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26 September 2025
French Minister for European Affairs Benjamin Haddad believes that French President Emmanuel Macron’s position aligns with the shift in U.S. President Donald Trump’s views on the war in Ukraine.
In Kharkiv region, four police officers from the Kupiansk District Police were wounded while carrying out evacuation efforts.
The Security Service of Ukraine (SSU) has detained an IT specialist from one of Ukraine’s leading energy companies in the Kyiv region who was directing Russian strikes against critical infrastructure in the capital region.
The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine confirmed a strike on the Afipsky oil refinery in Russia’s Krasnodar area.
The number of wounded in the morning artillery shelling of the Central District of Kherson has increased to five; a 45-year-old man, a 44-year-old woman, and a 23-year-old man sought medical help.
The security of Ukraine is primarily a European responsibility, but the Coalition of the Willing plan for security guarantees for Ukraine has already received backing from American allies.
Large cities in the south, such as Zaporizhzhia and Kherson, are subjected to daily air strikes with powerful guided aerial bombs (KABs).
Ukraine has imposed an entry ban on three high-ranking Hungarian military officials in response to a previous ban by Budapest.
The Air Force is creating a new branch of troops – Unmanned Air Defense Systems Forces – to ensure the protection of civilians and critical infrastructure from drones.
In under two months, Ukrainian Deep Strike capabilities have struck 85 important targets on Russian territory. This directly affects the enemy’s logistics and supply.
The European Commission has offered to use immobilized Russian assets to finance a new €140 billion loan for Ukraine.
During the summer campaign, the enemy had planned to gain control and by early autumn establish a “buffer zone” in Kharkiv and Sumy regions, capture the Pokrovsk agglomeration, reach the borders of Donetsk region, and seize a number of territories in Zaporizhzhia, Dnipropetrovsk, and Kherson regions. Thanks to Ukraine’s Defense Forces, Russia’s plans have been disrupted.
The situation on the frontline is difficult, but the Defense Forces have recently achieved some success. The Defense Forces conduct about 15-20 assault operations daily.
The Russians lack forces and resources to launch an offensive on Dnipropetrovsk region, as all Russian marine units are currently bogged down in fighting in the Dobropillia direction.
Russian troops fired on the frontline and residential areas of five settlements in the Donetsk region 1,699 times in the past 24 hours.
A woman was killed as a result of the morning artillery shelling of Kherson. Proceedings have been initiated, and the authorities are urging residents not to go outside unless necessary.
A woman was killed as a result of the morning artillery shelling of Kherson. Proceedings have been initiated, and the authorities are urging residents not to go outside unless necessary.
In the border areas of Sumy, Chernihiv, and Kharkiv regions, hundreds of shellings are recorded daily, as the enemy fires with all available weapons.
A 20-year-old civilian man was wounded in a Russian drone strike in the Korukivka district of Chernihiv region and is currently hospitalized.
A series of explosions occurred in Russian-occupied Crimea during the night of September 25–26, with sources reporting a strike on the FSB building in the city of Armiansk.
A team from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) stationed at the site recorded the downing and explosion of a Russian drone just 800 meters from the perimeter of the South Ukraine Nuclear Power Plant (NPP).
Russian troops once again targeted communities in the Dnipropetrovsk region, causing destruction.
Drone pilots from the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine targeted and struck two Russian vehicles, a motorcycle, and a firing position in the southern direction.
A fire broke out at the Afipsky oil refinery in Russia’s Krasnodar region following a drone attack.
Drone pilots from the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine targeted and struck two Russian vehicles, a motorcycle, and a firing position in the southern direction.
The fourth France–Ukraine forum took place at the French Institute of International Relations (IFRI) in Paris, organized jointly with the New Europe Center.
On the morning of September 26, Russian forces launched a large-scale airstrike on Kherson, damaging an administrative building and nine private homes.
Over the past 24 hours, there were 200 combat clashes between the Defense Forces of Ukraine and Russian troops, 67 of which occurred in the Pokrovsk sector. The enemy also intensified operations in the Lyman, Toretsk, and Novopavlivka sectors.
The total combat losses of Russian forces in the war against Ukraine from February 24, 2022, to September 26, 2025, amount to approximately 1,106,430 personnel, with 940 killed or wounded in the past 24 hours.
Ukraine’s Defense Forces successfully neutralized 128 Russian drones of various types out of the 154 launched by Russia in an overnight attack beginning on the evening of September 25.