1 person killed, 10 injured after Russian attacks on Donetsk Oblast

6:32 PM

Lithuania signs memorandum with one of world's leading arms manufacturers on medium-caliber ammunition.

Lithuania has signed a memorandum with American Northrop Grumman Corporation, one of the leading global aerospace and defense technology companies, to produce and supply medium-caliber ammunition, the Lithuanian Defense Ministry said on Sept. 23.

5:30 PM

Ukraine hits over 200 military targets in Russia using drones within a year, Umerov says.

"Today, Ukrainian drones fly over 1,000 kilometers (623 miles), reaching Murmansk and the Volga region, destroying Russian oil refineries and airfields," Defense Minister Rustem Umerov wrote.

4:23 PM

Crimean Bridge ‘must come down,’ Ukraine says at Permanent Court of Arbitration.

Kyiv says it was built deliberately low to the water in order to keep out international shipping.

5:57 PM  (Updated:  September 23, 2024 4:04 pm)

Ukraine

Zelensky comes to US in attempt to boost firepower, pitch victory

3:54 PM

1 person killed, 10 injured after Russian attacks on Donetsk Oblast.

Russian forces attacked the town of Kramatorsk and the village of Shakhove in Donetsk Oblast on Sept. 23, killing one person and injuring at least 10 others, Governor Vadym Filashkin said.

3:17 PM

Netherlands struggling to complete Patriot system pledged to Ukraine, defense minister says.

"We are also trying to find other elements that are needed to complete the system," Dutch Defense Minister Ruben Brekelmans said.

2:18 PM

Next few months will be 'decisive,' Zelensky says during speech in US, urges allies to act faster.

"We have to be faster. We need to not lose the next few months in the war so that we don't lose the next decades," President Volodymyr Zelensky said.

1:13 PM

Russian attacks against Ukraine kill 3, injure 38 over past day.

Ukrainian forces downed three out of four Shahed-type drones launched by Russia overnight, the Air Force reported. One more drone and two Kh-59/69 cruise missiles "failed to reach their targets" due to electronic warfare.

12:34 PM

Relations with Russia should be reconsidered after war in Ukraine, Macron says.

"We will have to think about a new form of organization of Europe and rethink our relations with Russia after the war in Ukraine," Macron said.

12:02 PM

Russian sleeper cell plotting 'violent seizure of power in Odesa' thwarted, SBU claims.

In a post on Telegram, the SBU said the group had originally planned to seize administrative buildings and state institutions in the city at the beginning of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

11:02 AM

Opinion

Opinion: Peace in Ukraine will come through Putin’s fall, not a battlefield breakthrough

10:30 AM

Ukrainian forces break through another section of Russian border, 95th Brigade claims.

"This is the second successful operation to break through the Russian border since the beginning of the operation in Russia's Kursk Oblast," Ukraine's 95th Separate Polesian Air Assault Brigade said.

9:30 AM

Ukraine's 79th brigade releases video of 'massive' Russian attack being repelled near Kurakhove.

Ukrainian paratroopers damaged one Russian tank, destroyed two others as well as two Russian armored vehicles with troops, Ukraine's 79th Tavrian Air Assault Brigade said.

9:03 AM

Russia's global chess ban upheld, move hailed as 'a victory for Ukraine.'

Both Russia and Belarus were excluded from the International Chess Federation in the wake of Moscow's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.

3:57 AM  (Updated:  September 23, 2024 8:17 am)

Update: Russian attack on apartment building in Zaporizhzhia injures 16.

At least 16 people were injured in a Russian attack on Zaporizhzhia overnight on Sept. 23, including a 15-year-old boy. The strike resulted in a partial destruction of an apartment building, according to Zaporizhzhia Oblast Governor Ivan Fedorov.

8:07 AM

General Staff: Russia has lost 643,750 troops in Ukraine since Feb. 24, 2022

This number includes 1,330 casualties Russian forces suffered just over the past day.

6:11 AM

Zelensky visits Pennsylvania ammunition plant to thank workers.

President Volodymyr Zelensky visited a Pennsylvania ammunition factory under tight security on Sept. 22 to personally thank the workers producing some of the most crucial munitions for Ukraine’s defense against Russian forces.

5:47 AM

Zelensky calls JD Vance 'too radical,' says war should not end at Ukraine’s expense.

In an interview with the New Yorker, President Volodymyr Zelensky said that Donald Trump's running mate J. D. Vance is "too radical" in his ideas of how to end the war in Ukraine.

2:25 AM

Update: Zelensky confirms Ukraine used domestically produced weapons to strike Russian arms depots.

President Volodymyr Zelensky, in a Sept. 21 video address, stressed that Ukraine is striking Russian arms depots "thanks to our capabilities, our weapons."

1:35 AM

OSINT project reports another failed Russian nuclear missile test.

Open-source intelligence project MeNMyRC reported on Sept. 19 that a test launch of Russia’s RS-28 Sarmat Super-Heavy Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) resulted in failure at the launch site in Plesetsk, Russia based on analysis of satellite images.

12:36 AM

War update

Ukraine war latest: Ukraine awaits Mirage 2000 jets, in talks about Gripen, Eurofighter Typhoon

10:39 PM

Zelensky begins visit to US, will share 'victory plan' with allies.

According to President Volodymyr Zelensky, he will visit an unspecified location in Pennsylvania and then travel to New York City and Washington, D.C. “Of course, I will present the ‘victory plan’ to all the leaders of the partner countries," he added.

10:27 PM

Culture

Amid loss and uncertainty of wartime, Kyiv’s jazz fusion scene plays on — one filmmaker wants to capture it

10:05 PM

'Too early to judge' — Zelensky on success of Kursk incursion.

"I'm not saying it's a resounding success or will bring about the end of the war or the end of (Russian President Vladimir) Putin. What it has done is show our partners what we're capable of," President Volodymyr Zelensky said.

8:24 PM

Zelensky says it would be horrible if Biden didn't support Ukraine's victory plan, which includes NATO membership.

When asked what would happen if U.S. President Joe Biden rejected Ukraine's "victory plan," President Volodymyr Zelensky told The New Yorker, "It would mean that Biden doesn't want to end the war in any way that denies Russia a victory."