Biggest Russian attack on Ukraine’s gas infrastructure; Ukraine’s Foreign Ministry says US shutdown won’t affect arms supplies: October 3 latest

Ukraine’s Foreign Ministry: US shutdown won’t affect arms supplies

Ukraine's Foreign Ministry denied that the US government shutdown would affect the supply of American weapons to Ukraine. "Ukraine-US drone deal talks are proceeding as planned and shipments continue to arrive," Spokesperson of the Ministry Heorhii Tykhyi wrote on X.

Earlier, The Telegraph wrote about a possible delay in the weapons supply, citing its own sources.

Biggest Russian attack on Ukraine’s gas infrastructure 

Russia launched a massive attack on Ukraine's energy infrastructure overnight on Friday. Ukraine’s Air Forces shot down 17 missiles and 303 drones.

The attack damaged the gas production facilities of Ukraine's state oil and gas company Naftogaz. The company called it the biggest since the start of the full-scale war. 

President Volodymyr Zelensky said that Russia launched 35 missiles at gas facilities alone.

Ukraine’s 110th Brigade denies occupation of Verbove in Dnipropetrovsk region

The 110th Mechanized Brigade named after Mark Bezruchko denied Russian information that Russia had captured the village of Verbove in the Dnipropetrovsk region. The brigade also criticized the analytical portal DeepState, which marked this territory as a gray zone.

Suspect in the murder of Andrii Parubii faces treason charges

The suspect in the murder of the former speaker of the Ukrainian parliament Andrii Parubii is now being charged with committing high treason ordered by Russian special services.

Ukraine’s Security Service says that the suspect Mykhailo Stselnikov was recruited by Russian intelligence services a year ago. Since then, he has been carrying out Russian orders, including tracking and transmitting the locations of the Ukrainian Defense Forces.

Munich Airport temporarily closes over drone sightings

On the evening of October 2, unknown drones were spotted near the airport in Munich, Germany. As a result, 15 flights were canceled and 17 planes heading to the airport were redirected. Nearly 3,000 travelers were unable to depart from Munich on time.

German media outlet Bild, citing eyewitnesses, said that the drones were circling not only over Munich Airport, but also over the air base in Erding, where a center for testing next-generation drones is located.

According to Spiegel, German law enforcement agencies are currently investigating a possible connection between drone sightings and a suspicious cargo ship that was spotted near the city of Kiel.

Finnish court released sailors suspected of damaging undersea cables

The Helsinki District Court has ruled that it does not have jurisdiction over the case of the tanker Eagle S, whose crew is suspected of damaging cables on the bottom of the Gulf of Finland. The court explained that the alleged crimes were committed in Finland's exclusive economic zone, not in Finnish territorial waters. 

The state will cover the fee of the sailors' legal counsel, which totals nearly 195,000 euros.

Dutch PM opposes Ukraine's fast-track EU accession 

Dutch Prime Minister Dick Schoof opposed Ukraine's fast-track accession to the EU, saying that “the future of Moldova and Ukraine lies in the EU. But changing the rules is not the answer.”

At the same time, he believes that it is better to put pressure on Hungary, which has become the only country blocking the start of EU accession negotiations.

Other news

• Ukraine’s long-range drones struck the oil refinery in Russia's Orenburg region 1, 400 km from the border.
• Twenty-two Ukrainian children were brought home from Russian occupation.
• Poland opened the largest training center for Ukrainian military personnel.
• A civilian man who was kidnapped from the city of Bucha by the Russian forces was returned from captivity. 
• Russian attack on an agricultural enterprise in the Kharkiv region killed 13,000 pigs.