Russian-Ukrainian war

Trump, Zelenskyy meet at U.N. with war and energy ceasefire in focus

The high-level week of the 81st session of the U.N. General Assembly begins in New York on Sept. 22 and runs through Sept. 28. It is when the largest number of world leaders gather at U.N. headquarters to deliver major policy speeches and hold numerous high-profile meetings on the sidelines. One of the key events for Ukraine is expected to be a meeting between Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Donald Trump this evening.

22 September, 12:24 PM

Atesh: New Russian lawmakers seek troop withdrawal from Lyman sector

Newly elected Russian State Duma deputies whose relatives were killed in the war against Ukraine are preparing a private appeal to Defense Minister Andrey Belousov calling for troops to be withdrawn from the Lyman sector, the Atesh partisan movement reported on Sept. 22.

22 September, 11:06 AM

Russia plans to recruit at least 27 Yemenis for war against Ukraine

Ukraine’s Foreign Intelligence Service has identified at least 27 Yemeni citizens whom Russia plans to recruit for its war against Ukraine. Russian military structures are involved in processing their paperwork, indicating an established administrative recruitment mechanism, the intelligence service said in a report.

19 September, 03:39 PM

U.N. documents more than 1,000 sexual violence cases during Russia’s full-scale war

About 1,004 cases of sexual violence against civilians and prisoners of war have been documented since the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, with sexual violence used as part of a shocking pattern of torture, intimidation and coercion, the U.N. Human Rights Office said in a report published on Sept. 18.

18 September, 03:44 PM

Russia stages sham State Duma vote in occupied Ukraine amid coercion

Russia plans to hold another round of so-called State Duma elections on Sept. 18–20, 2026. The criminal Kremlin regime wants to draw occupied Ukrainian territories into the process.

18 September, 12:21 PM

Kremlin officials fear new mobilization, seek ways to move relatives and assets

Fears are growing among Russians that Russian dictator Vladimir Putin could announce a new large-scale mobilization for the war against Ukraine after elections to Russia’s State Duma, with concerns also spreading among members of the Russian elite, Bloomberg reported on Sept. 18.

18 September, 12:04 PM

Russia moves armor to Dobropillia, prepares mechanized attacks this fall

Russian occupation forces are moving armored vehicles to the Dobropillia sector and preparing for mechanized attacks this fall, the Institute for the Study of War said in a new report.

18 September, 11:48 AM

Russian strike on Zhytomyr Oblast kills two, injures two

Russian occupation forces attacked Zhytomyr Oblast, killing two people and injuring two others, the Interior Ministry press service reported on Sept. 18.

18 September, 11:27 AM

Biletskyi: Ukraine defeats Russian pincer, disrupts Donbas encirclement plan

The Operation Vivaldi counteroffensive in northern Donetsk Oblast is continuing, and Ukraine can “expect good news,” while Ukrainian forces have already defeated one of Russia’s pincers in the area and disrupted Moscow’s plan to encircle the Donbas fortress cities, Third Army Corps Commander Andrii Biletskyi said on the national telethon, discussing the operation’s objectives, progress and prospects.

17 September, 01:36 PM

Poland plans to send Ukraine several Patriot missiles in €50 million aid package

Poland plans to send Ukraine several interceptor missiles for Patriot air defense systems as part of a new military aid package worth 50 million euros, Rzeczpospolita reported, citing government and military sources.

17 September, 12:41 PM

Poland plans electronic security system along 112 km of Ukraine border

Poland plans to equip more than 100 kilometers of its border with Ukraine with a new electronic security system featuring monitoring equipment and motion sensors to supplement existing physical barriers.

17 September, 10:51 AM

Russian general who briefed Putin on Kostiantynivka ‘capture’ is killed

Maj. Gen. Anton Grunis, commander of the Russian army’s 4th Separate Motor Rifle Brigade, was killed in Russia’s war against Ukraine shortly after he briefed Russian dictator Vladimir Putin about the purported “capture” of Kostiantynivka, Russian propaganda outlet Anna News reported.

16 September, 10:21 AM

Zelenskyy rejects Kushner’s ‘win-win’ approach after war’s human toll

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said a “win-win” outcome is no longer possible in Russia’s war against Ukraine, rejecting an approach Jared Kushner had outlined in Kyiv for ending the war.

16 September, 10:09 AM

Zaluzhnyi: Soviet warfare methods have driven Ukraine’s mobilization into a dead end

Mobilization in Ukraine has reached a “dead end” because Ukraine has continued relying on outdated Soviet methods of warfare in a “war of machines,” Valerii Zaluzhnyi wrote in a column published by Ukrainska Pravda on Sept. 15.

15 September, 04:50 PM

Ukraine puts Russia’s 2026 troop losses above 300,000

Since the start of 2026, the Russian military has lost 301,030 troops killed and wounded, Ukraine’s General Staff reported.

15 September, 01:00 PM

Global diesel shock pushes U.S. prices past $6, raises costs for Ukraine

The average price of diesel in the United States has topped $6 a gallon for the first time in history. The surge is a direct result of repeated strikes on Russian oil refineries and the war in the Middle East — and its effects will quickly reach Ukrainians’ wallets.

13 September, 03:29 AM

Budanov sees ceasefire along current front line as most realistic path

Ukraine’s presidential chief of staff Kyrylo Budanov said the most realistic scenario for ending hostilities would be an agreement to stop fighting along the actual front line in place when a deal is reached.

12 September, 10:24 PM

Ukraine to intensify strikes if Russia does not end war — Budanov

Ukraine’s presidential chief of staff Kyrylo Budanov said Ukraine’s Defense Forces will intensify strikes on Russian territory if Moscow does not end the war, he told Latvian broadcaster LTV in an interview published on Sept. 11.

11 September, 02:41 PM

Pope Leo XIV receives Ukrainian ‘Eyes of War’ album and symbolic embroidered shirt

Pope Leo XIV met with Ukrainian youth in Rome on Sept. 10. Roman Demush, a priest from Ternopil, presented the pontiff with an embroidered Ukrainian shirt and Eyes of War, a photo album by Kostiantyn and Vlada Liberov.

11 September, 12:34 PM

Russia’s oil output falls further below OPEC+ quota after Ukrainian strikes

Russia’s oil production fell in August, leaving the country increasingly far below its allotted OPEC+ quota after Ukraine stepped up attacks on the aggressor’s oil assets.

11 September, 12:14 PM

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