Ukraine/Russia News from the Kyiv Independent (Sept 10)

Wednesday, September 10

Russia’s war against Ukraine

A person sleeps in a metro station in Kyiv during night mass Russian drone and missile strikes on Ukraine on Sept. 10, 2025. (Sergei Supinsky / AFP via Getty Images)

In first for NATO, Poland downs Russian drones amid mass attack on Ukraine as Putin tests Western resolve. Polish authorities temporarily closed Warsaw Chopin Airport and placed the country’s air defenses on high alert overnight on Sept. 10, following reports that Russian drones have entered Polish airspace.


Russian missile that hit government headquarters contained over 30 foreign-made parts, Ukraine says. "Compared to missiles from previous years, there are fewer components from Europe and the U.S., and more from Russia and Belarus," presidential sanctions commissioner Vladyslav Vlasiuk said.


Putin told White House he plans to seize Donbas by end of 2025, Zelensky says. President Volodymyr Zelensky said Moscow's plans could cost "years and a million people," or even "two or three million corpses" if Russia accelerates its offensive.


Ukraine strikes 2 Russian radar stations in occupied Crimea, intelligence says, shares footage. According to the agency, Ukrainian forces destroyed a 48Ya6-K1 Podlet low-altitude radar and an RLM-M module from the 55Zh6M Nebo-M air defense complex.


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Russian missile that hit government headquarters contained over 30 foreign-made parts, Ukraine says. "Compared to missiles from previous years, there are fewer components from Europe and the U.S., and more from Russia and Belarus," presidential sanctions commissioner Vladyslav Vlasiuk said.


Russian military losses near 300,000 in 2025, Syrskyi says. "The Russian army's losses since the beginning of the year have already reached almost 300 thousand (299,210) people," Commander-in-Chief Oleksandr Syrskyi reported Sept. 9.


Explosions put 3 Russian pipelines out of service, intelligence source claims.

Three oil and gas pipelines in Russia were knocked out of service in a series of explosions on Sept. 8, a Ukrainian military intelligence (HUR) source told the Kyiv Independent.


After Putin arrives in Sochi, alleged Ukrainian drone strike hits the city.

The attack may have coincided with Russian President Vladimir Putin's working visit to the city. According to the Kremlin, Putin joined the BRICS summit online from Sochi on Sept. 8.

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