Canada announced C$863,000 in funding to assist Ukrainians impacted by Russian captivity, occupation, conflict-related sexual violence and child deportation
Explosions were heard and fires broke out in Kyiv overnight as Russian forces launched attacks amid a ballistic and drone threat.
French President Emmanuel Macron has condemned Russia's strike on the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine in Kyiv, saying the attacks on Ukraine's civilian population are becoming increasingly "barbaric".
Russian strikes on Kyiv on 28 September injured 24 people, including three children, and killed a woman, Mayor Vitali Klitschko says.
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says Moscow is expanding recruitment of foreign nationals and preparing additional North Korean troops for deployment, citing Defence Intelligence.
Vladimir Putin has signed a decree increasing Russia's armed forces to 2,441,630 personnel, the fourth such increase this year.
A Russian attack damaged two warehouse facilities belonging to ATB, a major Ukrainian supermarket chain, in the Brovary district of Kyiv Oblast, and fires broke out at the site.
Russian drones struck a non-residential building and a warehouse in Kyiv's Obolonskyi district on the evening of 28 September.
A jet-powered Russian drone damaged the entrance building at the Yahodyn crossing in Volyn Oblast; no casualties were reported.
One person was killed and six injured in a Russian strike on a building of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine; emergency workers dismantle structures and clear debris from the site.
Poland’s defence minister said a jet-powered Russian drone hit Ukrainian territory near the Yahodyn-Dorohusk crossing, while Polish airspace was unaffected.
A Russian strike drone hit several hundred metres from the Yahodyn border crossing in Volyn Oblast, Ukrainian officials say the crossing itself was not damaged.