Sixteen Ukrainian children have been brought back from Russian-occupied territories as part of President Volodymyr Zelensky's Bring Kids Back UA initiative.

Kyiv is prepared to provide assistance to Chisinau to prevent destabilization in Moldova amid Russia's attempts to interfere in the country's parliamentary elections.

The U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) has committed an investment of $75 million to the U.S.-Ukraine Reconstruction Investment Fund, while Ukraine will double this contribution.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine welcomes the allocation of the first packages of military aid under the Prioritized Ukraine Requirements List (PURL) initiative.

In accordance with the law, the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) only informs the leadership of the state, the Verkhovna Rada, and the Cabinet of Ministers about the approximate forecast of a portion of profits that will be transferred to the state budget.

The meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and Britain's King Charles III during Trump's visit to the United Kingdom could lay the groundwork for convincing the American leader of the need to exert greater pressure on Kremlin chief Vladimir Putin.

Russia continues its attempts to restart the power units of the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) and use its capacity to supply electricity to Russia's southern regions.

During the active phase of the joint Zapad-2025 military exercises between Russia and Belarus, held from September 12 to 16, no threatening activity or unusual incidents were recorded directly along the Ukrainian border.

Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Ruslan Stefanchuk has received from European Parliament President Roberta Metsola the protocol on the opening of the Permanent Representation Office of the European Parliament in Kyiv.

The Verkhovna Rada has ratified the One Hundred Year Partnership Agreement between Ukraine and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.  

A man was killed as a result of a Russian strike on the village of Slatyne in the Kharkiv region.

The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine has adopted, in its second reading, the law on the establishment of a Military Ombudsman.

The President of the European Parliament, Roberta Metsola, will open a permanent representation of this institution in Kyiv.

Russian troops destroyed a residential building in the village of Dudchany, Beryslav district, Kherson region, with four UAVs.

Russian invaders struck a fire and rescue station in Druzhkivka, Donetsk region, with a drone.

The International Atomic Energy Agency team based at the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) reported on Tuesday that shelling occurred near the site and observed black smoke rising from three nearby locations.

Russian troops carried out 49 strikes on 16 settlements in the Chernihiv region over the past day, injuring a civilian and causing extensive damage.

Air Defense Forces destroyed 136 of the 172 drones used by Russia to attack Ukraine on the evening of September 16.

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.