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11:02 PM

Field report

‘They attack with quantity:’ With Ukrainian soldiers desperately defending Pokrovsk

11:02 PM

Russian troll farm behind fake story about supposed Harris hit and run incident, Microsoft says.

CBS News previously debunked the story, but Microsoft's report was the first indication that Russia was the source of the false news. The story was initially spread by a website disguised as a local San Francisco media outlet and was replete with an embedded video that Microsoft said used a paid actor.

10:07 PM

Kremlin's war in Ukraine 'a stunning Russian military failure,' British diplomat says.

"At the military level, Ukraine’s effective use of maneuver warfare stands in stark contrast to Russia’s ‘meat grinder’ tactics," Nicholas Aucott said.

9:15 PM

War update

Ukraine war latest: Drone attack 'wipes Russian weapons depot off the face of the earth,' Kyiv says

8:54 PM

Ukraine's victory plan fully ready, Zelensky says.

"The most important thing now is the determination to implement it," President Volodymyr Zelensky said in his evening address on Sept. 18.

8:26 PM

Ukraine's French Mirage jets will be able to hit ground targets, media reports.

French President Emmanuel Macron announced on June 6 that an unspecified number would be transferred to Ukraine, but did not provide a timeline.

8:16 PM

Drone attack

Arms depot in Russia's Tver Oblast built to withstand nuclear explosion heavily damaged by Ukrainian drones

7:49 PM

Romania urges 'robust' NATO response to airspace violations by Russia.

Speaking at a meeting of the Bucharest Nine (B9) format, Romanian Defense Minister Angel Tilvar called for "enforcing the rotational air defense and integrated anti-missile model as soon as possible."

7:02 PM

Finnish president wants Russia excluded from UN Security Council.

According to Finnish President Alexander Stubb, any council member engaged in an illegal war "such as Russia is in right now in Ukraine" should be suspended.

6:26 PM

State sells iconic Kyiv hotel to Ukrainian businessman for double starting price

6:19 PM

Russia's Kursk counteroffensive halted, Kyiv claims.

"(Russia) tried to attack from the flanks, but they were stopped there," spokesperson Oleksii Dmytrashkivskyi told AFP.

5:42 PM

WSJ estimates of Ukraine's casualties 'exaggerated,' lawmaker believes.

"I think that these are exaggerated data. Definitely... Namely when talking about the recorded number of killed," secretary of the parliamentary defense committee Roman Kostenko said.

5:09 PM

Armenia uncovers alleged coup plot with Russian traces.

Yerevan on Sept. 18 accused five Armenian citizens and two former residents of Nagorno-Karabakh of undergoing military training in Russia in order to stage an armed coup in Armenia.

5:08 PM

Video

African POWs on how they ended up fighting for Russia.

In this exclusive interview, the Kyiv Independent interviews Somali and Sierra Leonean prisoners of war who fought for Russia in its war against Ukraine.

4:55 PM

Opinion

Opinion: A sober look at the successors of the Russian 'Empire'

4:52 PM

1 dead, 4 injured after Russian attacks in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast.

Russian attacks across Ukraine killed at least four civilians and injured at least 22 over the previous day, regional authorities reported early on Sept. 18.

3:07 PM  (Updated:  September 18, 2024 3:17 pm)

Shots fired at Moscow office of Russia's largest online retailer, killing 1, injuring 2.

A shooting at the head office of Wildberries, Russia's largest online retailer, killed one person and injured at least two others, Russian state-controlled news agency TASS reported on Sept. 18.

2:37 PM

Usyk handcuffed in Krakow airport as 'preventative' measure, Polish border guard says.

Ukrainian boxer Oleksandr Usyk was detained and briefly handcuffed at Krakow Airport on Sept. 17 as a preventative measure, Polish border guard spokesperson Jacek Michalowski told Polish newspaper Dziennik Polski on Sept. 18.

12:47 PM

IMF reportedly postpones controversial visit to Russia.

The International Monetary Fund's (IMF) planned visit to Russia has been "postponed indefinitely," Russian state-controlled news agency TASS reported on Sept. 17.

12:20 PM

Parliament votes to increase state budget by $12 billion for defense expenditures.

Ukraine's parliament, the Verkhovna Rada, voted on Sept. 18 in support of increasing the state budget by Hr 500 billion ($12 billion) to spend on defense and military needs.

11:12 AM  (Updated:  September 18, 2024 11:51 am)

Russian weapons depot ‘wiped off the face of the earth’ by Ukrainian drone attack, SBU source claims.

Ukrainian drones successfully targeted a weapons depot in Toropets in Russia's Tver Oblast overnight, a source in the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) told the Kyiv Independent on Sept. 18.

10:41 AM

Russian attacks kill 4, injure 22 over past day.

Russian attacks across Ukraine killed at least four civilians and injured at least 22 over the past day, regional authorities reported early on Sept. 18.

4:05 PM  (Updated:  September 18, 2024 10:00 am)

Ukraine destroys Russian ammunition depots near occupied Mariupol, Navy says.

The strike destroyed both the storage infrastructure and tons of ammunition that Russian troops were stockpiling for use against Ukraine, Ukraine's Navy said.

9:15 AM  (Updated:  September 18, 2024 9:28 am)

Civilians evacuated amid drone attack in Russia’s Tver Oblast, Russian governor claims.

Local authorities have partially evacuated residents of Toropets in Russia’s Tver Oblast after a mass drone attack overnight caused a large fire, Tver Oblast Governor Igor Rudenya claimed on Sept. 18.

8:12 AM

General Staff: Russia has lost 637,010 troops since Feb. 24, 2022.

This number includes 1,130 casualties Russian forces suffered over the past day.