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Ukrainian Perspective: Invasion of Ukraine: September 22, 2026
2026-09-23
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[Korrespondent] 22.55 Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and US President Donald Trump discussed the possibility of launching the production of interceptor missiles for Patriot systems in Ukraine during a meeting in New York. Teams from the two countries continue to work on this issue. The parties also discussed strengthening Ukrainian air defense before winter. The head of state announced this on the evening of Tuesday, September 22.

21.42 President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky and US President Donald Trump began a meeting at the UN headquarters in New York on the evening of Tuesday, September 22.

"I hope we will end this war and President Trump will help us end it. I think we should do it as quickly as possible, preferably before winter," Zelensky said.

The Ukrainian president also thanked Trump for signing the law, which provides for the possibility of strengthening sanctions against Russia.

US President Trump said he expects a deal to end the war that Russia has started against Ukraine. At the same time, Trump did not answer the question of whether Ukraine can return all the territories seized by Russia.

20.48 Eight people were injured as a result of the Russian attack on Kyiv on the evening of September 22. Three of them were hospitalized, the others were provided with outpatient care or on the spot. The consequences of the enemy attack were recorded in the Obolonsky, Pechersky and Dniprovsky districts of the capital. This was reported by the mayor of the capital, Vitaliy Klitschko.

20.29 On September 22, Russian troops again attacked one of the enterprises with foreign investments in the Zhytomyr community. According to preliminary data, there were no deaths or injuries. This was reported by the head of the Zhytomyr OVA, Vitaliy Bunechko.

19.49 The Ukrainian Defense Forces have made some progress on the right bank of the Oskol River in the Kharkiv region as part of reducing the Russian bridgehead. Viktor Tregubov, a spokesman for the Joint Forces Group, confirmed information from the analytical resource DeepState that the Defense Forces have regained control over the territory near the village of Zapadne. At the same time, the spokesman did not specify which areas were in question.

18.56 EU ambassadors have decided to extend sanctions for violating Ukraine's territorial integrity for three years instead of six months, as was previously the case. This was stated by a spokesman for the Irish presidency of the EU Council after a meeting of the Committee of Permanent Representatives (Coreper) in Brussels, Interfax-Ukraine reports.

18.45 On the morning of September 22, Russian troops attacked Kramatorsk, Donetsk region, with four FAB-250 aerial bombs with UMPK modules. A 58-year-old man was killed and two more people were injured. According to the National Police of Ukraine, the hit was recorded in the old part of Kramatorsk. As a result of the strike, 54 private houses, infrastructure facilities and a car were damaged.

18.37 Russian troops struck Kyiv with jet UAVs in the evening. There were casualties as a result of the hits. Fires broke out in the city. The mayor of the capital, Vitali Klitschko, reported on the details of the attack.

18.31 The US government is working with the leaders of Ukraine and Russia to end the war. It could happen quickly, US President Donald Trump said during a speech at the 81st session of the UN General Assembly in New York on Tuesday.

18.14 Russian military drones struck Kharkiv. According to preliminary data, three people were injured. The details of the attack were reported by the head of the OVA, Oleg Synegubov.

17.41 Russian troops have resumed attempts to penetrate the north of Sumy region from Kursk region through the Urengoy - Pomary - Uzhgorod gas pipeline. Over the past week, they have tried to use the pipeline at least twice to transfer groups to the rear of Ukrainian positions. This is stated in a report by the Institute for the Study of War (ISW).

17.29 US President Donald Trump called on Russian leader Vladimir Putin to end the war against Ukraine, he said in comments to reporters upon arriving at the UN General Assembly in New York on Tuesday.

16.41 President Volodymyr Zelensky thanked Latvia for supporting the extension of sanctions against Russia. He wrote about this in Telegram on Tuesday. The pressure on Moscow should only increase. In particular, against those who contribute to Putin's war, the head of state noted.

16.27 Two members of the FSB sabotage and intelligence group were sentenced to life imprisonment with confiscation of property. Another agent was sentenced to 15 years with confiscation of property. This was reported by the SBU press service.

We are talking about the DRG, which the SBU neutralized in the Kyiv region in June 2024. Its participants operated in several regions of Ukraine under the leadership of an employee of the Russian special services.

16.23 US President Donald Trump will discuss the possibility of a truce regarding energy infrastructure in the war with Russia during a meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in New York. US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said this on Fox News.

16.08 The number of people considered missing in connection with Russia's war against Ukraine has reached 275 thousand. As stated by the president of the organization, Mirjana Spolyaric-Egger, the ICRC records about 10 thousand new cases of disappearance every month. The ICRC does not disclose separately the number of missing persons from the Ukrainian and Russian sides, since such information is confidential.

15.57 The UN lacks the "leverage" to promote peace in Russia's war against Ukraine and the conflict in the Middle East due to geopolitical differences, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said in an interview with the Associated Press.

The UN Secretary-General has no army, no intelligence service, and no significant financial resources. At the same time, he has two tools: the ability to speak out on global issues and to convene the countries of the world.

15.43 In Chornomorsk, Odessa region, a Russian attack damaged a World Health Organization (WHO) facility. There were no personnel at the facility at the time of the attack, so no people were injured. According to the WHO in Ukraine, a temperature-controlled room where medical supplies were stored was damaged. Experts are currently assessing the damage.

15.25 The aggressor country Russia is allegedly interested in achieving a "lasting peace" with Ukraine, not in a temporary ceasefire that "will not achieve anything." Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said this in a comment to Russian propagandists.

14.27 Units of the Defense Forces of Ukraine have neutralized more than 350 thousand Russian drones of aircraft and copter type since the beginning of 2026. In particular, about 220,000 "wings" and 100,000 copters. In addition, unmanned systems units, mobile fire groups and army aviation have shot down 31,000 "Shahed" drones.

Verification of Russian drone strikes is performed in the DELTA system. This allows us to track the specifics of each strike and scale up effective solutions more quickly.

13.58 Former mayor of the Russian city of Belgorod and former vice-governor of the Belgorod region, Konstantin Polezhaev, died in the war against Ukraine.

The local newspaper Fonar reported the death of the former official, citing his relatives. The former mayor of Belgorod served in the 1st assault battalion of the 272nd motorized rifle regiment of the Russian Federation. Polezhayev was 53 years old.

From 2015 to 2019, Polezhaev was the mayor of Belgorod, and then deputy governor of the region, responsible, among other things, for the restoration of Shebekino and Novaya Tavolzhanka. In 2023, he was dismissed, and soon detained in a case of bribery with cars worth a total of 17 million rubles.

In 2024, Polezhaev was sentenced to five years in a penal colony. After that, he signed a contract with the Russian Ministry of Defense and, as it was claimed, went to war against Ukraine.

Local media wrote that the former official was formally listed in the reserve of the BARS volunteer unit, but in fact did not take part in hostilities. And some Russian media outlets that wrote about Polezhaev's death reported that it happened "as a result of a drone strike in the Belgorod region." At the same time, Fonar claims that it has evidence that the former mayor died not in the Belgorod region.

13.44 Russia made international payments worth $6.9 billion through the SWIFT system despite Western sanctions. A network of shell companies, forged documents and accounts in international banks were used for this, the Financial Times has found.

Journalists analyzed hundreds of thousands of files obtained from A7, a crypto company created by Moldovan oligarch Ilan Shor and a bank of the Russian military-industrial complex. According to the FT, the scheme was used, among other things, to make payments for goods for the Russian military and intelligence services.

13.42 Counterintelligence officers prevented a high-profile murder ordered by the Russian FSB: an agent was detained in Kyiv who was tasked with eliminating a Russian opposition figure who currently heads one of the all-Ukrainian public organizations. The SBU reported this.

12.53 National Police investigators reported suspicions to two employees of a correctional colony in the Tula region of Russia who used electric shockers and rubber batons on Ukrainian civilians.

Employees of Correctional Colony No. 1 in the Tula region of Russia systematically abused four Ukrainian civilian prisoners aged 23 to 37. Over the course of three years, they were beaten with rubber batons, electrocuted, humiliated, and subjected to psychological pressure.

Both defendants were notified in absentia of suspicion of committing war crimes. They face up to 12 years in prison. Law enforcement officers are establishing other episodes of the defendants' illegal activities against Ukrainians illegally detained by the Russian Federation.

12.48 On the night of September 22, the Russians attacked an oil and gas complex in the Poltava region with ballistic missiles. Naftogaz reported this. The missile strike caused critical damage, which effectively makes the restoration and operation of the facility impossible.

12.23 On September 21, units of the Defense Forces of Ukraine struck a place of storage, preparation, and launch of attack UAVs near the settlement of Tsymbulova, Oryol region of the Russian Federation. This was reported by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

11:59 Russian troops shelled the city center and center of Kherson this morning. Three women were injured in the attacks.

11.42 Since July, the Unmanned Systems Forces (USF) of the Armed Forces of Ukraine have disabled 300 ships of the so-called "shadow fleet" of the Russian Federation. This was reported by the commander of the USF, Robert "Magyar" Brovdi, on Facebook.

11.18 Counterintelligence of the Security Service detained two Russian accomplices in Lviv who illegally registered 14 Starlink satellite terminals for Russian armed groups. The Russians used the Internet communication stations to plan combat operations against the Defense Forces in the Donetsk, Kherson and Zaporizhia regions.

The enemy's task was carried out by a Lviv student recruited by Russian special services. He came to their attention when he was looking for "easy" earnings in Telegram channels. The defendant involved his unemployed acquaintance from Lviv in the illegal activity, with whom he was looking for people to register for Starlink.

To carry out the plan, the attackers fraudulently recruited 14 people and used their passport data to verify terminals in favor of the Russians. After activating the internet devices, they sent the relevant details to the Russian curator in exchange for money.

11.15 Units of the Defense Forces of Ukraine struck two important facilities of the Russian oil refining industry on September 21-22. This was reported by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

10.43 French President Emmanuel Macron announced a new strengthening of Ukraine's air defense. He wrote about this on the social network X. The French side will ensure the supply of radars and also provide Ukraine with interceptor missiles.

10.19 On Tuesday morning, power outages were recorded in seven regions due to Russian attacks on civilian energy infrastructure and bad weather. Ukrenergo reported this. Where the security situation currently allows, emergency restoration work is already underway.

9.23 As a result of attacks by Russian strike drones in the Kyiv region over the past 24 hours, 34 objects have been damaged, the consequences were recorded in Buchanan, Obukhiv, Brovar and Bila Tserkva districts.

The most damage was recorded in the Buchansky district - 17 objects, including 12 private houses, three vehicles, a warehouse and an enterprise.

In Obukhiv district, eight objects were damaged: six private houses and two vehicles.

In Brovary district, eight objects were damaged: four private houses, three vehicles and a production and storage facility. In Bila Tserkva district, one private house was damaged.

8.54 The death toll from a nighttime Russian attack in Dnipro has risen to four.

8.23 On the night of September 22, air defense forces neutralized one Kalibr cruise missile, eight Banderoles, and 177 drones used by Russian troops to attack Ukraine.

The Russians attacked Ukraine:

Onyx anti-ship missiles;
Iskander ballistic missiles - M/S-400/KN-23;
4 Kalibr sea-based cruise missiles;
8 Parcel/Tribute-T;
212 Shahed-type strike UAVs (including jet-powered ones) and Parody-type simulator drones.

The main areas of attack were Dnipropetrovsk, Kirovohrad and Poltava regions.

Air defenses shot down/suppressed 186 targets:
Caliber cruise missile;
8 Parcel/Tribute-T;
177 Shahed, Gerber and other types of drones.

Missile and strike UAV hits were recorded at 22 locations, as well as downed aircraft (debris) falling at four locations. The Russian attack continues, drones are in the airspace.

7.57 Russian troops attacked the Kyiv region. In the Brovary district, the Russian attack caused fires in a warehouse building and on the roof of an outbuilding. Four private residential buildings, an outbuilding, and three cars were damaged. There were no fatalities or injuries.

7.40 Two people were killed and six were injured as a result of a nighttime Russian strike on the Dnieper River, and people may remain trapped under the rubble of a destroyed enterprise.

Warehouses and a company were damaged in the city. The search and rescue operation is ongoing.

Russian troops attacked four districts of the Dnipropetrovsk region with missiles, drones, and artillery. Companies were also damaged in Kryvyi Rih and Pavlohrad. In the Nikopol region, the Marhanetska and Pokrovska communities suffered.

7.17 From February 24, 2022 to September 22, 2026, the total combat losses of Russian troops on the territory of Ukraine amounted to approximately 1,520,880 people (+1,230 per day).

6.25 Drones attacked the Kuibyshev Oil Refinery in the Samara Region of Russia, causing a large-scale fire at the enterprise on the night of September 22. This was reported by the monitoring Telegram channels Exilenova+ and Supernova+, which also published photos and videos from the scene of the incident.

5.28 The night attack by Russian aggressors on Kyiv led to the partial destruction of a five-story building in the Dnipro district. A total of four people were injured, three of them were hospitalized. This was reported by the State Emergency Service of Ukraine on Telegram.

4.46 French President Emmanuel Macron said during a conversation with reporters that on September 21 he discussed with US President Donald Trump initiatives aimed at ensuring a moratorium between Ukraine and Russia on attacks related to the energy sector. This was reported by the Reuters news agency.

3.51 Three people were injured as a result of a Russian ballistic missile attack on the Dnieper River on the night of September 22. This was reported by the head of the Dnipropetrovsk OVA, Oleksandr Ganzha, on Telegram.

2.59 Russian war criminals once again targeted Ukraine with ballistic missiles on the night of September 22. Several cities were hit. The Ukrainian Armed Forces Air Force reported this on Telegram.

1.22 Poland and Latvia, amid a massive drone attack on Ukraine, sent combat aircraft into the sky late on Monday evening, September 21, due to the threat of an air attack. This is evidenced by posts in the 10th State Security Center of Poland and the Latvian army.

0.51 The EU Permanent Representatives Committee (Coreper) failed to reach a decision late on Monday evening, September 21, on whether to extend the so-called "sanctions against Putin." It scheduled the next meeting for the morning of September 22, reports European Truth, citing several European diplomats.

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