Notices by NOELREPORTS 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 (noelreports@mstdn.social)

Ukraine’s 3rd Assault Brigade turned two Soviet BTRs into unmanned kamikaze vehicles for Operation Vivaldi near Nove and Katerynivka on the Lyman axis. According to the 3rd Army Corps, the vehicles were packed with explosives and sent behind Russian lines. Russian troops initially mistook them for reinforcements before the robotic BTRs detonated against some of their strongest fortifications, also destroying a communications and command node. #Ukraine

Slidstvo.Info identified Russia’s 126th Coastal Defense Brigade and 331st Guards Airborne Regiment as units that may be deployed around occupied Oleshky. Its investigation says commanders of these units could be linked to the humanitarian crisis in the city. Around 2,000 civilians, including 50 children, reportedly remain there, with no electricity or gas and restricted access to food, medicine and humanitarian aid amid an alleged Russian blockade. #Ukraine

A checkpoint on the Belarus-Russia border was attacked overnight by Ukrainiasn drones and partially destroyed. This could be a response to Russia attacking the Polish-Ukrainian border checkpoint Yahodyn. #Ukraine

Zelensky confirmed Ukrainian strikes overnight on the Perm and Novoshakhtinsk oil refineries and the Iskra defense plant in Ulyanovsk. He also said two Russian radar stations in Rostov region were destroyed, calling the attacks part of Ukraine’s “long-range sanctions.” #Ukraine

A Ukrainian Air Force F-16AM shoots down a Russian jet-powered Geran-5 using its onboard M61 Vulcan cannon, destroying the drone. #Ukraine

Ukraine’s Logika design bureau unveiled “Chaharnyk,” an engineering barrier designed to counter fiber-optic FPV drones. The 100-meter structure, up to 80 cm high, uses a moving element to catch and sever a passing drone’s fiber-optic cable, causing the operator to lose the connection. It does not operate continuously and can be activated remotely by an operator or automatically after an acoustic sensor detects a drone, with a stated detection range starting at 15 meters. #Ukraine

❗️EU officials told Ukraine they want progress on legislation targeting the shadow economy, increasing tax revenues and aligning Ukrainian law with EU rules before providing more funding, Bloomberg reports. A source briefed on the talks said Ursula von der Leyen held a tense meeting with Zelensky at the UN. Von der Leyen said additional defense support is expected and that budget support will increase as reforms advance in parliament, with €37 billion still available this year. #EU

❗️Trump envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner will meet Ukraine’s negotiating team and national security advisers from the UK, France and Germany in New York tonight to discuss Ukrainian proposals for a de-escalation agreement with Russia, Axios journalist Barak Ravid reports. #Ukraine

❗️President Trump plans to press Zelensky at the UN to reach an agreement with Russia to halt strikes on energy infrastructure, The Guardian reports. A Ukrainian official told the FT that diesel fuel was the main topic of their Sunday call, as U.S. diesel prices reached a record $6.50 per gallon. #US

Ukrainian forces struck the Tsymbulovo drone launch site in Russia’s Oryol region on September 21. The facility is used to launch attack drones, including jet-powered types, against Ukraine. Reported damage includes hits on bunkers and hangars, while several drones were burned at an area used to prepare UAVs for launch. Multiple impacts and detonations were observed. Preliminary information indicates UAVs and Neptune missiles were used in the attack. #Ukraine

Ukraine’s Wild Hornets demonstrated its STING S interceptor drone taking down a Geran-5 small cruise missile. The developers say the interceptor has already destroyed around 10 Geran-4 jet-powered UAVs and several Geran-5 missiles during active combat testing. STING S specifications remain undisclosed and could still change in the coming weeks based on combat use. Mass production is planned after the relevant testing phase is completed. #Ukraine

Trump says Russia has “lost control of its Diesel Oil Industry” amid Ukrainian strikes, claiming many refineries have been blown up and are temporarily out of commission. He again called for an end to the war and claimed around 25,000 people, mostly soldiers, are killed each month. #Russia

❗️Turkey has sent Ukraine and Russia proposals aimed at de-escalating tensions in the Black Sea and is awaiting responses, Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said. He did not disclose details but said both sides are increasingly targeting ports and maritime activity, making a lasting agreement difficult. #Ukraine

Pelican, one of the weapons President Zelensky said was used in Ukraine’s overnight attack on Moscow and the surrounding region, is a fixed-wing drone rather than a ballistic missile, RBC-Ukraine clarifies, citing its sources. Zelensky had not specified what type of weapon Pelican was. Online media, including ourselves, had speculated that it could be FirePoint’s FP-7 ballistic missile, which had previously been associated with the Pelican name. #Ukraine

A busy night over Moscow. Ukraine launched a mix of drones and missiles, with the Moscow Refinery hit six times, according to our information. A Sofyino warehouse burned down, another facility was struck, and explosions were reported near CHPP-22. Russia even scrambled an A-50 AEW&C aircraft. #Russia

Ukraine’s Naftogaz and Hungary’s MOL signed a memorandum to develop fuel storage capacity in Hungary near the Ukrainian border. Naftogaz says the project would diversify supply routes, protect additional reserves from Russian attacks and improve the reliability of fuel supplies to Ukrainian consumers. #Ukraine

❗️Exilnova+ published footage it says confirms the destruction of one of two Russian S-400 launchers struck by Ukrainian forces. The launcher had been used in surface-to-surface mode for strikes on Kyiv just days before the Ukrainian attack. #Ukraine

Putin placed the Russian assets of European companies Nestlé, Auchan and Leroy Merlin under external management. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said one factor was that the companies come from countries Moscow considers “unfriendly,” which he accused of involvement in Ukrainian strikes on Russian economic infrastructure. #Russia

Russian hybrid attacks across Europe are becoming increasingly brazen, Bloomberg reports. Drones have been spotted near energy facilities and airports, while arson and cyberattacks have also been recorded. Defense companies and logistics connected to supporting Ukraine are under particular pressure. Bloomberg warns that as such attacks grow more dangerous, casualties resulting from them may only be a matter of time. #Europe

Marine Le Pen said NATO entering the Russia-Ukraine war would mean “World War III,” while the alternative could be a century-long war between Russia and Ukraine. Her framing presents only two choices to French audiences: direct NATO involvement and the risk of French troops entering the war, or financing Ukraine for decades. #Ukraine