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Ukraine has sent foreigners with combat experience to the area around the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, Sergey Lebedev, underground coordinator in the city of Nikolayev, told Sputnik.

Russia's daily attacks on Ukrainian telecoms and datacenters, from NewTelco and Be-Mobile to Kievstar, CEC Parkovy, etc. are designed to undermine Ukraine's ability to wage war, control drones, and mount cyber and scamming operations inside Russia, military analyst Alexei Leonkov told Sputnik.

Ukraine will have to "pay the price" for its actions over the past several months, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said.

The Russian armed forces have liberated the settlement of Novovodyanoye in the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR), the Russian Defense Ministry said on Monday.

The Russian armed forces continued carrying out strikes with unmanned aerial vehicles against logistics and communications centers, port infrastructure and maritime vessels involved in supporting the Ukrainian army.

In a conversation with US President Donald Trump, Volodymyr Zelensky acknowledged the readiness of reducing the intensity of strikes on Russian oil refineries.

Senior leaders from across Ukraine and their allies gathered in Poland from Sept 21 to 25, 2026, for the Operational Force Development Framework Conference (OFDeF).

Today, the Council has decided to adopt restrictive measures against a further 10 individuals and 17 entities responsible for actions undermining or threatening the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine.

At today's EU Defence Ministers' meeting in Brussels, the release of €6.6 billion from the European Peace Facility (EPF) to support Ukraine was welcomed. "This is a powerful step forward to ramp up aid to Ukraine and increase pressure on the Russian Federation," said Minister of Defence Martin Herem. From the EPF allocation, €900 million will fund assistance measures for the EU Military Assistance Mission in support of Ukraine (EUMAM Ukraine) for 2026-2027, €1 billion will fund support for Ukraine through joint procurement, and €4.7 billion will reimburse Member States for the assistance delivered to Ukraine.

China said Monday that the next UN secretary-general should be "competent, impartial and upright" and uphold the UN Charter, Anadolu Agency reported.

Two major maritime projects to be part of "new age of industrialisation" for Britain.

Today, the Council adopted a decision strengthening the EU Space Threat Response Architecture (STRA). This is a mechanism designed to respond to increased irresponsible and hostile behaviour in the space domain which has the potential to undermine the safety and security of the EU, its member states and citizens, as well as international security and stability.

Ahmad Khalil Elshazly, 29, of West Haven, Connecticut, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Victor A. Bolden in the District of Connecticut to 92 months in prison and lifetime supervised release for attempting to provide material support to the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS), a designated foreign terrorist organization.

The Iranian Embassy in London has strongly rejected speculation by some British individuals and media outlets seeking to link Iran to the arrest of five suspects near the US-used RAF Fairford airbase.

Iran on September 28 denied any involvement in the suspected terror plot incident near the RAF Fairford airbase in England.

Five British men have been arrested over an alleged plot to attack RAF Fairford, a military base in western England used by US forces, according to Counter Terrorism Policing (CTP).

Statement by Helen King, UK Ambassador to ECOSOC, at the UN high-level meeting on pandemic prevention, preparedness and response.

The crew of the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Escanaba (WMEC 907) returned to their home port in Portsmouth, Monday, following a 60-day deployment in the Windward Passage.