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Ukraine’s SBU hit one An-12 plane, two An-26 aircraft, and three unspecified helicopters at a Russian military airfield.

Up to 25,000 North Korean citizens are working in Russia to manufacture Iranian-designed drones for the war against Ukraine, in violation of UN sanctions.

President Volodymyr Zelensky appointed 42-year-old Anton Kovalskyi acting prosecutor general, two days after parliament backed Ruslan Kravchenko’s dismissal.

The FSB Public Relations Center reported on Thursday that it had arrested a resident of Sevastopol who had organized the smuggling of weapons into the combat zone in Ukraine, on behalf of the SBU.

A Russian drone struck a shopping center in Kharkiv’s Osnovianskyi district on Thursday, regional authorities said.

Zelensky welcomed the US House’s passage of a sweeping Russia sanctions bill after an overnight Russian attack injured civilians and damaged infrastructure in 8 Ukrainian regions.

A military airfield in Rostov-on-Don and the Slavneft-YANOS oil refinery in Yaroslavl were reportedly hit during a major overnight drone attack.

The EU’s proposed “associate membership” for Canada could create a new model for closer integration without full accession.

War in Ukraine - Latest update, key takeaways and map from the Institute for the Study of War on September 16, 2026.

Tsikhanouskaya welcomed the release of 25 political prisoners but said negotiations must continue until all those jailed for political reasons are free.

The House passed a major Russia sanctions package aimed at cutting the financial networks sustaining Moscow’s war against Ukraine and increasing pressure on Putin.

Three people, including a three-year-old child, were injured when a Russian strike hit a 19-story apartment building in Odesa.

A Russian missile attack injured 10 people in Kyiv, including a 10-year-old girl, and damaged buildings across three districts.

A Russian strike destroyed decades of Kvartal 95 history, turning Zelensky’s former studio into a symbol of how Moscow reaches for symbolism when it cannot defeat Ukraine on the battlefield.

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On Sept. 16, the Verkhovna Rada approved two key draft bills in their first readings to meet international commitments under IMF and EU programs.

A Russian drone strike destroyed a Kyiv warehouse used by Studio “Kvartal 95” on Wednesday, Sept. 16, the production company co-founded by President Volodymyr Zelensky.

President Volodymyr Zelensky said he signed legislation creating criminal liability for organized scam call centers after Ukraine’s parliament, the Verkhovna Rada, approved the measure earlier on Wednesday, Sept. 16.

Germany pledged to send four Eurofighter jets to Latvia, reinforcing NATO’s air policing ahead of the country’s Oct. 3 parliamentary election.

Ukraine is seeking to establish a first-loss fund to expand war-risk insurance for businesses, with a 1% VAT increase discussed as one possible source of Ukraine’s contribution.

Lithuanian President Gitanas Nausėda said a Russian Gerbera drone entered the country’s airspace from Belarus on Tuesday, Sept. 15, carrying an explosive device.

Ukraine’s human rights commissioner Dmytro Lubinets said on Wednesday, Sept. 16 that Russia has yet to approve an agreed humanitarian evacuation from occupied Oleshky in the Kherson region.

Russian strikes killed at least six people and injured at least 17 others across four Ukrainian regions on Wednesday, Sept. 16.

Russian Defense Minister Andrei Belousov awarded the commander of the corvette Soobrazitelny after the vessel fired two signal flares toward a Danish military helicopter in international waters.

In this interview, Stash Luczkiw sits down with D.W.

Polish Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorsky said Russian state assets frozen in Europe will not be returned to Moscow.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said a war would be “very short” if Europe attacked Russia.

Ukraine’s new 2027 draft budget has placed the average salary estimate at Hr.34,409 ($770) per month, with previous estimates largely in line with subsequently documented averages.

Parliament voted on Wednesday to add a new article to Ukraine’s Criminal Code to prosecute those involved in operating scam call centers, with a maximum prison term of 12 years.

Former Kosovo President Hashim Thaci has been sentenced to 25 years in prison for war crimes committed during the 1998-1999 conflict with Serbia.

Trump has called for a Russia-Ukraine truce on energy infrastructure strikes, but Kyiv Post Editor-in-Chief Bohdan Nahaylo tells World Talks that Ukraine is ready while Russia shows no such willingness.

All six reactors at the Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant remain in cold shutdown and produce no electricity.

Belarus has agreed to release 25 prisoners under an interim deal with Washington, according to US envoy John Coale on Wednesday.

The EU-Ukraine Drone Alliance has brought together 18 founding companies to strengthen cooperation on unmanned systems.

Russia must provide a list of energy facilities it wants protected if it is serious about a reciprocal ceasefire, President Zelensky said.

Ukraine’s business sector is entering 2027 with cautious optimism.

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The anonymous hacker group, CikLeak, announced that it had infiltrated the infrastructure of the Central Election Commission’s GАS “Elections 2.0: system.

The EU is reportedly eyeing Canada to become its first “associate member” despite having no such mechanisms in place within the bloc’s treaties.

Reuters said Democrats in Congress are launching a probe into Trump Jr.’s Bahamas wedding, during which Putin-linked oligarch Umar Kremlev paid for the wedding festivities.

Atesh says the sabotage attack disrupted power at a Voronezh plant producing electronic components for Russian missiles and air defenses.

The US continues to press Kyiv to give Putin land he has been unable to conquer in 12 years.

US prosecutors have charged five alleged members of a Russian intelligence network accused of arranging assassinations in the US and Europe.

Ursula von der Leyen proposed a European Security Council and an emergency protocol for EU states to coordinate responses to security crises.

Serhii Kolyada’s ironic take on the latest international events.

A Russian drone struck a passenger bus in Ukraine’s Nikopol district on Wednesday morning, killing at least five people and injuring seven, regional officials said.

Following Ukraine’s liberation of Izyum in September 2022, investigators exhumed 449 bodies from a forest burial site, many bearing signs of torture, execution, or violent death.

Donaustahl CEO Thumann says he was warned of a planned Russian assassination attempt and has been forced into hiding.

Russian forces attacked a Kyiv-Mykolaiv passenger train on Sept. 16, but passengers and crew were evacuated after an early warning.

Zelensky says Putin’s objective extends beyond territorial gains, arguing that Russia ultimately wants Ukraine itself.