US Vice President J. D. Vance stated that the US is considering Ukraine's request to purchase long-range Tomahawk missiles. President Trump will make the final decision on authorizing the deal.
Typhoon Bualoy hit Vietnam, killing 8 people and leaving 17 fishermen missing. The storm damaged homes, flooded crops and disrupted power supplies, after which it weakened and headed towards Laos.
Pilots of the 59th Brigade of the Unmanned Systems Forces destroyed a Mi-28 helicopter using an FPV drone. This was reported by the commander of the Unmanned Systems Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Robert "Madyar" Brovdi.
Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Oleksandr Syrskyi reported the encirclement of some enemy units and the liberation of 175 sq km of territory. The total losses of the occupiers amount to 3,185 personnel and 969 units of weaponry.
Bad Bunny will headline the Apple Music Super Bowl LXI Halftime Show in 2026. The event will take place on February 8 at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, California.
European Council President António Costa is leading efforts to advance Ukraine's EU membership bid, despite Hungary's resistance. He is trying to garner support from EU capitals for simplifying the accession procedure for new members, proposing to open negotiation clusters with the consent of a qualified majority of EU countries.
On the night of September 29, Russia launched 32 drones of various types at Ukraine. Air defense forces neutralized 23 of them in the north and east of the country; 9 hits were recorded.
Indian oil refining company Nayara Energy Ltd. , partially owned by Rosneft, is resuming operations and sales after a crisis caused by sanctions. The company is working with banks to simplify payments in local currency and is restoring its export network.
In August 2025, the number of new passenger car registrations in Europe increased by 5% to 790,177 units. The most popular car was the Volkswagen T-Roc with 14,693 units sold.
In Michigan, a man crashed a car into a church, opened fire with an assault rifle, and set the building ablaze, killing at least four and injuring eight. The assailant, 40-year-old Thomas Jacob Sanford, a former Marine, died in a shootout with police.
The PAS party of Moldovan President Maia Sandu receives over 50% of the votes in the parliamentary elections. According to the results of counting 99.65% of the protocols, PAS has 50.06%, and the Patriotic Bloc has 24.25%.
The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported 136 combat engagements over the past day, 53 of which were in the Pokrovsk and 21 in the Novopavlivka directions. The enemy launched 1 missile and 81 air strikes, using 50 missiles and 156 guided aerial bombs.
Brent and WTI crude futures fell after the resumption of crude oil exports from Iraqi Kurdistan through Turkey. OPEC plans another increase in oil production in November, which will increase global supplies.
Video game maker Electronic Arts is close to a $50 billion privatization deal with a consortium including Silver Lake and Jared Kushner's Affinity Partners. This is one of the largest leveraged buyouts in history.
The American military has fallen short of its goals for deploying thousands of advanced drones, encountering difficulties in utilizing these systems. The Pentagon is transferring efforts to a new, secretive military group to accelerate the plan's implementation.
In the temporarily occupied territories, the occupiers are actively seizing the property of Ukrainians who were forced to leave after the invasion.
NATO Chiefs of Staff discussed recent airspace violations by Russian forces. The President of Latvia called for strengthening air defense and transforming Baltic air policing into an air defense mission.
People's Deputy Serhiy Babak clarified the changes in the law "On Vocational Education". War veterans will be able to get a new profession earlier than in 3 years.
Ruth Posner, a 96-year-old Holocaust survivor and artist, and her 97-year-old husband Michael, died in a clinic in Switzerland by assisted suicide. They had been married for almost 75 years and made the decision due to emotional weakness and lack of energy.
A 1988 BMW M5, one of 1,239 examples for the American market, has been put up for sale at the "Bring a Trailer" auction. The car has its original 3.5-liter M88 engine, rebuilt to 3.6 liters, and an odometer reading of 94,951 km.
Ukrzaliznytsia reported that 11 trains are delayed after Russia's night drone attack on the railway infrastructure of Odesa region. One of them is delayed by over 5 hours.
On September 26, in Lviv, an 84-year-old woman fell while boarding a shuttle bus on Knyahyni Olhy Street and sustained injuries. The police opened criminal proceedings for violating road safety rules.
President Zelenskyy thanked the people of the United States, Donald and Melania Trump for their support of Ukraine. He emphasized that this cooperation brings peace and security closer.
An unknown drone was spotted over the Valajaskoski hydropower plant in Rovaniemi, Finland. This incident occurred after the country's power plants were declared no-fly zones.
The heating season in Kyiv will begin when the average daily temperature stays at 8 degrees for three days. The city is preparing for emergencies by installing backup power sources.
On September 27, a fire broke out in an apartment on Bohdan Khmelnytskyi Street in Lviv due to an electric scooter's lithium battery catching fire after being left charging overnight. Three people were injured in the fire, including two children who were hospitalized.
The names of Elon Musk, Peter Thiel, and Steve Bannon are mentioned in the daily schedules of convicted financier Jeffrey Epstein, published by Democrats on a US House of Representatives committee. The documents do not link any of the men to criminal activity.
Russians attacked an emergency gas crew in Sumy region that had responded to a call after an airstrike. The enemy directed a drone at the gas workers' service vehicle, destroying it, but the employees survived. 64 enemy shellings were recorded in 29 settlements of Sumy region, two people were injured.
UN sanctions against Iran are set to be reinstated on Saturday, after a resolution by Russia and China to postpone them failed. This decision by Western powers is likely to escalate tensions with Tehran.
As a result of the night attack by the Russian Federation on Vinnytsia Oblast, the enemy hit critical infrastructure, causing a fire. The fire has been extinguished, train traffic has been restored, and there are no casualties.
