Ukraine 'downs' Russian warplane, Russia claims gains

Ukrainian forces say they have shot down a Russian fighter plane while Russia claims to have made gains in Ukraine's east.

The Russian bomber was shot down near the city of Kostiantynivka in the Donetsk province, head of the Kostiantynivka Military Administration Serhiy Horbunov was quoted as saying by Ukraine's public broadcaster Suspilne.

Photos showed charred remains of an aircraft after it landed on a house that caught fire.

Also in the partially occupied Donetsk province, Russia's Defense Ministry said on Saturday that it had taken control of the village of Zhelanne Druhe.

If confirmed, the capture would come three days after Ukrainian forces said they were withdrawing from the front-line town of Vuhledar, 33km from Zhelanne Druhe, following a hard-fought two-year defence.

We are preparing for the 25th Ramstein meeting on October 12, which will be the first to take place at the leaders' level.We will present the Victory Plan—clear, concrete steps towards a just end to the war. The determination of our partners and the strengthening of Ukraine are… pic.twitter.com/NKhFZM2EgX— Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський (@ZelenskyyUa) October 5, 2024

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Saturday that he will present his "victory plan" at the October 12 meeting of the Ramstein group of countries that supplies arms to Ukraine.

"We will present the victory plan - clear, concrete steps towards a just end to the war. The determination of our partners and the strengthening of Ukraine are what can stop Russian aggression," he wrote on X, adding that the 25th Ramstein meeting would be the first to take place at the leaders' level.

Zelenskiy presented his plan to US President Joe Biden in Washington DC last week.

Its contents have not been made public but it is known that the plan includes Ukraine's membership of NATO and the provision of long-range missiles to strike inside Russia.

Two people died in Russian shelling in Ukraine's southern Zaporizhzhia region, regional governor Ivan Fedorov said.

Ukraine's air force said that Russia had launched three guided missiles and 13 attack drones at Ukraine overnight into Saturday.

It said the missiles were intercepted, three drones were shot down over the Odesa region and 10 others were lost.

Nine people were wounded when a Ukrainian drone struck a passenger bus in the city of Horlivka in the partially occupied Donetsk region, the city's Russian-installed mayor Ivan Prikhodko said.

Russia's Defence Ministry said on Saturday that air defences shot down 10 Ukrainian drones overnight in three border regions, including seven over the Belgorod region, two over the Kursk region and one over the Voronezh region.