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German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said Monday, Sept. 14 that Berlin will maintain military support for Ukraine despite the rise of the far-right, pro-Russian Alternative for Germany (AfD) party.

The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) has urged residents of occupied territories not to take part in Russia’s planned Sept. 18-20 State Duma elections, calling it illegal.

Ukraine's Finance Ministry said it will soon receive $841 million from the World Bank under a guarantee from the Government of Canada, with the funds earmarked to cover pension payments in the state budget.

Ukraine reportedly risks losing a substantial amount of $29.5 billion in planned international financing if the parliament misses deadlines for required legislation, according to Ukraine’s prime minister.

Former CIA Chief of Station Sean Wiswesser tells Kyiv Post’s Jason Jay Smart that Russia’s FSB, SVR and GRU are far from the polished spy services of myth – they’re corrupt, often sloppy, yet still lethal abroad.

Anthropic, the AI safety and research company said that it had prevented Russian developers from using its Claude coding agent to create software to power the Kremlin’s autonomous kamikaze drones.

EU member states extended sanctions tied to Russia’s war in Ukraine for another seven days on Monday, Sept. 14.

Zelensky imposed 10-year sanctions on former press secretary Mendel and nine Russian citizens.

US President Donald Trump said Monday, Sept. 14, that Ukraine and Russia agreed not to strike each other’s energy infrastructure.

President Volodymyr Zelensky signed a decree ousting Ruslan Kravchenko from his post as Prosecutor General on Monday, Sept. 14.

Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorsky rebuked President Karol Nawrocki’s office after it suggested Piotr Lukasiewicz might not be approved as ambassador to Ukraine.

In August, China remained the largest buyer of Russian fossil fuels, followed by India and Turkey.

The Kremlin said Russia will continue striking targets across Ukraine after a Russian attack hit a railway locomotive just 2 km from the Polish border.

Zelensky says Ukraine has resorted to costly AIM-9s and AIM-120s air-to-air missiles from Ukrainian F-16s to shoot down Russian jet-powered drones as Canada pledges new packages.

Third Army Corps commander Andriy Biletsky said Ukraine’s success will depend on defending its skies from ballistic missiles and jet-powered drones this winter.

Partisan group says Russian Gen.

Trump urged Zelensky to stop striking Russian diesel facilities and blamed Ukraine for global fuel shortages.

Germany will add postings to its permanent brigade in Lithuania this fall, with up to 1,000 active-duty soldiers potentially affected, Bild reported.

In November last year Ukraine’s Defense Ministry unveiled a project to allow private businesses to defend their own plants against Russian aerial attacks.

Kyiv Post presents an eyewitness account of the attack on a train at the Polish border that nearly hit former CIA Director David Petraeus and came on the heels of ex-UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s departure.

Timothy Ash argues that President Trump cannot blame Ukraine alone for rising energy prices, saying his Iran policy and decision to reduce US support for Kyiv helped push Ukraine toward developing its own long-range strike capabilities and gave it greater…

The commander of Ukraine’s 2nd Khartiia Corps said the battlefield in his sector has shifted underground, where Ukrainian troops are operating more effectively than Russian forces.

MITS Capital co-founder and CEO Perry Boyle told Kyiv’s Yalta European Strategy Forum that air defense alone cannot save Ukraine and urged partners to back attacks on Russia’s missile-production plants.

Three people were killed and seven injured when Russian forces attacked an agricultural enterprise in central Pryluky, Chernihiv region.

Ukraine’s navy said Russia has been launching the naval-based Kalibr missiles directly from port, instead of sending the warships out at sea, for four months in a row.

KharkivPride held its first march on foot since Russia launched its full-scale invasion, with about 200 people following a 500-meter underground route.

Ukraine’s counteroffensive has reportedly reversed Russia’s gains since March and disrupted Moscow’s plan to encircle Sloviansk and Kramatorsk from the north.

Germany’s Defense Ministry plans to earmark nearly €3.4 billion for US-made Tomahawk cruise missiles and mobile Typhon launchers, POLITICO reported.

US President Donald Trump said Washington is discussing a license to allow Ukraine to manufacture a less advanced version of its Patriot interceptor missiles.

Canada is negotiating participation in the European Union’s €90 billion loan for Ukraine, which will finance Kyiv’s budgetary and defense needs in 2026 and 2027.

Ruslan Kravchenko’s resignation and subsequent announcement of a case against NABU’s director have renewed scrutiny of Ukraine’s EU reform commitments.

Poland’s FM said Russia’s new jet-powered drones pose a threat that requires action from both Ukraine and its allies.

Ukraine’s Prosecutor General Ruslan Kravchenko reportedly left the country overnight in an official vehicle, amid an escalating clash with anti-corruption agencies and now involving President Volodymyr Zelensky.

If the US House of Representatives passes the “Sanctioning Russia Act,” which mandates a 100% maximum tariff on the five largest countries buying Russian oil and gas and punishes countries helping Russia evade sanctions, it could be game over for the Russ…

Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski said NATO has “overwhelming superiority” in air power and could defeat Russia “quite quickly” if Moscow attacked, adding that Europe could destroy Russia’s remaining refining capacity in weeks.

Ukraine Brief on TVP World is joined by Stefan Korshak, Senior Defense Correspondent at the Kyiv Post, to discuss the escalating attacks and Ukraine’s air-defense challenges.

Ukraine is rapidly becoming a major player in military techology.

Poland’s prime minister convened an emergency security meeting after a Russian strike hit a Kyiv-Warsaw train near the Ukrainian border, as Donald Tusk warned Moscow’s escalating actions could eventually threaten Polish territory.

Trump urged Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to stop striking diesel fuel facilities in Russia, warning that other targets should be pursued instead.

War in Ukraine - Latest update, key takeaways and map from the Institute for the Study of War on September 13, 2026.

A near-miss Russian drone strike at Yahodyn station has cast fresh light on Vladimir Putin’s long-running hostility toward Boris Johnson.

Ukraine and Poland say the Russian drone strike near the border may have been aimed at the diplomatic train carrying Boris Johnson and other senior Western officials, which had passed through Yahodyn shortly before the attack.

In Kyiv, Ukrainian Fashion Week's Spring/Summer 2027 season pressed on through a week of daytime Russian strikes, moving three runway shows into a bomb shelter.

Threat groups linked to Russian intelligence services used Anthropic’s Claude AI tool to execute multi-victim cyber campaigns targeting Ukrainian and Western institutions, according to a threat intelligence report by Anthropic.

The Kyiv Porcelain Museum is a unique institution that continues to operate despite the war.

Moscow’s attacks are turning the Dnipro river into a daily barrier between the city’s two halves.

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni rejected speculation that she could form political coalitions with parties opposed to military aid for Ukraine, saying that she will not abandon her principles for electoral advantage ahead of elections next year.

German defense officials are considering steps to block regional state governments from accessing confidential national and NATO defense plans if the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) enters government.

There can be no doubt that Feb. 24, 2022 was a watershed.

Polish Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski argued that NATO should conduct aggressive military exercises near Russia’s Kaliningrad exclave to exploit Moscow’s localized vulnerabilities and force Vladimir Putin to redeploy troops away from Ukraine.