The Desantnyk ground robotic system can be carried by a heavy bomber drone and deployed tens of kilometres from the line of contact, with the technology already used in combat.

Zelenskyy said Ukraine is accelerating interceptor production and preparing new measures to protect data centres and other critical communications infrastructure.

Nazar Stepaniuk, a defenceman for Dnipro hockey club and Ukraine’s U18 national team, was taken to hospital and is undergoing surgery after being injured in the 25 September attack.

Mark Mykhailov, a 22-year-old Mariupol defender, has been held captive in Russia for four years after being captured at the Azovstal steel plant. His family and friends can communicate with him only through letters. In one of them, Mark sent a poem to his mother.

Russian drone attacks on Kyiv on 25 September killed five people and injured 43, including two children, with 25 casualties admitted to hospital.

Israel's Foreign Ministry has reported that a 14-year-old Israeli citizen was killed in a Russian attack on Kyiv and his mother was injured.

Russia continues to remove Ukrainian children from temporarily occupied territories, but their tactics have changed compared to the first years of the full-scale war.

A Russian drone struck a DTEK vehicle carrying energy workers in Odesa Oblast, killing one employee and injuring another after the vehicle left a substation.

EU member states have agreed on allocating €6.6 billion to Ukraine from the Peace Facility, including €900 million for the EU Military Assistance Mission, Kallas says.

Council of Europe Commissioner Michael O’Flaherty warned of a rapidly worsening crisis in the Russian-occupied town of Oleshky and called for humanitarian access and civilian evacuation.

The Parkovy Convention and Exhibition Centre in Kyiv has closed after the building was damaged in a Russian attack.

A Russian drone struck an office building in Kyiv’s Solomianskyi district, damaging the facade and windows, with casualties reported.