11:19 PM

Power outage reported in St Petersburg airport.

On the evening of Sept. 24, power went out in Russia's Pulkovo Airport and the St. Petersburg district of Shushary, east of the airport.

11:10 PM

War update

Ukraine war latest: Zelensky praises new American aid package as 'historic'

9:58 PM

Zelensky praises new American aid package as 'historic'.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky praised the new American defense package in his evening address on Sept. 24 as "historic."

9:35 PM

Ukrainian wrestler Zhan Beleniuk wins bronze at World Wrestling Championship, earns spot in 2024 Olympics.

Ukrainian Greco-Roman wrestler and politician Zhan Beleniuk won bronze at the World Wrestling Championship in Belgrade on Sept. 22 and earned a spot in the 2024 Summer Olympics. The two-time world champion was defeated by Turkish wrestler Ali Cengiz in the 87 kg division.

9:07 PM

Ukrainian forces push forward near Melitopol.

The Ukrainian counteroffensive continues operations in the Melitopol sector, the General Staff of Ukraine's armed forces announced on Sept. 24.

8:32 PM

UPDATE: Russia attacks Kherson, injures 7.

Russian forces dropped two aerial bombs on the southern Ukrainian city of Kherson on Sept, 24, Governor Oleksandr Prokudin reported.

8:00 PM

Armenian, Azerbaijani leaders to meet in Spain in October.

Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev will meet in Granada, Spain, with the leaders of France, Germany, and the European Council on Oct. 5.

6:50 PM

Governor: Russia drops aerial bombs on Kherson, injures 1.

Russian forces dropped two aerial bombs on the southern Ukrainian city of Kherson on Sept, 24, Governor Oleksandr Prokudin reported.

5:59 PM

Military intelligence: Saboteurs hit Russian military targets in Moscow, Kaluga oblasts.

"Unknown saboteurs" attacked military facilities in Russia's Moscow and Kaluga oblasts overnight on Sept. 24, Ukraine's military intelligence agency reported.

4:45 PM

World

Zelensky, Netanyahu's meeting in New York highlights their differences

4:40 PM

Update: Number of injured in Kremenchuk attack rises to 55, including 6 children.

The number of injured in the Russian attack on Kremenchuk on Sept. 22 has risen to 55 people, including six children, Kremenchuk Mayor Vitalii Maletskyi reported on Sept. 24.

4:25 PM

PM hints that Armenia can't rely on Russia's protection amid Karabakh debacle.

Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan hinted on Sept. 24 that his country can no longer rely on Russia's protection after Azerbaijan's forces quickly defeated ethnic Armenian forces in the restive Nagorno-Karabakh region.

3:38 PM

Second grain freighter arrives in Turkey after grain deal disruption.

A second freighter with Ukrainian grain has reached Turkey since Russia's withdrawal from the Black Sea Grain Initiative in July, France24 reported on Sept. 24, citing maritime tracking data.

3:30 PM

Duda: Poland prepares transit corridors for Ukrainian grain

Poland has prepared transit corridors for Ukrainian grain to pass through and be "exported to where it is needed," Polish President Andrzej Duda said in an interview with local channel TVP1 on Sept. 24.

3:01 PM

Governor: Russian airstrikes kill 2, injure 3 in Kherson Oblast.

A Russian airstrike killed one person and injured three in the town of Beryslav in Kherson Oblast on Sept. 24, Governor Oleksandr Prokudin reported on his Telegram channel.

1:54 PM

Media: Drone hits FSB building in Russia's Kursk.

A drone struck an administrative building in the Russian city of Kursk on Sept. 24, according to Roman Starovoit, the governor of the eponymous Russian region.

1:15 PM

House speaker drops plan to strip $300 million Ukraine aid package from funding bill.

Kevin McCarthy, speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, said on Sept. 23 he would support keeping a $300 million aid package for Ukraine in the defense funding bill, walking back a comment he made the day before.

11:35 AM

DeSantis opposes Ukraine's NATO accession.

Ron DeSantis, a leading Republican candidate in the 2024 U.S. presidential election, said in a Sept. 23 podcast he believes that it's not in NATO's best interests to admit Ukraine as a member.

10:29 AM

Man hospitalized with shrapnel injuries after Russian shelling in Nikopol.

Russian forces shelled Nikopol in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast overnight on Sept. 24, injuring a 25-year-old man and damaging a supermarket and a kindergarten, according to Serhiy Lysak, head of the regional military administration.

10:17 AM

General Staff: Russia has lost 275,850 troops in Ukraine.

The General Staff of Ukraine's Armed Forces reported on Sept. 24 that Russia had lost 275,850 troops in Ukraine since the beginning of its full-scale invasion on Feb. 24 last year.

7:32 AM

ISW: Winter will not end the Ukrainian counteroffensive.

The coming winter will not necessarily stop the advance of Ukrainian counteroffensive troops, the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) wrote in its Sept. 23 report.

6:23 AM

Pope tells countries not to 'play games' with Ukraine on military aid.

The pope spoke to reporters about his "frustrations" with the war and the arms industry aboard the papal plane while returning to the Vatican from a visit to France.

5:39 AM

Azerbaijani minister accuses Armenia of provocations in UN speech.

Azerbaijan's Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov accused Armenia of revanchism and military provocations in an address to the United Nations General Assembly on Sept. 23.

4:32 AM

National Resistance Center: Russian strongholds in Kursk Oblast deserted.

Russian military strongholds in Kursk Oblast are largely abandoned and only imitating defensive positions, the National Resistance Center reported on Sept. 23.

3:48 AM

Hungarian official: New sanctions against Russia 'cause more harm to Europe'.

Hungary's Foreign Minister Peter Szijarto told the Russian state news agency TASS on Sept. 22 that new sanctions against Russia "are not necessary."