Another Russian attack, strike on Russian headquarters near Kherson: highlights
The Russian military once again attacked Ukraine with Shahed attack drones, there was damage in three regions. Ukrainian troops hit the enemy headquarters near Kherson. A paramedic freed from captivity reported abuse by Russian representatives of the ICRC.
Another Russian attack on Ukraine
In the early hours of September 26 and in the morning, the Ukrainian Air Force recorded the launch of 38 Shahed-136/131 attack drones, and the Defense Forces destroyed 26 of them.
In Odesa Oblast, the occupiers targeted port infrastructure, injuring two truck drivers.
The international checkpoint of the Orlivka ferry complex was damaged during the attack. Border guards and ferry workers evacuated two passenger buses, including one with children, from the attack.
In addition, in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, the Russian army attacked a business in Kryvyi Rih. In Cherkasy Oblast, an infrastructure facility was attacked. There were also explosions in Mykolaiv Oblast.
Attack on Russian headquarters
The Ukrainian Defense Forces hit the enemy headquarters near Kherson with a HIMARS rocket. It happened at a time when a meeting of Russian officers of the 24th Motorized Rifle Regiment of the 70th Motorized Rifle Division was taking place there.
As a result of the attack on the Russian headquarters, eight officers were killed and seven others were injured.
Abuse of paramedic in Russian captivity
Military paramedic Orest Hrytsiuk, who spent nine months in Russian captivity, said that Russian representatives of the International Committee of the Red Cross insulted Ukrainian prisoners and filmed their abuse.
"They came, their Russian representatives, we were walking, singing songs - they filmed it all on video, laughing, slapping us on the shoulders and calling us all kinds of bad names. These are representatives of the International [Committee] of the Red Cross from Russia," he said.
Hrytsiuk said the request from the International Committee of the Red Cross that he was in captivity came a week after he was exchanged.
The ICRC office in Ukraine responded that any inhumane treatment of prisoners of war during captivity is prohibited under the Third Geneva Convention and is unacceptable.
Court leaves Knyazev in custody
On September 26, the Appeals Chamber of the High Anti-Corruption Court left former Supreme Court Chief Justice Vsevolod Knyazev in custody until October 16, while the bail amount was reduced from UAH 55 million to UAH 45 million ($1.2 million).
Knyazev complained that his property and accounts, as well as those of his close relatives, had been seized. And because of this, he allegedly does not have the money to pay for Internet access, which is a paid service in the pre-trial detention center. He also wants to post bail.
This comes after the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office and the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine reported exposing "large-scale corruption" in the Supreme Court. Law enforcers charged Knyazev and his lawyer accomplice with bribery.
Other important news
- The United States has confirmed the transfer of a list of reforms expected from Ukraine.
- A power plant in Kursk Oblast was attacked by an SBU drone.
- The case of a military commissar from Poltava Oblast accused of beating his subordinate unconscious has been sent to court.
- President Volodymur Zelenskyy held his first Supreme Commander-in-Chief Staff meeting after returning from an official trip.
- Russia showed a video with the commander of the Russian Black Sea Fleet, whose destruction was claimed by the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
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