Governor: Ukraine repels Russia's attack near liberated Bilohorivka in Luhansk Oblast

1:01 AM

Russian strike on Zaporizhzhia kills 1, injures 5, including 13-year-old girl.

The strike targeted a critical infrastructure facility and a residential neighborhood, killing one man and injuring five people, including a child. Some of the victims have been hospitalized, city authorities reported.

12:26 AM

Russia and its 'accomplices' want to disrupt global unity, Zelensky tells UN.

"The same small group of seven accomplices, led by Russia, has once again acted destructively, always opposing any global initiatives that strengthen the effectiveness of the U.N. charter," Zelensky said at the U.N. Summit of the Future on Sept. 23.

11:37 PM

Biden-Zelensky talks: Ukrainian soldiers want firepower to win but question if US wants Russia defeated

11:32 PM

Japan warns off Russian military plane, uses flares for first time.

Japan scrambled fighter jets after a Russian Il-38 plane entered Japanese airspace on Sept. 23. Japan used flares after the Russian plane ignored earlier warnings, Japanese Defense Minister Minoru Kihara said.

11:11 PM

US elections

Control of US House, Senate is up for grabs. What could down-ballot elections mean for Ukraine support?

10:44 PM

Scholz meets Zelensky, says Germany will not let Kyiv use its weapons on Russian soil.

"Germany will not lift any restrictions. This does not depend on my personal attitude," German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said on Sept. 23, before meeting with Zelensky to discuss Ukraine's peace plan.

10:26 PM

Denmark contributes $19.5 million to restore Ukraine's energy system.

Danish Energy Minister Lars Aagaard announced new financial assistance for Ukraine on Sept. 23 in New York during a meeting within the G7 working group on Ukraine's energy security.

10:17 PM

Opinion

Opinion: Ukraine’s avant-garde legacy battles against persistent destruction

9:27 PM

War update

Ukraine war latest: Kyiv hits over 200 military targets in Russia using drones within a year

8:29 PM

Iranian president says his country doesn't support Moscow as Tehran allegedly transfers ballistic missiles to Russia.

"We are willing to sit down with the Europeans and the Americans to have a dialogue and negotiations. We have never approved of Russian aggression against Ukrainian territory," Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian claimed.

3:57 AM  (Updated:  September 23, 2024 8:16 pm)

Update: Russian attack on apartment building in Zaporizhzhia injures 22, including 2 children.

At least 16 people were injured in a Russian attack on Zaporizhzhia overnight on Sept. 23, including a 15-year-old boy. The strike resulted in a partial destruction of an apartment building, according to Zaporizhzhia Oblast Governor Ivan Fedorov.

7:22 PM

Human story

Ukraine launches online marriages to unite couples separated by war

7:22 PM

Telegram to disclose to authorities phone numbers, IP addresses of those who violate messenger's rules.

Personal information will be provided to the authorities by "valid legal requests," Telegram CEO Pavel Durov said on Sept. 23.

6:32 PM

Lithuania signs memorandum with one of world's leading arms manufacturers on medium-caliber ammunition.

Lithuania has signed a memorandum with American Northrop Grumman Corporation, one of the leading global aerospace and defense technology companies, to produce and supply medium-caliber ammunition, the Lithuanian Defense Ministry said on Sept. 23.

5:30 PM

Ukraine hits over 200 military targets in Russia using drones within a year, Umerov says.

"Today, Ukrainian drones fly over 1,000 kilometers (623 miles), reaching Murmansk and the Volga region, destroying Russian oil refineries and airfields," Defense Minister Rustem Umerov wrote.

4:23 PM

Crimean Bridge ‘must come down,’ Ukraine says at Permanent Court of Arbitration.

Kyiv says it was built deliberately low to the water in order to keep out international shipping.

5:57 PM  (Updated:  September 23, 2024 4:04 pm)

Ukraine

Zelensky comes to US in attempt to boost firepower, pitch victory

3:54 PM

1 person killed, 10 injured after Russian attacks on Donetsk Oblast.

Russian forces attacked the town of Kramatorsk and the village of Shakhove in Donetsk Oblast on Sept. 23, killing one person and injuring at least 10 others, Governor Vadym Filashkin said.

3:17 PM

Netherlands struggling to complete Patriot system pledged to Ukraine, defense minister says.

"We are also trying to find other elements that are needed to complete the system," Dutch Defense Minister Ruben Brekelmans said.

2:18 PM

Next few months will be 'decisive,' Zelensky says during speech in US, urges allies to act faster.

"We have to be faster. We need to not lose the next few months in the war so that we don't lose the next decades," President Volodymyr Zelensky said.

1:13 PM

Russian attacks against Ukraine kill 3, injure 38 over past day.

Ukrainian forces downed three out of four Shahed-type drones launched by Russia overnight, the Air Force reported. One more drone and two Kh-59/69 cruise missiles "failed to reach their targets" due to electronic warfare.

12:34 PM

Relations with Russia should be reconsidered after war in Ukraine, Macron says.

"We will have to think about a new form of organization of Europe and rethink our relations with Russia after the war in Ukraine," Macron said.

12:02 PM

Russian sleeper cell plotting 'violent seizure of power in Odesa' thwarted, SBU claims.

In a post on Telegram, the SBU said the group had originally planned to seize administrative buildings and state institutions in the city at the beginning of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

11:02 AM

Opinion

Opinion: Peace in Ukraine will come through Putin’s fall, not a battlefield breakthrough

10:30 AM

Ukrainian forces break through another section of Russian border, 95th Brigade claims.

"This is the second successful operation to break through the Russian border since the beginning of the operation in Russia's Kursk Oblast," Ukraine's 95th Separate Polesian Air Assault Brigade said.