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Drones targeted Russia's Volgograd Oblast overnight into Thursday, igniting fires at energy infrastructure sites, regional governor Andrey Bocharov reported.

Russia launched the biggest attack on Ukraine’s energy and gas infrastructure. Ukraine’s Foreign Ministry denies that the US shutdown could affect weapons supplies. The suspect in the murder of the former speaker of the Ukrainian parliament Andrii Parubii was recruited by Russian special services.

Ukraine returns 205 citizens from Russian captivity in a prisoner swap; Zelensky urges allies to increase financing of Ukraine’s drone production. Israel intercepted a flotilla carrying pro-Palestinian activists.

Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant is hit with a blackout after a Russian attack. Heavy rains kill nine in Odesa and the region. Andrii Parubii was posthumously awarded the title of Hero of Ukraine. 

Russia launched a drone attack on Dnipro, killing one person and injuring at least 28. Poland detained a Ukrainian citizen suspected of the 2022 Nord Stream gas pipeline blasts. Zelensky says the situation at the Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia NPP is critical as it has been off-grid for seven days.

Moldova's pro-European party, led by the current President Maia Sandu, won parliamentary elections. Hungary banned several Ukrainian media outlets, including hromadske. Ukraine destroyed a Russian Mi-8 helicopter using an FPV drone.

Ukrainian military spotted reconnaissance drone over the Hungary–Ukraine border, President Zelensky says it could be spying on infrastructure. IAEA reports drone explosion near South Ukraine Nuclear Power Plant.

Ukraine shot down a Russian Su-34 fighter-bomber and attacked Russia’s gas and oil facilities. NATO intercepted Russian warcraft over Europe and near North America. President Zelensky says Trump supports Ukrainian hits on Russia’s energy.

President Zelenskyy arrived at the UN General Assembly in New York. Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant went blackout for the tenth time during Russian occupation. Drone sightings disrupted flights in Norway and Denmark. Ukraine launched drone attack on Moscow.

Poland refused to extradite a GRU agent suspected of sabotage. Ukraine’s Defense Forces liberated 1.3 km² in the Dobropillia area in the Donetsk region over the past 24 hours. The defendant in the murder of a teenager on the Kyiv funicular was sentenced to life imprisonment.