An explosion occurred in the Darnytskyi district of the Ukrainian capital during an air-raid warning on the early morning of 21 September, injuring seven people. The pieces of missiles also fell in the Holosiivskyi and Shevchenkivskyi districts of the city, damaging a gas pipe. Firefighters are extinguishing the fires. Source
Russia & Ukraine
Ukraine’s Air Defence Forces destroyed 20 Russian targets over the city of Kyiv and Kyiv Oblast on the night of 20-21 September. The Kyiv City Military Administration has reported that Russian forces launched Kh-101/555/55 cruise missiles. Source
Wreckage from a downed Russian missile in Cherkasy has fallen on a social infrastructure facility in the city centre, injuring at least seven people. One person has been rescued from under the rubble. Source
After a missile strike in the early morning of 21 September, a second air-raid warning was issued in Kyiv and a number of oblasts. Source
Russian forces targeted the city of Kherson in the middle of the night on 20-21 September, striking a student accommodation building, killing two civilians and injuring others. Source
In an announcement released by Ukraine's MoD, it was revealed that the country's air defense forces successfully shot down 13 drones on the night of October 3rd Source
Ukrainian defenders are continuing their offensive operations on the Melitopol and Bakhmut fronts, while the Russians are trying to regain their lost positions near Andriivka, but were unsuccessful. Source
A hotel has been destroyed in Cherkasy due to a missile strike, fires have broken out in the city of Kyiv and Kyiv Oblast due to falling missile wreckage, and the Russians hit an industrial facility and a warehouse in Drohobych in Lviv Oblast and an energy and civilian infrastructure […]
Ukraine’s Defence Forces killed 490 Russian invaders over the past day. In total, 274,470 Russian soldiers have been killed in Ukraine since the beginning of the full-scale Russian invasion. Source
Charles Michel, President of the European Council, has taken part in a session of the UN Security Council, calling on China to persuade Russia to stop the war against Ukraine. Source
Ukraine’s Air Command Skhid (East) has reported the destruction of three cruise missiles, including one Iskander-K cruise missile, in Kharkiv Oblast. Source
Military exercises will be held at training grounds in Belarus from 22 to 26 September, which is why Ukraine is increasing the security level on the border and preparing its forces for an adequate response. Source
This is the first confirmed destruction of Marder 1A3IFV in Ukraine, according to a tweet in Twitter. The claim was accompanied by photos of the IFV destruction Source
UK Defence Intelligence has noted, on the anniversary of Vladimir Putins approval of partial mobilisation in Russia, that the Russian army is facing several problems, particularly due to the lack of regular rotations. Source
Over the past month, Ukraine has moved forward in fulfilling its international obligations. Necessary budget changes and corporate reform of the GTSO were signed. Moreover, the government submitted a bill on strengthening the institutional independence of the SAPO. Source
The three member countries of the European Union which have introduced unilateral bans on the export of Ukrainian agricultural products are ready to consider the mechanism proposed by Ukraine for the joint verification and coordination of supplies. Source
The Russians fired on residential areas of Kherson for the second time on the morning of 21 September, hitting an apartment building and killing an elderly woman. Source
Reports have emerged today from Russian media suggesting that a Leopard 2 recently annihilated in Zaporizhzhia direction was operated by a German-speaking crew. Source
Another large-scale Russian attack on the morning of 21 September resulted in damage to an infrastructure facility in the Darnytskyi district of Kyiv. Source
On 21 September, the Defence Forces of Ukraine shot down 36 Russian cruise missiles out of 43 launched by 10 Tu-95MS strategic aircraft from the area west of Engels airfield. Source