The newly appointed Prosecutor General Andriy Kostin, a former member of President Volodymyr Zelensky's party, said that he fully supports the prospect of having Russian top officials prosecuted by an international military tribunal for crimes against Ukrainians, similar to the one held in Nuremberg in 1945.
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."
Parliament suspended live coverage of its plenary sessions after the full-scale Russian invasion for security reasons.
The Polish prime minister said that the drone had been operating near several government buildings in the Polish capital, including the Belweder palace, which serves as one of the official presidential residences.
The operation struck the 47th Airborne Assault Battalion of the 155th Guards Marine Brigade stationed in Russia's Primorsky Krai, a HUR source told the Kyiv Independent.
The news comes after U.S. President Donald Trump said he would impose tougher sanctions on Moscow once European allies cease purchasing Russian oil.
Ukraine's Air Force said Russian forces launched 113 Shahed-type attack and decoy drones overnight.
Ukrainian forces struck the Saratov oil refinery overnight on Sept. 16, causing explosions and a fire at the facility, the General Staff reported.
World leaders will gather in New York starting Sept. 22 for the U.N.'s annual high-level session.
"If you keep postponing applying sanctions any further, then the Russians will be better prepared," President Volodymyr Zelensky said.
The Sept. 8 attack targeted command posts of Russia's "Center" group of forces and the 41st Combined Arms Army, whose units operate in the Pokrovsk sector, Ukraine's military said.
