Ukraine's military intelligence chief Oleh Ivashchenko said Ukrainian strikes are contributing to Russia's budget deficit, "which today stands at $82 billion."
Key developments on Sept. 12-13: * Russian drone hits Kyiv-Warsaw train near Polish border * Russian drones target Volyn, Rivne oblasts in rare mass attack in western Ukraine * Russian strikes hit 2 major Ukrainian steel plants, killing 2 and injuring 6 * Russian attacks kill 11, injure 96 across Ukraine as Odesa comes under mass overnight strike * Ukrainian naval drone destroys Russian unmanned boat in Black Sea, Navy says A Russian drone struck the locomotive of a Kyiv–Warsaw train near
Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov claimed Russia had previously avoided indiscriminate strikes but changed its approach after Ukraine began targeting Russian economic and strategic infrastructure.
"He's causing a shortage of diesel," U.S. President Donald Trump said.
"Drones were operating and even striking targets located very close to the Polish border," Polish Armed Forces' Operational Command spokesperson Jacek Goryszewski said.
In Sloviansk, a city in Donestk Oblast that has faced Russian attacks since 2014, residents continue to seek spiritual support as the threat of occupation and further destruction draws closer.
Two people were killed and 12 others injured, Russian regional authorities said. The Kyiv Independent could not verify the figures.
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After refusing even a temporary ceasefire or a leader-level meeting in a noncombatant country, Lavrov went on to emphasize the level of "goodwill" Moscow was displaying in the peace process.
