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- Ukraine foiled Russia’s plan to encircle the remaining Ukrainian-held Donetsk territory.
- Operation Vivaldi dismantled the northern pincer, according to the Institute for the Study of War.
- Ukrainian forces advanced along the Ridkodub–Nove–Novomykhailivka and Yarova–Drobysheve–Stavky lines.
- President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Ukraine reclaimed 125-140 sq km as of 3 October.
- Russia abandoned its planned Sloviansk advance from the north-east after the defeat.
