General Staff: Ukrainian forces repel Russian attacks near 11 settlements

"In my opinion, (the Russians) gave a signal... don't even think about providing Ukraine with additional air defenses. You may need to find a way to get it yourself," Zelensky said in an interview with Sky News.

Political pressure in Poland is mounting amid reports that a home damaged during Russia's drone incursion on Sept. 10 may have been caused by a Polish missile.

The aid will be the first use of the Prioritized Ukraine Requirements List (PURL), a mechanism developed by NATO members and the United States to coordinate and fund Kyiv's most urgent battlefield needs.

"The impact of the alleged crimes perpetuated by the Russian government is likely to leave generational scars," Yale researchers said, adding that Russia "aims to foldUkraine's children into the Russian war machine, whether it be through its civilian arm or military wing."

Putin said the maneuvers were aimed at strengthening the defense of the Union State of Russia and Belarus against "any aggression."

The announcement comes days after Belarus freed 52 political prisoners following negotiations with a U.S. delegation.

Transneft, which handles more than 80% of Russia's crude output, has restricted firms' ability to store oil in its pipelines and warned it may have to accept less oil if infrastructure sustains further damage, Reuters reported.

In a recommendation adopted by member states, the Council agreed on a framework to ensure a "sustainable return and reintegration into Ukraine, when conditions allow," as well as a coordinated transition to other residence statuses for those eligible.

The Kyiv Independent’s Oleksiy Sorokin sits down with Andrius Kubilius, the European Commissioner for Defense Industry and Space, to discuss Europe’s readiness to confront Russia, including its ReArm program, and the future of European security.

A Russian drone strike targeted central Kharkiv during broad daylight on Sept. 16, damaging an educational institution and injuring at least four people, officials reported.

"This funding enables us to scale our operations and offer advanced swarming capabilities to every unmanned vehicle, in Ukraine and across NATO-aligned nations," Swarmer CEO Serhii Kupriienko said.

In turn, 75% of Ukrainians said that Russia's conditional peace proposal — including Ukraine's full withdrawal from Donetsk Oblast and a ban on NATO entry — would be "completely unacceptable."