Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 1,317

Here is however things basal connected Friday, October 3, 2025:

Fighting

• Russian President Vladimir Putin warned Ukraine it was playing a unsafe crippled by striking adjacent the Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia atomic works and suggested Moscow could retaliate against atomic plants controlled by Ukraine.
• The plant, Europe’s largest atomic powerfulness facility, has been chopped disconnected from outer powerfulness sources for much than a week and is being cooled by exigency diesel generators, which were not designed for lengthy operations.
• As some Ukraine and Russia blasted each different for cutting disconnected the outer powerfulness astatine Zaporizhzhia and shelling the area, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha said Russia deliberately chopped the outer powerfulness arsenic it was preparing to link the presumption to its ain grid.
• Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko said powerfulness had been afloat restored successful 2 areas of the borderline Sumy portion deed by overnight Russian attacks. Repairs to powerfulness were besides proceeding successful the neighbouring Chernihiv region, wherever much than 300,000 consumers had been near without energy aft Russian strikes connected Wednesday.
• The Trump administration’s tendency to nonstop long-range Tomahawk missiles to Ukraine whitethorn not beryllium viable due to the fact that existent inventories are committed to the United States Navy and different uses, a US authoritative and 3 sources person told the Reuters quality agency.
• President Putin warned immoderate determination by the US to proviso the missiles to Ukraine would trigger a large caller escalation with Washington, but would not alteration the concern connected the battlefield.
• Ukraine and Russia person exchanged 185 work unit and 20 civilians successful the latest captive swap.

Regional security

• Speaking astatine the Valdai Discussion Club successful Sochi, confederate Russia, Putin said Moscow would transportation retired a atomic trial if different atomic powerfulness did truthful aft saying that helium had seen signs a country, which helium did not name, was preparing to behaviour tests.
• Putin repeated his connection to the US of voluntarily rolling implicit an statement capping the fig of atomic warheads successful Russia’s arsenal erstwhile a cardinal arms power pact expires adjacent year, if Washington agrees to bash the same.

• Putin said Moscow ne'er had immoderate issues with Sweden oregon Finland and that their determination to articulation the NATO subject confederation was truthful “stupid”.
• France’s detention of a tanker vas suspected of operating for Russia’s “shadow fleet” is portion of a caller European strategy to artifact gross backing Moscow’s warfare effort successful Ukraine, President Emmanuel Macron said.
• The Kremlin said France’s boarding of the tanker was “hysteria” that could make problems for planetary vigor proscription routes, portion Putin condemned it arsenic an enactment of piracy.
• Putin said the planetary system would endure without Russian oil, informing that prices would leap to much than $100 per tube if its supplies were chopped off.

Politics and diplomacy

• German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said helium saw large statement among European leaders connected supporting the usage of frozen Russian assets to supply loans for Ukraine – to beryllium repaid yet utilizing warfare reparations from Moscow – adding that helium expects a factual determination connected the substance wrong 3 weeks.
• Russia said the European Union’s thought was “delusional” and would punctual it to retaliate precise harshly.
• Maxim Kruglov, the lawman person of Russia’s wide Yabloko party, which opposes the warfare successful Ukraine, has been charged with spreading lies astir the Russian service and could look up to 10 years successful jailhouse if recovered guilty.
• Kruglov’s lawyer said her lawsuit had been charged implicit 2 posts helium had made connected the Telegram messaging app: One station referred to UN information astir the fig of radical killed successful the larboard metropolis of Mariupol successful eastbound Ukraine, which Russia took power of successful May 2022, and different to events successful Bucha, a municipality northbound of Kyiv, successful March 2022.
• Voters successful the Czech Republic are apt to oust their centre-right authorities successful an predetermination connected Friday and Saturday, with polls favouring populist billionaire Andrej Babis to instrumentality to powerfulness connected pledges to rise wages and assistance maturation portion reducing assistance for Ukraine.