Since the start of the day, Ukrainian forces have engaged in 83 combat clashes with Russian invaders, with the fiercest battles reported in the Pokrovsk sector of the front.
Deliberate Russian drone attacks targeting civilians and infrastructure in frontline areas of Ukraine—as well as the deportation and forced relocation of Ukrainian citizens—qualify as crimes against humanity, according to the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine.
The decision to create the Assault Troops is a response to the demands of modern warfare, aimed at increasing defensive resilience and the effectiveness of counteroffensive operations.
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky has signed a law aimed at creating favorable conditions for defense industry companies and strengthening Ukraine’s defense capabilities.
The Cabinet of Ministers has allocated over UAH 2 billion (USD 54 million) to Ukraine’s Ministry of Defense to strengthen funding for the Drone Army. Bonus project.
Ukraine’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has strongly condemned the illegal “visit” to the temporarily Russian-occupied Autonomous Republic of Crimea by Burkina Faso’s Ambassador Aristide Tapsoba, Mali’s Ambassador Seydou Kamissoko, and Niger’s Ambassador Issa Abou Sidiq.
Over the past day, Ukrainian forces regained control of 1.3 square kilometers and conducted search-and-destroy operations across an additional 2.1 square kilometers in the Pokrovsk district of Donetsk region.
Operators of the 412th Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Regiment Nemesis of the Ukrainian Armed Forces' Unmanned Systems Forces destroyed an enemy offensive road clearer, the IMR-3M.
In Russia, the number of contract soldiers has decreased more than 2.5 times, insufficient to cover the army's irrecoverable losses in the war against Ukraine.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky received reports from Commander-in-Chief of the Ukrainian Armed Forces Oleksandr Syrskyi on the situation at the front, including Ukraine's counteroffensive near Dobropillia and Pokrovsk.
Amid its protracted war against Ukraine and a rapidly widening budget deficit (4.19 trillion rubles in the first eight months of 2025 – nearly four times the planned figure), Russia's only realistic scenario for maintaining financial stability remains another tax increase.
As part of the UN General Assembly high-level week, Ukraine's delegation has scheduled nearly 20 meetings with leaders from around the world, including a meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump.
In the Kirovohrad region, a gunman was detained who, on September 20, opened fire during a document check and wounded two police officers, one of whom is in serious condition.