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23 September 2026
3 events recorded (1 confirmed), and 2 statements counted apart.
September 2026 in brief
HRMMU verified 328 civilians killed and 2,105 injured in Ukraine in September, the highest September toll since the full-scale invasion, and 2,570 killed from January to September. [1][2][3] An overnight attack on Kyiv and its suburbs on 1 September killed at least 12 people, including six railway workers, officials said, and a daytime drone strike on 4 September hit the SBU headquarters in central Kyiv, injuring at least 12, the city military administration said. [1][2] Strikes on 28 September hit a medical centre in central Kyiv and set the National Academy of Sciences building on fire, the UN Humanitarian Coordinator said, and the UN Commission of Inquiry warned on 21 September that Russian attacks on energy were making living conditions increasingly unbearable. [1][2] Putin ordered a three-day halt to strikes on Kyiv and Zelensky halted strikes on Moscow as US envoys visited both capitals, and an IAEA-brokered local ceasefire let off-site power be restored to the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant on 7 September. [1][2] Ukraine announced a counteroffensive around Lyman on 15 September and claimed recaptured ground, struck the Moscow refinery, and said it hit the frigate Admiral Essen at Novorossiysk, where the Krasnodar governor said four people were killed. [1][2][3] Krasnodar region declared a state of emergency as Ukrainian strikes on Black Sea ports crippled grain exports, and Russian drones hit a locomotive and a fuel station near the Polish border on 13 September, after which Poland scrambled jets and briefly shut Lublin and Rzeszow airports. [1][2][3] Donald Trump signed a Russia sanctions act targeting energy, defence and the shadow fleet, which Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov called unfriendly, and Zelensky told the UN General Assembly that Putin was the only driving force of the war. [1]
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At the UN General Assembly, Zelensky said Putin is the only driving force of the war, that nearly 249,000 Russian troops were reportedly killed or seriously wounded in the first eight months of 2026, and called for stronger sanctions and joint air defence. He also announced the handover of two captured North Korean soldiers to South Korea.
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Government of Ukraine: At the UN General Assembly, Zelensky said Putin is the only driving force of the war, that nearly 249,000 Russian troops were reportedly killed or seriously wounded in the first eight months of 2026, and called for stronger sanctions and joint air defence. He also announced the handover of two captured North Korean soldiers to South Korea.
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Government of Ukraine: Speaking at the UN General Assembly general debate, President Zelensky said the Russian army lost 248,964 people from January through August 2026, describing them as dead and severely wounded.