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2026-09-29 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia
Ukrainian Perspective: Invasion of Ukraine: September 28, 2026
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[akorrespondent] 20.54 Moldovan President Maia Sandu condemned the shelling of Kyiv by Russian drones during the day. She published a corresponding statement on Platform X on Monday.

The head of state pointed to the deliberate terror of the Ukrainian population by Moscow.

19.49 Air defense forces destroyed 86 out of 124 Russian drones during the day, which were mainly used to attack the Kyiv region. The Air Force Command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported this on Monday.

According to preliminary data, air defense managed to shoot down/suppress 86 UAVs, including 49 jets.

19.07 Russian troops attacked an area near the Ukrainian border with Poland in the Volyn region with a jet drone. BBC News Ukraine reports this, citing sources in the State Border Guard Service.

18.32 Operators of the "Ghost" special unit of the GUR carried out a series of strikes on Russian military facilities. Among the targets hit were a railway bridge, a radar station, boats and an aircraft.

18.18 Russian special services are actively creating fake pages of Ukrainian state and security agencies, as well as domestic media outlets, in order to conduct informational and psychological special operations and disinformation campaigns. This was reported by the SBU.

17.49 As of 16.30, more than 100 Russian drones of various types were spotted in Ukrainian airspace. A significant part was flying in the direction of Kyiv, the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported.

17.24 Ukraine "will have to pay a price" for the blows it has inflicted on Russia in the past few months, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said in a comment to Russian propagandists.

17.04 Former Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council, and now Deputy President of the National Academy of Sciences, Volodymyr Horbulin, was injured in a Russian strike on the NAS building in Ukraine. BBC News Ukraine was first informed about the injuries by sources.

According to preliminary data, the impact fell on the floor above his office. Gorbulin received minor injuries from broken glass. He is currently at home.

Gorbulin himself later confirmed to Suspilny that he was at work during the Russian attack and suffered minor injuries.

He also reported that his assistant Natalia, who was near the building, had died.

17.01 According to the materials of the Security Service, a 17-year-old Russian military intelligence agent, who was exposed in November 2024 while coordinating air strikes in the Chernihiv region, received ten years in prison. The SBU press service reported this.

As it turned out, the attacker, under the guise of taxi rides, was tracking the location of Ukrainian air defense systems, against which the Russians were preparing a series of attacks. Among the main "targets" were combat positions of anti-aircraft missile systems and radar stations of the Armed Forces of Ukraine defending northern Ukraine.

Law enforcement officers detained a corrections officer "red-handed" while taking photos and videos of a military facility.

16.34 The humanitarian crisis in the occupied Oleshki in the Kherson region demonstrates the consequences of the occupation for the people who remained in these territories. This was stated by the EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Kaia Kallas, at a press conference after the meeting of the EU Council on Foreign Affairs in the format of defense ministers, Ukrinform reports.

The European Union is currently preparing a new, large-scale list of sanctions restrictions against Russia and is working on delivering humanitarian aid to the occupied territories.

"This situation also clearly shows what is happening to people in the occupied territories," Kallas noted.

She also emphasized that talk about the possibility of "giving away territories" does not take into account the fate of the people who live there.

16.31 The number of victims in Zaporizhia due to enemy attacks has increased to 30 people. This was reported by the head of the OVA, Mykhailo Semikin, in Telegram.

16.14 Ukraine's needs for waging war in 2027 are estimated at $175 billion. This was announced by First Deputy Minister of Finance Roman Yermolychev, referring to the assessment of the Ministry of Defense.

15.43 The Council of the European Union decided to impose sanctions against ten individuals and 17 legal entities responsible for actions undermining the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine, as well as for repression against the Russian opposition.

The decision is directed against those responsible for the systematic illegal deportation and forcible transfer of Ukrainian children to the Russian Federation and temporarily occupied territories, as well as for their forced assimilation, including indoctrination and militarized education.

15.20 A rescue operation is underway at the site of a Russian drone strike on the building of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) of Ukraine, and a search is underway for people who may have been inside. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy reported this on Facebook.

15.17 In the Brovary district, after the Russian attack on Monday, an excess of ammonia was recorded in the fire zone. This was reported by the head of the region, Timur Tkachenko.

The attack damaged a warehouse building. Rescuers conducted radiation and chemical reconnaissance and localized the fire.

"The atmospheric air monitoring post locally, in the fire zone, recorded a slight excess of the chemical substance ammonia NH3. No excess was recorded in the city of Brovary," Tkachenko noted.

Separately, he assured that there is no threat to the life and health of the population.

However, at such concentrations, mild irritation of the nasal mucosa or sore throat may occur with prolonged inhalation. The smell of combustion products may also cause discomfort.

14.35 The number of victims of the attack on a residential high-rise building in Kharkiv at dawn on September 28 has increased to 43, including 11 children. The Kharkiv Regional Prosecutor's Office reported this.

According to the head of the Kharkiv OVA, Oleg Synegubov, three children lived in the apartment where the enemy shell hit. The father took them out of the apartment on his own. Fortunately, the children were not seriously injured. The ceiling between the third and fourth floors of the apartment building was destroyed. In total, 18 apartment buildings were damaged in this area, and more than 1,500 windows were broken.

14.33 In Kyiv, a Russian drone made a direct "arrival" into the building of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (NANU), which is located in the center of the capital. A severe fire broke out. It is currently known that a woman died.

13.51 In the Rostov region of the Russian Federation, during a report on the training of mobile fire groups, Russian propaganda media showed an unknown portable anti-aircraft missile system. Journalist Andrey Tsaplienko suggested that it could be of Chinese or Iranian origin.

In the footage, the operator uses a MANPADS, the appearance of which, according to Tsaplienko, is similar to the Chinese QW-18A or QW-19. At the same time, he does not rule out that it could be the Iranian Misagh-3.

13.34 At least three people were killed in a Russian drone attack on a business center in Dnipro, and the number of injured has increased to 12. This was reported by the head of the Dnipropetrovsk OVA, Oleksandr Ganzha, on Telegram.

13.07 Ukrainian Defense Forces struck two defense plants in the Tula and Voronezh regions of the Russian Federation, as well as oil facilities in the Krasnodar Territory. President Volodymyr Zelensky reported this on Facebook.

12.59 On September 27, an illegal crossing of the Ukrainian-Moldovan border using a motorized paraglider was recorded in Vinnytsia Region. As reported by the spokesman for the State Border Service of Ukraine, Andriy Demchenko, the border guard unit detected an aircraft moving towards the state border at an altitude of about 1 thousand meters. Subsequently, the fact of illegal crossing of the border with Moldova was established. All circumstances of the incident are currently being established, including the place from which the motorized paraglider took off.

12.28 The Kharkiv Regional Prosecutor's Office has submitted an indictment to the court against four representatives of the Russian Federation's high military command. They are accused of organizing a missile strike on the Factor-Druk printing house in Kharkiv on May 23, 2024. According to the investigation, that morning the Russian military fired three S-300 missiles at the enterprise from the territory of the Belgorod region of the Russian Federation. Seven employees were killed and more than 20 people were injured in the attack.

12.03 Units of the Ukrainian Defense Forces struck a number of important military facilities of the Russian army on September 27-28. The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine provided details.

11.41 Counterintelligence officers detained one of the most covert Russian agents in Kherson. The SBU reported this. The agent was so important to the Russians that before fleeing Kherson, they included him in the controlled public organization "Combat Brotherhood" and handed him a firearm.

11.38 One hour of business downtime due to Russian shelling could cost Ukraine's economy about two billion hryvnias. According to the Minister of Economy and Environment Oleksandr Kravchenko, it is difficult to separately assess the impact of shelling on GDP, since the attacks cause disruptions in supplies and exports, as well as downtime for enterprises. There is currently no data on the number of businesses that completely stopped working or relocated after the attacks.

11.19 The Russian occupation army continues to attack Ukraine throughout the night and morning. The Russians attacked critical infrastructure in Vinnytsia, Dnipro, Khmelnytskyi, and Zaporizhia regions. President Volodymyr Zelensky reported this on Telegram.

11.14 In the Bryansk region of the Russian Federation, after a drone attack, part of the bridge on the Dyatkovo - Lyudinovo section collapsed, and freight train cars derailed. According to the acting governor of the Bryansk region, Yegor Kovalchuk, 10 cars derailed as a result of the attack on the Dyatkovo - Lyudinovo section.

In the Unets district, according to him, another 18 empty gondola cars derailed. There were no injuries. Another damage to the railway tracks was recorded in the Navlin district. The Russian authorities stated that train traffic there was not disrupted, and there were no injuries either.

10.57 On the morning of September 28, Russian troops attacked a critical infrastructure facility in Chernihiv region and an enterprise in Semenivka. In Novgorod-Siverskyi, four people were injured, including two teenagers, when a Russian drone struck a residential area. According to the head of the Chernihiv regional military administration, Vyacheslav Chaus, the injured included two girls aged 15 and 17, and two men aged 19 and 27.

Later, Russian troops attacked an enterprise in Semenivka, and on the morning of September 28, they launched a drone strike on a critical infrastructure facility in the region.

10.49 The 3rd Army Corps of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, during the next stage of Operation Vivaldi, liberated the settlements of Nove, Ridkodub and Katerynivka in Donetsk region and regained control over Karpivka and Novomykhailivka. In total, 176 km² of territory have been liberated since the start of the offensive.

10.34 The Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine has published data on 14 banks, financial intermediaries and payment systems that help Russia conduct international payments to circumvent sanctions. According to intelligence, Russian financial institutions and related structures are creating a parallel payment infrastructure involving virtual assets and companies from jurisdictions that have not joined the sanctions against the Russian Federation. Among the new defendants are Finzypay, Asia-Pacific Bank, Sistema-Crypto and other structures.

10.23 On Monday morning, power outages were recorded in nine regions of Ukraine due to Russian attacks on civilian energy infrastructure and bad weather. Ukrenergo reported this. Emergency restoration work is already underway wherever security conditions currently allow, the company assured.

10.12 On the night of September 28, Russian troops attacked a food industry enterprise in the Zhytomyr community with drones. A fire broke out at the site of the attack, but there were no victims or injuries. As reported by the head of the Zhytomyr OVA, Vitaliy Bunechko, the fire was localized and extinguished by rescuers of the State Emergency Service.

10.02 Russia, through post-Soviet criminal networks, announced a reward of $20 million for information on the whereabouts of the commander of the Ukrainian Armed Forces' Unmanned Systems Forces, Robert Brovdi ("Magyar"). According to The Wall Street Journal, Russian courts found Brovdi guilty in absentia of "terrorism" due to Ukrainian military operations and sentenced him to long prison terms.

09.43 In the Kyiv region, three people have been killed and eight others injured in attacks by Russian drones over the past 24 hours. 21 civilian objects have been damaged. As reported by the head of the Kyiv OVA, Timur Tkachenko, exclusively civilian objects were hit.

08.58 In the Sumy community, an 80-year-old woman and a 16-year-old girl were killed as a result of a strike by guided aerial bombs. Eight more people were injured, including a 12-year-old child. Residential buildings and educational institutions were damaged as a result of Russian strikes. Destruction was also recorded in the Glukhiv and Seredyno-Bud communities.

08.35 On the night of September 28 and in the morning, Russian troops are attacking Kyiv with strike drones. Hits were recorded in the Obolonsky, Holosiivskyi, Darnytskyi and Shevchenkivskyi districts of the capital. The Russian attack resulted in hits on a gas station, an office building and a cafe. According to preliminary data, three people were injured. This was reported by the city's mayor, Vitaliy Klitschko.

08.00 In the Krasnodar Territory of the Russian Federation, a fire broke out at the Edelweiss-95 oil depot on the night of September 28 after a drone attack. The oil depot is engaged in wholesale fuel trade and purchases products directly from the largest Russian refineries. This is reported by monitoring Telegram channels.

07.37 The number of victims of the Russian Federation's night attack on Kharkiv has increased to 24, including eight children. An apartment building in the Saltivskyi district was damaged, with two of its floors destroyed. This was reported by the head of the Kharkiv OVA, Oleg Synegubov.

06.03 The number of victims from the KAB hitting a Kharkiv high-rise building has increased to 22.

04.59 In Kharkiv, a KAB hit a high-rise building. Two floors of the building were destroyed by the impact. Five of the 11 injured are children.

00.23 Ukraine lacks $27 billion for defense, Prime Minister Serhiy Koretsky howled. The funds are critically needed to provide the Defense Forces with drones, missiles, equipment and other means. Part of the deficit - namely about $7 billion - the government plans to provide at the expense of a strict regime of savings in public finances. Another $20 billion will need to be found somewhere.

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