Mariupol
Local collaborators organized a visit of Turkish media to occupied Mariupol to create propaganda materials. Such visits are intended to legitimize the occupation and test the reaction of the international community.
34 Azov soldiers who defended Mariupol for 86 days have returned from Russian captivity. The brigade commander, Denys Prokopenko, thanked everyone involved in the release and emphasized the importance of returning the remaining 900 captured Azov soldiers.
Ukraine has conducted the 58th prisoner exchange with Russia, returning 95 of its defenders. Among those released are defenders of Mariupol, Azovstal and other regions, many of whom have serious illnesses due to torture.
The occupiers are building a road from the Russian border to Crimea through Mariupol, which makes it difficult to move along the land corridor. In 1.5 years, only 10 km out of 60 km have been built.
An advisor to the mayor of Mariupol reported that Russia is preparing for a new offensive in southern Ukraine. The accumulation of unmarked troops and equipment in Zaporizhzhya and Donetsk regions is observed.
In Mariupol, 17 Russian soldiers were poisoned by arsenic food, 13 of them died. Two Asians allegedly treated the occupiers, but Russian sources deny this information.
A 61-year-old resident of Mariupol was sentenced to 14 years in prison for working in the “law enforcement agencies of the Donetsk People's Republic”. The man voluntarily agreed to work for the occupiers after the city was seized.
20 trucks with Russian troops have passed through occupied Mariupol on their way to the Vremivsk direction. The absence of tactical markings indicates that a new offensive is being prepared, said an adviser to the city's mayor.
The Mariupol City Council has published a video of Azovstal, which has become a symbol of the heroic resistance of Ukrainian soldiers. The images show large-scale destruction from Russian shelling and bombardment.
The occupiers are imitating the repair of houses in Mariupol, but are actually laundering money. Local collaborators hire contractors to create the appearance of work, and propagandists shoot fake videos about the city's “prosperity.
In the occupied territories, the Kalchyk River is turning into a swamp, and jellyfish are dying in the Sea of Azov. Petro Andriushchenko, an advisor to the mayor of Mariupol, warns of a critical environmental situation in the region, calling it part of an ecocide.
russians have moored a bulk carrier in the port of Mariupol for loading. The occupiers are increasing the use of the port to increase transportation, including for the needs of the front line.
Ukrainian journalist Viktoria Roshchina was held in the Taganrog detention center, where torture is used. Human rights activists reported that she was held in solitary confinement from at least May to September 2024.
Two bulk carriers were moored in the port of occupied Mariupol to load minerals. The mayor's advisor reported on the intensification of the port's work and the occupiers' attempts to increase volumes despite the lack of capacity and labor.
An oil storage facility in occupied Feodosia continues to burn after an attack by the Ukrainian army. Two more tanks exploded at night. This is the largest terminal in Crimea that provided fuel to the Russian army.
An advisor to the mayor of Mariupol said that the fire at the oil terminal in occupied Feodosia is still ongoing. Earlier, the General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces confirmed a successful strike on this facility, which was used to supply the Russian army.
In the occupied territories, the invaders are building a network of “SVO” museums in schools to brainwash children. The museums are funded by grants from the Putin administration and are mandatory for schools.
The occupiers have taken another batch of grain from Mariupol to Russia. The total amount of grain stolen through the Mariupol port this year exceeded 180,000 tons.
Russia intends to introduce a tax for families without children in the occupied territories of Ukraine. The goal is to increase the birth rate to replenish the mobilization resource and “patriotic” upbringing of orphans.
On October 5, Ukrainian forces shot down a Russian plane over the Donetsk region. The wreckage landed near Kostyantynivka, damaging several private homes, but there were no casualties or injuries.
Monitoring groups report a downed Russian Su-25 aircraft in Kostyantynivka, Donetsk region. The information was disseminated by Mariupol.Sprotyv and an advisor to the mayor of Mariupol, and is expected to be officially confirmed.
On the basis of the destroyed Azov Maritime Institute in occupied Mariupol, Russians created a new “university”. The diplomas of this institution are not recognized in Ukraine and most countries.
Nine citizens of Ukraine were served a notice of suspicion of ill-treatment of prisoners of war in the “Kalinin colony of the Donetsk People's Republic”. The suspects used physical and psychological violence against the captured Ukrainian military.
Residents of Mariupol report explosions in the city center and Primorsky district. The occupiers urge not to panic, explaining the sounds as “an airplane going into hypersonic mode,” but the details of the incident are unknown.
The occupiers have turned Mariupol into a major logistics hub for the export of stolen goods from Ukraine. Since the beginning of the year, more than 165,000 tons of cargo have been exported through the port, including 84,200 tons of agricultural products.
Over the past day, Russian troops attacked settlements in Donetsk region 25 times. Power lines, special equipment and numerous houses were damaged, and 11 civilians were wounded.
The occupation “court of the Donetsk People's Republic” sentenced three Ukrainian marines on trumped-up charges. They are accused of killing civilians during hostilities that they did not commit.
The SBU has served Denys Pushylin and his accomplices with a notice of suspicion of deportation of 31 children from the occupied Donetsk region to Russia. The children were taken to a boarding house near Moscow that belongs to the Putin administration.
In the village of Horoshkiv, Tetiiv community, rescuers of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine retrieved the body of a dead woman from a local pond. The incident occurred on September 27, and the body was found on the surface of the water.
Hostile shelling in Donetsk region killed one resident in Novove and wounded 14 people. The data does not include casualties in Mariupol and Volnovakha.