Russia struck Kyiv with drones in daylight on September 23, 2026, killing two people and wounding 23, hours before President Volodymyr Zelenskyy was due to address the UN General Assembly.
Rail network “under fire”
Ukrainian Railways chief Oleksandr Pertsovsky said Kyiv’s rail network was “under fire” and urged “maximum” vigilance for passengers at the central station.
Strikes elsewhere
In Zaporizhzhia, a strike set a shopping mall on fire across about 6,000 square metres, wounding two men. In Odesa, a Russian attack killed the captain of a cargo ship flying the flag of Antigua and Barbuda, regional head Oleh Kiper said.
Black Sea shipping
Turkey’s IMEAK chamber of shipping says at least 226 civilian and commercial vessels have been hit since the war began, about 70% of them in the first eight months of 2026. “The recent attacks on commercial vessels in the Black Sea are unacceptable, regardless of who is responsible,” President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan told the General Assembly.
Diplomacy in New York
Zelenskyy met US President Donald Trump on September 22 and said he had brought proposals on possible de-escalation. His urgent needs include more US-made Patriot systems, which are in short supply because of the war in Iran.
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