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.
On the night of September 27, Russia attacked Ukraine with 115 Shahed, Gerbera, and other types of attack UAVs. The Ukrainian Defense Forces shot down/suppressed 97 enemy drones in the north, south, east, and center of the country.
The United States has revoked the visa of Colombian President Gustavo Petro. This happened after his participation in a pro-Palestinian demonstration in New York, where he called for the creation of international armed forces to liberate Palestinians.
Since the beginning of the day, 106 combat engagements have been recorded, 31 of which were in the Pokrovsk direction. The enemy was also active in the Novopavlivka, Toretsk, and Lyman directions.
On September 26, in the Kharkiv region, police officers came under enemy FPV drone fire during evacuation measures. Four law enforcement officers were wounded and hospitalized.
As of September 26, 2025, Ukraine has harvested 30. 4 million tons of grain crops from 63% of the sown areas. The harvesting of wheat, barley, peas, and rapeseed has been completed.
EU ambassadors today discussed the package of sanctions against Russia for the first time. Slovakia is currently blocking the decision, preventing its approval before the summits in Copenhagen.
The head of the Chernihiv Regional Military Administration, Viacheslav Chaus, reported on the continued attacks by Russian troops on energy facilities in the Chernihiv region. Hits were recorded, causing power outages in Chernihiv and the district.
The European Union is developing a scheme to provide Ukraine with new loans totaling 140 billion euros, using frozen assets of the Russian central bank. The bloc hopes to conclude a loan agreement by the end of the year to start disbursing funds to Ukraine in 2026.
The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine confirmed the damage to the Afipsky Oil Refinery in Krasnodar Krai on the night of September 26. The plant produces gasoline, diesel, and jet fuel, processing 6.25 million tons of oil annually.
As a result of the morning attack by Russian troops on Kherson, a 74-year-old woman was killed, and eight more people were injured. The city was subjected to a massive air raid and artillery shelling, damaging residential buildings and infrastructure.
The Slovak Parliament approved a bill enshrining two genders – male and female – in the Constitution, and guaranteeing equal pay. 90 out of 99 present deputies voted in favor.
Ukraine has imposed an entry ban on three high-ranking Hungarian military officials. This is a mirror response to Hungary's previous unfounded ban on the entry of Ukrainian military personnel, including Robert Brovdi.
