, a nurse, and a patient of the Institute of Cardiology. Throughout Ukraine, over 70 people were injured, and two rescuers were also injured during the aftermath liquidation.
Russian troops achieved partial territorial success in Donetsk, Dnipropetrovsk, and Zaporizhzhia regions. The occupiers advanced near Yampil, Berezove, Kalynivske, Olhivske, and Novoivanivka.
Law enforcement officers have initiated criminal proceedings regarding the murder of a man in Kryvyi Rih; the assailant is being sought. The victim is believed to be Yevhen Ponyrko, president of the sambo federation.
On September 26, six people were injured as a result of Russian shelling of the Dnipropetrovsk region. In Nikopol, five people were injured by artillery shelling, and in the Synelnykove district, a man was injured by a UAV hit, which caused a fire.
Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Oleksandr Syrskyi reported that Russian troops are trying to penetrate deep into Dnipropetrovsk region in small groups to demonstrate their presence. However, they lack the forces for a large-scale offensive, and an attempt to break through in the Novopavlivka direction was thwarted.
As of mid-September 2025, 788,507 proceedings for non-payment of utility services have been recorded in Ukraine, which is 13% more than in July 2024. The largest debts are in the frontline regions, and the lion's share of arrears concerns heat supply and water.
The Cabinet of Ministers allocates over UAH 220 million to Dnipropetrovsk region for water supply and infrastructure restoration. Also, almost UAH 60 million has been allocated for the repair of the emergency section of the second Donetsk water pipeline.
The number of companies and individual entrepreneurs in the "White Business Club" decreased by 26% over the last quarter, to 6619 companies and 530 individual entrepreneurs. The number of IT companies in the club also decreased by 63 units.
On September 24, Russian occupiers attacked Dnipropetrovsk region with missiles and drones. 1 person was killed, 10 were injured, residential buildings and enterprises were destroyed.
In Ukraine, 11 members of three interregional drug groups that operated in Zhytomyr and Dnipropetrovsk regions will be tried. They organized the production and sale of the particularly dangerous psychotropic substance alpha-PVP throughout Ukraine.
A citizen of Azerbaijan, suspected of selling counterfeit US dollars, has been extradited from Moldova to Ukraine. The man was part of a criminal group that produced counterfeit banknotes in Turkey and supplied them to Ukraine.
The prosecutor's office returned land plots worth over UAH 27 million to local communities in the Samarivskyi district of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast. The companies illegally registered ownership of 700 hectares of land without title documents.
In Dnipropetrovsk region, a police officer in his own car collided with a scooter at an intersection. As a result of the accident, the scooter driver died, and a 14-year-old passenger was hospitalized.
The SBU's military counterintelligence detained a 31-year-old unemployed FSB agent in Khmelnytskyi who was directing missile and drone strikes on military and critical facilities in the western region of Ukraine. He faces life imprisonment for treason.
Three former heads of the Novomoskovsk military forestry enterprise will be tried in Dnipropetrovsk region. They are accused of illegal logging amounting to almost 70 million hryvnias.
