Category: 1. Ukraine

As a result of night shelling of the Poltava region and temporary power outages in several sections of the region, reserve diesel locomotives were brought in. One person was injured.

Anti-aircraft systems were launched during an air raid alert in the capital and the Kyiv region.

The 128th Separate Mountain Assault Brigade has opened a school called “Guardians of the Galaxy,” where trainees learn to operate all types of drones.

Russia is initiating a new wave of mobilization in the temporarily occupied city of Melitopol as it prepares for the autumn 2025 draft.

In the Kyiv region, Russian drones attacked and set fire to warehouses and a private house.

Here are the key events on day 1,302 of Russia’s war on Ukraine.

Here is how things stand on Thursday, September 18:

Fighting

• A Ukrainian drone has struck a car in…

Ukraine’s First Lady Olena Zelenska and European Parliament President Roberta Metsola visited a school in the Kyiv region to see the cafeteria and kitchen facilities that were refurbished with funding from the Ukraine Facility program.

Russian forces have destroyed 70% of the town of Pokrovsk in Donetsk region, where around 1,200 residents still remain.