Russia’s advance into Ukraine slowed by almost half in September, according to the monitoring group DeepState, with Moscow capturing its smallest amount of territory since May.

Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky has condemned Russia's drone strike on a passenger train in Ukraine, sharing video of a wrecked, burning carriage and others with their windows blown out."A brutal Russian drone strike on the railway station in Shostka, Sumy region," he wrote on Telegram.

Over the past week, Ukraine's Armed Forces carried out new strikes on Russian oil refineries, forcing Russian authorities to extend a ban on gasoline exports and announce the introduction of a partial ban on diesel exports.

The deputy leader of Russia's liberal Yabloko party, which opposes the war in Ukraine, has been charged with spreading lies about the Russian army, and could face up to 10 years in jail if found guilty.

As Donald Trump is set to decide whether to send long-range missiles to Ukraine, The Independent takes a look at which countries are the key military backers behind war in Europe

The total combat losses of Russian forces in manpower from February 24, 2022, to October 4, 2025, have reached approximately 1,114,380 personnel, including 950 eliminated in the past 24 hours. — Ukrinform.

Russia escalates drone and missile attacks as Europe raises its own concerns about alleged Moscow activity in its borders