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9:02 AM

Russia’s overnight attack against Ukraine injures 2, damages infrastructure.

Russia launched a total of 38 Shahed-136/131 drones at Ukraine overnight on Sept. 26, according to the Air Force. Ukrainian air defenses shot down 26 drones.

8:11 AM

General Staff: Russia has lost 276,670 troops in Ukraine since Feb 24, 2022.

Ukraine's General Staff reported on Sept. 26 that Russia had also lost 4,672 tanks, 8,496 armored fighting vehicles, 8,763 vehicles and fuel tanks, 6,299 artillery systems, 792 multiple launch rocket systems, 533 air defense systems, 315 airplanes, 316 helicopters, 4,924 drones, and 20 boats.

7:36 AM

National Resistance Center: Russian forces impose curfews, censorship in occupied Donetsk Oblast.

In Russian-occupied areas of Donetsk Oblast, occupation authorities have introduced a curfew and begun censoring communications, the National Resistance Center reported on Sept. 25.

7:10 AM

German Foreign Minister: The German people continue to support Ukraine.

When asked whether German support for Ukraine is lagging due to economic woes, Baerbock responded with an adamant "no."

5:44 AM

UN Commission finds evidence of war crimes committed by Russian forces.

The United Nations' Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine has found continuing evidence that Russian troops are committing war crimes, according to the Commission's latest report on Sept. 25.

5:08 AM

ISW: Russian forces conducted unsuccessful attacks near Avdiivka and Marinka.

On Sept. 25, Russian forces failed in ground attacks near Avdiivka and Marinka on the western outskirts of Donetsk, the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) reported.

3:47 AM

Looming US shutdown threatens Ukraine aid.

The potential U.S. federal government shutdown on Oct. 1 may complicate the delivery of aid packages to Ukraine, according to the State Department.

3:05 AM

Russia continues attacks on Sumy Oblast, targeting 8 communities.

Russian forces stepped up artillery strikes on Sumy Oblast on Sept. 25, targeting eight border communities, local authorities reported on Telegram.

1:59 AM

Lviv mayor: Energy grid fortified, prepared for winter.

Lviv’s energy infrastructure is better protected this year by air defenses and the city’s electricity and heating supplies are adequately stocked for winter, mayor Andriy Sadovy told local news outlet Zaxid.net.

12:55 AM

New US sanctions hit Russian, Chinese companies over war involvement.

The U.S. government imposed fresh sanctions on five Russian and 11 Chinese companies for their role in supplying drone technology components used in Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Reuters reported on Sept. 25.

12:25 AM

Counteroffensive

Overcoming setbacks, NATO-trained brigade breaches Surovikin line in Zaporizhzhia Oblast

11:49 PM

Explosions reported in Russian-occupied Crimea.

Several explosions have been heard in Russian-occupied Crimea on the evening of Sept. 25, according to videos shared on social media and reports from the occupation authorities.

10:54 PM

Russian attack on Odesa damages 9 buildings in historic city center.

The blast wave from the attack on the nearby port damaged the windows and facades of the Vorontsov Palace and eight buildings on the Prymorskyi Boulevard, according to the Culture Ministry.

10:30 PM

Media: Fuel depot explodes in Nagorno-Karabakh.

An explosion at a crowded fuel depot in Nagorno-Karabakh may have resulted in mass casualties, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty's Armenian service reported on Sept. 25.

10:24 PM

War update

Ukraine war latest: Russian Black Sea Fleet commander killed in Sevastopol strike; Abrams tanks arrive in Ukraine

8:56 PM

Russian attack kills 3, injures 3 in Kherson.

A Russian attack on Kherson has killed two men and one woman, and injured three other civilians, Governor Oleksandr Prokudin reported on Sept. 25.

7:56 PM

Lawmaker Andrii Ivanchuk dies at 50.

Andrii Ivanchuk, a member of the Ukrainian parliament since 2012, died overnight on Sept. 25, the parliament's chairman Ruslan Stefanchuk announced.

7:26 PM

Business

Ukraine's economy grows year-on-year for first time since start of full-scale invasion.

Ukraine’s gross domestic product grew by 19.5% year-on-year in the second quarter of 2023, signaling the economy’s successful adaptation to wartime conditions following last year’s collapse.

7:13 PM

Court keeps Kolomoisky in custody, rejects house arrest appeal.

The Kyiv Court of Appeals refused to change oligarch Ihor Kolomoisky's detention measure to house arrest and upheld the bail of Hr 3.8 billion ($105 million), the Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty reported on Sept. 25.

7:10 PM

Russian strike hits kindergarten, residential buildings in Donetsk Oblast.

Russian artillery hit a kindergarten, an industrial building, and multiple homes in the center of Chasiv Yar in Donetsk Oblast, the regional administration reported on Sept. 25.

6:56 PM

Canadian House Speaker apologizes for honoring Nazi unit veteran during Zelensky's visit.

Canada's Speaker of the House Anthony Rota apologized on Sept. 24 for honoring a man who fought for a Nazi unit in World War II during a Ukrainian delegation's visit.

6:17 PM

Business

Ukrainian State-Owned Enterprises Weekly — Issue 103

6:15 PM

Orban: Hungary to only support Ukraine if it restores minority laws.

The rights of the Hungarian minority in Ukraine must be restored before Budapest supports Kyiv in international affairs, Prime Minister Viktor Orban claimed in a speech to Hungary's parliament on Sept. 25.

4:56 PM

Media: Missile fragments found in Transnistria.

Fragments from a S-300 missile have been found in Transnistria, independent Russian media outlet Meduza reported on Sept. 25. The rocket fragments were found in a field in Chitcani, about 20 kilometers from the border with Ukraine.

4:32 PM

Media: Russian air regiment command hit in drone attack near Kursk.

Russia's 14th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment was inside a building of the Khalino air field near Kursk at the time it was hit by a drone strike on Sept. 24, Ukrainian media outlet Babel reported, citing a source in Ukraine's military intelligence (HUR).

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Pro-Kremlin politician Viktor Medvedchuk handed over to Russia in exchange for 200 POWs

by The Kyiv Independent news desk September 22, 2022 1:16 AM 1 min read

This audio is created with AI assistance

Ukraine's most high-profile pro-Kremlin politician and Russian President Vladimir Putin's right-hand man in Ukraine, Viktor Medvedchuk, was part of a prisoner exchange between Russia and Ukraine that took place on Sept. 21.

Deputy Head of the President's Office Kyrylo Tymoshenko wrote on Telegram that Medvedchuk was part of the prisoner swap that returned 205 Ukrainian soldiers and ten foreign fighters.

Earlier, on April 12, the Security Service of Ukraine captured Medvedchuk, who had fled from house arrest in February after Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky suggested exchanging Medvedchuk for Ukrainians held in Russian captivity. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said at the time that Medvedchuk is not a citizen of Russia, and the Kremlin does not know whether he wants Russia to get involved with his situation.

Medvedchuk along with ally Taras Kozak was charged with high treason in May 2021. The two were suspected of colluding with the Russian government to extract natural resources in Russian-annexed Crimea. Later in October 2021, Medvedchuk was charged with treason in a separate case concerning the coal supplies to Ukrainian state-owned companies from Russian-occupied areas of Donbas in 2014-2015.

Medvedchuk has denied all the allegations.

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