Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 1,319

On Sunday, October 5, 2025, how things are going:

Fighting

• After a Russian drone attack hit the town of Druzhkivka in the Donbass region, one of the front lines of the three-and-a-half-year war, French photographer Antoni Lallican was killed, and his Ukrainian colleague Hryhory Ivanchenko was hurt, according to the Ukrainian military.

Regional security

• With its warships frequently scurrying on collision courses with Danish naval vessels, aiming weapons and disintegrating navigation systems in Denmark’s straits that connect the Baltic Sea to the North Sea, Danish Defense Intelligence Service director Thomas Ahrenkiel accuses Russia of risking an unintended escalation.
• According to Bild newspaper in Germany, drones have been spotted at airports and military installations all over the country over the course of two days. Numerous flights at Munich Airport have been canceled or diverted as a result of the second drone sighting in two days, but flights have already resumed with delays by Saturday morning.

diplomacy and politics

• The countries’ “political will” must be displayed in the area around the Russian-held Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in order for the external power line to be reconnected to the facility, according to International Atomic Energy Agency Director General Rafael Grossi. Since September 23, the facility has been turned off from external power, making the reactors’ cooling more challenging and compromising nuclear safety.
• A senior Ukrainian intelligence official claims that China gave Russia satellite intelligence to improve the launch of missiles inside Ukraine. Oleh Alexandrov, a senior official with the Ukrainian Foreign Intelligence Agency, told the state news agency Ukrinform that “there is evidence of high-level cooperation” between Moscow and Beijing when conducting satellite reconnaissance.
• According to the assembly of the UN aviation agency in Canada, Russia has been condemned for disturbing crucial satellite navigation systems that it claims violate international regulations. Russia has denied the accusations made by Estonia and Finland that it has encumbered GPS navigation devices in the region’s airspace.