Hungarian drone violates Ukrainian airspace; explosion near South Ukraine Nuclear Power Plant: September 26 latest

Hungarian reconnaissance drone violates Ukrainian airspace

Ukrainian military spotted reconnaissance drones over the Hungary–Ukraine border. These drones could conduct reconnaissance of the industrial potential in the Ukrainian border areas, said President Zelensky, following a meeting with military officials.

Ukraine's General Staff said that Ukrainian radars detected a drone-type aerial object flying at different altitudes over the Zakarpattia region on the morning of September 26. This object violated Ukrainian airspace twice and was flying from Hungary. The military also showed the drone's flight path.

Hungarian Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó reacted to Zelensky's claim, saying that "President Volodymyr Zelensky is becoming obsessed with anti-Hungarian sentiment. Now he is even seeing ghosts." 

Ukraine bans entry to three Hungarian military officials

In response to Hungary's ban on entry to three Ukrainian military officials, Ukraine has adopted a mirror decision.

In July, Budapest banned three Ukrainian military officials from entering its territory due to the death of ethnic Hungarian József Szebesztény, who had been forcibly mobilized.

Drone explosion near South Ukraine NPP

International Atomic Energy Agency observers reported that a drone was shot down and exploded approximately 800 meters from the perimeter of the South Ukraine Nuclear Power Plant, located in the Mykolaiv region.

Ukraine’s electricity transmission operator Ukrenergo confirmed that on the night and morning of September 25, Russian military forces hit energy facilities in several regions with attack drones.

Drone sightings disrupt flights in Denmark again

Denmark closed the airspace over the airport in the city of Aalborg again last night, amidst reports of unidentified drones. The Russian military ship Alexander Shabalin was also spotted near the Danish island of Langeland.

Danish Foreign Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen said that Copenhagen is not going to invoke NATO's Article 4 clause on security consultations.

Drones were also spotted over Schleswig-Holstein, the German state bordering Denmark, on the night of September 26.

Poland says thousands of Ukrainian men aged 18-22 enter the country 

Between August 28 and September 19, nearly 53,000 border checks of Ukrainian men aged 18-22 were registered at the Ukraine-Poland border, of which nearly 40,000 were at the entrance to Poland and more than 13,000 at the exit, said the Polish State Border Guard Service to Ukrainian media outlet Ukrainska Pravda. However, border guards did not specify whether all 53,000 men managed to cross the border.

Ukrainian bloggers detained in Fukushima exclusion zone

Three Ukrainians were detained in Japan for entering the town of Okuma near Fukushima, which is restricted due to the 2011 accident at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant. The men were trying to make content for their YouTube channel.

One of the bloggers calls himself a stalker who travels the world in search of abandoned places and shoots videos for the Tolyanich channel.

Ukrainian military evacuated cat from the front line using drone

Service members from Khartiia Brigade evacuated a cat nicknamed Prapor from their positions in the Kharkiv direction. He was transported using a ground-based robotic complex.

According to the military, this cat had shared their daily life and the difficult realities of war for a long time.

Other important news

• Russians attacked Kherson, dropping 15 aerial bombs on the city within an hour, killing one person.
• Ukrainian drones attacked Afipsky oil refinery in Russia's Krasnodar Krai, causing a fire.
• Ukraine's Commander-in-Chief Oleksandr Syrskyi said Ukraine is creating a new branch of the Air Forces aimed at protecting infrastructure — unmanned air defense systems.
• Polish President Karol Nawrocki signed the bill extending the legal status of Ukrainian refugees for the last time.
• Russia launched a drone attack on Kharkiv, hitting a shopping mall and injuring at least 3 people.