Ukrainian forces are conducting a counter-sabotage operation in Kupiansk, Kharkiv region, with Russian sabotage group members already taken prisoner. For civilians who remain in the city, the situation is critical, though evacuations continue despite the risks.

In the last week of September 2025, there will be no particular threats to the exchange rate stability.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has met with Ukrainian soldiers who took part in the Dobropillia counteroffensive operation in the Donetsk region.

As part of repatriation efforts, 1,000 bodies — which, according to the Russian side, belong to Ukrainian servicemen — have been returned to Ukraine.

Anonymous Telegram channels have been spreading false information aimed at discrediting Ukrainian intelligence services and destabilizing the situation inside Ukraine.

Ukraine and Poland have agreed to establish a joint operational group for unmanned aircraft systems (UAS).

The Verkhovna Rada has passed a law establishing a Unified Information System for the Social Sphere, aimed at automating social support processes and strengthening the protection of citizens’ personal data.

British media report that Russian reconnaissance ships and drones are actively collecting data on subsea cables and pipelines in Europe.

On Thursday, September 18, the two-week international military exercise Pikne (Lightning) began in Estonia.

The number of people injured in Russia’s strike on a gas station in Poltava region has risen to five.

An interactive exhibition of rare early printed works by European thinkers, scholars, and political figures that reference Ukraine will open at Kyiv’s Central Railway Station.

The Australian government is lowering the price cap on Russian oil to USD 47.60 and imposing targeted sanctions on a further 95 vessels belonging to Russia’s “shadow fleet.”

On the night of September 18, Ukraine’s Special Operations Forces carried out a strike on the Volgograd Oil Refinery in Russia’s Volgograd region.

President Volodymyr Zelensky signed a law ratifying the One Hundred Year Partnership Agreement with Great Britain and thanked King Charles III of the United Kingdom for his support.

Russian troops attacked one of the State Emergency Service units in Nizhyn again yesterday, killing one rescuer and wounding two others.

Four settlements in the Kharkiv region were under Russian strikes yesterday; one person died, and the other was injured.

Polish Defense Minister Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz arrived in the Ukrainian capital on Thursday, September 18, for a visit.

Air Defense Forces neutralized 48 of 75 drones used by Russia to attack Ukraine last night.

Between the morning of September 17 and the morning of September 18, Russian troops struck 29 settlements in 13 communities in the Sumy region 68 times.

Russian invaders killed two residents of the Donetsk region yesterday, September 17.

On the frontline over the past 24 hours, on September 17, 184 combat clashes between the Ukrainian Defense Forces and Russian invaders were recorded.

Seven people were injured in Russian strikes in the Kherson region yesterday.

The total combat losses of Russian troops since the start of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, from February 24, 2022, to September 18, 2025, amount to about 1,098,380 people, including 930 yesterday.

As a result of night shelling of the Poltava region and temporary power outages in several sections of the region, reserve diesel locomotives were brought in. One person was injured.

Anti-aircraft systems were launched during an air raid alert in the capital and the Kyiv region.

The 128th Separate Mountain Assault Brigade has opened a school called “Guardians of the Galaxy,” where trainees learn to operate all types of drones.

Russia is initiating a new wave of mobilization in the temporarily occupied city of Melitopol as it prepares for the autumn 2025 draft.

In the Kyiv region, Russian drones attacked and set fire to warehouses and a private house.

Ukraine's First Lady Olena Zelenska and European Parliament President Roberta Metsola visited a school in the Kyiv region to see the cafeteria and kitchen facilities that were refurbished with funding from the Ukraine Facility program.

Russian forces have destroyed 70% of the town of Pokrovsk in Donetsk region, where around 1,200 residents still remain.

Fighters of the 15th Mobile Detachment "Steel Border" of Ukraine's State Border Guard Service used drones to destroy a Russian shelter and antenna in the Kursk sector.

About 8,000 Hasidim have arrived in Uman to celebrate Rosh Hashanah.

On the sidelines of the 69th International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) General Conference, Ukrainian Energy Minister Svitlana Grynchuk met with the permanent representatives of EU countries to the IAEA.

The Defense Procurement Agency of Ukraine’s Ministry of Defense, at the request of the military, has made its first major procurement of 1,000 tactical mobility vehicles through the Prozorro system.

Surrendering to dictator Vladimir Putin is not an acceptable scenario, as it would bring peace neither to Ukraine nor to Europe, and would only embolden him to further aggression.

Real incentives are needed for entrepreneurs to develop businesses in frontline communities, and the Cabinet of Ministers, together with the parliament, continues to work on additional support measures.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine has called on Hasidic pilgrims planning to travel to Uman for the Jewish New Year, Rosh Hashanah, to take into account that full security for foreign citizens in Ukraine cannot be guaranteed.

Given the ongoing war and repeated violations of EU airspace by Russian drones, the Zapad-2025 military exercises are raising security concerns.

Ukraine has already returned 1,625 children home from Russia and the temporarily occupied territories, working in partnership with NGOs and with the help of mediator countries.

President of the UN General Assembly Annalena Baerbock believes the organization's work is essential for people around the world, particularly for Ukraine during the war.

The Canadian Armed Forces have showcased how they train Ukrainian defenders in modern combat skills.

The future Military Ombudsman will face many challenges, with the greatest being dealing with despair, exhaustion, and fatigue among service members.

In the Poltava region, a Russian drone struck a gas station, causing a fire and injuring one person.

European Parliament President Roberta Metsola stated that the European Parliament has not yet determined its response to Russia’s withdrawal from the Convention for the Prevention of Torture, but condemned any abandonment of international obligations.

The European Parliament Office in Ukraine will be headed by Maximilian Shroeder, whose main role will be to facilitate the European Parliament’s ongoing support for Ukraine’s Verkhovna Rada.

Throughout the day, Russian forces attacked Kherson region using aviation, artillery, and drones, leaving seven people injured, including a child.

President Volodymyr Zelensky said that the budget for one year of the war amounts to USD 120 billion.

President Volodymyr Zelensky said that the PURL initiative fund may increase to USD 3.5–3.6 billion in October.

President Volodymyr Zelensky held a meeting with European Parliament President Roberta Metsola. The key topics of discussion included Ukraine’s EU membership, strengthening sanctions against Russia, and the construction of shelters.

The Pokrovsk sector became a true trial for soldiers of the 92nd Assault Brigade: a group of Ukrainian troops found themselves fully surrounded by the enemy — cut off from communications, wounded, and under constant shelling. Despite this, they held out for 12 days and managed to break free.