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Saturday, September 26
Russia plans to spend $12 billion on jet-powered drones, loitering munitions next year, Zelensky says
President Volodymyr Zelensky said Ukrainian intelligence had obtained Russian internal documents showing the volumes of weapons Russia is preparing to produce next year and the funding allocated for them.
Russian strikes on Sumy kill 2, injure 23, including 4 children
The strikes hit several locations across the Sumy community, including a residential area, Sumy Oblast Governor Oleh Hryhorov said.
Russian attacks kill 6, injure 45 across Ukraine as Kyiv faces second day of nonstop strikes
Russian forces attacked Ukraine overnight on Sept. 26 with 173 Shahed-type drones, 50 of which were jet-powered, the Air Force said.
Ukraine strikes Russian defense plant producing missile components, General Staff says
The plant, located in the city of Azov, is part of Russia’s Tactical Missiles Corporation and produces opto-mechanical and optoelectronic equipment, as well as electronic systems for artillery, missile, and anti-tank weapons.
Serbia grants citizenship to former Ukrainian MP Novynskyi, wanted on treason suspicion
Novynskyi received citizenship through a provision allowing Serbia to naturalize a foreign national under an expedited procedure when authorities determine that doing so is in the country’s interest.
Zelensky sanctions more than 40 people involved in elections in Russian-occupied Ukraine
The sanctions package includes 44 individuals "who act in Russia's interests and facilitate the occupation of parts of Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson, and Zaporizhzhia oblasts, as well as Crimea and Sevastopol," the statement said.
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky made the disclosure during a speech to the United Nations on Sept. 23, saying Ukraine had recently "sent two North Korean prisoners of war to the Republic of Korea" and that one of them had tried to kill himself after being captured.
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