Ukrainian strike on oil depot in Voronezh region and Russian losses in Vuhledar - Friday brief
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Drones of the Security Service of Ukraine struck an oil depot in the Voronezh region. Elite Russian marine units lost four times as many people during the year of fighting near Vuhledar as they did during the ten years of war in Chechnya.
Read more about what happened on Friday, October 4.
SSU drones attack oil depot in Voronezh region of Russia
On the night of October 4, two oil depots in Russia were on fire at once - in the Voronezh region and the Perm region. In the latter, the area of fire at the oil depot was 10 thousand square meters.
In the Voronezh region, local governor Aleksandr Gusev said that the fire at the tank farm allegedly started on an empty tank after a UAV attack.
In the morning, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine officially confirmed that a strike had been carried out at night on a fuel storage base in the Voronezh region of Russia. It was confirmed that at least one of the vertical tanks was hit, and a fire broke out.
Later it became known that the facility was hit by drones of the Security Service of Ukraine. The attacked oil depot contained dozens of fuel tanks.
BBC reveals Russia's losses in Vuhledar
Elite Russian Naval infantry units have lost four times more personnel in a year of fighting near Vuhledar than in ten years of war in Chechnya. More than 200 marines were killed there.
Vuhledar is considered a strategically important location, and the fiercest and bloodiest battles for the city took place in the fall of 2022 and winter of 2023. During these assaults, elite Naval infantry units - the 155th and 40th brigades - were deployed, supported by infantry fighting vehicles and tanks, along with motorized rifle units comprised of mobilized soldiers and volunteers.
Based on open data, the BBC confirmed that at least 211 marines from the 155th Naval Infantry Brigade of the Russian Armed Forces were killed during the assaults on Vuhledar, with another 42 reported missing.
This figure is nearly four times more than the losses of this unit over ten years of war in Chechnya. Among the deceased are 19 officers, including battalion commander Tsyren Lubsanov.
Alongside the 155th brigade, marines from the 40th Naval Infantry Brigade from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky participated in these battles. The agency confirmed the deaths of 72 soldiers and officers from this unit.
Additionally, the serious losses of the Naval infantry are evidenced by the fact that units from Storm Z, formed from prisoners in Russian colonies, were included in the 155th and 40th brigades.
Zelenskyy arrives in Sumy region and holds meeting of Staff of Supreme Commander-in-Chief
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy visited the Sumy region on Friday, October 4. There, he met with Ukrainian soldiers participating in the Kursk operation and held a meeting of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief's Staff.
Russian drone fragments found again in Romania
On Friday, October 4, fragments of a strike drone, launched by Russia towards Ukraine, were once again discovered on the territory of Romania.
According to the Ministry of Defense of Romania, the drone fragments were found near the Litcov Channel, approximately one kilometer from the St. George Mouth in the Danube Delta.
"A team of specialists from the Ministry of Defense, the Romanian Intelligence Service, and the Ministry of Internal Affairs searched the designated perimeter, from which fragments of the drone of Russian origin were retrieved for analysis in accordance with legal procedures," the statement said.
Car of 'security chief' of Zaporizhzhia NPP exploded in Enerhodar
On October 4, a car exploded in the temporarily occupied city of Enerhodar. Inside the vehicle was a collaborator, Andrii Korotkyi, the "chief of security" at the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant.
"On October 4, around 7:00 AM, a car exploded in the temporarily occupied Enerhodar. The vehicle was carrying a war criminal – the 'chief of physical security' of the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant, Andrii Korotkyi," the statement read.
Later, Russian media reported that Korotkyi died from his injuries.
Ukraine will receive 12 Caesar units from France
Ukraine is set to receive 12 Caesar self-propelled artillery systems from the Franco-German defense group KNDS. The corresponding contract was signed recently, according to French Defense Minister Sébastien Lecornu.
At the industrial forum in Kyiv, KNDS finalized a contract to supply Ukraine with 12 Caesar artillery systems. The funding for the deliveries will come from Ukraine's own resources.
According to the minister, this agreement is part of broader efforts to enhance defense industry production capabilities aimed at supporting Ukraine in its fight against Russian aggression.
