Russia is pushing back against Ukraine at many points along the Zaporizhzhia front, in an effort to buy themselves time to prevent a Ukrainian breakthrough at Robotyne. This has combined with a large artillery bombardment of the now Ukrainian-held part of Russia's first defensive line near Robotyne. Russian troops failed to advance, but the same holds true for Ukrainian forces as well. Particularly given the command shuffles for Russia in Zaporizhzhia choice (self inflicted or otherwise) I am extremely sceptical of Russia's ability to sustain any sort of offensive operations here over the next few days. While it was enforced by Russia, the pause in Ukraine's push will serve their purposes too. Controversial cluster munitions from the United States are already confirmed to be in Ukraine, and some Russisn sources have complained that they have been used, though there's no evidence yet that American-provided cluster munitions have beebused as of now. However, an additional day or two for them to be distributed to Ukrainian units combined with a very good idea of where Rudsisn units are at (thanks to the intebsified fire coming from Russian positions) means that Ukraine may have a narrow window of opportunity to decimste many of Russia's units along the front if they are not rotated frequently enough; something that the now demoted Popov was requesting.
The Dnipro front remains atalemated, with the Antonovskiy bridgehead still surviving. New footage has shown that Ukraine has reestablished a node near the mouth of the Dnipro river, technically on the west side of the river but on a river island. Prior to the destruction of the Kakhovka dam, Ukrainian troops were already operating in the area. While this region is particularly swampy and there's a large area between Ukrainian and Russian occupied settlements, Ukraine's return to the region will compel Russia to expend additional resources to shore up their defenses between Hola Prystan and thr Kinburn peninsula.
Russian milbloggers have warned that Ukraine is yet again trying to break their defenses around Staromaiorske. Ukraine evidently took a day or two to regroup after their previous attempt to capture the village failed, and are now pushing yet again in an effort to capture Pryyutne and Staromaiorske.
After numerous failed assaults, Russia is finally enjoying some success in the Avdiivka region, particularly to the southwest where Russian trops are pushing towards Sjeverne from Vodyane. While it was a small advance, any advances in this area by Russia should be of significant concern yo Ukraine as Avdiivka is partially encircled. The Donetsk suburb has withstood massive bombardments and countless attacks, but it alsohas never been fully encircled. Full encirclement is weeks, likely months away at the absolute minimum (and this is assuming Ukraine is unable to reverse this trend), but it would force Ukraine to make a difficult decision regarding whether or not to pour extra resources into the area just to keel a supply line open to Avdiivka. Avdiivka provides them with a stronghold right next to Donetsk and behind much of the front line, but at the same time, that does make it costly to defend.
Klishchiivka remains under Russian control, but the town has faced a heavy Ukrainian bombardment. Russia is still refusing to pull out despite their disadvantageous position. In fact, Russian sources have claimed that Russian forces regained some of the high ground to the southwest of Klishchiivka. Confusingly, Ukrainian sources also claim to have captured this region today, as part of their push towards Andriivka and Kurdyumivka. Overall, the exact situation here is pretty unclear. To the north of Bakhmut, there were no reported changes.
There's a lot of conflicting information about Novoselivske, but virtually all claims regarding the village suggest that Russia has captured additional territory in and around the settlement. If it hasn't fallen yet to Russian troops, it likely will within the next day or two. A key defensive point for Ukraine, its fall will simplify Russia's efforts to push Ukraine away from the Svatove-Kreminna line and to advance on Kupyansk. Speaking of, Russia has secured Lyman Pershyi, and are now pushing south towards Synkivka. If Russia captures Synkyivka and can push to the next line of settlements, Russia will be contesting the main highway to the east of Kupyansk, greatly harming Ukrainian logisitics east of the Oskil river.
Hungary has joined Turkey with yet again punting on ratifying Sweden's membership bid to NATO, citing technical bureaucratic issues. The timeline they provided was mid to late September, around a month before Erdogan suggested the Turkish government may sign off. Even if ratification by both Hungary and Turkey actually happens in October, the pair of countries will have managed to have delayed Swedish membership in NATO by a full year.