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September 22, 2023
Ukrainian Crews Put Hundreds Of Captured Russian Tanks Into Action

Ukrainians have become adept at using captured Russian tanks against Moscow's invading forces. By some estimates, Ukraine has made up for all the armor it's lost by capturing an estimated 500 enemy tanks. A Ukrainian crew training on a Russian tank from Chernihiv finds the vehicle now running well.
September 22, 2023
Canada Pledges More Military Aid As Kyiv Confirms Hitting Russian Black Sea Fleet HQ

Several explosions were heard in an area close to a thermal power plant in the city of Sevastopol in Ukraine’s Russian-annexed Crimea. The blasts occurred while rescue teams were cleaning up debris caused by a missile attack on the headquarters of Russia's Black Sea Fleet earlier in the day.
September 21, 2023
Biden Assures Zelenskiy Of Global Support: Abrams Tanks Coming, But ATACMS Will Have To Wait

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy met with President Joe Biden at the White House in the midst of his crucial diplomatic push, thanking the U.S. leader for helping Kyiv to fight “Russian terror,” while Biden told his counterpart that he will “ensure that the world stands” with Ukraine.
September 20, 2023
Zelenskiy Laments UN Weakness In Face Of Russia's Veto Power, Urges Expansion Of Security Council

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy told the UN Security Council that the world can no longer rely on the organization to defend the “sovereign borders of nations,” specifically pointing to Russia’s veto power in the Security Council as blocking progress to any “real solutions” to global crises.
September 19, 2023
Ukrainian Boy With 80 Percent Burns Returns Home After More Than 30 Operations in Germany

An 8-year-old Ukraine boy who suffered burns to 80 percent of his body following an air strike has returned home after undergoing over 30 operations in Germany. Roman Oleksiv was injured and his mother was killed in a July 2022 Russian missile attack on the central Ukrainian city of Vinnytsya
September 19, 2023
NYT Says 'Evidence Suggests' Ukrainian Missile Misfire To Blame For Market Tragedy

The New York Times has published a report suggesting one of the most notorious bombings of a civilian area of Ukraine in Russia's invasion might have been caused by a Ukrainian missile that struck a busy market in the eastern city of Kostyantynivka, killing at least 15 people and injuring 30.
September 19, 2023
Nine Killed In Ukraine In Russian Attacks, Including On Aid Warehouse

At least nine people were killed in Russian attacks across Ukraine on September 19, including a massive drone strike on the western city of Lviv, setting ablaze a warehouse storing humanitarian supplies as U.S President Joe Biden urged world leaders to stand by Ukraine against invading Russia.
September 19, 2023
Former Head Of Kherson Region Found Dead In Kyiv

Hennadiy Lahuta, the former head of the Kherson region, was found dead in Kyiv.
September 18, 2023
Red Cross: Mayor Of Ukrainian City Of Kherson Is In Russian Custody

The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has confirmed that the mayor of the Ukrainian city of Kherson, Ihor Kolykhayev, is in Russian custody, the mayor's son Svyatoslav said on September 17.
September 18, 2023
Ukrainian Government Dismisses All Six Deputy Defense Ministers

Ukraine's government has dismissed all six deputy defense ministers and the state secretary of the Defense Ministry, the cabinet's envoy in parliament, Taras Melnychuk, said on September 18.
September 18, 2023
Heavy Fighting Reported Around Key Eastern Village That Ukraine Says It Has Liberated

Heavy fighting between Ukrainian soldiers and invading Russian forces was reported early on September 18 in and around Klishchiyivka, a key village in the Donetsk region in eastern Ukraine, the Ukrainian military said.
September 17, 2023
Ukrainian Forces Reportedly Retake New Village In Effort To Liberate Bakhmut

Ukrainian forces appear to have recaptured the key village of Klishchiyivka as part of their drive to liberate the symbolic eastern town of Bakhmut in a day marked by intensified drone and missile attacks by both sides.
September 16, 2023
Pilgrims Welcome Jewish New Year In Ukraine

Thousands of Jewish pilgrims celebrated the Jewish New Year in Uman on September 15. The Ukrainian city is home to the grave of Rabbi Nachman, a key figure for the Hasidic movement in Judaism. Pilgrims from Israel and other countries have defied warnings about the risk of Russian air attacks.
September 16, 2023
Kyiv Presses Offensive In South, East As Zelenskiy Thanks Allies Latest 'Support Packages'

Kyiv said it was continuing offensive operations against Russian forces in the east and south as alarms sounded throughout Ukraine on September 16, while Russia said it shot down two drones outside Moscow overnight as its full-scale invasion of Ukraine approached its 20th month.
September 15, 2023
Defying War, Jewish Pilgrims Come To Ukraine For New Year

Thousands of pilgrims from Israel and other countries arrived on September 14 in Uman, Ukraine, to mark the Jewish New Year. The city, south of Kyiv, is revered by the Hasidic movement in Judaism as the birthplace of its co-founder, Rabbi Nachman.
September 15, 2023
Ukraine Touts Battlefield Successes As Zelenskiy Prepares To Meet Biden Next Week

Ukraine has claimed multiple victories in its ongoing counteroffensive against Russian forces as its president prepares for meetings next week with U.S. President Joe Biden and Congress that could prove influential in mustering international support for Kyiv.
September 14, 2023
Ukraine's Zelenskiy Hails Destruction Of Russian Air-Defense System In Occupied Crimea

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has thanked Ukraine's Security Service and naval forces for their role in what he called the destruction of a Russian air-defense system in occupied Crimea.
September 13, 2023
First-Person Firepower: Ukrainian Drone Unit Hunts Down Russian Armor

Remotely piloting fast, light FPV (or First-Person View) drones, a Ukrainian aerial attack unit has become adept at chasing down Russian targets. RFE/RL's Maryan Kushnir travels to the front with the operators who are hunting down enemy artillery with increasing accuracy.
September 13, 2023
Ukraine Making 'Great Strides' But More Hard Work Before Accession, EU Says

Ukraine has made "great strides" to join the European Union since being granted candidate status in 2022, but full accession is a merit-based process and hard work lies ahead, the head of the bloc's executive said in her annual speech.
September 13, 2023
Russia Admits Two Warships Damaged In Apparent Ukrainian Attack On Occupied Crimea

Two Russian military vessels have been damaged in an apparent large-scale Ukrainian strike on a ship-repair base in Russian-occupied Crimea as Kyiv reported another barrage of Russian drones had struck port infrastructure in the Odesa region.

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