⚡️EU may accelerate phase-out of Russian oil and gas, von der Leyen says.

The EU banned most Russian oil imports at the onset of the full-scale invasion in 2022 and previously planned to phase out all energy purchases by the end of 2027.

Ukraine war latest: NATO engages Russia for first time ever as Poland downs drones amid attack on Ukraine

Poland confirmed downing Russian drones in its airspace during a mass aerial attack on Ukraine overnight on Sept. 10 in what is the first case of a NATO member engaging Moscow's military assets over its territory during the war.

Photo: Wojtek Radwanski/AFP via Getty Images

⚡️American right-wing activist Charlie Kirk shot in Utah, media reports.

Charlie Kirk, a prominent right-wing activist and founder of the conservative youth organization Turning Point USA, was shot on Sept. 10 at Utah Valley University, according to multiple media outlets.

⚡️Update: American right-wing activist Charlie Kirk killed in Utah, Trump confirms.

"The Great, and even Legendary, Charlie Kirk, is dead," U.S. President Donald Trump wrote on social media, confirming Kirk's death.

⚡️Russia 'deliberately targeted' Poland's airspace, Sikorski says.

"Last night, Poland's airspace was breached 19 times by drones manufactured in Russia. The assessment of Polish and NATO air forces is that they did not veer off course, but were deliberately targeted," Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski said in a video statement.

⚡️Russian officials named as suspects in killing of EuroMaidan protesters.

Director of Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB), Alexander Bortnikov, Russian Internal Affairs Minister Vladimir Kolokoltsev, and their subordinates have been named as suspects in an investigation into the killing of EuroMaidan protesters in 2014, Ukraine's State Bureau of Investigation announced on Sept. 10.

⚡️Kyiv court rejects appeal, upholds Ukraine's first de facto recognition of same-sex couple as a family.

The Kyiv Court of Appeal upheld a landmark ruling recognizing a same-sex couple as a family, human rights organization Insight LGBTQ reported on Sept. 10.

These are the indicative estimates of Russia’s combat losses as of Sept. 11, according to the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

⚡️'This is just the beginning' — Pro-Ukrainian partisans claim strike on Russian air defense factory.

Communications were disabled after a strike on an air defense factory in the Russian city of Tula, the pro-Ukrainian Atesh partisan group claimed on Sept. 11.

⚡️ Yanukovych loses court case, EU rules to keep sanctions and travel ban against Ukraine's former president in place.

Former Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych has lost his court case in which he attempted to overturn European Union sanctions, Politico reported on Sept. 10.

⚡️ Ukrainian drone disables rare Russian vessel patrolling Black Sea, intelligence says, shows footage.

The Project MPSV07 ship was tracked and hit while carrying out reconnaissance and patrolling Novorossiysk Bay near Russia's Krasnodar Krai, where the Black Sea Fleet is currently based, HUR said.

Video: HUR/Telegram

⚡️ IAEA reports drones, gunfire near 2 Ukrainian nuclear plants amid Russian attack.

"According to our teams on the ground, these were unusually large-scale military activities close to these two nuclear power plants, which should never happen," IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi said.

⚡️ Ukraine’s energy giant launches critical battery storage system ahead of winter worries.

DTEK, Ukraine's largest energy company, partnered with U.S.-based Fluence Energy Inc. to build and connect six new battery storage systems to the grid in the Kyiv and Dnipropetrovsk oblasts.

⚡️ US House passes $890 billion defense bill, includes $400 million for Ukraine aid.

While the Ukraine provision faced pushback, a proposal by Republican Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene to eliminate aid was rejected with bipartisan opposition.

⚡️ Finnish President Stubb arrives in Kyiv to discuss Ukraine security, sanctions.

"We will also discuss increasing pressure on Russia, sanctions, and the importance of lasting peace," Ukraine's Presidential Office Chief of Staff Andriy Yermak said.

Photo: Andrii Sybiha / X

⚡️ Russian attacks kill 3, injure 25 in Ukraine over past day, damage Sumy cathedral.

Ukrainian air defenses intercepted 62 of the 66 Shahed-type and other drones launched by Russia overnight, the Air Force reported.

Photo: Sumy Oblast Military Administration/Telegram

⚡️ UN Security Council to meet over Russian drones violating Polish airspace.

The Polish Foreign Ministry did not specify the timing of the meeting, which will take place at Poland's request.

⚡️ Russia copying Kyiv's drone technology as 'direct technological race' accelerates, Ukraine army chief says.

"We are dealing with a direct technological race in which the advantage will go to those who not only modernize but also stay ahead," Ukraine's Commander-in-Chief Oleksandr Syrskyi said.

⚡️ Update: Ukraine, Lithuania join Poland in denouncing Russia’s ‘deliberate and coordinated’ drone incursion.

The foreign ministers of the so-called Lublin Triangle said that Russia's violation of Polish skies and Belarus's permission to use its airspace "pose a direct threat to the security of all nations in the region."

⚡️ Air traffic restricted in eastern Poland after downing of Russian drones.

The measures, requested by the Polish Armed Forces' operational command, will remain in effect until Dec. 9.