Russian air strike on Ukrainian village killed 24 people

At least 24 civilians were killed and 19 injured on Sept. 9 when Russian forces struck the front-line village of Yarova in Donetsk Oblast, local authorities said.

The attack occurred around 11 a.m., hitting residents who had gathered to collect pensions. Among the dead were pensioners and employees of Ukrposhta, Ukraine’s national postal service, who were delivering payments. Two of the injured remain hospitalized, according to Ukraine’s State Emergency Service. Footage released by officials shows a damaged postal vehicle surrounded by bodies.

“This is not a military operation — this is pure terrorism,” Donetsk Governor Vadym Filashkin wrote on Telegram. President Volodymyr Zelensky condemned the strike, stressing that Russian forces “knew exactly” they were targeting civilians. He called for strong responses from the United States, Europe, and the G20: “Such Russian strikes must not be left without an appropriate response from the world.”

Yarova, a small village roughly 12 miles north of Sloviansk, sits just 6 miles from Russian-held territory. Its location near key roads has left it especially vulnerable to attacks. The strike came a day after six civilians were killed and ten wounded in Donetsk Oblast, underscoring Russia’s continued targeting of civilian areas throughout the full-scale war.

Trump gave Putin what he wanted in the Alaska meeting - Zelensky

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Russian leader Vladimir Putin “got exactly what he wanted” from his summit with U.S. President Donald Trump in Alaska — and called it deeply regrettable that Ukraine was excluded from the talks.

Speaking to ABC News from the ruins of a U.S.-owned factory in western Ukraine’s Zakarpattia Oblast — destroyed in a recent Russian strike — Zelenskyy was asked how he felt seeing Putin walk the red carpet in Alaska.

“I think it was a bilateral summit. It’s a pity Ukraine was not there,” he said. “President Trump gave Putin what he wanted. He wanted very much to meet with the president of the United States — not with me, but with him. Now, Putin has his photos, his videos, the images he can show the world. That’s what he wanted most.”

Russian missile that hit the government building in Kyiv included over 30 foreign-made parts

The Iskander ballistic missile that struck Ukraine’s Cabinet of Ministers building last week contained more than 30 foreign-made parts, including U.S. technology, Ukraine’s presidential sanctions commissioner Vladyslav Vlasiuk said on Sept. 8.

The Sept. 7 strike — the largest aerial assault since the full-scale invasion — saw Russia unleash 810 Shahed drones and 13 cruise and ballistic missiles on Ukrainian cities. Although the Iskander’s warhead failed to detonate, its fuel caused a fire inside the Cabinet building.

Ukrainian investigators later identified dozens of Western components in the missile, including 35 made in the U.S. by firms such as Texas Instruments, Analog Devices, and Altera. Other parts originated in Japan, the U.K., and Switzerland, alongside Belarusian and Russian suppliers. Officials say the findings underscore how Western technology continues to fuel Moscow’s arsenal despite years of sanctions.