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In the Novopavlivka sector, Ukrainian troops carried out successful search and strike operations, resulting in an advance of up to three kilometers, the destruction of a significant number of enemy infantry, and the capture of prisoners.
On Saturday, the Estonian Defense Forces published a map showing the flight path of Russian MiG-31 fighter jets that violated Estonian airspace on September 19.
An exhibition titled “The Unconquered: Light Through the Darkness” by volunteer and photographer Serhii Himiush, who has been documenting the war in Ukraine since its first days, took place in Istanbul.
President Volodymyr Zelensky stated that if Russian leader Vladimir Putin refuses to agree to a meeting, the United States should intensify its sanctions pressure on Russia.
Each new Russian attack proves that Ukraine urgently needs additional air defense systems and tougher sanctions against Russia.
Five high-rise buildings in Mykolaiv have been damaged, with windows broken and balconies ruined.
President Volodymyr Zelensky said that security guarantees should not wait until the end of the war, as there may not be a final document on the end of the aggression.
President Volodymyr Zelensky said that during his meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump in New York, scheduled for next week, he hopes to receive confirmation of the promised security guarantees.
President Volodymyr Zelensky said that the success of strikes on enemy oil refineries indicates that Ukraine has increased its production of drones and can use more of them for attacks.
Enemy maps captured during a counteroffensive in the Donetsk region show that Russians are presenting their wishes as reality.
The enemy struck Malokaterynivka with an FPV drone. One person was injured.
President Volodymyr Zelensky said that “strong units” are operating in the Kupiansk area and will destroy the enemy.
Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Kęstutis Budrys expressed condolences to the victims of Russia’s overnight strike on Ukraine, noting that Ukraine had halted the aggressor’s advance and urging allies to step up their efforts.
President Volodymyr Zelensky said that after the counterattack by the Defense Forces on Dobropillia and in the Pokrovsk area, 330 km² were returned to Ukrainian control, of which more than 170 km² were completely liberated from the enemy.
A Russian drone struck a residential building in Prymorsk, injuring an 87-year-old woman.
The Russians struck the Kovpakivskyi district of Sumy, causing a power outage.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces’ Unmanned Systems Forces have carried out strikes against the Saratov and Novokuybyshevsk oil refineries in Russia.
Air Defense Forces destroyed 552 Russian drones, two Iskander-M/KN-23 ballistic missiles, and 29 Kh-101 cruise missiles.
One person was killed and eight wounded, including three medical workers, in enemy attacks in the Chernihiv region over the past 24 hours.
On the front line over the past day, September 19, 165 combat clashes between the Ukrainian Defense Forces and Russian invaders were recorded.
In the Kherson region, as a result of Russian aggression, one person was killed and four others were wounded within 24 hours.
One person was killed in the Dnipropetrovsk region as a result of a massive Russian attack.
In the early hours of September 20, Russian invaders launched a massive strike on Mykolaiv using ballistic missiles and Shahed-type drones.
The total combat losses of Russian troops from February 24, 2022, to September 20, 2025, in the war against Ukraine amount to approximately 1,100,600 people, including 1,070 people over the past day.
The consequences of the Russian missile and drone attack have been recorded in the Bucha, Boryspil, and Obukhiv districts of the Kyiv region.
During a combined attack, the army hit a high-rise building in Dnipro.
Fighters from the 8th Border Guard Detachment used strike drones in the Zaporizhzhia direction to destroy a ZU-23-2 anti-aircraft gun, a fuel depot, and a Russian vehicle.
Since the beginning of the month, units of the Ukrainian Armed Forces' Unmanned Systems Forces have destroyed four enemy air defense systems and damaged about a dozen more.
Three Ukrainian teenagers have been brought back from Russian-occupied territories as part of President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s initiative Bring Kids Back UA.