WorldUkraine marks Defenders Day by vowing to send Russia’s ‘sick war’ back

Ukraine marked Defenders Day on Oct. 1 as Russia’s full-scale invasion continues. President Volodymyr Zelensky said Ukrainian forces had struck targets in the Black Sea and in Russia’s Oryol, Samara and Bryansk oblasts. Commander-in-Chief Mykhailo Drapatyi said Ukraine was relying on innovation, unmanned systems, precision and unconventional tactics rather than superior numbers.

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TThe Kyiv Independent★★★☆☆2026-10-01 11:53Original