Three Ukrainian military personnel were released from Russian captivity and returned from occupied Ukrainian territory on Nov. 19, according to Ukraine’s Naval Forces. They have reportedly been provided with medical and psychological assistance. In a prior exchange on Nov. 11, Ukraine returned 45 Ukrainian soldiers from Russian captivity, as well as the bodies of two soldiers, according to President’s Office Head Andriy Yermak. Ukraine has returned over 1,000 civilians and military personnel from Russian captivity since March.
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The EU had warned that Moldova was facing "an unprecedented campaign of disinformation" from Russia ahead of the election.
The 59th Brigade of the Unmanned Systems Forces destroyed the Russian helicopter near the village of Kotliarivka, in Donetsk Oblast.
Over the past month, Ukrainian forces have been pushing back Russian troops who had advanced 15-20 kilometers (6 miles) toward the strategic Dobropillia–Kramatorsk highway, near the contested city of Pokrovsk.
The largest number of injuries was reported in Zaporizhzhia Oblast, where a Russian attack wounded 49 people.
The number includes 1,080 casualties that Russian forces suffered over the past day.
Washington authorizes specific instances where Ukraine can carry out long-range strikes within Russia, U.S. Special Envoy to Ukraine Keith Kellogg said on Sept. 28.
The Karachev electrical components plant in Russia's Bryansk Oblast is reportedly burning following a drone attack overnight on Sept. 29, local media reported.
Monday, September 29
Speaking at the 130th anniversary of the Maria Valeria Bridge, which links Sturovo, Slovakia, and Esztergom, Hungary, Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico said: "No one should tell us where to buy oil and gas from."
Russia's so-called "shadow fleet" of oil tankers are being used to "launch and control" Russian drones over European cities, President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Sept. 28, citing intelligence reports.
Power outages were reported across Belgorod Oblast following the attack that struck one of the substations, Russian media reported.
U.S. Vice President JD Vance confirmed on Sept. 28 that the U.S. is "looking at" providing Kyiv with Tomahawk missiles, as Moscow continues to refuse bilateral and trilateral peace talks brokered by President Donald Trump.
Foreign Ministry spokesperson Pawel Wronski told Polish outlet RMF24 that "a missile element or a small-caliber rocket" fell on the roof of the embassy, piercing through the ceiling. The debris landed in the kitchen of the embassy with Wronski adding that the damage was "not large," with no casualties reported.
HUR claimed that an explosion rocked a guarded military base on the airfield in occupied Melitopol, destroying a Soviet-era UAZ-452 van and at least four operators who were allegedly inside the vehicle.
