[Korrespondent] 18.43 Emergency power outages have been introduced in Kyiv and three regions. Ukrenergo reported this. Power engineers are doing everything possible to eliminate the damage as soon as possible and return the equipment to operation.
18.05 Emergency power outages were introduced in Kyiv. This was reported by the Kyiv City Military Administration (KMVA) with reference to the power grid operator.
A video of a targeted "shaheed" strike on power lines in Kyiv was published on social media.
17:43 Russian invaders launched six guided aerial bombs (CABs) on Sumy and the territory of the starostat in Sumy region. Six people were injured, the head of the Sumy MVA Serhiy Kryvosheyenko reported on Telegram.
Urban infrastructure facilities, private homes, and a civilian industrial enterprise were affected. There are power outages.
On July 17, Ukraine initiated an urgent consideration of the humanitarian situation in the temporarily occupied Oleshki, Kherson region, at a meeting of the OSCE Permanent Council. This was stated by Foreign Minister Andriy Sybiga.
The issue "On the catastrophic humanitarian situation in the Ukrainian city of Oleshky, temporarily occupied by the Russian Federation" will be considered on October 1.
The Ukrainian delegation will inform the participating states about the humanitarian catastrophe artificially created by the Russian occupation authorities, which are holding civilians, including children, hostage.
16.59 President Volodymyr Zelenskyy discussed with Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre Ukraine's needs in air defense and the provision of F-16 fighter jets. The head of the Ukrainian state reported this on Telegram.
16.43 Two Russian agents, whom the SBU exposed in August 2024 in Kramatorsk, were sentenced to life in prison with confiscation of property. The convicts were collecting information about military facilities and energy infrastructure to adjust Russian strikes. The SBU press service reported this.
As it turned out, traitors disguised as a married couple traveled around Donetsk, Kyiv, Chernihiv, Poltava, and Cherkasy regions to track the locations of the Defense Forces and energy facilities, on which the Russian Federation was preparing several series of massive attacks.
16.07 Russian troops struck the Dnieper River during the day. A man was killed as a result of the enemy attack. This was reported by the head of the regional military administration, Oleksandr Ganzha.
The victim of the attack was an employee of one of the city's enterprises.
"One person died due to an enemy attack on the Dnipro. This is a 33-year-old man who worked as a security guard at one of the enterprises," Ganzha noted.
15.49 President Volodymyr Zelenskyy arrived in the Lymansky direction and met with soldiers of the 66th separate mechanized brigade named after Prince Mstislav Khorobry. The head of state reported this on Telegram.
On March 15, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy held a conversation with President of Finland Alexander Stubb. The Ukrainian head of state reported this on Telegram.
"We discussed with Alex what could most significantly support our defense, strengthen our F-16s and air defense in general. Thank you for your willingness to help!", he wrote.
14.59 Belarus continues to assist Russia in carrying out drone attacks on Ukraine through repeaters and other technical means that amplify the signal for UAVs. This was stated by Andriy Demchenko, spokesman for the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine, during a briefing at Ukrinform.
14.48 The International Registry of Losses for Ukraine has opened the last three categories of the 43 categories of claims from the state of Ukraine – Other property losses, Environmental damage, and Theft and/or misappropriation of natural resources. This was reported by the Office of the President.
In total, there are 21 categories of applications for individuals, 11 categories for legal entities, and 11 categories for the state of Ukraine.
14:45 Russian forces launched a strike with a combat drone on a shopping mall in the Kyivsky district of Kharkiv. One person was previously injured.
14.21 A former mercenary of the Wagner PMC, who fought in Mali, spoke about the abuse of prisoners and local residents by Russian fighters. His interview was published by the Hochu Zhit GUR project. According to the mercenary, Russian instructors used prisoners as "living dummies" during tactical medicine training. He claims that one of the local men was blown up in the leg with a TNT bomb, after which they practiced applying a tourniquet on him. Later, this man was shot in the arm to retrain him in skills to stop bleeding. After that, the wounded man was left to die, the former "Wagner" soldier testified.
13.45 Trypilska TPP in Kyiv region was damaged as a result of the Russian attack. The generating equipment of the station was damaged. The priority task now is to assess the condition of the equipment and determine the scope of necessary work, reported Centerenergo.
13.41 Law enforcement officers have exposed another henchman of the Russian Federation - a former guard of the "regional department of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs" - who worked for the enemy during the temporary occupation of Kherson. The SBU press service reported this.
It was established that the defendant took a direct part in the repressions carried out by the Rashists in the regional center that was captured at that time.
While serving as the so-called "assistant on duty" of the occupation institution, the perpetrator kept records of kidnapped resistance members.
Until 2022, the detainee worked as a handyman at a local metal processing company.
13.20 Russia is preparing to stage dozens of propaganda videos in the temporarily occupied Oleshki in the Kherson region. According to Ukrainian intelligence, local residents may be forced to talk on camera about the supposedly prosperous life in the city. This was reported by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Andriy Sybiga.
13.13 Ukraine has lost "more than half" of its F-16 fighter jets, which are currently the most effective means of combating Russian jet drones. The Wall Street Journal reported this the day before.
And at the current pace of operation and maintenance, Ukraine risks being left without all its F-16 fighters by the end of the year, sources say.
12.18 On September 29-30, units of the Defense Forces struck a number of important facilities of the Russian invaders in the temporarily occupied territories (TOT) of Ukraine. The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported details.
On September 12, the State Bureau of Investigation completed a special pre-trial investigation into Viktor Zubrytsky, the former creative producer of the 112 Ukraine TV channel, who is accused of high treason and working in an illegal government body in the temporarily occupied part of the Zaporizhia region. The indictment was sent to the court.
11.48 The main target of new Russian attacks on Kyiv and Kyiv region was energy infrastructure. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy reported this on Telegram.
Five people have died in racist attacks so far. A child is among the victims. Another 14 people have been injured.
11.42 On the morning of September 30, a drone flew at a low altitude over Bender in Moldova, after which it crashed and exploded near the village of Khyrbovets in the Anenii Noi district. According to preliminary data, there were no injuries. According to the Moldovan police, the report about the drone was received by the police at around 05:40. A few minutes later, the device crashed outside Khyrbovets, where the explosion occurred. Moldovan police officers and specialized units surrounded the scene and began examining it.
According to preliminary data, the explosion occurred at a height of approximately 40 meters near a communications antenna belonging to a civilian operator. Metal deformations and traces of thermal effects were found on a 12-meter section of the structure.
11.28 Military counterintelligence officers detained a machine gunner from one of the brigades of the Unmanned Systems Forces (UAS) of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, who worked for the FSB and was firing at the enemy's positions in the Kramatorsk direction. The SBU reported this.
The serviceman was recruited by racists through a Telegram channel seeking close relationships.
10.45 As a result of Russian attacks on Kyiv, the death toll has risen to three. Mayor Vitali Klitschko reported this on Telegram. An employee of Kyivteploenergo was killed. The company's specialists were working on a location in Solomyanskyi district.
10.41 Russian troops attacked an agricultural enterprise in Borzna, Nizhyn district, Chernihiv region, the day before yesterday. The strike damaged a granary and destroyed 200 tons of grain. According to the head of the Chernihiv OVA, Vyacheslav Chaus, rapeseed was stored in the damaged granary. After the strike, a fire broke out at the enterprise, which was extinguished by rescuers.
10.23 GUR published information about 23 Russian enterprises involved in production cooperation to create 95Ya6 anti-aircraft guided missiles for Pantsir complexes. According to intelligence, enterprises that manufacture individual components of the missile are involved in its production - from non-contact target sensors and electronic equipment to the solid-fuel engine, warhead and control systems.
The key role in the production of 95Ya6 is played by the Shipunov Instrument Design Bureau, the main developer and manufacturer of the missile. Tulamashzavod also participates in the cooperation, which, in particular, carries out the final assembly of individual missile components and manufactures components.
10.19 On Wednesday morning, power outages were recorded in Kyiv and five regions of Ukraine due to Russian attacks on civilian energy infrastructure. Ukrenergo reported this. Wherever security conditions currently allow, emergency and restoration work has already begun. In some regions, the air alert continues.
10.01 In the Obukhiv district of the Kyiv region, a supermarket building was damaged as a result of an attack by a Russian UAV, after which a fire broke out. It was previously reported that there may be casualties. This was reported by the head of the Kyiv OVA Timur Tkachenko. According to him, emergency medical teams have been sent to the scene. Information about possible casualties is being clarified.
9.06 The Partisan Movement of Ukrainians and Crimean Tatars Atesh announced the damage to three railway junctions on the Donetsk - Melitopol route. According to the movement, these are sections near Luhansk, Rozivka and Molochansk. The movement's agents disabled three railway cabinets. The damage disrupted the operation of train movement control systems, including signaling, switches and communications on the tracks.
8.22 Two people were killed and 13 others were injured, including children, in Sumy region as a result of Russian strikes. This was reported on the morning of Wednesday, September 30, by the National Police of the region.
8.00 German Foreign Minister Johann Wadeful said that negotiations to end Russia's war against Ukraine could begin soon. He believes that Europe should participate in the negotiations, and any agreements must first be approved by Ukraine.
7.34 Two people were killed and four others were injured in the Russian night shelling of Kyiv. Fires and destruction were recorded in four districts of the capital, the Kyiv City State Administration and the State Emergency Service reported.
5.58 Russian military personnel confiscated products that Ukrainian military personnel were dropping off in Oleshki for local residents. Moreover, the mere presence of non-Russian-made products is a reason for a person to be taken away "for cooperation with the Armed Forces of Ukraine." This was stated by the head of the Oleshkiv MVA, Tetyana Hasanenko, in a comment to Ukrinform.
5.44 Kyiv region suffered another missile and drone strike by Russia. A child was killed, three were injured, houses were destroyed and damaged, and consequences were recorded on infrastructure facilities on the night of Wednesday, September 30. This was reported by the head of the Kyiv OVA, Timur Tkachenko, on Telegram.
3.48 Kyiv authorities reported on the consequences of the Russian Federation's ballistic strikes on the capital. Fires are being recorded in several areas of the city; there are injuries. This is evidenced by the relevant posts of Kyiv Mayor Vitaliy Klitschko on Telegram.
2.58 Russian aggressors launched ballistic missiles at Ukraine on the night of September 30. A series of explosions were heard in Kyiv. This was reported by the Vlaskor Korespondent.net.
In total, at least 12 explosions were heard in the city as of 2:58.
2.37 The Russian ruling regime has planned another tax hike for 2027 to reduce the budget deficit and pay for a record increase in war spending, which will cost citizens and businesses 3.7 trillion rubles. This is according to an estimate by the Russian Finance Ministry, which it included in the draft budget law that the government approved last week and which is due to be submitted to the State Duma on October 1, Reuters reports.
1.33 Russia significantly increased the number of drones it uses to attack Ukraine in September. As of September 29, there were more of them than in the entire previous month. Yuriy Ignat, a spokesman for the Ukrainian Air Force, said this on the air of the United News.
0.57 Russian war criminals attacked the Saltivskyi and Kyivskyi districts of Kharkiv late on Tuesday evening, September 29. A child was injured in the attacks, Kharkiv Mayor Igor Terekhov reported.
0.35 Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev called Russian dictator Vladimir Putin an "outstanding statesman," but at the same time called on him to "freeze" the war against Ukraine. The Kazakh leader made the statement during a joint press conference with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz in Berlin, DWS News reports.