More than 30 countries and the European Union adopted the Joint Declaration of Support for Recovery and Reconstruction of Ukraine during a meeting in New York on Sept. 25, Ukraine's Presidential Office said. Backed during the Group of Seven (G7) + Ukraine meeting, the document contains several points including helping to
Editor's note: Kyiv authorities initially reported a child was injured and hospitalized during the overnight Russian attack, but later retracted this information. Debris from intercepted Russian drones damaged a gas pipe in a residential building in Kyiv during an overnight attack on Sept. 26, city authorities reported. The air raid
Russian troops have not yet reached the outskirts of the embattled town of Vuhledar in Donetsk Oblast, Governor Vadym Filashkin said on Sept. 25. "There is no enemy on the outskirts of the town yet. Sabotage and reconnaissance groups are coming in, but our defenders are trying to knock them
Ukrainian forces captured around 20 Russian soldiers and killed "several dozen" others during an operation to recapture an aggregate plant in the town of Vovchansk in Kharkiv Oblast, a member of Ukraine's military intelligence (HUR) claimed on Sept. 25. Speaking to national television, a HUR special forces officer with the
Ukraine has developed a three-year plan for the production of drones, electronic warfare equipment and ground robotic systems, Defense Minister Rustem Umerov said in an interview with Lb.ua media outlet published on Sept. 24. Described as "very thorough and extensive," the document on Ukrainian manufacturing was presented during Umerov's
Iran is brokering secret negotiations between Russia and Yemen's Houthis to transfer Yakhont supersonic anti-ship missiles to them, Reuters reported on Sept. 24, citing seven unnamed sources. Representatives of the Iran-backed Houthi group and Moscow met in Tehran at least twice in 2024, two officials familiar with the matter told
Russian attacks against Ukraine killed at least 11 people and injured 69 others over the past day, regional authorities said on Sept. 25. Ukrainian forces downed 28 out of 32 Shahed-type drones and all four Kh-59/69 cruise missiles launched by Russia overnight, the Air Force reported. Four more drones
Russia is preparing to target three Ukrainian nuclear power plants, President Volodymyr Zelensky told the U.N. Security Council in New York on Sept. 24. "If Russia is ready to go that far, it means nothing you value matters to Moscow. This kind of Russian cynicism will keep striking if
No meetings have been scheduled between former U.S. President Donald Trump and President Volodymyr Zelensky this week, the Associated Press (AP) reported on Sept. 25, citing an unnamed official on Trump’s campaign. As Zelensky's visit to the U.S. continues, he is expected to meet with U.S.
HUR Chief Kyrylo Budanov was briefed on the "successful completion of the operation" earlier in the day, the agency said in a statement, adding the "extremely difficult" attack was carried out by HUR special forces.
"In our experience, if Russia takes photos of certain objects, then there is a threat of strikes against the nuclear objects," President Volodymyr Zelensky said.
"If you take all the usual types of weapons and count the foreign made components – about 60% would be coming from China," Vladyslav Vlasiuk, an adviser to Ukraine's Presidential Office, said on Sept. 24.
An invitation to join NATO is part of Ukraine’s “victory plan,” head of the Presidential Office Andriy Yermak said during a visit to the U.S. on Sept. 24.
"If someone says in this regard that they are going to block Ukraine's access to the European Union, they are following Vladimir Putin's policy. I don't know if this is the intention of those who are now in power," Polish President Andrzej Duda said.
Ukrainian forces downed 66 out of 81 Shahed-type drones launched by Russia overnight, the Air Force reported.
"To talk about a defeat of Ukraine or defeat of Russia, it will simply not happen. So the end will be somewhere in between," Czech President Petr Pavel told The New York Times.
The wedding of Olha Shevchenko and Mykyta Pukhkan earlier this September was unique. It was online. The couple was among the first to marry using a Ukrainian-developed Diia mobile application. “One day in May, my husband saw a notification about the beta version in Diia, which offered an online wedding
Russian forces attacked the town of Kramatorsk and the village of Shakhove in Donetsk Oblast on Sept. 23, killing one person and injuring at least 10 others, Governor Vadym Filashkin said.
"We are also trying to find other elements that are needed to complete the system," Dutch Defense Minister Ruben Brekelmans said.
"We have to be faster. We need to not lose the next few months in the war so that we don't lose the next decades," President Volodymyr Zelensky said.
Ukrainian forces downed three out of four Shahed-type drones launched by Russia overnight, the Air Force reported. One more drone and two Kh-59/69 cruise missiles "failed to reach their targets" due to electronic warfare.
"We will have to think about a new form of organization of Europe and rethink our relations with Russia after the war in Ukraine," Macron said.
"This is the second successful operation to break through the Russian border since the beginning of the operation in Russia's Kursk Oblast," Ukraine's 95th Separate Polesian Air Assault Brigade said.
Ukrainian paratroopers damaged one Russian tank, destroyed two others as well as two Russian armored vehicles with troops, Ukraine's 79th Tavrian Air Assault Brigade said.
"When the import of a certain type of product or commodity — vegetables, meat, eggs — reaches certain limits that the European Commission has outlined in advance, then we can activate the mechanism of banning their import. We are currently doing this in terms of eggs," Bulgarian Agriculture Minister Georgi Takhov said.
The number of Russian troops pulled over to Kursk Oblast, announced by President Volodymyr Zelensky in early September, was higher — 60,000.
In 2023, the Russian army received about 140,000 drones of different types, according to Russian President Vladimir Putin. This year, Moscow is planning to produce 1.4 million, he claimed.
Russian forces attacked a retirement home in the city of Sumy with a guided aerial bomb on Sept. 19, killing one person and injuring at least 14 others, regional officials said.
Berlin has handed over 22 Leopard 1 A5 tanks, 61,000 155mm rounds of ammunition, three Gepard self-propelled anti-aircraft guns with spare parts, and other aid in its latest delivery of military aid to Ukraine, the German government said on Sept. 19.
"We urge everyone to refrain from artificially linking the suspect's actions to Ukraine," Ukraine's Foreign Ministry spokesperson Heorhii Tykhyi said at a briefing on Sept. 17.
Donald Trump Jr. and former U.S. presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. opposed permitting Ukraine to strike Russian territory with Western-supplied long-range missiles, calling on the Biden-Harris administration to negotiate with Moscow.
The Russian Defense Ministry claimed on Sept. 17 that it had repelled Ukraine's new attempts to cross into Russia's Kursk Oblast west of the currently controlled territories.
