First Naval Drone Battle Reported in Black Sea as Russia and Ukraine Trade Strikes and Pursue Competing Diplomatic Tracks

Reiterates Moscow's long-standing position that Zelensky should come to Moscow if he wants to meet Putin, and says Moscow has yet to decide whether Putin will attend the G20 summit in Miami.

Says Russian attacks on 10 Ukrainian regions killed at least three people, injured dozens and damaged homes and infrastructure, including two deaths in Zaporizhzhia and one in Kryvyi Rih.

Says Russian forces hit an Interpipe Steel complex in the central city of Dnipro and several plants in Kryvyi Rih.

Says its forces downed 230 Ukrainian drones overnight across more than a dozen regions, Crimea and the Black and Azov Seas, and that strikes hit infrastructure at the port of Chornomorsk used for unloading and storing military supplies, two dry-cargo vessels and a tugboat.

Says the possibility of Putin attending the G20 summit in the United States has not even been discussed in Moscow.

“"has not even been discussed"”

Says Ukrainian drones attacked industrial facilities in the Samara region.

Says one person was injured and several residential buildings damaged in the city.

Says four commercial properties were set ablaze in Taganrog in the Rostov region.

Says Russia is subjecting the entire civilian population to a campaign of extreme cruelty aimed at spreading despair and breaking morale.

“Russia isn't just waging a war of aggression against Ukraine, it is subjecting the entire civilian population to a campaign of extreme cruelty.”

Describes warming water on a kerosene stove and sleeping fully dressed under duvets to survive blackouts without heating.

“I warm some water in a cup on a kerosene stove, fill up two bottles, one [goes] under my feet, the other in my hands, so as not to freeze. And we all sleep dressed… Dressed under duvets, all that we have, we put on.”

Says Russia remains open to negotiations and hopes a trilateral meeting with the United States and Ukraine can be convened in the foreseeable future, while stressing that Moscow's conditions must be addressed.

“"We remain open to negotiations." ... "We hope that, as was said with the American negotiators, in the foreseeable future we will be able to gather again as a group of three and continue the dialogue."”

Said the Russian president wants to reach a deal to end the war in Ukraine and suggested a trilateral meeting with Putin and Zelenskyy could take place.

Visited Moscow and Kyiv last week for talks with the leadership of both countries.

Visited Moscow and Kyiv last week for talks with the leadership of both countries.

Says that if Zelensky really wants to meet Putin he may come to Moscow, and that the invitation previously extended to him still stands.

“"Se desidera davvero incontrare Putin, può venire a Mosca, come Putin stesso ha dichiarato in precedenza"” it

Proposed a meeting with Vladimir Putin at the G20 summit in Miami in December.

Reported attacks on the southeastern city of Zaporizhzhia and on his home town of Kryvyi Rih.

Says its forces maintained strikes on Ukrainian ports, hitting a cargo ship in Odesa it says was carrying goods for military use, after earlier striking two cargo vessels in the Black Sea port of Chornomorsk.

Says industrial facilities in the Samara region were attacked by Ukrainian drones, without specifying which ones or whether they were damaged.

Says several residential buildings were damaged and one person was injured.

Says four commercial properties were set ablaze in the Rostov region city of Taganrog.

Says Russian forces attacked private cars in three incidents over 90 minutes, killing three people and wounding four, and insists the vehicles were not military targets.

“"These are not military targets," ... "They are ordinary civilian cars. People were going about their business."”

Says a Russian strike on a grocery store killed two people in the town of Zvyahel, and that two petrol stations and an enterprise with foreign investment also came under attack.

Says two people were killed and 11 injured in assaults on Zaporizhzhia and other localities.

Says two people were killed in overnight attacks on the city by drones and missiles.

Says its forces hit Ukrainian steel maker Zaporizhstal in Zaporizhzhia, an Interpipe Steel complex in Dnipro and several plants in Kryvyi Rih, including the Northern Iron Ore Beneficiation Works complex.

Says 37 people, including an infant, were injured in a series of overnight attacks, with two people missing.

Says it hit one of Russia's largest synthetic rubber producers in Togliatti, causing a fire at a plant that produces synthetic rubbers and fuel additives used in Russian missile fuel.

Says its naval drone detected, closed on and sank a Russian naval drone in the Black Sea with an oversize machine gun, describing it as the first sea battle in history between unmanned boats.

“»Dies ist die erste Seeschlacht in der Geschichte zwischen unbemannten Booten«” de

Says an industrial enterprise in the region was hit without giving further details.

Confirms the city came under a massive air attack, that air defenses destroyed drones over the city and that fires broke out, with no casualties reported.

“Этой ночью наш город подвергся массированной воздушной атаке. Силами ПВО уничтожены БПЛА над городом. Есть очаги возгорания… Пострадавших нет. Информация о последствиях на земле будет уточняться” ru

Says more than 70 drones were destroyed overnight over Taganrog, the Taganrog Bay and eleven districts, and that a store and several non-residential buildings caught fire with no dead or injured.

Says Moscow has yet to decide whether Putin will travel to the G20 summit in Miami and reiterates that Zelenskyy should come to Moscow if he wants to meet the Russian leader.

“"We don't know yet whether we'll be going to Miami"”

Says a Russian strike on an apartment building in Odesa wounded 37 people with two missing, that ten regions came under attack overnight, that Ukraine has attacked chemical enterprises in the Perm and Samara regions, and that he is willing to meet Putin at the G20 summit in Miami in December.

Says one person was hospitalized and several multi-story residential buildings were damaged following a massive attack on the city.

Reported that two people were killed at its plant in Kryvyi Rih.

Reported a fire at a rubber factory in Togliatti, saying the company specialises in producing synthetic rubber important for tactical and ballistic missiles.

Says one of the injured was a first responder wounded in a double-tap strike, accuses Russia of escalating strikes on civilian energy infrastructure that are increasingly terrorist in nature, and calls for maximum attention to protecting the skies and scaling up countermeasures against Russian drones.

“Maximum attention must be focused on protecting the skies, finding solutions to protect people, and scaling up countermeasures against Russian drones,”

Condemns the strikes on the company's gas stations as deliberate attacks on civilian facilities with no military objective.

“There is no military objective in such attacks. This is terror against the civilian population,”

Says a 12-year-old boy was among 12 people injured by the Russian attack on the petrol station.

Says two people were killed and three injured in Ukrainian drone attacks overnight.

Says a Ukrainian drone struck its logistics hub in the city of Saratov, starting a fire.

Has not publicly commented on the latest attacks but has consistently denied targeting civilians.

Accused Romania and Moldova of using the Giurgiulesti port as a transit hub for arms shipments.

Says Russia's war has arrived at Moldova's border and criticizes voices trying to convince Moldovans that Russia is not the aggressor or that the war has nothing to do with them.

““It is hard to understand, given this reality, that there are still voices who try to convince Moldovans that Russia is not the aggressor, or that the war in our part of the world has nothing to do with us,””

Says the drone incidents can no longer be viewed as remote and that the Russian threat is not a specter or propaganda but a daily reality.

““It is a daily reality.””

Says the deaths of Moldovan citizens could no longer be ruled out in future.

Warned that Giurgiulesti, Moldova's port on the Danube, could become a target after the Russian Foreign Ministry accused Romania and Moldova of using the port as a transit hub for arms shipments.

Calls the drone crash a planned operation by the aggressor state and says Ukraine, Moldova, and Romania already form an interconnected operational area for air threats.

““This is a planned operation by the aggressor state.””

In July changed its policy of restraint and began shooting down drones in Romanian airspace.

Urges Romania's leaders to accelerate the enhancement of Romanian air defenses and believes the Tuesday drone incident was a deliberate maneuver.

Wrote that while there is no evidence the airspace violations were intentional, Russia benefits from them and that the fast Geran drone incursions aim to test NATO and Moldovan defenses and the response of the entire NATO alliance.

Reports its food price index hit 133.3 points in August 2026, up 1.9% monthly and 2.5% year-on-year, and lowered its 2026 global grain production forecast to 2.980 billion tonnes.

Warns that climate shocks, geopolitical tensions and logistics disruption are re-introducing strong risks into food markets.

Urges Europeans to pressure Russia for a full ceasefire in the Black Sea, saying alternative routes will never fully replace normal sea exports.

Warns that Russian strikes on grain ships in the Black Sea could provoke a new global food-security shock.

“En mer Noire, les frappes russes visant les navires céréaliers pourraient provoquer un nouveau choc mondial en matière de sécurité alimentaire” fr

Calls for a coordinated solution to avoid a triple catastrophe of collapsing Ukrainian state revenue, a global food crisis in Africa and large-scale migration to Europe.

“Les blocages des cargaisons de céréales et d'énergie en mer Noire ne sont pas non plus quelque chose que nous puissions simplement regarder de loin” fr

Says solidarity corridors are essential to guarantee affordable grain access to the Middle East and Africa and voices concern over rising global food prices.

“C'est un instrument essentiel pour garantir un accès à des prix abordables pour les céréales au Moyen-Orient et en Afrique” fr

Says 230 Ukrainian aircraft-type drones were intercepted and destroyed overnight over numerous Russian regions, Crimea and the Azov and Black Sea waters.

Says apartment buildings were damaged by the drone attack, residents were evacuated and temporary accommodation centres opened, with one resident hospitalised.

“Развернут штаб. В данный момент идет сбор информации, ликвидация последствий действий ВСУ” ru

Says the city came under a massive drone attack, glazing was damaged in several apartment blocks and residents were evacuated to a temporary accommodation centre.

“Повреждено остекление нескольких многоквартирных домов в одном из районов города. Жильцы эвакуированы, для них развёрнут ПВР” ru

Says the exercise is a serious security threat for NATO and a test of the alliance's borders and reaction in a Baltic region now largely under NATO control, though he cautions that little is known about the weapon's capacity and that Western assessments may exaggerate Russian capability.

““Batı’nın Rusya’nın kapasitesini biraz abarttığını düşünüyorum. Ancak burada bir tatbikatın gerçekleştirilmesi ve Rusya’nın yeni bir teknoloji geliştirdiğine ilişkin iddialar NATO açısından ciddi bir güvenlik tehdidi oluşturuyor. Rusya, NATO’nun sınırlarını ve tepkisini test ediyor.”” tr

Says a clear message was sent to Russia that it cannot operate secretly, warning that attempts against critical infrastructure will be detected and will have consequences.

Established contact with intelligence officials in Moscow in August and warned Russia against escalating sabotage activities in Europe.

Decides, in retaliation for Berlin's decision, to close the German consulate in St. Petersburg and the Goethe Institute in the country, leaving Germany with only its embassy in Moscow and consular activities.

Notifies Moscow that the Russian Consulate General in Bonn and the Russian House in Berlin will be closed and demands that 150 Russian diplomats and their families leave Germany, holding Russia responsible for the Leipzig airport sabotage attempt.

Rejects Berlin's decision, saying Germany accused Russia without presenting any evidence, characterizes the move as an attempt to sever the last cultural ties between the two countries, and claims Berlin is pressuring other EU states to take similar steps.

Writes on social media that Ukrainian attacks killed one person and injured 14, including four minors, in the region.

Ruled out a meeting between Putin and Zelensky, maintaining that the only alternative is a possible meeting in Moscow.

Says Russia deployed nearly 500 drones overnight and expanded the war from the front, where it cannot succeed, into the economy with primitive tactics aimed at destroying anything that helps people endure war; he also said he is willing to meet Putin at the December G20 summit in Miami if invited.

““Básicamente, los rusos han extendido la guerra desde el frente, donde no tienen éxito, hacia la economía, y sus tácticas son de lo más básicas: destruir cualquier lugar que pudiera ayudar a la gente a sobrellevar las condiciones de la guerra”” es

Stated its forces attacked Ukrainian industrial facilities including Zaporizhstal, Interpipe Steel, and Kryvyi Rih mining plants, and struck a cargo ship in Odesa and two cargo ships in Chornomorsk that it claimed carried military goods.

Expressed support for the proposed sanctions bill against Russia.

Reported that three people were killed in three separate attacks on civilian cars over 90 minutes and that the vehicles were not performing military functions.

Reported that a Russian attack on a supermarket in Zvyahel killed two people and also struck two gas stations and a foreign-invested company.

Reported that two people were killed and 11 injured in attacks on the regional capital and nearby localities.

Reported that two people were killed in overnight drone and missile attacks on Kryvyi Rih and that emergency services were activated.

Reported attacking the Togliattikauchuk synthetic rubber plant in Togliatti, Samara region.

Urged the US Congress to pass a Russia sanctions bill approved by the Senate, warning that Moscow is intensifying a terror campaign against civilians and rejecting peace efforts, and called for additional pressure on Putin.

““Moscú está intensificando su campaña de terror contra Ucrania, cometiendo a diario crímenes atroces contra la población civil y rechazando los esfuerzos de paz”” es

Said a Putin-Zelensky G20 meeting had not been discussed and that a leaders' meeting would only make sense to formalize agreements pre-negotiated by their teams.

Said it neutralized 102 drones and eight missiles launched by Russian forces overnight, but recorded impacts at 20 sites and falling debris at four sites.

Said a missile attack on a factory in Kryvyi Rih killed one person and injured three.

Says Russia's escalation with faster jet-powered Shahed drones is becoming increasingly terrorist in nature, and reports Ukrainian strikes on an enterprise and an oil facility in the Saratov and Volgograd regions as well as other targets and the Black Sea.

“Russia's escalation with jet-powered 'shaheds' is gradually becoming increasingly terrorist in nature,”

Says it hit a Russian oil refinery in Saratov.

Condemns the strikes on the company's petrol stations as deliberate attacks on civilian facilities with no military objective.

“There is no military objective behind such strikes. This is terror of the civilian population,”

Says 12 people, including a 12-year-old boy, were injured in Kyiv on Friday, and that eight people were injured in an overnight attack on a residential block.

Says two people were killed and three injured in Ukrainian drone attacks overnight.

Says a drone attack caused a fire at its logistics hub in the Volga River city of Saratov.

Said Zelensky could come to Moscow if he really wants to meet Putin, and that Putin has already said he could fly to Moscow.

““If he really wants to meet with Putin, Putin has already said that he could fly to Moscow,””

Said Ukrainian forces struck two chemical industry facilities in Russia, one in Samara and one in Perm, and that he would meet Putin if both were invited to the December G20 summit in Miami.

Said the possibility of Putin attending the G20 summit had not yet been discussed.

Said two people were killed and one wounded when Russian drones struck a residential area overnight in Zaporizhzhia.

Called the overnight attack on Odesa and surrounding area a massive attack that wounded 35 people and destroyed the upper floors of a residential high-rise.

Warns that if European governments send troops into Ukraine it will mean war with Russia, and denies Russia threatens Europe.

““Now they’re talking about how they’re considering sending troops into Ukraine. That means a war with Russia,””

Affirmed Russia is ready for negotiations but said the special military operation will not be suspended during negotiations.

““will not be suspended during this period of negotiations.””

Said two incidents along Ukraine's borders with Poland and Moldova this week previewed potential intensified Russian provocations at border crossing points with Europe, noting two died at Starokozache and a direct threat to a Polish-Ukrainian crossing was avoided.

Reports a mobile patrol heard four explosions and saw explosion light from Ukrainian territory, and states no drone fragments or dangerous objects were found on Moldovan soil.

“În jurul orei 23:40, o patrulă mobilă a Poliției de Frontieră a auzit patru explozii și a observat lumină produsă de explozii pe teritoriul Ucrainei, pe direcția Tudora (Republica Moldova) – Starokazacie (Ucraina). În acel moment, pe teritoriul Ucrainei se înregistra alertă aeriană” ro

Informed Chisinau at 01:45 that two civilians had died and two were wounded, with identity and citizenship not yet established.

Estimates US wheat yield at 46.7 bushels per acre, down from last year's 54.9 and the lowest since 2015 due to drought in the Great Plains.

Says the real issue is not the quantity of wheat produced but the cost of moving it to buyers and consumers.

“असल मुद्दा गेहूं के उत्पादन की मात्रा का नहीं, बल्कि उसे खरीदारों और उपभोक्ताओं तक पहुंचाने की लागत का है” hi

Says two people were killed and 11 injured, and that Russian forces carried out 1,001 strikes against 45 settlements in the region over the past day, including five missile strikes on the city of Zaporizhzhia.

Says the enemy attacked the city and that a multi-story residential building was damaged, with 35 people injured including a five-month-old infant and a 17-year-old.

“The enemy attacked the city. A multi-story residential building was damaged,”

Says Russia launched 129 attack drones of various types plus eight Kalibr cruise missiles, six Kh-59/69 guided missiles and Iskander-M/KN-23 ballistic missiles overnight, and that Ukrainian forces shot down 110 targets.

Says two people were killed and at least 22 injured, including a child, with one killed and 19 injured in Dnipro as drones, artillery and aerial bombs damaged an enterprise, apartment buildings, garages and vehicles, and one killed in Kryvyi Rih.

Says four people were killed and five injured in Russian attacks over the past day, with two killed in Sloviansk and one each in Kramatorsk and Yasnohirka.

Says a 32-year-old man was killed in an attack on Kharkiv and a 19-year-old man was injured elsewhere in the region as Russian forces attacked Kharkiv and seven other settlements with guided aerial bombs and drones.

Says Russian Shahed-type drones struck railway infrastructure in Lutsk and Fastiv, and that no passengers were injured because monitoring teams detected the threat in time and evacuated them.

Said a Russian missile strike killed two contractor employees and injured two plant workers, damaging production and auxiliary facilities, and noted the facility is a civilian mining and metallurgical enterprise.

Says Zaporizhstal produced pig iron and steel for civilian needs and was not a military target, that the strike caused critical damage, and that the scale of destruction is increasing with every strike.

““Zaporizhstal produced pig iron and steel for civilian needs. The plant did not manufacture products for military purposes and did not host anything on its territory that could make it a military target,””

Said four ballistic missiles struck the Zaporizhstal steel plant, injuring four employees and causing critical damage, the third such strike in a month, and that production had not resumed from previous attacks.

Said Russia launched nearly 500 strike drones at Ukraine and expanded the war from the front lines into the economic sphere with primitive tactics aimed at destroying everything that helps people endure the war.

““In essence, the Russians have expanded this war from the front lines, where they cannot achieve success, into the economic sphere, and their tactics are extremely primitive: to destroy every object that can help people endure the conditions of the war,””

Said more than 10 Russian UAVs entered Volyn over more than four hours, mostly targeting the Kovel community, injuring five people with no deaths, and that debris struck a passenger train in Lutsk after passengers were evacuated.

Said Russian attacks caused power outages in parts of Dubno and Rivne district and destroyed an unspecified enterprise in Sarny district, with no casualties reported.

Say the cargo vessel GOLDEN LEO was struck by Russian cruise missiles shortly after departing Odesa, killing nine foreign seafarers and one Ukrainian pilot.

Reports Russian attacks on the southeastern city of Zaporizhzhia and on his hometown of Kryvyi Rih.

Says Moscow's forces maintained strikes on Ukrainian ports and hit a cargo ship in Odesa it says was carrying goods for military use, and earlier said its forces struck two cargo vessels overnight in the Black Sea port of Chornomorsk.

Says industrial facilities in the Samara region were attacked by Ukrainian drones, without specifying which they were or whether they were damaged.

Says several residential buildings were damaged and one person was injured in the drone attack.

Says four commercial properties were set ablaze in the city of Taganrog in the Rostov region.

Says a Russian strike on a grocery store killed two people in the town of Zvyahel, with two gas stations and an unnamed enterprise with foreign investment also attacked.

Says two people were killed and 11 injured in assaults on Zaporizhzhia and other localities.

Says two people were killed in overnight drone and missile attacks on the city.

Says its forces hit Ukrainian steel maker Zaporizhstal in Zaporizhzhia, an Interpipe Steel complex in Dnipro and several plants in Kryvyi Rih, including the Northern Iron Ore Beneficiation Works complex.

Says 37 people, including an infant, were injured in a series of overnight attacks, with two people missing.

Says it hit one of Russia's largest synthetic rubber producers in Tolyatti in the Samara region, causing a fire, asserting the Tolyattikauchuk plant produced synthetic rubbers and fuel additives used in fuel for Russian missiles.

Says the target of the attack in Odesa Oblast was port infrastructure that the ministry claims was used to supply the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

Reports that one house was destroyed and three others damaged in Chornomorsk, with five people injured.

Says Russian forces carried out a mass missile-drone attack on civilian infrastructure, destroying the upper floors of a high-rise and damaging nearby buildings and a low-pressure gas pipeline.

“Внаслідок удару повністю зруйновано верхні поверхи житлової багатоповерхівки. Вибуховою хвилею пошкоджено сусідні житлові будинки та газовопровід низького тиску” uk

Reports fires on the 21st to 23rd floors of a 25-storey Odesa building and a destroyed house with five injured, including four children, in Chornomorsk.

Says a multi-storey residential building was significantly damaged and an operational headquarters was deployed at the site.

“Суттєво пошкоджений багатоповерховий житловий будинок. На місці працюють всі відповідні підрозділи, комунальні служби, розгорнутий оперативний штаб” uk

Says the joint operation sent a clear message to Russia that it cannot operate covertly and that attacks on critical infrastructure will be met with consequences.

“Through our joint operation, we sent a clear message to Russia that they cannot operate covertly.”

Used deep-sea submersibles to simulate deployment of sophisticated technology designed to disable undersea cables without leaving fingerprints.

Denounces that Ukrainian cities and communities are being attacked almost without interruption since the previous night, and calls on US President Donald Trump to adopt severe sanctions against Russia immediately to obstruct its ability to produce missiles.

“« Nos villes et communautés sont attaquées presque sans interruption depuis la nuit dernière »” fr

Says a Russian strike on a grocery store killed two people in the town of Zviahel, with two service stations and a foreign-capital enterprise also targeted.

Emphasizes that its Kryvyi Rih plant is a civilian mining and metallurgical facility, reports damage to auxiliary and production installations, and condemns the attacks.

“« Nous soulignons que notre usine est une installation civile de l'industrie minière et métallurgique, et nous condamnons fermement ces attaques ennemies insidieuses »” fr

Describes the strike on her city as absolute terror.

“« C'était la terreur absolue »” fr

Says it is unclear whether Russia will go to Miami and repeats that Putin has said Zelensky could fly to Moscow.

“目前还不清楚我们是否会去迈阿密” zh

Says he will attend the Miami G20 if Putin does, insisting the two leaders must meet and decide, and that only results matter.

“是的，当然... 我们必须来。我们必须见面、交谈并作出决定” zh

Says the question of Putin attending the US-hosted G20 has not been discussed at all.

“至于普京访问的可能性，这个问题根本没有被讨论” zh

Says if Zelensky wants to meet he should come to Moscow, calling it a gesture of goodwill since Ukraine still bans contacts with Putin's team.

“我们已经向泽连斯基发出了邀请。如果他想见面，那就让他来吧。这已经是我们释放出的巨大善意，因为他至今仍未撤销禁止与普京及其团队接触的法令” zh

Says the operation was carried out jointly with military intelligence (HUR) and describes the drone-on-drone encounter as a historic first.

“This is the first-ever battle between unmanned naval boats.”

Claims its Sargan 3000 unmanned boat destroyed a Russian unmanned boat with machine-gun fire, calling it the first naval battle in history between unmanned boats.

“Units of the Main Intelligence Directorate (GUR) detected the target... The Ukrainian Navy's 'Sargan 3000' unmanned boat, equipped with a remotely operated weapon station (RWS) Protector 12.7 mm, successfully destroyed it. This is the first naval battle in history between unmanned boats.”

Says its Alpha Special Operations Center drones struck an FPV drone production facility, two UAV warehouses, a Pantsir-S2 system, a fuel and lubricants tank and a P-18 Terek radar near Taganrog, framing the operation as a direct response to Russia's massive attacks on Ukrainian civilians and infrastructure.

“The destruction of UAV and FPV drone production and storage facilities reduces the ability of Russian forces to use them against Ukraine. This is a direct response to Russia's massive attacks, during which the enemy launches attack drones to terrorize people and strike civilian infrastructure in our country,”

Said a Russian UAV struck the Kyivskyi district of Kharkiv, killing one person and injuring two, and that emergency services are working in enhanced mode.

““The enemy struck the Kyivskyi district of Kharkiv with a UAV. According to preliminary information, one person was killed,””

Said Russian drone strikes damaged 15 sites across Kyiv Oblast over the past day, killing one person and injuring three, with damage recorded in Brovary, Obukhiv, Bucha, Boryspil, and Vyshhorod districts and rescue services assessing the damage.