⚡️ Update: Pipeline supplying Russian army blown up in Saratov Oblast, intelligence source claims.

This marked the third Russian energy site allegedly disabled within the past 24 hours.

⚡️ Ukraine strikes 2 Russian radar stations in occupied Crimea, intelligence says, shares footage.

According to the agency, Ukrainian forces destroyed a 48Ya6-K1 Podlet low-altitude radar and an RLM-M module from the 55Zh6M Nebo-M air defense complex.

Video: HUR / Telegram

⚡️ EU delivers 80% of promised shells to Ukraine, chief diplomat says.

"We aim for 100% by October," EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said in reference to the 2 million pledged artillery shells.

⚡️Europe has 'window of opportunity' to strengthen NATO against Russia, Swedish defense minister says.

"Therefore it is vital that we use this window of opportunity that we have while Russia is bogged down in Ukraine to strengthen NATO's northern flank," Sweden's defense minister Pal Jonson said.

⚡️ Poland to close Belarus border, Lithuania to boost security amid Russia-led military drills.

The Zapad-2025 (meaning "west" in Russian) drills, are set to begin on Sept. 12 in Belarus and western Russia.

⚡️UK to fund 'thousands' of long-range attack drones for Ukraine, defense minister says.

The drones will be manufactured in the United Kingdom and delivered to Ukraine within the next 12 months, U.K. Defense Minister John Healey said.

⚡️Poland arrests Belarusian spy, will expel diplomat, Tusk says.

The arrest was the result of cooperation between Poland's Internal Security Agency (ABW) and its counterparts in the Czech Republic, Hungary, Romania and Moldova, Tomasz Siemoniak, the Minister Coordinator for Polish intelligence services, wrote on X.

⚡️Hungary signs its biggest-ever Western gas deal with Shell, but refuses to quit Russian supply.

Under the contract, Shell — the world's biggest liquefied natural gas (LNG) trader — will deliver around 200 million cubic meters (mcm) of gas annually to MVM starting in January 2026.

How the right wing in US, Europe is weaponizing murders of Ukrainian refugees

The video of Iryna Zarutska’s murder has gone viral, fueling an ongoing debate about crackdown on violent crime in the U.S.

Right-wing figures across the U.S. and Europe are now exploiting Zarutska and other Ukrainian refugees’ tragic stories not to promote wartime aid for Ukraine but to stoke fear and push racist, xenophobic policies at home.

Read more here.

Photo: Wikimedia

Ukraine war latest: 'Pure terrorism' — Russian air strike kills 24 pensioners, postal service employees

At least 24 people were killed and 19 were injured when Russian forces struck the front-line village of Yarova in Donetsk Oblast on Sept. 9, according to local authorities.

Three oil and gas pipelines in Russia were knocked out of service in a series of explosions on Sept. 8, a Ukrainian military intelligence (HUR) source told the Kyiv Independent.

Read the full report here.

Photo: Ukraine's State Emergency Service/Telegram

⚡️Russian military losses near 300,000 in 2025, Syrskyi says.

"The Russian army's losses since the beginning of the year have already reached almost 300 thousand (299,210) people," Commander-in-Chief Oleksandr Syrskyi reported Sept. 9.

⚡️School in occupied Ukraine named after son of CIA official who fought for Russia.

A school in Russian-occupied Donetsk Oblast has been named after Michael Gloss, the son of CIA official who was killed while fighting for Russia in its war against Ukraine, independent Russian media outlet Mediazona reported on Sept. 9.

⚡️NATO jets scrambled as Poland reacts to suspected Russian drones during strikes on Ukraine.

Polish authorities temporarily closed Warsaw Chopin Airport and placed the country’s air defenses on high alert overnight on Sept. 10, following reports that Russian drones may have entered Polish airspace.

⚡️BREAKING: In first for NATO, Poland downs Russian drones amid mass attack on Ukraine.

As the Polish military confirmed that the aerial objects were shot down, the incident marks what is believed to be the first direct engagement by a NATO member against Russian assets in its own airspace since the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022.

Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk has said the country’s military “has used weapons against the targets.”

⚡️Von der Leyen to outline EU priorities after backlash over Trump trade deal.

Von der Leyen, who began her second five-year term last year, plans to focus on strengthening Europe’s defense posture and boosting economic competitiveness, especially in response to Russia’s war against Ukraine.

⚡️Trump urges EU to impose harsh tariffs on China, India to pressure Russia, FT reports.

U.S. President Donald Trump made the request while dialing into a high-level meeting between senior U.S. and EU officials in Washington, D.C., on Sept. 9.

⚡️ Putin is ‘testing the West,’ Ukraine says after Russian drone incursion into Poland.

“A weak response now will provoke Russia even more — and then Russian missiles and drones will fly even further into Europe,” Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha commented.

Sybiha also said the case underscores why neighboring partner countries should intercept Russian projectiles already in Ukrainian airspace and help bolster Ukraine's own air defenses.

⚡️Update: At least 8 Russian drones aimed at Poland, Zelensky says.

A Russian drone struck a house in Wyryki in Poland’s Lublin region, damaging the roof and a car, Polsat News reported, citing a police official.

Another damaged drone was discovered in a field near the village of Czosnowka in the same region.

No casualties were reported.