Danilov: Russia provokes Ukraine to fire in response.

"If the Americans hadn't backed away from the Anchorage agreements... we would have been living without war for a year now," Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said.

Alongside the attack near the Polish border, Russian forces launched 200 Shahed-type attack drones, including jet-powered versions, on Sept. 15, the Air Force said.

Ukraine's parliament dismissed Prosecutor General Ruslan Kravchenko on Sept. 15, a week after he resigned and a day after he announced that he had approved charges against the head of the country's anti-corruption bureau.

The incident has prompted Denmark to summon Russian Ambassador Vladimir Barbin, as Danish officials condemned what they described as an unacceptable act toward the country's military.

One man died in the hospital after being critically injured in a Russian attack on a gas station in Kyiv on Sept. 15, Mayor Vitali Klitschko said.

The figure includes 1,400 casualties that Russian forces suffered over the past day.

Ukrainian forces targeted the Syzran Oil Refinery in Russia's Samara Oblast and an Ozon warehouse in Taganrog overnight on Sept. 15, monitoring channels and authorities reported.

"With Russia intensifying its aggression against Ukraine, such readiness is vital for our region. Together with our NATO Allies, Lithuania will defend its airspace," Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda said.

The EU now has until Sept. 22 to renew its sanctions on 2,600 Russian entities and individuals. Attempts to reach an extension agreement have been stalled by calls to remove Russian billionaires from the list.

"VTB is now among the most comprehensively sanctioned financial institutions in the world," the U.S. Treasury said in a press release Sept. 14.

The couple described Russian oligarch Umar Kremlev as a "dear friend" who generously funded a three-day party for the Trumps in the Bahamas with no political motive whatsoever.

"NABU and SAPO view these actions as a continuation of the systematic attack on the independence of anti-corruption agencies," Ukraine's National Anti-Corruption Bureau said.

Ukraine could lose out on "a significant portion" of $29.5 billion in planned funds if parliament fails to advance the necessary legislation in time, Prime Minister Serhii Koretskyi warned.

The revelations came a day after Russia sent hundreds of the petrol-powered drones in a rare mass attack targeting regions in northwestern Ukraine on Sept. 12.