'This is a political process this is a circus,' he said after the brief hearing. He also refused to stand in front of the judge, saying his back hurt. Spokeswoman Natalya Humenyuk said many of the attacks appeared to target areas south of the Black Sea port of Odesa and that 'the enemy's priority is still the Danube, in particular, the port infrastructure.'Īuthorities in Vinnytsya, a central Ukrainian city used extensively for humanitarian shipments since the start of the 19-month-old invasion, ordered an evacuation from the area around an infrastructure site that they said had been struck in the Russian attack.īosnian Serb leader Milorad Dodik refused to enter a plea on charges related to his efforts to ignore decisions by an international envoy in a court appearance for a trial he called a 'circus.'ĭodik appeared on October 16 in the Court of Bosnia-Herzegovina for a preliminary hearing that he called illegitimate, saying he didn't understand the charges against him because they were written in Latin script and not Serbian Cyrillic. local time on September 30, followed by explosions far from the front lines including in the central region of Vinnytsya.Īt least one explosion was also reported in Kramatorsk, where the Ukrainian military's rear base is located for the frontline eastern region of Donetsk.Ī spokeswoman for Ukraine's Southern Defense Forces said on Ukrainian television that Russia had launched more than 20 kamikaze drones apparently bound for southern and central Ukraine overnight but that around 20 of them were destroyed.

In Ukraine, air alert sirens blared in cities and towns across the southern and eastern parts of the country around 1:30 a.m. It said the attack was with Uragan multiple-launch rocket systems. Russia's Defense Ministry said its forces had intercepted all nine missiles that it claimed Ukraine fired into its western Belgorod region. Moscow and Kyiv said earlier they had shot down dozens of airborne attacks over their respective territories overnight as the furious pace of nighttime air assaults continued. The cause of the fire was not immediately clear, but local media outlets reported there had been a powerful explosion. Footage shared on social media showed thick clouds of black smoke billowing out over a village, while firefighters worked to tackle the blaze. The blaze caused an oil spill spanning 100 square meters before it was extinguished. 'According to preliminary information, two children and three adults are in critical condition, with numerous burns,' she added. 'Nine people were injured,' regional Governor Svitlana Onyshchuk said. Bogomaz earlier reported that a village in the region had been shelled by Ukrainian forces, damaging three homes.Įarlier on September 30, a huge fire erupted at an oil pipeline in the western Ukrainian region of Ivano-Frankivsk. The governor, Aleksandr Bogomaz, said on Telegram that the incident occurred in the town of Trubchevsk. The region's governor said one person was injured in the attack, which also damaged windows and the roof of an administrative building. Russia reported a drone attack in the southern region of Bryansk. The regional military administration in Kherson said Russian forces dropped explosives on residential areas the region, injuring a 48-year-old man in the village of Kozatske. Russian forces, meanwhile, carried out 71 air strikes and 17 attacks from rocket salvo systems on the positions of Ukrainian troops and populated areas, the message said. RFE/RL cannot independently confirm accounts by either Ukraine or Russia in areas of heavy combat. They also carried out eight strikes on anti-aircraft missile systems, and used missiles to hit six Russian anti-aircraft systems and nine artillery pieces. For all of RFE/RL's coverage of the war in Ukraine, click here.Īccording to the message, Ukrainian aviation made 14 strikes on areas where Russian personnel, weapons, and military equipment were concentrated. RFE/RL's Live Briefinggives you all of the latest developments on Russia's full-scale invasion, Kyiv's counteroffensive, Western military aid, global reaction, and the plight of civilians.

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