Russian forces hit Kyiv’s Northern Bridge for the second straight day on October 4, dropped guided bombs on Sumy, and killed civilians in five regions as German Chancellor Friedrich Merz arrived in Kyiv with new aid.

In Kyiv, Mayor Vitali Klitschko said a strike at 10:34 a.m. hit the Northern Bridge roadway, injuring two people, one of whom was hospitalized. A damaged heating main in the Desnianskyi district temporarily cut off hot water. Overnight, drones damaged six private houses, a church, a primary school, a café, and a medical facility in the Boryspil district. No one was hurt.

In Chernihiv Oblast, a drone set fire to a house and outbuilding in the Nosivka community, damaging neighboring homes. Regional head Viacheslav Chaus reported five people injured regionwide. In Nosivka, a 76-year-old woman, a 55-year-old man, and a 10-year-old boy suffered burns. The boy was moved from intensive care to a Kyiv hospital in serious condition.

In Sumy Oblast, Russia carried out 45 attacks on 21 settlements in 14 communities. Five guided bombs hit Sumy and the Bezdrytsia community in the morning, and around 2 p.m. Russia dropped six more on the city. Drones hitting a Sumy enterprise killed a 52-year-old worker. Authorities reported more than 25 injured, 21 by aerial bombs, including a 1-year-old child. Sumy has been a frequent target, as covered in a recent field report.

In Poltava Oblast, a drone hit an energy facility, temporarily leaving about 22,000 consumers without power, regional head Vitalii Diakivnych said.

On the Eastern Front, Kharkiv Oblast head Oleh Syniehubov said Russia attacked Kharkiv and 10 other settlements with three missiles, one MLRS round, seven Geran-2 drones, two Molniya drones, nine FPV drones, and 136 other drones, killing one person, a 42-year-old man in Kharkiv, and injuring 12. Late on October 4, a Banderol missile-drone hit a residential high-rise in Kharkiv’s Industrialnyi district. Mayor Ihor Terekhov first reported two dead, but updated figures put the toll at one killed and six injured.

In Donetsk Oblast, regional head Vadym Filashkin reported 20 Russian attacks and said Russian forces killed a resident of Kramatorsk. In Sloviansk, three private houses and two cars were damaged. Authorities evacuated 293 people from the front line, including 21 children.

In Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, Russia struck four districts more than 70 times with drones, artillery, and an aerial bomb, killing one person in the Nikopol area and injuring four, three near Nikopol and one in Pavlohrad. In Dnipro, an attack hit a telecommunications company’s premises.

On the Southern Front, Zaporizhzhia Oblast absorbed 891 strikes on 52 settlements, including 25 airstrikes, 719 drone attacks, two MLRS salvos, and 145 artillery strikes, with 40 damage reports. Drones attacking Kushuhum and Novostepnianske killed two people and injured two. A 79-year-old man died in Kushuhum, and in Novostepnianske a drone hit a moving truck, killing the driver.

In Kherson Oblast, regional head Oleksandr Prokudin said Russian drones, artillery, and aircraft hit Kherson and 19 other settlements, injuring six people and damaging an apartment building, seven private houses, a cell tower, a gas pipeline, an agricultural enterprise, and a minibus.

Ukraine’s General Staff reported on October 5 that Russia lost 2,020 personnel in the previous 24 hours, bringing its total since February 2022 to about 1,542,720. Ukrainian losses were not disclosed, though the war’s toll on soldiers has strained Ukraine’s prosthetics providers. Overnight on October 4, the SBU hit a Su-35 and Su-34 at the Khanska military airfield in Russia’s Republic of Adygea, and drones of its Alpha special operations center struck an ammunition depot there.

Merz arrived in Kyiv by train. At a joint press conference, he and Zelensky announced a German package worth over €1.3 billion ($1.46 billion), including €1 billion in military aid with funding for interceptor drones that can counter Russian jet-powered weapons, and about €350 million for energy. Germany will also supply thousands of IRIS-T missiles and additional IRIS-T fire units. “This will quickly and noticeably strengthen Ukraine’s air defense, and this reinforcement is urgently needed,” Merz said. The two countries signed 15 cooperation documents. The visit came days after Ukrainians marked Pokrova, an observance that links Christian faith with military service.

Zelensky said the U.S. is proposing “some kind of meeting at the technical level in a trilateral format by the end of October.” He said he spoke directly with the U.S. negotiating team on October 3 and that Ukraine is ready to participate.

Asked whether Russia had shared its new jet-powered drone with North Korea, Zelensky replied, “Yes, of course.” Zelensky also congratulated Latvian Prime Minister Andris Kulbergs, whose pro-Ukraine United List won 41 seats in the 100-seat Saeima.

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