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Ukrainian mid-range drones struck the former "Ukrtelcom" building in Luhansk City, which housed a data centre for telecommunications services. It's reported that this building was transformed into a headquarters for the "Lugacom" Company, which provides mobile communication, internet, and data transmissions services for Russian-controlled Luhansk Oblast. A similar attack on a data centre in Donetsk City took place yesterday.

All flights remain suspended at 8 different Saudi airports due to repeated Ansarallah attacks, including in the capital Riyadh. Najran and Jazan Airports have now been closed for around 350 hours, Riyadh Airport for approximately 253 hours, Yanbu Airport for 33 hours, Arar Airport for 18 hours, Al-Qaryat Airport for 13 hours, Abha Airport for 10 hours, and Al-Jouf Airport for 9 hours.

Around 30 minutes ago, the Iranian Air Force scrambled fighter jets from Mehrabad Airport in Tehran. The purpose was unknown, as there were no reports of Israeli fighter jets operating over Iraq at the time. A couple hours before this, Iranian fighter jets could also be heard flying over the city centre of Tehran.

An Iranian MiG-29B fighter jet was seen conducting a patrol over western Iran today, continuing the trend of heavy Iranian Air Force activity near the border with Iraq.

🇷🇺🪖⚡️ — Russia's naval presence in the Mediterranean has declined significantly, with no Russian warships operating in the region for roughly two months until early September, marking the first such absence since 2016, according to Breaking Defense, citing a NATO official. The decline is attributed to Russia's loss of access to its naval base at Tartus in Syria, shortages of support vessels, Turkish restrictions on warship movements through the Black Sea straits, and the diversion of warships to escort Russian merchant vessels, including its shadow fleet. Russian warships returned to the Mediterranean in September, and experts caution that Moscow retains the capability and strategic interest to maintain a naval presence there.

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met last night with U.S. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth and representatives from the United Arab Emirates at the Israeli Air Force's Ovda Air Base.

An Iranian Air Force HESA "Kowsar" fighter jet is seen conducting a patrol over the city of Dezful, western Iran, this morning. Earlier, it was reported that the Iranian Air Force has allowed the entry of approximately 6 new domestically-produced HESA "Kowsar" fighter jets, which had not yet been officially commissioned or passed all safety tests, in response to rising tensions and the high possibility of the renewal of the war with the U.S. and Israel. These aircraft were likely part of the large group which conducted large-scale patrols near the western border with Iraq last night - which occurred at the same time as with a large-scale Israeli training mission over Iraq involving simulated launch maneuvers towards Iran.

According to updated information, the target of the Ukrainian long-range drone attack on Michurinsk, Tambov Oblast, is the Nikolskoye Linear Production and Dispatch Station, not the "Progress" Plant. The Nikolskoye LPDS is a critical oil pumping station responsible for storing, blending, and pumping various oil products along different routes of the Druzhba pipeline network. A large fire is currently burning at the facility.

At least two fires seen burning on NASA FIRMS in the city of Izyum, Kharkiv Oblast, following an overnight Russian Geran-2/4 drone attack. Because the Ukrainian counteroffensive near Lyman has pushed the Russians significantly back from Izyum, Russia has turned to using longer-range drones, MLRS, and KAB glide-bombs to attack the city, rather than shorter-range MLRS, artillery, and FPV drones. The eastern outskirts of Izyum used to be around 20 km from the frontline. Now it is around 47 km away.

Aftermath of overnight Russian Geran-4/5 jet-drone strikes on a warehouse facility near the city of Obukhiv, Kyiv Oblast.

Aftermath of a Russian UMPK-5 jet-powered glide-bomb strike on the Pivdennyi Bridge in Dnipro. This attack, which took place yesterday, involved five glide-bombs. The other four missed the bridge and fell in the surrounding areas.

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Russia continues to actively equip their strategic bombers with Kh-101 cruise missiles ahead of their next large-scale, combined missile and drone attack on Ukraine. Two Tu-160M strategic bombers are equipped with Kh-101 cruise missiles at Ukrainka Airbase in the Far East. At least one of these aircraft is equipped with 10 missiles. A third Tu-160M is currently in the air from Ukrainka Airbase, redeploying to Engels-2 Airbase in Saratov Oblast to be equipped with Kh-101s, before subsequently returning to Ukrainka. This will presumably be the third and final Tu-160M to be prepared for the upcoming attack. It's also expected that around 6 Tu-95MS strategic bombers are in the process of being equipped with missiles at Ukrainka Airbase, although some may also make a similar flight to Engels-2 Airbase later on. In my opinion, there will be at least one more medium-sized ballistic missile attack (potentially targeting Kyiv) before this attack involving strategic aviation. Russia has continued delivering new batches of Iskander-M ballistic missiles to Bryansk Oblast, and has probably also delivered more Zircon hypersonic cruise missiles and Oniks-M supersonic cruise missiles to Kursk and Rostov Oblast. As I reported a week ago, the attack involving strategic aviation will likely take place towards the end of October.

The Michurinsk Plant "Progress" in Tambov Oblast is reportedly under attack from Ukrainian long-range drones, resulting in a large fires breaking out. The plant produces various types of high-tech equipment for control systems for aviation and missile technology, as well as a wide range of electrical equipment.

Yesterday, Ukraine carried out their first ever evacuation of an injured soldier using the new SkyFall UAV - a first for this war. The operation was carried out by the Unmanned Ground Systems Company of the 92nd Assault Brigade in coordination with the 30th Mechanised Brigade, which is currently operating in the Kramatorsk direction. An evacuation using a ground-drone was reportedly impossible at the time due to the heavy activity of Russian drones and mined terrain. This hexa-copter drone is capable of carrying loads of up to 150 kg with a range of 15 km, and can reach speeds of 105 km/h. The drone is guided by an integrated AI system as a backup if communications are lost, and contains Starlink modules as well.

For the second night in a row, Russia attacked Dnipro with jet-powered UMPK-5 glide-bombs. The nearby city of Synelnykove was also targeted.

Mykolaiv City came under attack from Russian Geran-2 drones and Geran-4 jet-drones tonight, resulting in fires breaking out in the city. Around a dozen drones were used in two different waves.

The IDF claims that two Palestinians planning an attack and operating to establish militant infrastructure were arrested during a raid in the Kafr 'Aqab area of East Jerusalem.