7:53 a.m.: Ukraine was attacked by 38 Russian drones during the night, 26 were shot down
Russia attacked Ukraine overnight with 38 Shahed drones, the Ukrainian Air Force said, claiming 26 of the planes were shot down.
“The launches of 38 Shaheds (…) were recorded,” the Air Force wrote in its daily report on Telegram, stating that Ukrainian defenses had destroyed 26 of these Iranian-made devices.
The Odessa region was one of the positions attacked during the night by Russian forces, which particularly targeted the port of Ismail.
1:45 a.m.: Four Ukrainian drones are destroyed in the Kursk region
According to the Russian Defense Ministry, four Ukrainian drones were destroyed in the Kursk region bordering Ukraine.
The gist of September 25th
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky announced that the first American Abrams tanks had arrived in Ukraine.
A missile attack targeted Crimea and Russian air defenses shot down a missile, authorities deployed by Moscow at the tip of the Ukrainian peninsula, which was annexed in 2014, said on Monday evening.
Ukraine claimed responsibility for a missile attack on the Russian Black Sea Fleet headquarters in Sevastopol on Friday. Russia has admitted only one soldier missing, but Ukrainian special forces said the attack killed 34 officers, including Admiral Viktor Sokolov, the commander of the Black Sea Fleet.
With AFP and Portal