War update: 209 combat clashes on front lines over past day, heaviest fighting on Pokrovsk axis

According to Ukrinform, the General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces stated this in a Facebook post on the situation as of 08:00 on Thursday, October 1. The enemy launched 22 missile and 78 air strikes, using 277 guided aerial bombs. In addition, Russian invaders deployed 7,650 kamikaze drones and shelled settlements and Ukrainian troop positions 2,656 times. In the Sumy region, Russian artillery fire targeted Havrylivska Sloboda, Mala Korchakivka, Pysarivka, Koreniok, Marine, Ulanove and Ivolzhanske. The Russians also carried out an airstrike on Sumy. Ukrainian forces' aviation, missile forces and artillery struck one area where Russian personnel were concentrated and two Russian command posts.