A U.N. expert reports that repression in Russia is escalating, targeting civilians, journalists, and Ukrainian prisoners of war.

Zelenskyy emphasized that any genuine end to the war must include justice: "We need Russia to be held accountable for what it did to Ukraine, to Ukrainians, to our people." Widespread systematic, government-ordered war crimes, torture, rape, kidnapping children, and abuse committed by Russia in Ukraine cannot go unpunished.

Ukrainian attacks on Russia's Belgorod border region killed two civilians while Russian shelling of eastern Ukraine left a man dead, officials said Sunday.

A new memorandum will see Ukrainian forces training Polish troops in counter-drone tactics. It's a moment of recognition of Kyiv's growing expertise.

Ukraine's General Staff said that it had struck two oil refineries overnight on Sept. 20 in Russia's Saratov and Samara oblasts, confirming earlier reports on social media from Russian residents.

Since Russia's invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, Western sanctions have cut off access to foreign-made aircraft and spare parts, leaving Russian airlines to source parts for more than 700 mostly Airbus and Boeing jets on complex, indirect import routes.

Ukrainian intelligence said Cuban fighters are paid an average monthly wage of $2,000, but that foreign mercenaries typically die within five months.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky accused Russia of striking civilian homes with guided aerial bombs in an attack on Zaporizhzhia that killed at least three people.