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[Regnum] Kiev cutlet has been "de-Ukrainized" in the State Duma cafeteria. Journalist Alexander Yunashev reported this on September 29.
"One of the new autumn dishes is a cutlet with butter, which was previously just a Kiev cutlet," Yunashev said on his channel on the MAX platform.
Judging by the photo attached to the post, one cutlet will cost the buyer 270 rubles.
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[Regnum] A bear killed a man who was picking cranberries in the Kamchatka tundra. A representative of the region's State Hunting Inspectorate reported this on September 29.
He noted that a group of people dropped off the deceased 10 km south of the village of Ustyevoye and left him there alone to pick berries.
"At 4 p.m., he called and said he'd collected a bucket of cranberries. A bear approached him and started eating the berries, and then the man stopped responding," a source told RIA Novosti.
He added that when the group returned to the site, they saw the bear, but the man was gone. As it later turned out, the predator had buried the body of its victim.
The aggressive animal was shot, and the body of the deceased was taken and delivered to Sobolevskaya Hospital.
Bear attacks on people have recently become more frequent in Russian regions. On September 25, in the village of Markovo in Chukotka, a bear attacked a man returning from fishing. It happened near the village bathhouse. The bear attacked him from behind and stole his catch. The victim survived but had to be hospitalized.
A couple was driving along a highway in the Irkutsk region. Suddenly, near the turnoff to the Teplye Ozera Ecopark, they spotted a young bear swinging from a tree and climbing from branch to branch.
"Maybe there's a lot of deforestation going on somewhere, or there was a flood somewhere, and they had to leave," suggested the video's author, Daria T.
Earlier, in Krasnoyarsk, Russia's longest 1,200-meter staircase was closed due to the threat of bears. A sign was installed at the site warning of increased predator activity.
On September 24, a bear was reported near people in the Zabaikalsky Krai. The animal was spotted in the village of Tyrgetui. It was located near a school. A group of hunters was dispatched to the scene.
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[Korrespondent] 18.43 An agent of the Russian military intelligence (better known as the GRU), who was exposed in March 2025, was sentenced to 15 years in prison with confiscation of property. The press service of the SBU reports this.
The attacker was detained in Vinnytsia while she was preparing to blow up an AFU vehicle and a police administrative building using homemade bombs.
As it turned out, the preparation of the terrorist attacks was carried out by an unemployed resident of the Kyiv region, recruited by the Russians.
18.17 The Ministry of Defense of Belarus on Tuesday announced the holding of annual mobilization readiness exercises, which will last from September 29 to October 2. The events are being held under the leadership of the heads of regional executive committees.
The stated goal of the exercises is to improve coordination between local government representatives and organizational personnel during the formation of territorial defense forces and people's militia units.
18.06 Belgium will transfer three F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine by the end of 2026 under an accelerated procedure. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced this on Telegram.
Ukraine has also already received urgent supplies of ammunition for the F-16 from Belgium and other countries, including Spain.
17:45 Russian invaders struck an educational institution in Sumy with four guided aerial bombs (GABs), President Volodymyr Zelenskyy reported on Telegram.
"Four KABs hit the city center, right on the school building, where classes were in progress. I thank the teachers and school administration: children and teachers were in shelter, a total of 100 people were evacuated in time. There was also damage in the private sector. As of now, unfortunately, two people have died. My condolences to their families and loved ones. Six people were injured, including three children," the head of state wrote.
According to Zelensky, Russian terrorists are "just complete freaks."
17.23 Unexploded warheads from two Russian ballistic missiles have been neutralized in Kyiv after a night attack. Both fell directly near residential buildings, the National Police reported.
16.35 A Tu-95 turboprop strategic missile bomber crashed in the Far East, the Russian Defense Ministry reported. Six crew members were killed and another was injured.
15.49 Civilian special equipment was damaged as a result of a Russian attack in the Rivne region. This was reported by the head of the OVA, Oleksandr Koval, on Tuesday.
"It's alarming today in the Rivne region. Air raid sirens have been heard in the region several times during the day. As a result of an enemy strike, civilian special equipment was damaged. There was a fire," the head of the OVA noted.
The relevant services are currently working on the scene.
15.39 Ukrainian pilots are effectively using F-16 fighters even with limited ammunition. This was reported by the command of the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
The prospect of the Air Force's transition to the latest aircraft modification - the F-16 Block 70/72 - is currently being discussed.
14.48 Evidence has been collected against two more perpetrators involved in the illegal export of Ukrainian children to the Russian Federation. The SBU reported this.
It is indicated that this is about the head of the Donetsk occupation administration, Oleksiy Kulemzin, and his subordinate, the head of the "family and children's department", Olena Verbovska.
14.21 Soldiers of one of the separate mechanized brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine carried out the first logistics mission on an amphibious ground robotic complex of Ukrainian design. The amphibious NRK covered more than 40 km on land and water.
The department noted that water obstacles at the front are a real problem for military logistics. Rivers, canals and wetlands can complicate or completely block the route for a conventional NRC. Air logistics may also not always be the optimal solution.
13.47 The Security Service of Ukraine reported in absentia about suspicion to the rector of the Tikhvin-Onufrievsky Church of the Voronezh Diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church, who is suspected of financing Russian military units.
As it turned out, in the period from 2007 to 2017, the defendant permanently resided in the Mykolaiv region and was a full-time cleric in the Mykolaiv and Voznesensk dioceses of the UOC. However, in 2017, he left for the Russian Federation and settled in Voronezh.
After the start of a full-scale invasion, the clergy systematically collects and transfers material resources to units of the Russian Armed Forces.
The ROC cleric handed over military equipment, vehicles, UAVs, as well as other special equipment and supplies worth hundreds of millions of Russian rubles to the occupiers.
12.50 Norway will allocate 25 million Norwegian kroner (€2.3 million) through UNICEF and the International Committee of the Red Cross to search for deported Ukrainian children, missing persons, and assistance to prisoners of war and civilians.
12.28 The aggressor country Russia will sharply increase defense spending in 2027 - to 17.1 trillion rubles, or about $202.6 billion. This is about 27% more than the amount originally budgeted, Reuters reported yesterday, citing Russian government documents.
11.56 Ukraine has received the NASAMS anti-aircraft system and missiles for it. President Volodymyr Zelensky announced this on Telegram, reacting to new attacks by Russian aggressors on Tuesday night.
11.31 Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Mykhailo Drapatiy launched a personnel review procedure for officers serving in the General Staff. This was reported by Ukrainska Pravda, citing one of the officers of the General Staff.
11.04 On September 28-29, units of the Defense Forces struck a number of important facilities of the Russian aggressors in the temporarily occupied territories (TOT) of Ukraine. The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine provided details.
10.45 The number of servicemen of the Russian Armed Forces has been increased by 15,500 people. This became known from the decree of the head of the Kremlin Vladimir Putin, published on the eve on the official portal of legal acts of the Russian Federation. According to the document, the regular number of the Russian Armed Forces now reaches 2,441,630 units, including 1,550,500 servicemen.
This is the fourth increase in the number of Russian troops in a year and the seventh since the start of the war against Ukraine.
10.21 On Tuesday morning, power outages were recorded in five regions of Ukraine due to Russian attacks on civilian energy infrastructure. This was reported by Ukrenergo. Energy workers are doing everything possible to restore power to all consumers as soon as possible, the company assured.
09.50 Russian troops attacked Vinnytsia region, a hit on a railway infrastructure facility was recorded. Due to the damage, more than 15 thousand consumers were left without electricity. This was reported by the head of Vinnytsia OVA Natalya Zabolotna.
08.32 As reported by the head of the Odessa MVA Serhiy Lysak, Russian troops attacked the city's infrastructure at night and in the morning. As a result of the attack, a fire broke out, which was quickly extinguished. Six people were injured, two of them remain in the hospital. A high-rise building and an educational institution in Odessa were also damaged.
08.18 Russian President Vladimir Putin, according to the Institute for the Study of War, has changed the "theory of victory" in the war against Ukraine and is counting on large-scale long-range missile and drone strikes in the winter of 2026 - 2027. This is stated in the ISW report.
Analysts say the Kremlin's new concept largely depends on Russia's ability to launch cheap Geran- type jet drones in large numbers and with a high rate of penetration through Ukrainian air defenses. According to ISW, Russia can count on such a campaign to force Ukraine to capitulate by the spring of 2027.
07.52 In Kyiv, on the morning of September 29, the Kyiv City Express train was temporarily suspended, and a number of trolleybus and bus routes are running with delays. The reason was an air threat, damage to the contact network, and street closures.
07.37 In the Buchansky district of the Kyiv region, a private residential building and the roof of a neighboring one caught fire as a result of a drone strike. The injured were hospitalized. Rescuers extinguished the fire on an area of over 300 sq. m.
6.19 Hungary and Canada discussed the importance of ensuring international assistance in the return home of Ukrainian children illegally taken to Russia. This was discussed during a conversation between the Foreign Ministers of Canada and Hungary, Anita Anand and Anita Orbán, Ukrinform reports.
4.58 Ukraine asks the European Union to finance interceptors for Shahed jets and transfer some of the Patriot missiles from its own reserves. Defense Minister Yevheniy Khmara made the corresponding appeals on September 28 at a meeting of the EU Council on Foreign Affairs in the format of defense ministers. The Ministry of Defense of Ukraine reports this on its website.
2.57 Canada will allocate an additional 863 thousand Canadian dollars (about 640 thousand US dollars) to Ukrainians who were in Russian captivity and occupation. This was stated by the head of the Canadian Foreign Ministry, Anita Anand, reports Ukrinform.
2.33 Kyiv authorities listed the consequences of the ballistic strike by Russian war criminals on the night of September 29. This is stated in the reports of the Kyiv City State Administration (KCSA) and Kyiv Mayor Vitaliy Klitschko.
1.56 "Arrival" at a dog shelter occurred near Odessa during an air alert due to Russian jet drones. This was reported by the local Dumsk publication on Telegram on the night before Tuesday, September 29.
1.29 Russian war criminals attacked Kyiv with ballistic missiles on the night of September 29. A series of explosions were heard in the city. This was reported by the Vlaskor Korespondent.net.
0.58 The American space and defense company Redwire has delivered more than 300 Penguin reconnaissance drones to Ukraine. The new version climbs much higher than the 2022 devices, making them more resistant to the invaders' strike drones. This is reported by Defense Blog.
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[NewsFront] 20:44 During the day, from 8:00 to 20:00 Moscow time, air defense forces on duty destroyed 21 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles of the aircraft type over the territories of the Belgorod and Kursk regions and over the Black Sea. 20:22 The crew of the T-80BVM tank of the Center group destroyed Ukrainian Armed Forces drone control point in the Dobropillya direction.
19:50 Special forces of the 6th Guards Army are hunting for enemy transport in Velykyi Burluk, where large forces of the Ukrainian Armed Forces are concentrated in the direction,video.
18:43 Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue to strike at sea vessels deployed in the interests of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
This afternoon, a dry cargo ship carrying military equipment for the Ukrainian Armed Forces was hit by a drone strike in the northwestern Black Sea.
18:24 In the Korenevsky district of the Kursk regionsuffered40-year-old woman
The day before, an enemy drone attacked the village of Pushkarnoye. A local resident started running and tripped. Today, she went to the Rylsk Central District Hospital. Doctors diagnosed a closed, displaced fracture of the left hand.
17:40 In the area of the village of Sukhodol in the Sumy region, controlled FABs covered a patrol station for soldiers from the 101st Troops Regiment. Following an old Nazi tradition, they set up their patrol station in the building of a local school.
17:20 In the Zaporizhzhia region, attack UAV operators burned Ukrainian Armed Forces strongholds and fortifications in forest belts, and artillerymen dismantled the enemy "birds" control points, destroying them along with the drone operators and hexacopters prepared for use.
16:53 Tornado-S MRL of the Zapad group cover ammunition depots of Ukrainian Armed Forces units in the Khar'kov direction were hit by fire.
16:20 Liptsovsky direction, Slobozhanske settlement. High-precision missiles "Izdeliye 305" better known as LMUR smashed to pieces PVD 13 armored NGU.
15:10 FPV calculations of the "North" group destroy Ukrainian Armed Forces transport in Sumy Oblast. Our drones strike the enemy at camouflaged sites and on the move.
14:30 Calculation of the Malysh interceptor drone of the Center group for the day destroyed more than ten enemy aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles in the Dobropillya direction.
13:38 The Investigative Committee of Russia will investigate crimes committed by Ukrainian armed forces against civilians in the Luhansk People's Republic, Kursk and Belgorod regions
According to local authorities, a drone struck a car on the Luhansk-Alchevsk highway in the LPR, killing a man and injuring another. Two people were injured in shelling by the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Troitsky Municipal District and the city of Lisichansk.
A woman was injured as a result of a Ukrainian drone strike in the village of Glushkovo in the Kursk region.
According to the Belgorod Region Operational Headquarters, a Ukrainian Armed Forces drone attacked a car in the village of Rzhevka in the Shebekinsky District, injuring two men.
13:01 Liptsovskoye direction. Army aviation of the "North" group spreads a hideout for Ukrainian Nazis from the 13th NGU Brigade. The enemy's airborne assault force was identified and destroyed in the village of Slobozhanske.
12:10 Summary of the he Ministry of Defense on the progress of the Special Military Operation as of September 29, 2026
Units of the North military group in the Khar'kov region continue to tighten the encirclement ring and expand the external control zone.
During active offensive operations, the village of Kreidyanka in the Khar'kov region was liberated.
Fighting is underway within the encirclement to liberate the villages of Nesternoye, Lukashovo, Grachevka, Rublenoye, and Reznikovo in the Khar'kov region. Complex fire strikes have been carried out on the concentration areas of two mechanized brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and a territorial defense brigade near the village of Khatnee in the Khar'kov region.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost more than 60 servicemen, two combat armored vehicles, and two cars in the encirclement ring during the day.
During the expansion of the external control zone, active fighting continues for the liberation of the village of Prikolotne in the Khar'kov region.
In addition, in the Khar'kov region, fire damage was inflicted on areas of manpower concentration and strongholds of two mechanized brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and a border detachment of the Ukrainian Border Service in the areas of the settlements of Ivashki and Konstantinovka in the Khar'kov region.
In the Sumy region, fire damage was inflicted on the manpower and equipment of three mechanized brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and a territorial defense brigade in the areas of the settlements of Khotyn, Kiyanitsa, Velyka Rybitsa and Malaya Rybitsa in the Sumy region.
In total, in the area of responsibility of the North group of forces, the enemy lost over 315 servicemen, four combat armored vehicles, 25 cars and an electronic warfare station.
Units of the "West" force grouping improved their position along the forward edge. They defeated the personnel and equipment of two mechanized brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, a territorial defense brigade, and a National Guard brigade near the settlements of Brusovka, Mayaki, Sidorov, and Raigorodok in the Donetsk People's Republic, and Maliyevka and Osinovo in the Khar'kov region.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost over 230 servicemen, six armored combat vehicles, 15 cars, and two artillery pieces.
Units of the Southern Group of Forces occupied more advantageous lines and positions. They defeated formations of two mechanized brigades, a motorized infantry brigade, an airmobile brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, and a naval infantry brigade near the settlements of Belenke, Druzhkovka, Nikolaevka, Kramatorsk, and Semenovka in the Donetsk People's Republic.
The enemy lost more than 205 servicemen, an armored combat vehicle, 19 vehicles and two field artillery pieces.
Units of the Center group of forces actively liberated the village of Veseloe Pole in the Donetsk People's Republic.
They inflicted losses on the manpower and equipment of two mechanized brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, a naval infantry brigade, and two National Guard brigades in the areas of the settlements of Novoyavlenka, Maryevka, Starovarvarovka, Gornyak, and Roganskoye in the Donetsk People's Republic.
In the village of Dobropillya in the Donetsk People's Republic, assault groups from the 51st Army advanced in the northeastern, central, and southern parts of the city over the course of 24 hours. Seventy-two buildings were liberated within 24 hours, and more than 25 Ukrainian Armed Forces service members were killed.
In total, in the area of responsibility of the Center group of forces, the losses of Ukrainian armed forces amounted to 460 servicemen, two combat armored vehicles, 13 cars and an Msta-B artillery gun.
Units of the "East" force group continued to advance deep into the enemy's defenses. They defeated the personnel and equipment of an airmobile unit, two airborne assault brigades, and an assault regiment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces near the settlements of Novosolene in the Zaporizhzhia region, and Vasylkivka, Fedorivske, Podgavrilovka, and Demurino in the Dnipropetrovsk region.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 180 servicemen, a tank, an armored combat vehicle, and seven vehicles.
Units of the Dnipro Forces Group improved their position along the forward edge. They defeated formations of the Ukrainian Armed Forces' mechanized brigade and the territorial defense brigade near the villages of Orekhov, Kirovo, Preobrazhenka, and Veselyanka in the Zaporizhzhia region.
Up to 20 Ukrainian servicemen, six vehicles and two electronic warfare stations were destroyed.
11:21 Over the past 24 hours in the Zaporizhzhia region recorded further instances of targeted enemy attacks on peaceful settlements and civilian objects.
High activity of enemy UAVs was recorded over the urban-type settlement of Mikhailovka in the Mikhailovsky Municipal District, the city of Vasilyevka in the Vasilyevsky Municipal District, the Tokmaksky and Kamensko-Dneprovsky Municipal Districts, and the city of Energodar.
In the village of Kokhanoye in the Tokmak municipal district, a woman born in 1975 was killed and a man born in 1987 was injured as a result of a drone attack.
In the village of Novopoltavka in the Chernihiv municipal district, a drone attack damaged two private homes, injuring a man born in 1966.
10:50 Russian military struck an Ukrainian Armed Forces drone assembly shop and ammunition depot on the right bank of the Dnieper River were attacked with FAB-500 bombs. A ZALA reconnaissance UAV crew from the 18th Army of the Dnieper Force Group detected the targets and transmitted their coordinates to command. Shortly afterward, Russian Aerospace Forces tactical aviation launched strikes with FAB-500 bombs from UMPK systems.
9:36 Tonight, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation inflicted a group strike with high-precision ground-based weapons and unmanned aerial vehicles on logistics centers, port and transport infrastructure facilities, and sea vessels deployed in the interests of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
The following were damaged as a result of the strike:
in Kiev :
- a locomotive depot where a warehouse for FP-5 Flamingo ground-based cruise missiles and their components was set up;
- the Bimobile data processing center, one of the main Internet traffic exchange points, ensuring the stability of information transfer, including intelligence, in the interests of the Ukrainian Armed Forces;
- the Parkovy data processing center, which provided data processing for government and commercial services, including in the interests of the Armed Forces of Ukraine;
in the Kiev region – the Belogorodka warehouse terminal, on the territory of which the production and storage of aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles was carried out;
in Odessa region :
- Usatovo electrical substation, which supplies electricity to the infrastructure facilities of Ukrainian ports;
- a workshop for the production of unmanned aerial vehicles of the aircraft type in the village of Velikodolinskoye;
- in the port of Izmail – port infrastructure facilities that ensure the unloading of military cargo;
- A dry cargo ship carrying military equipment for the Ukrainian Armed Forces was hit in the port of Odessa.
In addition, a dry cargo ship carrying military cargo to the port of Odessa was damaged during the sea crossing.
9:07 Ukrainian Armed Forces continue terrorism of civilian infrastructure in the left bank of the Kherson region Yesterday afternoon, the Ukrainian Armed Forces fired 18 shells from barrel artillery at populated areas of the Kherson region of the Russian Federation:
Throughout the night, the Ukrainian Armed Forces continued their artillery bombardment of the Kherson region, firing a total of 15 shells from cannon artillery. The following villages were shelled: Oleshky, Kakhovka, Korsunka, Nova Mayachka, and Proletarka.
8:40 Russian troops continue to hold positions in the village of Redkodub in the Kramatorsk district, video.
8:18 During the past night, in the period from 20:00 Moscow time on September 28 to 8:00 Moscow time on September 29, air defense duty forces intercepted and destroyed 129 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles of the aircraft type were over the territories of the Belgorod, Bryansk, Kursk, Oryol, Smolensk regions, the Republic of Crimea and over the waters of the Black Sea.
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[Regnum] Northern Fleet ships transited the Shokalsky Strait for the first time in the history of the Russian Navy. The Russian Ministry of Defense reported this on September 29, releasing video footage.
According to the department's MAX announcement, the new route lay between the islands of the Severnaya Zemlya archipelago. While navigating the strait, the military detachment encountered challenging ice conditions with icebergs. Consequently, the Severnaya Zemlya sailors quickly adjusted course and speed to ensure complete navigational safety.
To reconnoiter the route, the military launched a Ka-29 helicopter from the ice-class patrol ship Ivan Papanin. During the passage through the strait, the ships also issued a training alert, and the crews successfully assessed the new area for future naval operations, the department's press service clarified.
Blagoveshchensk, September 29, 2026, 6:22 PM — Regnum News Agency. The pilots of the Tu-95 bomber-missile carrier that crashed in the Amur Region did everything they could to divert the plane away from residential buildings. This was reported by the regional government on September 29.
"A Tu-95 military aircraft made an emergency landing during a training flight near Krasnoyarovo. The crew did everything possible to divert the aircraft away from residential buildings," the statement read.
Search and rescue operations are currently ongoing at the site of the missile carrier's crash. The circumstances and causes of the plane crash are being determined.
A Tu-95 crashed during a training exercise in the Mazanovsky District on September 29, the Russian Ministry of Defense reported. The military aircraft crashed in an uninhabited area. Six crew members were killed, and another was injured and hospitalized. The aircraft itself caught fire upon impact.
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