Yesterday, Kharkiv and 11 settlements in the Kharkiv region were under Russian strikes, and six people were injured.

European Parliament President Roberta Metsola announced on Wednesday that she would visit the Ukrainian capital.

On Wednesday night, September 17, Russian invaders struck a hotel in Kramatorsk with two drones.

On the morning of September 17, Russian invaders attacked Ingulets in the Kherson region with a guided aerial bomb, injuring three adults and a child.

One person was killed and 11 others were wounded in the Kherson region over the past 24 hours as a result of Russian aggression.

On September 16, Ukrainian Defense Forces were involved in 183 combat clashes with Russian invaders, with the heaviest assaults and offensive actions occurring in the Pokrovsk sector.

Over the past 24 hours, Russian forces carried out 590 attacks across 15 settlements in Zaporizhzhia region. As a result of enemy strikes on Zaporizhzhia and the surrounding district, one person was killed and 22 were injured, including four children.

Part of Kropyvnytskyi and 44 other settlements in Kirovohrad region were left without power following a massive Russian drone attack.

The total combat losses of Russian forces in the war against Ukraine from February 24, 2022, to September 17, 2025, amount to about 1,097,450 personnel, including 1,020 in the past 24 hours.

The European Commission will propose speeding up the phase-out of Russian fossil imports, while the next package of European sanctions will target, in particular, Russian crypto assets, banks, and energy.

Drone pilots from the Phoenix Unmanned Systems Unit of the Pomsta (Revenge) Border Guard Brigade destroyed a heavy bomber, a Mavic UAV, and electronic equipment belonging to Russian invaders in the Kupiansk sector.

The first U.S. weapons aid packages for Ukraine from President Donald Trump’s administration, under a new financial arrangement with European allies, have been approved and are expected to be shipped soon.

The Security Service of Ukraine (SSU) and the National Police have detained three more Russian agents who carried out arson attacks in eastern and western regions of Ukraine.

A number of trains are delayed due to a large-scale Russian attack on Ukrzaliznytsia and power outages along railway routes.

In Cherkasy region, Russian strike UAVs targeted critical infrastructure facilities.

Seventy-five percent of Ukrainians categorically reject Russia's so-called "peace plan," which envisions the withdrawal of Ukrainian forces from Donbas.

In Zaporizhzhia, two children who were injured as a result of a night attack on the city are in intensive care.

On the sidelines of the 69th International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) General Conference in Vienna, Ukrainian Energy Minister Svitlana Grynchuk has held a meeting with IAEA Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi.

Ukraine’s Agency for Reconstruction and Korea Construction Equipment Manufacturers Association signed a Memorandum of Cooperation in Seoul. Under the agreement, a training center for heavy machinery operators will be established in Ukraine. The document also paves the way for South Korean companies to participate in the country’s reconstruction.

Russian propaganda is spreading a fake claim alleging that Ukrainian defenders used civilians in Sosnivka, Dnipropetrovsk region, as “human shields.”

Two people were injured in the Kharkiv region on Tuesday, September 16, as a result of strikes by the Russian military.

During an online meeting, Ukrainian Prime Minister Yuliia Svyrydenko and the leadership of the International Register of Damage discussed how to make the compensation mechanism a real tool for payments to Ukrainians.

US President Donald Trump said he had a great conversation with the Indian Prime Minister, despite tensions between the two countries over tariffs, and noted that Narendra Modi thanked him for his support in ending the Russian war.

Since the beginning of the year, Ukrainian defenders have destroyed 29,095 units of Russian army vehicles.

Ukraine has responded positively to the US proposals to end the war.

A 74-year-old local resident was injured in the village of Bilozerka, Kherson region, as a result of an attack by a Russian drone.

UN Secretary General António Guterres does not see prospects for short-term progress in ending Russia’s war against Ukraine.

In Kyiv region, firefighters extinguished a fire covering 17,000 square meters after a Russian drone struck warehouse facilities at the logistics center of the Epicenter company.

Throughout the day, Russian forces attacked Nikopol and Synelnykove districts of Dnipropetrovsk region, causing damage and injuring three people.

Ten shelters have been set up in schools and kindergartens in Chernihiv region with support from the Olena Zelenska Foundation.

President Volodymyr Zelensky accepted the letters of credence from the newly appointed Ambassadors of Cyprus, Latvia, and Pakistan and held separate discussions with each of them on the most important areas of cooperation.

As of September 14, Ukraine has accumulated 12.055 billion cubic meters of natural gas.

Canada’s Minister of Transport Chrystia Freeland will take on the role of Canada’s special envoy on Ukraine.

The Government Office for Coordination of European and Euro-Atlantic Integration has submitted the 2025 Report to the European Commission, detailing the implementation of measures required to open EU negotiations under Cluster 1, Fundamentals.

U.S. President Donald Trump has said that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky "is going to have to make a deal" to end the war unleashed by Russia, while Europe, in his view, must stop buying Russian oil.

Eighty-five combat engagements have taken place between Ukraine's Defense Forces and Russian troops since midnight, 36 of them on the Pokrovsk axis.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, following today's enemy attacks, called on Ukraine's partners, primarily the United States, European countries, and the Group of Seven, to step up sanctions pressure on Russia.

Russian forces dropped explosives from a drone onto a private house in the border village of Arkhypivka, Chernihiv region.

Russian occupation forces on the Dnipro front are attempting to land on several islands in the river delta. Today, in particular, they tried to land on Kruhlyk Island and establish a foothold.

Ukrainian defense tech company Swarmer, a participant in the Brave1 defense cluster, has secured the largest defense investment since the start of the full-scale war to advance AI-driven drone swarms.

In Zaporizhzhia, the number of people injured in last night's attack has risen to 20, after two more children sought medical assistance.

Recently, the enemy has been actively deploying Molniya and Molniya-2 loitering munitions to strike logistics along the Mykolaiv-Kherson highway and routes stretching east from Zaporizhzhia toward Orikhiv, Huliaipole, Vilniansk and beyond.

Russian occupation forces are attempting to resume assault operations in the direction of the village of Malynivka in the Zaporizhzhia region.

The number of victims of the Russian strike on the Slobidskyi District in Kharkiv has risen to four.

62% of Ukrainians surveyed are prepared to endure the war for as long as necessary.

The vast majority of Ukrainians surveyed, 76%, believe that Ukraine can win the war if it receives adequate support in the form of sanctions against Russia and sufficient weapons and money.

During its presidency of the EU Council until the end of the year, Denmark plans to continue pressuring the Hungarian government to unblock the process of opening clusters in negotiations on Ukraine's accession to the European Union, but at the same time is working on alternative mechanisms that will allow Kyiv to move forward on the path of European integration without formally opening clusters.

Russians attacked the Sumy community with strike UAVs, with at least six hits recorded.

Russian forces are conducting strikes on Kharkiv.

Overnight on September 16, Special Operations Forces (SOFs) of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, in coordination with other components of the Defense Forces, struck the Saratov Oil Refinery.