22.54 In the Obolonsky district of Kyiv, a UAV crashed into a two-story building, previously a preschool. A fire broke out. This was reported by the city's mayor, Vitaliy Klitschko, noting that the number of victims of the Russian attack on the capital on September 25 has increased to 59. Currently, 25 victims are in city hospitals. One of them is in serious condition. Klitschko also reported that seven people died as a result of the Russian attacks on Kyiv on September 25.
22.32 The number of victims of the Russian airstrike on Sumy on September 25 has increased to 13. Among them are four children, said the head of the Sumy OVA Oleg Grigorov. Initially, it was known about 12 victims, including three children: a 15-year-old boy, a 12-year-old girl and a one and a half month old baby. Later, it became known about another victim - a 14-year-old girl. At the time of the explosion, she was on the street near the site of the impact. The girl is in serious, stable condition.
22.12 On the evening of September 25, Russian troops attacked a high school in the Kyiv region with a drone. There were no students in the building at the time of the strike, and the security guard was not injured. A fire broke out at the site of the strike. This was reported by Prime Minister Serhiy Koretsky.
Head of the Kyiv Regional State Administration Timur Tekachenko clarified that the Russians hit Ivankiv Lyceum No. 2 in the Vyshgorod district with a drone. According to him, none of the 1,100 children studying at the educational institution were injured. The fire engulfed more than 300 square meters of the building.
21.53 Russian dictator Vladimir Putin said that Moscow was allegedly ready to resume negotiations with Ukraine after the State Duma elections, but Kyiv prevented this. During the vote, Ukraine allegedly carried out a massive attack on Moscow, as well as strikes on polling stations. He claimed that this was one of the reasons why the negotiation process was not resumed.
21.29 Russian troops attacked Ukraine on September 25 with 162 strike drones of various types, including 76 jets. Air defense forces shot down or suppressed 127 drones, including 44 jets. Air attack vehicles were recorded hitting 27 locations. Downed drones and their debris were recorded falling in four more locations.
21.02 The number of people injured in Kyiv as a result of Russian strikes on Friday, September 25, has increased to 57. Two of them are children, said the capital's mayor, Vitali Klitschko. According to him, seven deaths are currently known.
20.37 President Volodymyr Zelensky announced the acceleration of the production of interceptors to counter Russian jet "shaheeds". The participants of the Stavka reviewed the results of interceptor tests, in particular their effectiveness indicators and the experience of teams engaged in intercepting drones. They also identified the main means that can strengthen Ukrainian defense.
Separately, the Stavka discussed the deployment of various types of jet engine production in Ukraine. Zelenskyy stated that new decisions have already been made on this matter.
20.01 Turkey has submitted proposals to Russia regarding security in the Black Sea, but substantive negotiations on this issue are not currently being held, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said, Russian media reported.
The Kremlin representative called the issue of security in the Black Sea "really acute" and noted that it is "very actively violated by many states," including Ukraine. At the same time, he accused the Ukrainian side of attacks on Russian "merchant ships, tankers, merchant ships and tankers under foreign flags," which are related to the United States and Turkey. And, he said, "this has caused corresponding actions on the part of the Russian Federation."
19.50 The Russian refinery Permnefteorgsintez of Lukoil has completely stopped oil refining after a drone attack on September 25. Reuters reports this with reference to industry sources. According to them, technological installations, inter-departmental pipelines and tanks with petroleum products were damaged at the enterprise. After the attack, fires broke out on the territory of the refinery.
19.30 EU defense ministers will discuss ways to speed up the delivery of Patriot interceptor missiles to Ukraine in Brussels on September 28. Options include transferring existing missiles to Ukraine or giving them a queuing order for new orders, the EP writes.
A scheme is also being considered to transfer interceptors already in a certain country to Ukraine. In return, Ukraine could use funds from the EU loan of 90 billion euros to order the same number of missiles for this country from the United States. According to the publication, Spain and Greece are among the possible countries participating in such a mechanism.
19.01 Five current and former heads of district CCCs in Transcarpathia and Bukovina entered data on at least 857 fictitiously mobilized people into the Oberig register . Thus, they could artificially inflate the indicators of the implementation of mobilization plans, the Prosecutor General's Office reported.
18.10 Russian aggressors killed seven civilians in Kyiv with drones. Mayor Vitali Klitschko reported this on Telegram. 46 residents of the capital have been injured so far. More than half of them are in hospital.
17.42 EU member states have agreed on the terms of allocating 6.6 billion euros from the European Peace Facility (EPF) to assist Ukraine . This was announced by the EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Kaia Kallas, on the social network X.
17.23 A 14-year-old Israeli citizen was killed during the Russian attack on Kyiv on Friday, September 25. A Russian drone hit a residential building where the teenager's family lived, The Times of Israel reported , citing the Israeli Foreign Ministry.
According to the publication, the Israeli Embassy in Kyiv and the Situation Center of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs are in contact with the family of the deceased and are ready to provide them with the necessary assistance.
16.57 Russia is expanding attacks on data centers and businesses in Ukraine, including Russian drones attacking a warehouse used by the McDonald's chain, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy reported on Telegram.
16.51 In three districts of Kyiv region, 11 civilian facilities have already been damaged as a result of Russian shelling on Friday. This was reported by the head of the regional military administration, Timur Tkachenko.
Thus, in Buchansky district, a private household was damaged. In Fastivsky - five private houses and three cars. While in Brovarsky district, warehouses and a private house were damaged.
16.23 Special Representative of the Russian President Kirill Dmitriev met in New York with representatives of US President Donald Trump, Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner. CNN reports this , citing informed sources.
According to them, the parties discussed Russian-American cooperation and a possible peaceful settlement of the Russian-Ukrainian war.
Russian President's press secretary Dmitry Peskov said that Dmitriev continues to have contacts with American negotiators and is focused, in particular, on issues of potential economic cooperation.
16.16 Four people are currently known to have died in the Solomianskyi district of Kyiv due to a Russian drone attack, including children. Mayor Vitaliy Klitschko reported this on Telegram.
In total, 31 people were injured in the capital on September 25 due to Russian attacks, 15 of whom are in hospital. Five residents of Kyiv died. In particular, one child.
15.45 As of September 18, 2026, Ukraine had verified 20,651 cases of deportation and forced displacement of Ukrainian children by Russia. This was reported by the head of the presidential initiative Bring Kids Back UA, Maksym Maksymov. At the same time, the head of Bring Kids Back UA stated that Russia provides limited information about children that Ukraine has already identified. In particular, from the list of 339 children transferred to the Russian side during negotiations in Istanbul on June 2, 2025, the Russian Federation provided information about approximately 20%.
15.19 Russian aggressors launched a drone strike on an office building in the Solomyanskyi district of Kyiv. Three people are currently known to have died and seven injured , Mayor Vitaliy Kliko informed on Telegram.
15.17 In the Donetsk region, a decision was made to carry out a mandatory forced evacuation of children from certain settlements of the Svyatogorsk urban-territorial community, part of Sloviansk and the village of Sukhanivka of the Sloviansk community. The OVA press service reported this .
14.51 Units of the Defense Forces struck three enterprises in the Russian Federation involved in the production of missile weapons . This was reported by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
"The destruction of such facilities is Ukraine's exercise of its inalienable right to self-defense in accordance with Article 51 of the UN Charter and is aimed at reducing the military-economic potential of the Russian Federation," the military said.
14.13 There are currently no recorded attempts to involve Russian infantry groups on the border with Russia in Chernihiv region. At the same time, such enemy actions are observed in Sumy and Kharkiv regions. This was stated on TV by the spokesman for the State Border Service, Andriy Demchenko.
14.09 The offensive operation of the Defense Forces in the area of the city of Lyman in the Donetsk region is ongoing. President Volodymyr Zelensky said this during a conversation with journalists on Friday. The next strategic task will be discussed after the completion of this operation, he noted.
14.03 The Security Service completed the pre-trial investigation and sent an indictment to the court against Russian Sports Minister Mikhail Degtyarev, who is involved in financing the Russian army.
At the beginning of the Russian Federation's full-scale war against Ukraine, the defendant held the position of governor of the Khabarovsk Territory and sponsored the creation of a local battalion for fighting in the Donetsk region. This unit directly participated in the assaults on the combat positions of the Defense Forces in the Bakhmut area.
At the same time, Degtyarev financed the purchase of provisions, tactical ammunition, special clothing, and other military equipment for the group's personnel.
In March 2014, the official was a deputy of the Russian State Duma from the pro-Kremlin LDPR party and had the status of an assistant to its former leader, Vladimir Zhirinovsky. In this position, Degtyarev participated in financing the terrorist organizations "LPR" and "DPR", and also opened a representative office of "DPR" in Moscow.
13.33 The United States supported a program to support the reintegration of Ukrainian children who were successfully returned from deportation and temporarily occupied territories.
A separate $15 million program to search, identify, and return Ukrainian children from the Russian Federation or temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine has been submitted for consideration. A decision on it is expected by the end of 2026.
To date, Ukraine has managed to return 2,644 children.
According to the initiative of the President of Ukraine Bring Kids Back UA, as of September 25, 20,651 cases of deportation and forced displacement of Ukrainian children have been officially confirmed.
About 1.6 million children in the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine are affected by the state policy of indoctrination and militarization. At least 582,600 of them are school-age children.
13.17 On September 24-25, units of the Defense Forces struck a number of important military, fuel and energy, and industrial facilities of the Russian aggressors. The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported on the details .
13.02 A Russian commander has been identified who used Ukrainian prisoners and civilian women as a "human shield" to prevent the retreat of 300 occupiers from Sumy region.
It was established that on March 1, 2022, about 300 Russian military personnel in 45 pieces of equipment moved through the territory of Sumy region towards the state border of Ukraine.
To avoid fire from the Ukrainian Defense Forces and ensure the safe departure of the column, the commander ordered the use of six Ukrainian prisoners of war and two female civilians as "human shields." They were forced to ride in cars ahead of the Russian column.
The occupiers hoped that the Ukrainian defenders would not open fire because of the threat to the lives of prisoners and civilians.
The suspect is a 45-year-old native of the Kaluga region of the Russian Federation. At the time of the crime, he commanded a battalion of the 1st Motorized Rifle Regiment of the 2nd Motorized Rifle Division of the 1st Tank Army of the Russian Federation. He was notified in absentia of suspicion of violating the laws and customs of war. The sanction of the article provides for 8 to 12 years of imprisonment.
12.59 Ukraine managed to return 21 citizens from the temporarily occupied territories. This was reported by Ombudsman Dmytro Lubinets.
According to him, 17 Ukrainians were returned directly from the TOT, and four more were returned through other countries, including Georgia and Moldova.
12.47 GUR revealed the structure of the Russian special group that "manages" the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine. According to Ukrainian intelligence, after the start of the full-scale invasion, Russia changed the TOT's management system.
Instead of Dmitry Kozak, the former deputy head of Putin's administration, in 2022 Marat Khusnullin, Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation, became the new curator of the occupied Autonomous Republic of Crimea, parts of the Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson, and Zaporizhia regions.
12.40 Ukraine has received a constructive response from the EU and the IMF regarding the need to cover the budget deficit, most of which is related to financing weapons . President Volodymyr Zelensky said this during a conversation with journalists on Friday.
12.29 The Novoshakhtinsky oil products plant in the Rostov region of the Russian Federation suffered significant damage as a result of an attack by Ukrainian drones. This was reported by the governor of the Rostov region, Yuriy Slyusar.
As a result, the company temporarily stopped work.
The Novoshakhtyn Oil Products Plant processed 3.3 million tons of oil in 2024.
12.05 Ukraine has specific agreements on obtaining licenses for the production of missiles for Patriot anti-aircraft systems . President Volodymyr Zelensky said this during a conversation with journalists on Friday.
12.01 The A1 Artificial Intelligence Center at the Ministry of Defense is creating the SPECTR AI platform, which will analyze combat data and generate recommendations for planning operations.
SPECTR should take over part of the daily work of headquarters: processing information, finding patterns, and forming recommendations. In particular, the platform will help choose effective scenarios of action and predict possible enemy moves.
The system will work within the Defence Forces' existing digital solutions, and the data will remain in a secure environment. Testing is underway in several combat units.
11.38 In Kyiv, the building of the High Council of Justice (HCJ) was damaged in a Russian attack during the day , there are injuries. All relevant services are working at the scene.
11.24 Two people were killed and two others were injured as a result of Russian attacks on the Odessa region on the night and morning of September 25.
A 40-year-old woman and a 51-year-old man died at the scene. Two other men were injured: the 18-year-old victim received medical attention, and the 32-year-old man is in serious condition in hospital.
The attacks damaged a private home, a one-story building, warehouses, and two trucks.
11.11 Russia will escalate the war until winter unless international partners increase pressure on it, including by implementing US sanctions and strengthening EU sanctions. President Volodymyr Zelensky wrote about this on Telegram.
10.49 Military counterintelligence officers have exposed an agent of the Russian FSB who was preparing a missile strike on UAV production facilities in western Ukraine. The SBU reported this. The resident of Lviv region was recruited by the Russian special services via a Telegram channel in search of "easy" earnings.
10.26 Agents of the ATES guerrilla movement destroyed a warehouse of drones in the Sverdlovsk region of the Russian Federation, which were being prepared for shipment to the combat zone in Ukraine for the Russian Armed Forces.
Among the destroyed equipment were valuable hexacopter UAVs used by Russian troops for key missions on the front. These aircraft are used to deliver ammunition, provisions and medicine, carry out strikes by dropping high-explosive munitions, as well as for remote mining - the laying of anti-personnel and anti-tank mines from the air.
10.22 On Friday morning, power outages were recorded in 8 regions of Ukraine due to Russian attacks on civilian energy infrastructure and bad weather. Ukrenergo reported this. Energy workers are doing everything possible to restore damaged equipment to service as soon as possible and restore power to all consumers.
10.07 On the night of September 25, Russian troops attacked Zhytomyr and Poltava regions. Transport and railway infrastructure facilities were hit.
Thus, in the Zhytomyr region, as a result of the Russian attack, transport infrastructure facilities were hit. Fires broke out at the sites of the hits. Rescuers from the State Emergency Service localized them.
A Russian UAV hit a railway infrastructure facility in the Poltava district. According to preliminary information, there were no casualties.
9.50 French President Emmanuel Macron proposes introducing a "double moratorium" on strikes on Russian refineries and hostilities in the Black Sea to reduce tensions in the energy market.
According to him, France is "doing everything" to avoid a fuel shortage. To this end, Macron, in particular, wants to act "diplomatically" by proposing a "double moratorium" in Ukraine.
"You stop hitting Russian oil refineries, and you stop fighting in the Black Sea," the politician said.
9.34 A 14-year-old boy was killed in a Russian drone attack on a 16-story apartment building in the Pechersk district of Kyiv . According to police, the strike occurred around 8:00 a.m. at the level of 10-11 floors.
At least seven residents of the house were injured.
9.23 Russian troops launched a series of massive strikes on the territory of Odessa and the region. Private residential buildings were damaged. One person died as a result of the attack. Another person was injured. He was hospitalized. He is currently in moderate condition.
8.52 On the night of September 25, Russian troops attacked three districts of the Kyiv region. In the Boryspil district, a woodworking enterprise caught fire as a result of the strike.
A warehouse was damaged in the Brovary district. In the Obukhiv region, damage was recorded to three private houses and four cars.
All emergency services are working on the scene. No injuries were reported.
8.43 In the Pechersk district of Kyiv, a Russian drone hit a high-rise building at the level of floors 7-10. Services are heading to the scene.
8.28 On the night of September 25, Russia attacked Ukraine with 295 Shahed attack UAVs (52 of them jet), Gerber, Banderol/Dan-T, and Parodia simulator drones.
Air defenses shot down/suppressed 267 Shahed, Gerber and other types of UAVs. Hits were recorded at 16 locations, as well as the fall of downed (fragments) at four locations.
7.58 Russian troops attacked Zaporizhia on the morning of September 25, a fire broke out in one of the medical facilities. Five people were evacuated from the building. One man received minor injuries.
Another medical facility in Zaporizhzhia was also hit by the morning Russian attack. The premises, ambulances, and civilian vehicles were damaged. No people were injured.
7.25 From February 24, 2022 to September 25, 2026, the total combat losses of Russian troops on the territory of Ukraine amounted to approximately 1,525,570 people (+1,590 per day).
6.38 The Russian cities of Ulyanovsk and Perm were attacked by drones; explosions were heard there on the night and morning of September 25. This is evidenced by eyewitness videos published by the monitoring Telegram channel Exilenova+.
5.46 South Korean President Lee Jae-myeon expressed regret that Ukraine "disclosed information" about the transfer of two captured North Korean soldiers to South Korea, because this is a "violation of the non-disclosure agreement." This was reported by the news agency The Korea Times.
5.22 Russians attacked Kyiv with drones on the night of September 25. Damage was recorded in Solomiansky and Podilsky districts; one casualty is known. Kyiv Mayor Vitaliy Klitschko and the Kyiv City Military Administration (KMMA) reported this on their Telegram channels.
3.52 France can no longer provide financial assistance to Ukraine. This was stated by the informal leader of the French far-right National Rally party, Marine Le Pen, according to the French channel BFM TV.
2.58 Ukraine will not be left without the Internet thanks to the most widely distributed communication channels, despite Russia's attacks on the information network infrastructure. This was stated by the presidential advisor on the development of technological areas of defense, Serhiy Beskrestnov (Flash), on his Telegram channel.
1.59 US President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping discussed the situation in the Middle East, Ukraine, and the Korean Peninsula during a meeting at the White House, The Washington Post reported, citing an official statement from the Chinese government.
0.59 Drones attacked temporarily occupied Luhansk on the night of September 25, hitting a hypermarket. This is reported by the monitoring Telegram channel Exilenova+ and the Russian independent publication ASTRA, which also published eyewitness videos.
0.36 Ukraine is ready for a comprehensive ceasefire that will cover not only the protection of energy infrastructure, but also security in the Black Sea. This was stated by Energy Minister Denys Shmyhal on the air of the United News.
We are talking about a mutual cessation of attacks on the energy system, not about exchanges or concessions.
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