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.

Late on Sunday, September 21, Russian troops launched drone strikes on the Poltava region, causing a fire at an industrial facility.

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.

Ukraine has already received initial proposals from partners for the export of its domestically produced modern weapons.

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.

The UN Security Council will convene on Tuesday to discuss the situation in Ukraine in connection with Russia's war.

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.

In the Zaporizhzhia region, nearly 40 rescuers were involved in extinguishing a large-scale fire on the territory of an equestrian club.

Two people were injured in the Dnipropetrovsk region as a result of Russian shelling on September 21.

Ukraine has appealed to South Korea, which currently holds the presidency of the UN Security Council, to participate in the meeting and present our point of view.

An administrative building in the village of Sadove, Kherson community, has been destroyed as a result of Russian shelling

Fighters from the 12th Special Forces Brigade “Azov” of the National Guard of Ukraine, together with adjacent units, prevented Russian invaders from storming the village of Yablunivka in the Kostiantynivka direction.

Since the beginning of the day, there have been 82 combat clashes between the Ukrainian Armed Forces and Russian troops. Fighting continues on six fronts, with the enemy remaining most active in Pokrovsk. 

The Turkish capital hosted the presentation of the exhibition “Ukrainian Queens and Princesses: A Shared European Female Heritage,” which tells the story of outstanding women of Ukrainian origin who left their mark on European history.

On Sunday, drone debris was found in two locations in the Województwo mazowieckie in eastern Poland.

Currently, Russian forces are attempting to capture small settlements on the road to Kostiantynivka. Their task of seizing Kostiantynivka is complicated by the fact that they have so far failed to take Chasiv Yar and Toretsk.

In the city of Kostiantynivka in the Donetsk region, a man was killed, and residential buildings and infrastructure facilities were damaged as a result of Russian shelling.

Two schools collapsed in Russia in the last 24 hours, one of which was built in the 1930s.

Currently, no activity is being observed from Belarus along the border with Ukraine.

A Russian drone struck a civilian vehicle in the village of Shalyhyne community in the Sumy region, injuring the driver.

Currently, Russian forces are not using a gas pipeline to break into Kupiansk.

Ukraine hopes that the European Union’s 19th sanctions package will force Russia to feel the consequences of its actions and serve as one of the decisive measures to push it toward peace.

A man was wounded in Bilozerka, Kherson region, as a result of night shelling.

Yesterday evening, the Russian army launched drone strikes on the city of Kryvyi Rih and the surrounding area.

Soldiers of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine struck three Mi-8 helicopters belonging to Russian invaders and an expensive Russian 55Zh6U Nebo-U radar station in the temporarily occupied Crimea.

A 21-year-old man was injured as a result of shelling in Chernihiv.

Air Defense Forces destroyed 33 of the 54 drones used by the Russian army to attack Ukraine on the evening of September 20.

Two firefighters were wounded in the Chernihiv region during rescue operations at a critical infrastructure facility as a result of shelling.

A 62-year-old man was injured in the Sumy region as a result of enemy attacks over the past day.

Russian troops attacked two communities in the Mykolaiv region with drones over the past day, and a woman was wounded.

Three settlements in the Kharkiv region were hit by enemy strikes in the past 24 hours, causing damage to homes, property, and infrastructure.

In the Kherson region, Russian troops attacked about 40 settlements, including the regional center, with drones and artillery in the past 24 hours.

Russian troops killed a resident of Pokrovsk, Donetsk region, yesterday.

Ukrainian forces engaged in 151 combat clashes with Russian invaders over the past 24 hours, with a third of engagements recorded on the Pokrovsk front.

Agents of the Atesh movement have blown up railway tracks in Smolensk, Russia, leading to an aircraft plant that produces Kh-59 missiles for the Russian Defense Ministry.

Russia suffered approximately 1,101,610 casualties in Ukraine between February 24, 2022 and September 21, 2025, with 1,010 soldiers killed or wounded in the past 24 hours.

Russian forces carried out 523 strikes on 13 settlements in the Zaporizhzhia region on Saturday, September 20. Three people were injured in enemy attacks in the Zaporizhzhia and Vasylivka districts.

Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine Andriy Yermak and U.S. Secretary of State, Acting U.S. National Security Advisor Marco Rubio discussed preparations for security guarantees for Ukraine ahead of the leaders' meeting in New York.

The Kremlin cannot sharply cut military spending without triggering an economic collapse, yet continuing to finance the war is becoming increasingly difficult.

The Ukrainian Air Force has released footage of Ukrainian air defenders in action on September 20, 2025, during Russia's massive strike on Ukrainian territory.

Drone pilots from the Phoenix unit of the Revenge Border Guard Brigade destroyed three cars, three trucks, an armored vehicle, and struck a Russian tank in the Pokrovsk sector.

The number of registered businesses in Russia has fallen to its lowest level since 2010, and as of September 1, 2025, only 3.17 million enterprises remained in the Unified State Register of Legal Entities of the Russian Federation.

Portugal’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has announced that the country will recognize the State of Palestine. The decision is set to take effect on Sunday, September 21.

In Pishchanyi Brid, Novoukrainka district, Kirovohrad region, during a document check, a resident opened fire with an unidentified weapon at police officers.

The European Union is considering trade measures targeting imports of Russian oil still being purchased by Hungary and Slovakia.

About 250,000 people are left without water in the temporarily occupied territory of Luhansk region.

NATO is a coalition weakened by the US withdrawal from Europe, doomed to slow decision-making, so Putin will continue to “test the reactions” of his opponents and try out the Alliance without any punishment.

Ukraine has imposed sanctions against officials, businessmen, and individuals involved in human rights violations in the temporarily occupied Crimea, as well as propagandists and pro-Russian figures from Moldova.

The Russian army attacked the Vorozhba community in the Sumy region with drones.