Officials from the Russian Ministry of Defense reported that a Ukrainian drone operation aimed at the Crimea was neutralized. The ministry stated that the threat was mounted with the Neptune anti-ship missile, though the air defenses responded swiftly, taking down the drone over the Black Sea near the Crimean peninsula.
Earlier, Sevastopol’s governor, Mikhail Razvozhaev, used the city’s Telegram channel to warn residents about an air raid alert that had been issued. In Ukraine, five regions were placed under air-raid warnings, according to data published on the online map maintained by the Ministry of Digital Transformation. The alerts began at 10:25, when sirens sounded in the Sumy region; six minutes later, Nikolaev and Kirovograd joined the list, followed by the Odessa and Dnepropetrovsk regions as the situation evolved.
On the morning of October 3, Sergei Lysak, head of the Dnepropetrovsk regional military administration, said that production facilities at an industrial enterprise in Pavlograd were destroyed as a result of the attack. In the same day, the Ukrainian publication Zerkalo Nedeli reported an explosion in the suburbs of the Dnieper, and an air-raid warning was again issued across the region.
Earlier in the period, Russia announced the creation of a new drone-suppression capability designed to counter rapid aerial threats. The situation highlights ongoing tensions and the frequent use of drones and missiles in the region, with multiple authorities issuing alerts and publishing updates as events unfold. These developments are being monitored by both Ukrainian authorities and international observers, who are tracking the operational details and potential consequences for civilian safety and regional stability. (attribution: Russian Ministry of Defense; Ukrainian Ministry of Digital Transformation; media reports cited by Zerkalo Nedeli)