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Ukraine has approved over 90% of applications for #armsexports. Eighteen Ukrainian defense companies have already received permits to export finished weaponry. Since February 2026, the National Security and Defense Council has reported that the Interagency Commission on Military-Technical Cooperation and Export Control has processed more than 400 applications and approved over 90% of them.
EC President #UrsulavonderLeyen stated that the EU is discussing Ukraine's funding needs for the coming year and ways to mobilize new global support. She added that the EU will also provide Kyiv with additional funding this week to procure #drones and #missiles. The Commission President added that this support is intended to strengthen Ukraine's defense and protect its airspace. Meanwhile, President #Zelenskyy said the EU would allocate about €3B in additional military support to the country this week.
#EU foreign ministers approved the decision to impose sanctions on 1,569 representatives of Russia's military-industrial complex in response to the continuation and escalation of Russia's aggression against Ukraine, EU foreign policy chief #KajaKallas announced. "This is the largest expansion of the sanctions list since #Russia began its war."
Almost half of EU citizens support Ukraine's rapid accession to the bloc. Forty-seven percent of the bloc's citizens favor Ukraine's accelerated entry into the European Union, while 53% oppose it. Residents of Germany and Romania are the most skeptical of Ukraine's quick accession to the EU; in Germany, 41% of respondents support it, while in Romania, the figure is only 40%. At the same time, Sweden recorded the highest level of support among major EU countries, at 69%
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The #EU plans to consider redirecting frozen Russian funds to support #Kyiv again. EU leaders will discuss Russia's invasion of Ukraine and ongoing aid to Kyiv during a two-day summit in Brussels on October 15–16. A key topic will be whether to use frozen Russian assets to benefit Ukraine. Before the summit, 122 Members of the European Parliament signed a petition urging EU leaders to reconsider this issue. They suggested transferring these Russian funds into a new EU mechanism that would assume legal obligations with the Central Bank of Russia.
#Poland and #Romania have declined to help #Ukraine transport its blocked grain. Both countries are unwilling to increase transit of Ukrainian grain through their territories, emphasizing that their own farmers' interests come first. Currently, Ukrainian farmers can export less than 50% of their potential output by rail, road, and river across #Europe. If the Black Sea port blockade persists, as much as 35 million tons of grain could stay in Ukraine this year.
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President #Zelenskyy noted that Russian troop casualties have increased over the past two to three months. "Since the start of the year, their monthly losses ranged from 30,000 to 32,000 personnel—mostly killed or severely wounded. Currently, the losses are about 42,000 per month," he said.
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#RUSSIANWAR
An overwhelming majority (72%) of Ukrainians support holding peace negotiations with Russia; however, about 50% of citizens are open to territorial compromises, according to a survey by the Future Research Foundation. At the same time, an overwhelming majority of Ukrainians also consider any reduction or limitation of the Armed Forces of Ukraine to be unacceptable.
Ukraine has reached an agreement with #Belgium to receive three F-16s. President #Zelenskyy announced the agreement with Belgium, which provides for the transfer of three F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine by the end of the year. He added that Ukraine would receive these aircraft through an accelerated procedure.
#Kyiv expects to receive another €7B this year under the #UkraineFacility. Minister of Economy Oleksandr Kravchenko said, "We expect to receive nearly €3B in early October and the approval of over €7B more by the end of the year." He added that this funding is linked to indicators already met.
Foreign defense suppliers owe Ukraine $10B for undelivered equipment. Tetiana Nikolaienko, Deputy Head of the Public Anti-Corruption Council under the Ministry of Defense, said foreign defense suppliers owe Ukraine $10B in goods under contracts from 2022–2023. Ukraine could resort to international arbitration to resolve this issue, though doing so would be time-consuming and costly under current circumstances.
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#weaponsForUkraine
Since the start of the year, Russia has lost nearly 249,000 troops in the war in Ukraine. President Zelenskyy said that between January and August 2026, the Russian army lost 248,964 troops killed or severely wounded on the battlefield. He said that during the same period, the aggressor seized approximately 1,000 square kilometers of territory, a significant portion of which Ukraine has already liberated.
#RussianLosses
#RussianWar
In September, Russia attacked the tobacco giant's factory in Kremenchuk twice. The facility currently remains closed, and the company is working with authorities to assess the security situation and the conditions for resuming operations. JTI also emphasized that the Kremenchuk factory produces exclusively tobacco products and has never been involved in military production, contrary to claims made by the Russian side.
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OpenAI will give Kyiv access to AI tools to protect critical infrastructure against cyberattacks. The American technology company OpenAI will provide its AI-powered cyber defense system, Daybreak, to the Ukrainian government at no cost. It is designed to help protect civilian infrastructure, including hospitals and power plants, from cyberattacks. Ukraine recorded nearly 6,000 cyberattacks in 2025.
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#Britain has refused to lift sanctions on Russian businessmen, despite the EU's decision. The UK will not follow the EU's lead and will maintain sanctions against Russian billionaires Alisher Usmanov and Mikhail Fridman, PM Andy Burnham told President Zelenskyy during a closed-door meeting on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in NYC. He also told #Zelenskyy that he disagreed with the EU's decision to remove both businessmen from its sanctions list.
The #WorldBank has provided Ukraine with $841M backed by guarantees from #Canada. These funds will reimburse state budget expenditures for pension payments, Prime Minister Serhiy Koretskyi announced. The financing was secured under the PEACE in Ukraine program; the project has already reached $54.3B.
#Russia has already deployed approximately 7,700 jet-powered #attackdrones against Ukraine. Ukraine officials stated that around 1,800 to 1,900 of these drones were used in the first 20 days of September alone. By comparison, Russia launched approximately 2,800 jet-powered drones throughout July. Ukrainian air defenses shoot down about 60% of these jet-powered UAVs at various stages of their flight—a figure Ihnat describes as quite high, given the available air defense forces and assets.
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A Ukrainian company unveiled a fixed-wing drone called the KARA that could bomb a target, relay radio signals, and ferry FPV drones deep behind Russian lines
It packed the work of four separate weapons into one machine, costing about the price of a used car
euromaidanpress.com/2026/09/…
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Абсолютно правильні слова міністра закордонних справ України Андрія Сибіги:
«14 із 15 членів Ради Безпеки ООН підтримують припинення вогню. Лише один агресор блокує його».
«Росія незаконно займає місце СРСР за цим столом. Агресор має бути видалений зі складу Ради Безпеки ООН», - сказав голова МЗС України.
Росія ніколи не була державою-засновницею Організації Об’єднаних Націй. Під Декларацією Об’єднаних Націй від 1 січня 1942 року відсутній будь-який підпис представників Росії. Російська Федерація (РСФСР або Росія) не була ані членом-засновником ООН, ані учасником Конференції в Сан-Франциско 1945 року - на відміну від України, яка 27 квітня 1945 року була офіційно включена до переліку держав-засновниць ООН. Росія ніколи не проходила жодної офіційної процедури прийняття в ООН.
Більше того, Російська Федерація ніколи не ратифікувала Статут ООН, що є обов’язковою умовою для держав-членів відповідно до статті 110 Статуту. Таким чином, Статут ООН формально не є обов’язковим для Росії, що вона послідовно демонструє протягом усієї своєї новітньої історії.
Те, що Російська Федерація досі незаконно окупує місце в ООН та Раді Безпеки ООН, - це демонстрація повного занепаду міжнародного порядку, що базувався на праві, а не на силі.
Тепер, коли Україна сильна, ми мусимо повернути верховенство міжнародного права і вигнати Росію з ООН! Quis nisi nos!
Закликаю всіх підписати міжнародну петицію з цього питання і посилити запит на вигнання Росії з незаконно окупованого місця СРСР в ООН: change.org/p/kick-russia-out…
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Putin’s spokesman Peskov recently said there’s nothing to discuss with Zelensky when it comes to peace talks, but if he wants, he can meet Putin in Moscow.
Today, Russian propagandists in NYC asked “when are you coming to Moscow?”
Zelensky answered: “I’ll come on a missile”
