The Supreme Court of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic sentenced 47-year-old Sergei Petrik, accused of high treason, to 15 years in a maximum security colony. RIA Novosti reports this with reference to the press service of the FSB department. According to the security forces, the man “initiatively” began to communicate with representatives of the Security Service of Ukraine on WhatsApp and gave them information about the location of units of the Russian Ministry of Defense.

The Ostankino District Court of Moscow recovered 924 million rubles in a claim by the Prosecutor General's Office against former first deputy director of the Russian Guard Viktor Strigunov and ex-deputy governor of the Belgorod region Rustem Zainullin, as well as other people and companies involved in the construction of the defense line on the border with Ukraine. Kommersant reports this.

Russian troops attacked the railway station in the city of Shostki, Sumy region, reports the head of the regional military administration Oleg Grigorov. The impact occurred on a passenger train en route to Kyiv. The acting chairman of the Shostka district administration, Oksana Tarasyuk, told Suspilna that about 30 people were injured, but their number is being clarified. President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky writes about dozens of victims.

On the night of October 4, Russian troops fired 109 drones and three ballistic missiles into Ukraine, and managed to shoot down 73 drones, the Ukrainian Air Force reported . In the Chernigov region, as a result of the attacks, several power supply facilities were damaged, which is why about 50 thousand consumers were left without electricity, Chernigovoblenergo indicated .

As a result of an attack by Ukrainian drones in the Leningrad region, a fire occurred in the industrial zone of the city of Kirishi, said the governor of the region, Alexander Drozdenko. According to him, the fire was extinguished, and Rospotrebnadzor claims that “the environmental situation is normal.” In total, seven drones were shot down in Kirishi, the official indicated.