A Russian attack in Odesa Oblast damaged the Loving Hearts animal shelter, killing 10 cats and three dogs and destroying animal food supplies.

Zelenskyy thanked the US and Norway for a NASAMS system and missiles and France and Germany for air defence missiles following another Russian attack on Ukraine

Volodymyr Zelenskyy confirmed overnight Russian strikes damaged the Kyiv-Pasazhyrskyi depot, data centres and foreign commercial ships in Odesa Oblast.

Estonia’s Internal Security Service says the arson attack on defence company Milrem Robotics was an act of sabotage commissioned by Russian secret services.

Reuters reports Russia intends to spend a record US$202bn on defence in 2027, marking the highest military expenditure since the 2022 invasion.

Ukrainian forces struck a Russian Kasta radar station, UAV ground control station, ammunition depots and a logistics depot in occupied territories.

Kryvyi Rih enters survival mode, cutting its municipal budget after Russian strikes and export issues forced major steel and mining plants to shut down.

EU member states will make another attempt to approve the screening results for negotiating clusters 2 and 3 for Ukraine, which Hungary has repeatedly blocked.

Russian attacks on energy infrastructure has caused power outages in five Ukrainian regions, though no planned consumption limits are forecasted for 29 September

Russian forces struck a railway infrastructure facility in Vinnytsia Oblast, leaving more than 15,000 consumers without power on the morning of 29 September.

Germany transferred five pickup trucks and five vans to Ukrzaliznytsia to help repair crews restore railway infrastructure damaged by Russian strikes.

Norway will provide 25 million kroner (€2.3 million) through UNICEF and the International Committee of the Red Cross to help find and bring back Ukrainian children deported by Russia and assist prisoners of war and detained civilians