Guterres visits Black Sea port in Odesa

The latest strikes came as Russia intensifies its attacks on Kyiv since August, relentlessly launching drone attacks, even in daytime, to exhaust the Ukrainian air defense.

The measures target 13 individuals and entities in Russia, Hong Kong, China, and Pakistan as the United States continues to exert economic pressure on Tehran under "Operation Economic Outcast" amid its months-long war with Iran.

"With the treatment of Ukrainian children, of POWs and detained civilians within the Russian Federation, there is actually a rather limited amount of coincidence involved. It is a systemic challenge," Norwegian State Secretary Eivind Vad Petersson said.

Ukraine received a new delivery of missiles for NASAMS air defense systems, President Volodymyr Zelensky said Sept. 29, as the country faces a shortage.

The school's pupils were in the building's shelter at the time of the attack, Sumy Oblast governor Oleh Hryhorov.

Russian troops use Oleshky to launch attacks across the river, including on the liberated city of Kherson.

Compared to the most recent figure from July 2026, the decree increases total staff by only around 15,500, is the fourth such incremental raise announced this year.

President Volodymyr Zelensky said that Ukraine has already received urgent ammunition shipments for F-16s from Belgium and other Western allies, including Spain.

Tatarov is one of Ukraine's most controversial officials. He was charged with bribery in 2020 but the case was later closed due to alleged obstruction by law enforcement agencies and courts.

"We should make an offer to the Americans. They want fertilizers, including nitrogen fertilizers, so please, let's build it together, using your (U.S.) ​technology," Lukashenko said in a conversation with Aleksey Russkikh, governor of Russia's Ulyanovsk Oblast, in Minsk.

Croatian authorities detained scuba diver Volodymyr Zhuravliov on Aug. 19 under a European arrest warrant issued by Germany in connection with the 2022 explosions that damaged the Nord Stream pipelines.