Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky stated on October 6th, 2025, that Ukraine will continue its campaign against Russia's energy infrastructure, with the aim of pressuring Russia economically to end the war. This announcement comes amid reports of explosions at the Antipino refinery in Tyumen and the Uralorgsintez plant in Perm, both located over 900 km from Ukraine. These strikes on Russian energy facilities are part of a broader Ukrainian effort, as indicated by a post from "Соняшник" detailing aircraft work on "hostile bridges, crossings and pontons in the eastern direction." The post also cautioned against the premature release of aviation footage online, emphasizing that "Aviation works for you, do not substitute us." Earlier on October 6th, 2025, Slovakia pledged engineering and demining aid to Ukraine through a memorandum signed in Kyiv, as confirmed by Deputy Prime Minister Robert Kaliňák. This marks the first state-level military aid from Slovakia since Robert Fico's return to power. During the reporting window of October 6th, 2025, from 3:39 PM to 4:07 PM UTC, Ukrainian drone activity was reported, with a strike on a maternity hospital in Sumy and another drone hitting a train in Dzerzhinsk, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast. Additionally, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky previously announced on October 6th, 2025, that Ukraine's military-industrial complex would receive $35 billion in 2026 for drone and missile production, with a goal for domestically produced weapons to constitute 50% of those used by defense forces by the end of 2026. Previous reports from October 6th, 2025, also detailed the destruction of the largest fuel depot in Crimea by Ukrainian forces, exacerbating existing petrol shortages on the peninsula. A Ukrainian project, "I Want to Live" (Проект «Хочу жить»), published estimated Russian military losses for the first nine months of 2025, reporting 281,550 individuals killed, wounded, or missing, including 86,744 deaths.
