Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights Michael O’Flaherty called for an immediate ceasefire in the occupied town of Oleshky in Kherson Oblast, unrestricted access for humanitarian organizations, and a safe evacuation of civilians. He said the humanitarian crisis in the city is rapidly worsening, and civilians, including children, are left without enough food, medicine, running water, or electricity.

#VladimirPutin #DmitryPeskov #Oleshki #Russia #CouncilofEurope #Khersonregion

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A group of 14 American senators from both parties asked U.S. President Donald Trump to cancel Vladimir Putin’s invitation to the December G20 summit in Miami. The appeal was prepared by Republican Roger Wicker and Democrat Jeanne Shaheen, joined by six more senators from each party.

#g20 #VladimirPutin #DonaldTrump #Russia #USsanctions #Ukraine

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On September 24, Finland’s and Sweden’s rapid response forces jointly scrambled fighter jets for the first time to intercept Russian military aircraft over the Gulf of Finland. The military said the operation took place in international airspace.

#BalticSea #NATO #Russia #Finland #GulfofFinland #Sweden

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In Kyiv’s Solomianskyi district, a drone struck an office building, killing at least four people. Another seven people, including a child, were injured, said the city’s mayor, Vitali Klitschko.

#DataGroup #McDonalds #VitaliKlitschko #VladimirZelensky #Kiev #Russia

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Czech President Petr Pavel suggested that NATO could begin shooting down Russian aircraft and unmanned aerial vehicles if they deliberately violate the airspace of alliance countries and do not respond to warnings. He said this in an interview with Fox News on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York.

#NATO #PeterPavel #Poland #Russia #Romania #Ukraine

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On September 24 and 25, Vladimir Putin relieved Russia’s ambassadors in France and in the United Kingdom and Northern Ireland of their posts. Presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that Russia would not rush to appoint new ambassadors to these countries.

#AlexeyMeshkov #AndreyKelin #VladimirPutin #DmitryPeskov #Russia #France

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The Ministry of Economic Development has incorporated a 5.4% decline in investments in Russia in its updated macro forecast for the year — this will be the sharpest drop in 11 years. The ministry also expects investments to rise by only 0.2% next year.

#MinistryofEconomicDevelopment #Russia #Rosstat #RSPP #CentralBank

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The European Union imposed sanctions on September 24 against journalist Ksenia Fedorova, who previously headed RT in France. Her name became the 81st in the EU’s separate sanctions list for Russia’s destabilizing actions, created in 2024.

#EuropeanUnion #KajaKallas #KseniaFedorova #NATO #Russia #France

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After reports of a possible new mobilization, Russians began looking more actively for housing abroad. One of the most in-demand destinations was Thailand: in January-August 2026, Russian citizens bought 1,050 real estate properties there for $123.5 million, or 10.4 billion rubles.

#Bangkok #Kremlin #mobilization #Phuket #Russia #Thailand

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On the night of September 25, Russian forces again attacked Kyiv and the region with drones. In Kyiv’s Pecherskyi district, a 14-year-old teenager was killed, and nine more people were injured.

#VitaliKlitschko #StateEmergencyService #Darnitsa #Kiev #Kyivregion #Russia

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In September, a Russian vessel docked at the North Korean port of Rason. According to South Korean outlet NK Pro, based on Planet Labs satellite images, this is the first such visit since May.

#NKPro #RUSI #odd #LevYashin #Rason #Russia

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The European Union is rearming too slowly and inefficiently to be ready to defend itself against Russia by 2030, according to a report by the European Defence Agency for the leaders of the bloc’s countries. Reuters пишет that EU defense ministers will discuss the document in Brussels on September 28, after which it will be presented to the union’s leaders.

#Brussels #EuropeanUnion #EuropeanDefenceAgency #KajaKallas #NATO #Russia

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By the beginning of September, there were 1,454 bankruptcy cases involving construction companies in Russia, which is 41% more than in June, according to data from Kontur.Focus. Most of the problems are affecting regional developers; among the cities where such proceedings are underway are Kazan, Chelyabinsk, Surgut, Perm, Krasnoyarsk, and Novosibirsk.

#bankruptcy #developers #MaratKhusnullin #minstroy #Russia #constructioncompanies

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Expanding the progressive personal income tax scale to passive income could bring Russia’s budget an additional 500–700 billion rubles a year, economist Dmitry Polevoy estimates. Currently, such income is taxed at 13–15%, and after the changes a scale from 13 to 22% may apply to it.

#DmitryPolevoy #minfin #taxesonpassiveincome #personalincometax #Russia

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On the night of September 25, strikes on Russia and Ukraine led to dead and injured in Perm, Voronezh, Ulyanovsk, Zaporizhzhia, Kyiv, and Odesa region. According to authorities, enterprises, residential buildings, a medical center, warehouses, and a railway train were damaged.

#Kiev #LukoilPermnefteorgsintez #NovoshakhtinskOilRefinery #Permian #Russia #Ukraine

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From January 2025 to June 2026, Russia reflagged 107 vessels linked to the «shadow fleet» under its own flag. 72 of them transported fossil fuels worth €7.5 billion to the global market, according to a study by the Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air.

#IntershippingServicesLLC #EuropeanCommission #Italy #Libya #Russia #shadowfleet

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RIA Novosti published on its front page on Friday morning the text by Alexander Nosovich, «Russia is facing another special military operation. It will be very short». The piece was a reaction to the Lithuanian parliament’s decision on Tuesday to lift the ban on deploying nuclear weapons in the country.

#Lithuania #NATO #Poland #RIANews #Russia #Ukraine

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In Switzerland, a referendum will be held on Sunday to enshrine a stricter definition of the country’s neutrality in the constitution. If approved, the initiative would effectively bar Bern from imposing sanctions against Russia without a UN Security Council decision and would limit military cooperation with NATO.

#ChristophBlocher #NATO #Swissneutrality #Russia #sanctionsagainstRussia #Switzerland

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Australia has expanded sanctions against Russia and added the children’s centers Orlyonok and Artek to the lists. The new package also includes 33 individuals, 35 organizations, and 38 vessels that Canberra classifies as part of the so-called shadow fleet.

#Australia #Artek #Eaglet #Russia #change #Ukraine

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Finnish President Alexander Stubb in New York urged Elon Musk to allow Ukraine to use the Starlink satellite network on Russian territory for strikes on ballistic missile launchers. According to Stubb in an interview with Reuters, this would «save lives».

#starlink #VladimirZelensky #ArmedForcesofUkraine #elonmask #Russia #Ukraine

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