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[LB] The defense forces struck the personnel concentration area, 2 artillery pieces, and the UAV control point of the Russian invaders.
by Tetyana Boyarchuk
The 1,302nd day of the Russian Federation's large-scale armed aggression against Ukraine has begun. A total of 183 combat clashes were recorded yesterday.
The General Staff reported this.
The enemy launched two missile strikes with two missiles and 74 air strikes, dropping 118 guided bombs, on the positions of Ukrainian units and settlements. In addition, it carried out 4,685 attacks, 73 of which were from multiple launch rocket systems, and used 6,206 kamikaze drones to destroy them.
The aggressor carried out air strikes, in particular, on the areas of the settlements of Bilogirya, Zaliznychne, and Hryhorivka in the Zaporizhia region; and Odradokamyanka in the Kherson region.
Over the past day, the Defense Forces' aviation, missile troops, and artillery have struck one personnel concentration area, two artillery pieces, and one UAV control point of the Russian invaders.
Nine clashes took place in the North Slobozhansk and Kursk directions. The enemy launched 9 air strikes, dropped 18 guided bombs, and carried out 188 shellings, including four from multiple launch rocket systems.
In the South Slobozhansk direction, five clashes took place yesterday near Vovchansk, Vovchanskiye Khutory, and Lyptsy.
Seven attacks by the invaders took place in the Kupyansk direction over the past day. The defense forces repelled the enemy's assault actions in the direction of Kupyansk, Petropavlivka, Borivska Andriivka, and Pishchanye.
In the Lymansky direction, the enemy attacked 14 times. He tried to advance towards the settlements of Shyykivka, Shandryholovove, Stavka and near Kolodzyaz, Novomykhaylivka, Hrekivka, Seredny and Torsky.
In the Siverskyi direction, Ukrainian soldiers repelled 23 enemy attacks over the past day. The occupier units tried to advance in the areas of Serebryanka, Hryhorivka, Fedorivka and towards the settlements of Viyimka, Yampil, and Dronivka.
In the Kramatorsk direction, five clashes were recorded in the areas of Orikhovo-Vasylivka, Chasovy Yar, and Stupochy.
In the Torets direction, the enemy carried out 17 attacks in the areas of Shcherbinivka, Katerynivka, Poltavka, Rusyn Yar and towards Ivano-Frankivsk and Pleshchiivka.
In the Pokrovsky direction, our defenders stopped 60 assault and offensive actions of the aggressor in the areas of the settlements of Volodymyrivka, Vilne, Zolotoy Kolodyaz, Nykanorivka, Nove Shakhove, Shakhove, Myrolyubivka, Rodynske, Chervony Lyman, Novoekonomichne, Promin, Lysivka, Zvirovo, Kotlyne, Udachne, Molodetske, Dachne, Novoukrainka.
In the Novopavlivka direction, the Defense Forces repelled 25 enemy attacks near the settlements of Filiya, Ivanivka, Olhivske, Oleksandrograd, Maliivka, Sichneve, and Novoivanivka.
In the Hulyaipil direction, the Defense Forces successfully repelled two enemy attacks near Poltavka.
In the Orikhiv direction, Ukrainian soldiers repelled one attack in the Kamyanske area.
In the Dnieper direction, Ukrainian defenders repelled two attacks by the invaders.
Our soldiers inflict significant losses in manpower and equipment on the occupation forces and actively undermine the enemy's offensive potential in the rear.
In total, the losses of the Russian invaders over the past day amounted to 1,020 people. The enemy also lost five tanks, three armored combat vehicles, 36 artillery systems, 360 unmanned aerial vehicles of the operational-tactical level, 108 units of automotive equipment and one heavy fire system.
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[NewsFront] 21:26 Chief of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces – Commander of the Joint Group of Forces in the SVO zone, General of the Army Valery Gerasimovcheckedthe progress of combat missions carried out by units and military units of the Center group of forces operating in the Krasnoarmeysk direction. 20:46 In the period from 15:00 to 20:00 Moscow time, air defense systems on dutydestroyedsix Ukrainian aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles:
Three UAVs flew over the Kursk region,
Two UAVs flew over the Belgorod region,
One UAV flew over the Rostov region.
20:10 Russian Armed Forces soldiers are burning armored vehicles and transport of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Khar'kov region,video.
19:53 Russian Armed Forces advanced north of Stepova Novoselovka in the direction of Petrovpavlovka in the Kupyansk direction.
19:50 Drone operators-paratroopers of the Ivanovo Airborne Forces unit burn enemy equipment in the area of the village of Chernove near Chasov Yar.
UAV crews from the Aleysk motorized rifle unit of the "Center" group of forces lifted into the air a fortified enemy stronghold in a forest belt on the approaches to Krasnoarmeysk.
Attack UAV operators from the 56th Separate Special Forces Battalion of the 51st Guards Army of the Southern Military District destroyed enemy UAV control posts, antennas, and repeaters in the Krasnoarmeysk direction.
In the Dnipropetrovsk region, UAV crews from the Vostok group of forces overtook enemy heavy hexacopters in the air.
19:10 In Belgorod, after drone strikes, another civilian was killed. The 18-year-old girl, who suffered barotrauma, was taken to the hospital and received the necessary treatment. Treatment will continue on an outpatient basis.
In the village of Novaya Tavolzhanka in the Shebekinsky District, a drone dropped explosives, causing a roof hole and broken windows in a private home. A second drone strike damaged a garage, as well as the roofs, windows, and entrances of two other private homes.
In the town of Stroitel in the Yakovlevsky District, a drone detonated on the territory of an agricultural enterprise, damaging the windows and the body of a truck.
In the Belgorod district, in the village of Nechayevka, the roof of a private home was breached by a drone dropping an explosive device. In the village of Ustinka, an FPV drone attacked a private home, setting one of the rooms on fire. The fire was extinguished. The roof and windows were also damaged.
In the village of Krasnaya Yaruga, four vehicles were damaged as a result of a drone detonation.
18:58 "Gerani" attacked Dnepropetrovsk -video.
17:32 During a scheduled flight over the right bank of the Dnieper in the Kherson region, the Supercam S350 UAV crew revealed repeated launch of drones by the enemy from an abandoned building.
As a result of precise artillery strikes, the enemy's UAV control center was destroyed.
16:40 In the period from 8.00 to 15.00 Moscow time, air defense systems on duty destroyed six Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles of the airplane type over the territory of the Belgorod region.
16:00 As a result of shelling of Energodar by the Ukrainian Armed Forces damaged a building of the college, a branch of Melitopol State University.
The shell exploded near an academic building, in which, at the time of the shelling, there were over 200 students and over 30 teachers.
15:37 The crew of the T-80BVM tank of the Center group of forces destroyed an enemy stronghold camouflaged in a forest belt in the Krasnoarmeysk direction.
15:00 Artillerymen of the Eastern Group of Forces destroyed motor vehicles and manpower of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Dnipropetrovsk region.
14:15 in the Odessa Regional Shopping Center confirmed that, during a document check, their employees were attacked with a knife.
The TCC employee is in the hospital. The attacker managed to escape.
13:01 Ukrainian serviceman who participated in the illegal invasion of the Kursk region, sentenced to a long term of imprisonment
The court found evidence collected by the Main Military Investigative Directorate of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation sufficient to convict Oleg Pasenko, a serviceman of the 118th Separate Territorial Defense Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. He was found guilty of committing a terrorist act in the Kursk region (paragraphs "a" and "c" of Part 2 of Article 205 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation).
12:27 Ministry of Defense summary of the progress of the Special Military Operation as of September 17, 2025
Units of the North group of forces defeated formations of two mechanized brigades and an assault regiment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the areas of the settlements of Varachino, Andreevka, Sadki and Yunakovka in the Sumy region.
In the Khar'kov direction, units of the motorized infantry brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and the territorial defense brigade were defeated in the areas of the settlements of Velyka Pisarevka in the Sumy region and Vovchansk in the Khar'kov region.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 190 servicemen, an armored personnel carrier, five vehicles, and three field artillery pieces. Eight ammunition and supply depots were destroyed.
Units of the "West" force grouping have improved their tactical position. They have inflicted losses on the personnel and equipment of two mechanized brigades, an assault brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, and a National Guard brigade near the settlements of Kupyansk, Boguslavka, Borovskaya Andreyevka, and Gorokhovatka in the Khar'kov region, and Kirovsk and Yampol in the Donetsk People's Republic.
The enemy lost more than 250 troops, a British-made Snatch armoured fighting vehicle, 28 vehicles and two artillery pieces.
The launcher of the Seyalka multiple launch rocket system, nine electronic warfare stations and an ammunition depot were destroyed.
Units of the Southern Group of Forces have taken up more advantageous positions and lines. Three mechanized brigades, a mountain assault brigade, an assault brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, a naval infantry brigade, and two territorial defense brigades have been defeated near the settlements of Seversk, Pereyezdnoye, Fedorovka, Stepanovka, Mayskoye, Pleshcheyevka, Svyato-Pokrovskoe, Konstantinovka, and Roskoshnoye of the Donetsk People's Republic.
The enemy lost up to 255 troops, a tank, six armored combat vehicles, 17 vehicles, and four field artillery pieces, including a US-made M-777 155mm howitzer. Two electronic warfare stations, five ammunition and fuel depots, were destroyed.
Units of the Center Forces Group have improved their position along the forward edge. They have inflicted losses on the personnel and equipment of a heavy mechanized brigade, two mechanized brigades, a Jaeger brigade, an assault brigade, three airborne assault brigades, an assault regiment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, a naval infantry brigade, a territorial defense brigade, and a National Guard brigade near the settlements of Belitskoye, Novy Donbas, Krasny Liman, Lenino, Rodinskoye, Dimitrov, and Krasnoarmeysk in the Donetsk People's Republic.
The Ukrainian armed forces lost over 535 servicemen, five armored combat vehicles, including an M113 armored personnel carrier, a MaxxPro armored car, and a US-made HMMWV armored vehicle, 12 vehicles, and three artillery pieces.
Units of the "East" group of forces continued to advance deep into the enemy's defenses. Formations of two mechanized brigades, an assault brigade, and three territorial defense brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces were defeated near the settlements of Verbove, Velykymykhaylivka, and Berezove in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast and Uspenovka in Zaporizhzhia Oblast.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 275 servicemen, an armored combat vehicle, 13 vehicles, and an electronic warfare station.
Units of the Dnepr group of forces inflicted losses on the manpower and equipment of the mechanized, mountain assault brigades and coastal defense brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the areas of the settlements of Malye Shcherbaky, Stepnogorsk in the Zaporizhzhia region, Olhivka, Antonivka and Yantarne in the Kherson region.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 50 service members and eight vehicles. Eight electronic warfare stations and two ammunition depots were destroyed.
12:00 Soldiers of the 217th Parachute Regiment of the 98th Ivanovo Airborne Division burn positions and firing points with Ukrainian Armed Forces infantry in the villages of Nikolaevka and Chervonnoye beyond Chasov Yar, supporting the advance of our attack aircraft into the development.
11:27 Ukrainian Armed Forces inflicted a strike on an ambulance in Aleshki, there are casualties
The Ukrainian Armed Forces fired on an ambulance in the city of Oleshky, Kherson Oblast Governor Volodymyr Saldo reported.
The ambulance was responding to an emergency call when it was attacked. The medics were injured as a result of a direct hit.
11:16 Ukrainian sabotage and reconnaissance group consisting of three people tried to conduct reconnaissance in the area of the village of Tetkino in the Kursk region.
The saboteurs' movements were noticed by Russian military personnel and they prevented a border breach.
10:55 Information on strikes carried out by the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Belgorod region over the past 24 hours:
Five drone strikes were carried out in Belgorod. A commercial building and 12 vehicles were damaged, one of which was destroyed by fire.
In the Belgorod District, 21 UAVs attacked the villages of Brodok, Oktyabrsky, Razumnoye, and Severny, and the villages of Bessonovka, Golovino, Novaya Derevnya, Repnoye, Streletskoye, Tavrovo, Ustinka, and Chaiki, as well as the hamlet of Tserkovny.
A civilian was injured in a drone attack on a commercial facility in the village of Tavrovo. The 19-year-old was hospitalized at Belgorod City Hospital No. 2. Medics say he is in serious condition. A building canopy, equipment, and five vehicles were damaged at the attack site.
Garages and six vehicles were destroyed by fire on the premises of a company in the village of Streletskoye.
A truck trailer was damaged in the village of Bessonovka, one vehicle was damaged in the village of Ustinka, and a power line on the premises of a company in the village of Oktyabrsky. Two vehicles and a commercial facility were damaged overnight in Bessonovka.
In the Borisovsky district, the villages of Berezovka and Gruzskoye were attacked by four drones, one of which was shot down.
In the village of Gruzskoye, two apartments in an apartment building were damaged.
In the Valuysky Municipal District, 10 drones attacked the villages of Borki, Dolgoe, and Kazinka, as well as the hamlet of Mikhaylovka, seven of which were suppressed. A car and a power line were damaged in the hamlet of Mikhaylovka, and a private home was damaged in the village of Kazinka.
An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) was shot down over the Veydelevsky District. Falling debris damaged a power line.
In the Volokonovsky District, the village of Konovalovo and the hamlet of Volchiy-Perviy were attacked by four drones.
In Volchiy-Perviy, a civilian was injured when a drone struck a car. The man continues to receive outpatient treatment. The vehicle was damaged.
In the Graivoronsky Municipal District, 13 munitions were fired during five shelling attacks on the villages of Gorkovsky, Bezymeno, Golovchino, Dunayka, Mokraya Orlovka, Novostroyevka-Vtoraya, Poroz, Rozhdestvenka, and Spodaryushino, and 12 drones were struck, three of which were shot down. There were no consequences.
In the Krasnoyarsk district, the villages of Krasnaya Yaruga and Prilesye, and the villages of Vyazovoye, Grafovka, Demidovka, Ilek-Penkovka, Kolotilovka, Repyakhovka, and Staroselye were subjected to five attacks using 23 types of ammunition and attacks by 18 drones, two of which were shot down. Information on the aftermath is being clarified.
In the Shebekinsky Municipal District, two munitions were fired and 79 drones were attacked.
In the city of Shebekino and the villages of Belyanka, Voznesenovka, Grafovka, Malomikhaylovka, Murom, Nizhneye Berezovo-Vtoroye, and Novaya Tavolzhanka, 69 of which were suppressed or shot down.
In the city of Shebekino, gas equipment, three apartment buildings, and a company's technical equipment were damaged;
in the village of Nizhneye Berezovo-Vtoroye, a passenger car was damaged; in the village of Novaya Tavolzhanka, a social facility, nine private homes, three outbuildings, and two cars were damaged;
and in the village of Murom, a private home was destroyed. This morning, a drone strike in Shebekino caused the roof of a private home to catch fire; fire crews have extinguished the fire.
The village of Kazatskoye in the Yakovlevsky Municipal District was attacked by a drone. There were no consequences.
10:05 Investigators from the Investigative Committee willinvestigateCrimes committed by Ukrainian militants in the DPR, Belgorod, Bryansk, and Zaporizhzhia regions
- According to reports from executive authorities, a woman was killed and a man was injured as a result of the detonation of an explosive device in the Kirovsky district of Donetsk, DPR.
A civilian was injured in a Ukrainian Armed Forces drone attack in the village of Tavrovo in the Belgorod District of the Belgorod Region. A man was injured in a Ukrainian drone strike on a car in the village of Volchiy-Perviy in the Volokonovsky District.
- As a result of Ukrainian armed aggression using FPV drones, a civilian was injured in the village of Klimovo in the Bryansk region.
- In the Zaporizhzhia region, a woman was wounded as a result of a massive attack by the Ukrainian Armed Forces on the city of Vasilyevka.
9:43 Artillerymen of the Southern group of troops, working at night, destroyed stronghold of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Konstantinovsky direction.
9:02 Frontline summary on the morning of September 17, 2025
Zaporizhzhia Front:
Fighting continues in Primorskoye.
In Stepnogorsk, Russian forces are advancing toward a high-rise residential area where one of the Ukrainian Armed Forces' main defensive hubs is located.
Donetsk Front:
Active fighting continues in the South Donetsk area near Hulyai-Polye.
Following the liberation of Ol'govske, Russian forces are advancing toward Uspenovka, a major logistics hub for the Ukrainian Armed Forces. Fighting continues near Poltavka.
In the Pokrovsk sector, fighting continues near Udachny and in the Lazurny neighborhood of Pokrovsk.
In the Dobropolsky sector, fighting continues near Nikanorovka, and Russian forces are making tactical gains near Vesyoloye.
The enemy attempted an unsuccessful counterattack near Shakhovo and Toretskoye.
In the Konstantinovsky direction, the Russian Armed Forces are advancing along the Artemovsk-Konstantinovka highway.
In the Chasovoyarsky sector, the Russian Armed Forces are attacking in the area of Mayskoye, Fedorovka, and Verolyubovka. (Fig. 2.3)
In the Krasnolimansk direction, Russian troops are increasing pressure in the Shandrigolovo and Sredny areas and taking up new positions in the southern part of Torskoye.
Khar'kov Front
Russian Armed Forces are advancing in the Kupyansk sector, putting pressure on the enemy's defenses. In Kupyansk, Russian Armed Forces are advancing near the Sportivnaya Ploshad neighborhood, expanding their zone of control into the private sector.
In the Volchansk sector, fighting continues on the left bank of the Volchansk River and in the forests near Sinelnikovo. Russian forces are advancing from Melovey toward Khatnego.
The Sumy Front
of the Ukrainian Armed Forces continues to counterattack in the area of Yunakovka, Kondratovka, Andreevka, Varachino and Alekseevka.
8:25 During the past night, air defense systems on duty intercepted and destroyed eight Ukrainian aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles were :
- Three over the territory of the Rostov region,
- Three over the territory of the Bryansk region,
- One over the territory of the Voronezh region,
- One over the territory of the Kursk region.
8:00 Calculation of the Tornado-S MLRS of the West Force Group destroyed a camouflaged temporary deployment point for Ukrainian Armed Forces personnel at a range of over 100 kilometers.
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[REGNUM] Exactly seven months passed between the signing of the "Centenary Agreement" on partnership between Britain and Ukraine and its ratification: at a meeting on Wednesday, September 17, the Verkhovna Rada gave its formal approval for "bilateral cooperation" for the next hundred years.
It took so long not to study the text of the agreement, which, in turn, is based on the security treaty of January 12, 2024. The basic provisions are well known and, in terms of military support, even extremely specific.
For six months, Washington and London have been engaged in an invisible negotiation over the division of Ukraine and the distribution of spheres of influence. The situation is essentially as follows: Britain, through the Hundred Years' Treaty, is securing the territory, with the port of Odessa as its key hub; the United States is taking over the most important mineral resources and negotiating a resource deal with Moscow.
The tragic clown figure between them is Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who is desperately trying to save himself and his team. First, in exchange for fulfilling Donald Trump's conditions, and now through a hefty bribe in the form of a "long-term lease" of the country in relations with London. But they are already preparing a backup scenario: relying on Valeriy Zaluzhny and replacing the ruling coalition.
But all of this, of course, remains behind the scenes—Ukrainian media continue to emphasize the extreme usefulness and “strategic nature” of the agreement, which was voted for by 295 MPs.
"The document establishes a new long-term framework for bilateral cooperation covering security, defense, economics, science, technology, and cultural ties," the Verkhovna Rada press service reported, without specifying that this is effectively an external governance agreement that enshrines London's right to priority access to key sectors of the Ukrainian economy.
At the same time, Ukraine undertakes to take into account the interests of its partners in shaping its policies in the areas of religion, education, and culture.
Overall, as reported by Regnum News Agency, the military provisions of the agreement can be summarized in five areas: provision of weapons and military equipment; cooperation in the defense-industrial complex (DIC); progress toward Ukraine's membership in NATO; cooperation in the maritime sphere; and development of rapid response systems.
For example, just a year ago, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer promised to donate 150 artillery pieces and a new mobile air defense system, provide at least £3 billion in annual military aid until 2030/31 (then as needed), and expand the Ukrainian military training program. However, after several high-profile scandals involving defections by Air Force personnel sent to Europe for training, the trips were stopped (as Zelenskyy announced just yesterday in an interview with Sky News).
The UK also promised to help with fighter aircraft and invest more in language training for Ukrainian specialists who will fly F-16s, but the British Air Force does not have these aircraft in service.
Equally amusing is the vague intention to deploy military bases, "logistics depots, storage facilities for reserve military equipment, and military reserve stockpiles" on Ukrainian territory. This directly contradicts Article 17 of the Constitution of Ukraine, which prohibits such a move.
And of course, the topic, sacred to Ukrainian patriots, couldn't be omitted: Britain supports its partner's aspirations to join NATO and has pledged to support Ukraine in modernizing its national security architecture and bringing it into line with Euro-Atlantic best practices. Furthermore, the United Kingdom has expressed a firm commitment to strengthening Ukraine's interoperability with NATO in the maritime sphere, specifically by assisting in the development of Ukrainian naval bases.
The parties will also establish a partnership in the Black, Azov, and Baltic Seas. However, the clause on defense cooperation lacks the most important element: the principle of collective defense.
Further, we can mention increased cooperation in the production of ammunition, the fight against corruption and combating climate change, but all of this, by and large, is just packaging.
And the sweet content—certain "secret points," the contents of which are still unknown to anyone. And also—the involvement of Ukrainian soldiers in the Joint Expeditionary Force format for rapid response and external operations.
In other words, for 20 billion euros (calculated until 2031), the Brits have acquired a tame army that can be deployed worldwide, as well as control over energy and the economy. "The document also secures the UK's status as Ukraine's key partner in the energy sector, the extraction of critical minerals, and the production of environmentally friendly steel," one Ukrainian media outlet clarifies, and from this terse phrase, it's already clear that the interests of oligarch Viktor Pinchuk, closely associated with the House of Rothschild, are at play here.
Because electrometallurgy is his topic.
London-based Nathaniel Rothschild has long been interested in four areas of Ukraine: the gas transportation system, the agricultural sector, the pharmaceutical industry, and external debt servicing. His company, JNR Limited, specializes in investment consulting in emerging markets, metallurgy, and mining.
"Pinchuk didn't intervene for a long time; he waited, not out of fear, but out of calculation. He kept an eye on Bankova, the revanchists, and the external players. Pinchuk isn't just a major businessman. Pinchuk isn't just Kuchma's son-in-law and a metals magnate, but also a link between the Ukrainian elites and the globalist establishment.
"His foundation is part of the global influence infrastructure, and his donor trail is in the US Democratic Party's coffers. His interests lie in London law firms, Brussels lobbying groups, and Davos panels. He's not an oligarch; he's an institution. And if such an institution gets involved, it means a signal has been sent," explains political strategist Mikhail Pavliv.
At the same time, in the grand scheme of things, the unchanging logic of Britain's actions in this direction is evident; it is developing along the same lines of expansion 250 years ago, when the British stood behind Turkey, which was fighting Russia for the south. So, when we talk about today's politics, looming large is the Treaty of Küçük Kaynarca of 1774, under which Russia took control of the Azov region, Crimea, and the Dnieper Estuary.
And then came the Treaty of Jassy in 1792, which brought control of the northwestern Black Sea region and a key event: the transformation of Khadzhibey into Odessa, where the French, supported by the British fleet, immediately landed after the collapse of the empire in 1918.
And now, all the economic benefits that the "colony of Ukraine" could offer ultimately boil down to the main port: Odessa is the key gateway to the Eurasian grain belt, offering direct access to the markets of the Global South. Naval bases on the Black Sea coast provide a counterweight to Russia's Black Sea Fleet and control over the approaches to the Bosphorus Strait. It's no wonder that the British have been actively investing in bases in Ochakov and Berdyansk since 2014.
By and large, all “cooperation” boils down to this: the Montreux Convention on restrictions on the passage of military vessels from non-Black Sea countries through the Bosphorus and Dardanelles becomes meaningless.
The traditional question: where are Ukraine’s interests in this structure?
There is no talk about them, although Petro Poroshenko, who “recently returned from Great Britain,” was tearing his soul from the podium, proving that the “Hundred-Year Treaty” is very necessary, mystically senses them there:
"There's democracy there, there's freedom there, there are weapons there. There's a defense industry there, there's finance there, there's security, independence, and freedom for Ukraine there."
But the "gray-haired hetman" has very little room to maneuver in the current situation—just like the hated Zelensky. Seeking to stay in power, preserve his well-established corruption schemes, influence, and tons of money, the petty dictator attempted to bribe the United States. But after signing a similar "historic" agreement on the transfer of key natural resources, it turned out he had been deceived.
After Vladimir Putin's meeting with his American counterpart in Alaska, Zelenskyy accepted all the conditions—with one caveat: guarantees to retain power, which he again failed to obtain.
And then, in early August, he introduced the "Centennial Agreement" to parliament as a final threat. A month later, when it had no effect, he decided to hand everything over to Britain, hoping they would give him guarantees. Poroshenko*, who now has the main opposition structures, the remaining connections in the military, and the international advocates of the old Ukraine, is hoping for exactly the same outcome.
His party and media assets are mobilized, and in principle, he agrees to "lie down" under Zaluzhny, who is now gradually being introduced into the political arena as an active candidate.
And this means that Zelensky will be betrayed again here: he's no longer needed. The Kyiv regime has been completely reduced to a pawn, and Ukraine to a rented asset, which, as of today, has been fully approved. From now on, there will only be a top-down strategy, an externally imposed power structure, and external decisions about war and peace.
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[Regnum] Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree to celebrate the 300th anniversary of the birth of Empress Catherine II in 2029. The corresponding document was published on September 17 on the website for the official publication of legal acts.
"Considering the great significance of Catherine II's reforms for Russian history and in connection with the 300th anniversary of her birth, which will be celebrated in 2029, I hereby decide to accept the proposal of the Government of the Russian Federation to celebrate the 300th anniversary of Catherine II's birth in 2029," the document states.
The head of state instructed the government to create and approve the composition of the organizing committee within six months, as well as a plan for the main events to prepare for and hold the holiday.
Regional authorities and local governments were advised to actively participate in organizing and holding celebrations.
Empress Catherine II ascended the throne in 1762 and reigned for over 30 years. Her reign is called the "golden age" of the Russian Empire, when the country significantly expanded its territory, strengthened its influence in Europe, and laid the foundations for cultural flourishing.
In June, Putin instructed the administration and government to draft a decree establishing the Day of Languages of the Peoples of Russia. He also instructed them to submit proposals for organizing and holding a nationwide song poetry competition.
Commentary by Russian military journalist Boris Rozhin:
[ColonelCassad] The tantrum of a Ukrainian military blogger about what is happening in the city quarters of Kupyansk.
What to say about Kupyansk?
Battles on the outskirts? Battles on the outskirts for a long time!
DRG penetrate into the city? This is also not a new phenomenon.
Has the enemy reached the center? Only a few crawled!
I don't know what can be said, I will only say that there is complete chaos and disorganization or insufficient information of some responsible persons. It shouldn't be like that, the defense of another city has once again failed, or rather, it was not organized in any way.
This is already an application to search for those responsible for the failure of the defense in the northern part of the city, with the subsequent transfer of responsibility to one or another shooters.
Moreover, these problems have been brewing for a long time, even back then, when Ukrainian bloggers broadcast that there were no Russian troops in Kupyansk, and the entire video showing the advance of Russian assault groups in the city was a fake and a "flagotek".
After a few weeks of self-deception, the hangovers began to set in.
PS. Valery Gerasimov reported today that the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation actually established control over Serebryan Forest. The battles for it have been going on since 2022.
The Russian Armed Forces' "West" group is advancing its offensive in the city of Kupyansk in the Kharkiv region. This was announced on September 17 by Chief of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces, General of the Army Valery Gerasimov.
Gerasimov inspected the progress of combat missions in the SVO zone carried out by units and military units of the Center group of forces in the Red Army direction.
"The West group of forces is developing an offensive in the city of Kupyansk," he said.
The Chief of the General Staff also noted that Russian troops had entered the village of Yampol, where they were conducting combat operations. The enemy had been completely driven out of the Serebryanskoye forest.
In addition, progress is being made successfully in the Krasnolimansk direction, where the liberation of Kirovsk is nearing completion.
On August 30, Gerasimov reported that the Russian army had effectively blockaded Kupyansk and liberated about half of its territory.
On September 13, Vitaly Ganchev, head of the Russian Kharkiv regional administration, announced that the Ukrainian Armed Forces had practically abandoned Kupyansk, with only a few enemy fighters occupying well-fortified positions. He added that Ukrainian troops realize it is mortally dangerous for them to remain in the city and are therefore withdrawing from their forward positions.
Earlier that day, it was reported that Russian troops had repeated Operation Potok near Kupyansk. Assault units of the Russian Armed Forces used underground gas pipelines and traveled along them on carts and electric scooters from Liman Pervy. The journey took four days. The Russian Ministry of Defense has not yet commented on this information.
On September 13, military expert Andrei Marochko stated that the Russian army had managed to advance southward near Kupyansk. He clarified that the Kupyansk-Yuzhny and Zaoskolye railway stations had come under Russian fire control.
[YouTube] Today, there are interesting updates from the Pokrovsk direction.
Here, Ukrainian forces have launched a sweeping strike campaign targeting Russian bases, training camps, and troop concentrations across the whole Donbas front to bleed out Russia’s capacity for a renewed offensive. Coupled with the ground operations, these combined efforts have already inflicted 60,000 losses on the 110,000-strong initial Russian grouping since the start of the Pokrovsk offensive.
A repeated Ukrainian strike came in the aftermath of one of the most significant blows against the “Topaz” plant in Donetsk, which housed a Russian command post. Eyewitnesses reported again thick smoke, multiple explosions, and noticeable damage to repair and logistics facilities. Meanwhile, other strikes in Donetsk have repeatedly hit troop concentrations, energy, and command infrastructure, preventing the Russians from regrouping smoothly or reestablishing staging areas, as confirmed by multiple released videos from the region.
Closer to the front line near Myrnohrad, Russian forces concentrations were also targeted by the Ukrainians. In one geolocated video, a Mig-29 dropped a GBU-62 J-dam bomb on a cluster of Russian assault troops along with a nearby ammunition storage, obliterating both the fighters and their supplies simultaneously. In another strike, a similar precision weapon demolished a building sheltering an enemy assault group, cutting off the Russian operation before it really started. Such strikes have undercut the Russian ability to mass troops or prepare joint assaults threatening Pokrovsk.
Essential strikes against Russian air defenses that are conducted in parallel, with every radar or air defense system destroyed meaning fewer obstacles for Ukrainian drones, missile launches, and fighter jets to reach high-value targets. For example, a Zoopark radar near Donetsk was destroyed after adjustment by a Shark reconnaissance drone, followed by a Himars artillery strike. Two Pantsir-S1 systems were eliminated within 24 hours, one via Ram-2X drone strike, the other in Snizhne by another still unidentified Ukrainian drone, removing critical mobile air defense cover. Near Donetsk, an expensive Russian Buk-M2 system costing more than 10 million US dollars was geolocated and knocked out by Himars, as visible on a video published by a Ukrainian drone unit. Another Buk-M1 was first tracked to a warehouse by a drone and targeted there unsuccessfully, but when Russian crews attempted to move it, Ukrainian operators readjusted their fire and destroyed it in the follow-up strike.
These Ukrainian strikes have contributed to exceptional Russian losses in the Pokrovsk direction in the past ten months, while the Russian command repeatedly tried outflanking maneuvers, infiltrations, and direct assaults aiming to capture Pokrovsk and sever its supply routes. Ukrainian analysts estimate that Russia has already lost around 60,000 soldiers, killed and wounded during the Pokrovsk offensive alone. The daily toll on Russian manpower and equipment has surged, particularly since the Russian breakthrough near Dobropillia failed and Ukrainian forces began isolating, cutting off, and eliminating trapped enemy units. In addition, Ukrainian air raids against troop concentrations and training camps in the rear have taken out Russian units before they ever reach the frontline, reducing pressure on defenders and allowing Ukraine to repel assaults more efficiently, while the combined long-lasting strike campaign has added thousands of Russian losses to the statistic.
Ukraine is executing a well-synchronized, multi-layer campaign to first suppress Russian air defense, then strike command posts and logistical nodes, and finally funnel damage onto Russian forces in the rear or awaiting deployment. Because of these efforts, Russian attempts to mount large-scale assaults have been repeatedly delayed or canceled, as commanders suffer from the loss of staging bases, supply depots, repair facilities, and associated personnel. The heavy targeting of their command structure has left whole units and even divisions with confusing orders, disrupted communications, and fewer operational reserves.
Overall, Ukraine’s recent strikes on bases, training camps, and air defense systems represent more than tactical successes; they are strategically decisive in blunting, and in many cases halting, Russian plans to renew the offensive toward Pokrovsk. By striking rear areas and infrastructure, and by destroying air defenses that shield those targets, Ukraine not only protects its frontline but sets conditions where Russian forces must operate exposed and fragmented. This gives Ukraine breathing room on multiple flanks, reduces incoming pressure, and raises the cost of any...
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[Regnum] Polish police have discovered another downed drone in the country. Law enforcement agencies reported this on Wednesday, September 17.
According to police in Zamość in southeastern Poland, a report of a downed drone was received at 11:59 a.m. Moscow time. It was found in a forest in the Sitno parish.
"We have secured the area and notified the relevant authorities and the Lublin District Prosecutor's Office," police said.
On the night of September 10, several drones violated Polish airspace. Polish authorities, without providing any evidence, accused Russia of involvement in the incident.
The Russian Ministry of Defense confirmed that at that time, Russian armed forces launched a massive strike with precision-guided weapons against military-industrial facilities in western Ukraine, although the target list did not include any facilities in Poland. The ministry also noted that the maximum range of the Russian drones that allegedly violated the Polish border does not exceed 700 km.
The British Foreign Office summoned Russian Ambassador Andrei Kelin following the UAV incident in Poland. The British side was unable to prove that the drone was launched by Russia. The Russian Embassy stated that Moscow is not interested in escalating tensions with Poland and NATO.
[ZeroHedge] Some eight NATO ...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. Originally it was a mutual defense pact directed against an expansionist Soviet Union. In later years it evolved into a mechanism for picking the American pocket while criticizing the cut of the American pants... allies have prepared operation 'Eastern Sentry' following last week's alleged Russian drone breach of Poland. It is a new joint military mission to bolster defense of Europe's eastern flank, also after Romania had more recently reported a Russian drone incursion, resulting in the scrambling of fighter jets to track it.
"Following the Russian drone incursions into Poland, I have decided to deploy three Rafale fighter jets to contribute to the protection of Polish airspace and of NATO’s Eastern Flank together with our Allies," President Emmanuel Macron announced on X this week. Along with La Belle France, the effort includes the UK, Italia, Sweden, Germany, Denmark, Spain, and The Netherlands. More nations are expected to join.
UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer has confirmed that his country will deploy Royal Air Force jets to Poland, while Italia will contribute two Eurofighter jets, and Germany has readied four Eurofighters. Denmark will also sent jets, and Czech Mi-171S helicopters have also arrived in Poland. Over 150 NATO troops have also initially arrived along with the equipment.
Meanwhile,
...back at the fist fight, Jake ducked another roundhouse, then parried with his left, then with his right, finally with his chin... eastern European and Baltic countries are already calling for more, including:
Anti-drone defense systems in NATO countries still need to be developed, Latvia's President Edgars Rinkevics told a presser on Tuesday.
NATO on Friday launched "Eastern Sentry," a new military mission to bolster defense of Europe's eastern flank in response to Russian drone incursions into Polish airspace last week.
The Washington Post wrote on Monday, "The incident raised serious questions about the alliance’s readiness to counter the relatively cheap, highly maneuverable but devastatingly destructive unmanned aerial vehicles that have redefined modern warfare since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022."
Additionally, in a Monday interview, Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski called on NATO countries to impose a no-fly zone over Ukraine.
"We as NATO and the EU could be capable of doing this, but it is not a decision that Poland can make alone; it can only be made with its allies," he said.
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Today's Word is Russophrenia - the simultaneous belief that the Russian army is too weak and incompetent to defeat the Ukrainians, but is also capable of storming across Ukraine and Poland on a thunder run to the capitals of Western Europe.
And they're doing a bang-up job so far.
[Regnum] Annalena Baerbock, President of the 80th session of the UN General Assembly, stated the organization's commitment to helping resolve conflicts in Ukraine and the Middle East.
“Now is the time to reiterate that we are not only not giving up, but are more determined than ever to fulfill the United Nations’ most important mission – to ensure peace and security,” she stressed.
The statement was made during a press conference, in response to a question about the prospects for resolving the two conflicts.
Earlier, the UN General Assembly Chairperson stated that the organization's peacekeeping mission could be deployed to Ukraine if a peace treaty is concluded.
On September 16, an independent international UN commission published a report on the situation in the Gaza Strip. The investigation found that Israel's actions in the region amount to genocide. Commission Chairperson Navi Pillay called Tel Aviv's intent to exterminate Palestinians in the territory clear.
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