Ukraine rejects Russia's demand to surrender Mariupol.

4:16 AM

Georgian parliament passes anti-LGBTQ legislation.

The bills would ban gender transition, adoption by same-sex couples, and forbid gatherings or the distribution of information "aimed at promoting" LGBTQ relationships.

3:16 AM

Sybiha to visit Romania in first official trip as Foreign Minister.

Sybiha will visit Bucharest to hold bilateral negotiations with his Romanian counterpart Luminita Odobescu and other high-ranking officials.

1:05 AM

US believes Zelensky's peace strategy 'can work,' official says.

"We have seen President Zelensky's peace plan. We think it lays out a strategy and a plan that can work," U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Linda Thomas-Greenfield said on Sept. 17.

12:09 AM  (Updated:  September 18, 2024 12:54 am)

Ukrainian boxer Usyk detained at Krakow airport.

President Volodymyr Zelensky announced shortly after midnight on Sept. 18 that Usyk had been released following the intervention of Ukraine's Foreign Ministry. "I was outraged by this treatment of our citizen and champion," Zelensky said.

12:45 AM

Russian attack on Zaporizhzhia Oblast kills at least 2, injures 5.

The attack targeted the Kamyshuvakha community, killing at least two people and injuring five. The strike also damaged several homes and an infrastructure facility.

11:22 PM

MP Yaroslav Zhelezniak: Developments in Ukraine’s parliament on economic reforms, international obligations — Issue 73

11:08 PM

Italy to deliver promised SAMP/T air defense system by end of September.

"By the end of the month the new Samp/T system will be delivered to Ukraine, and we know how much every minute of delay costs," Italian Defense Minister Guido Crosetto said on Sept. 17.

10:54 PM

Ukraine state-owned enterprises weekly — Issue 147

4:05 PM  (Updated:  September 17, 2024 10:31 pm)

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.

10:20 PM

War update

Ukraine war latest: 1 million killed, wounded in Russia's full-scale war in Ukraine, WSJ reports

10:11 PM

Trump assassination attempt suspect has no ties to Ukrainian institutions, Kyiv says.

"We urge everyone to refrain from artificially linking the suspect's actions to Ukraine," Ukraine's Foreign Ministry spokesperson Heorhii Tykhyi said at a briefing on Sept. 17.

9:53 PM

Trump Jr urges Biden to negotiate with Moscow after Putin's nuclear saber-rattling.

Donald Trump Jr. and former U.S. presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. opposed permitting Ukraine to strike Russian territory with Western-supplied long-range missiles, calling on the Biden-Harris administration to negotiate with Moscow.

7:55 PM

Russia claims Ukraine made new attempts to break into Kursk Oblast.

The Russian Defense Ministry claimed on Sept. 17 that it had repelled Ukraine's new attempts to cross into Russia's Kursk Oblast west of the currently controlled territories.

6:23 PM

None of Ukraine's plans to end the war envisages ceasefire, ceding territory, Podolyak says.

"(Freezing of the conflict) will not lead to the end of the war," Mykhailo Podolyak, an adviser to the Presidential Office, told Current Time on Sept. 17.

6:18 PM

Business

Why Russia still rakes in cash transporting gas through Ukraine: 4 key charts

4:51 PM

War

‘A wave of lawlessness’ – returning from war in Ukraine, Russian convicts commit crimes at home

4:43 PM

Russian attack injures 4 first responders in Kharkiv, as Ukraine marks Rescuer's Day.

Russian forces attacked the city of Kharkiv with guided aerial bombs on Sept. 17, injuring at least seven people, local authorities reported.

4:39 PM

War analysis

'Too dangerous to ignore' – Russia's malicious activity in the Baltics set to test NATO resolve

3:59 PM

'Brazil cannot take part in Russia-Ukraine war,' Lula says after Zelensky's criticism.

Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said "those who want to talk to us now could have done so before the war started."

3:36 PM

Ukraine's parliament backs major tax hike in first reading.

Ukraine's parliament approved on Sept. 17 a bill that proposes a tax increase of Hr 58 billion ($1.4 billion) in 2024 and Hr 137 billion ($3.3 billion) in 2025.

2:35 PM

Von der Leyen names new European Commission with pro-Ukraine figures leading diplomacy, defense.

For the first time in history, the European Commission will include the position of defense commissioner. Former Lithuanian Prime Minister and Member of the European Parliament Andrius Kubilius will take up the new post overseeing the EU's defense policy.

2:03 PM

Russia striking Sumy Oblast due to Kyiv's successes in Kursk incursion, Ukraine's military says.

Vadym Mysnyk, a spokesperson for the Ukrainian military's Operational Tactical Group Siversk, said that the attacks would have continued even if Ukraine had not advanced in the Kursk sector of the front line.

2:03 PM

War analysis

‘It’s personal’ — Why Germany still refuses to send Taurus missiles to Ukraine

11:39 AM  (Updated:  September 17, 2024 1:48 pm)

Russia reportedly executes POW with sword, Kyiv appeals to UN, Red Cross.

On the morning of Sept. 17, a photo of an allegedly executed Ukrainian soldier with a sword in his chest and the inscription "For Kursk" appeared on social media. Remnants of gray tape are visible on the soldier's hand.

1:06 PM

Around 1 million killed, wounded in Russia's full-scale war in Ukraine, WSJ reports.

Roughly 1 million Ukrainians and Russians have been killed or wounded during Moscow's all-out war against Ukraine, the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported on Sept. 17, citing undisclosed sources and Western intelligence estimates.