President Ilham Aliyev has pardoned French citizen Martin Ryan after France pushed to remove Russian oligarch Alisher Usmanov from the EU sanctions list.

Ukrzaliznytsia reports no damage to Kyiv Central Station despite Russian UAV attacks causing fires in adjacent districts on 23 September

Ukrainian forces struck Russian drone ground control stations, a UAV warehouse belonging to the advanced Russian Rubicon unit and several logistics facilities in Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts on 22-23 September

A Russian attack damaged a Kyiv data centre hosting Utels equipment, causing power loss and potential network disruptions across the capital

Ukrainian forces, led by the Azov Brigade, have blocked a Russian attempt to cut logistics routes to Druzhkivka and advance on Dobropillia, killing 237 troops

A Russian drone attack on Kyiv is ongoing. A drone has landed on a shop in the Solomianskyi district and another drone has come down in the Holosiivskyi district.

Bloomberg reports tense discussions in New York over Ukraine’s financial and defence support, air defence needs, sanctions and EU reform requirements.

Oleksandr Pertsovskyi, Chairman of the Board of Ukrzaliznytsia (Ukrainian Railways), has warned that railway facilities in Kyiv remain under Russian attack, urged passengers to exercise extreme caution and provided recommendations on what to do in the event of a threat.

One man has been killed and seven other people injured as a result of a Russian drone attack on Kyiv on 23 September.

Russian UAVs damaged petrol stations in Kyiv’s Holosiivskyi and Darnytskyi districts, while transport infrastructure and a warehouse were also hit.

A Russian drone crashed into a four-storey business centre in Kyiv's Holosiivskyi district, and emergency services headed to the site. No casualties or damage have been reported at the building so far.

Russian forces attacked a merchant cargo vessel flying the flag of Antigua and Barbuda in Odesa Oblast, killing its Ukrainian captain and forcing the rest of the crew to evacuate.