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• Heavy Fighting Reported Around Key Eastern Village That Ukraine Says It Has Liberated RFE/RL 18 Sep 2023 -- Heavy fighting between Ukrainian soldiers and invading Russian forces was reported early on September 18 in and around Klishchiyivka, a key village in the Donetsk region in eastern Ukraine, the Ukrainian military said.
• Ukraine Says Russia Used Drones, Cruise Missiles in Overnight Attacks VOA 18 Sep 2023 -- Ukraine said Monday that Russia used 24 drones to attack the Mykolaiv and Odesa regions overnight, in addition to firing 17 cruise missiles at Ukraine.

Ukraine

• You are an example of a particularly strong will, and it is inspiring - address by the President to the Ukrainian defenders who participated in the Invictus Games President of Ukraine 18 Sep 2023
• 'We Mustn't Give Putin A Break,' Zelenskiy Warns, As He Heads To UN General Assembly RFE/RL 18 Sep 2023 -- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy says Ukraine can't give Vladimir Putin a "break" and has urged the world to stand up to the Russian president to avoid a third world war.
• Ukraine fires six deputy defense ministers in major reshuffle Press TV 18 Sep 2023 -- After Ukraine's Defense Minister Oleksii Reznikov was dismissed earlier this month, the Ukrainian government decided to dismiss six deputy defense ministers on Monday.
• Ukraine to challenge EU neighbors over grain import bans Press TV 18 Sep 2023 -- Ukraine says it will file a complaint with the World Trade Organization (WTO) against unilateral grain-import bans imposed by the country's three European Union neighbors.
• Ukraine Files Import Ban Lawsuits Against Poland, Hungary, Slovakia with WTO Sputnik 18 Sep 2023 -- Kiev has filed lawsuits with the World Trade Organization (WTO) against Poland, Hungary, and Slovakia because of their ban on the import of Ukrainian products, the Ukrainian Economy Ministry stated on Monday.
• Technical inspection of the de-occupied territories of the Kherson region before demining: sappers of the State Transport Special Service are successfully using modern drones provided by Danish partners Ukraine MOD 18 Sep 2023

Russia

• Russia Calls On UN's Top Court To Dismiss Ukraine's Genocide Case RFE/RL 18 Sep 2023 -- Russia called on the UN's highest court in The Hague on September 18 to dismiss what it said was a "hopelessly flawed" case challenging Moscow's argument that its invasion of Ukraine was carried out to prevent genocide.
• Ukrainian Forces Shell Donetsk City Center Sputnik 18 Sep 2023 -- Ukrainian troops fired three MLRS shells at the center of Donetsk on Monday, the DNR representative office in the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to Ukrainian War Crimes (JCCC) reported.
• Russia Hits Ukraine's Storage Facilities for Depleted Uranium Ammunition - MoD Sputnik 18 Sep 2023 -- The Russian armed forces have attacked storage facilities with Storm Shadow cruise missiles and ammunition with depleted uranium in Ukraine, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Monday.

United States

NATO

United Nations

• Ukraine: UN adds historic Kyiv cathedral and monastery to danger list UN News 18 Sep 2023 -- The UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has added two of Ukraine's most historic buildings in Kyiv and another site in Lviv, to its official list of World Heritage sites in danger

Foreign Reactions

• The President: The UN's role is crucial in managing the consequences of Russia's war in Ukraine President of the Republic of Lithuania 18 Sep 2023 -- President Gitanas Nausėda, together with the Presidents of Latvia and Estonia, met with United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres on the margins of the UN General Assembly.
• Foreign minister Hanke Bruins Slot spoke with Ukrainian children abducted by Russia Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs 18 Sep 2023 -- Russia has abducted thousands of children from occupied areas in Ukraine. On 14 September Hanke Bruins Slot, Minister of Foreign Affairs, spoke with Ukrainian children who had been unlawfully deported to Russia.
• Statement by the Spokesperson Pakistan Ministry of Foreign Affairs 18 Sep 2023 -- Responding to media queries on the latest Intercept story alleging sale of Pakistani weapons to Ukraine to get IMF bailout package for Pakistan, the Spokesperson rejected the story as baseless and fabricated. She said: "the IMF Standby Arrangement for Pakistan was successfully negotiated between Pakistan and the IMF to implement difficult but essential economic reforms. Giving any other colour to these negotiations is disingenuous.

News Reports

• Bulgaria Says It Found Drone Remains Likely 'Connected' To War In Ukraine RFE/RL 18 Sep 2023 -- Bulgaria's Defense Ministry said on September 18 that drone wreckage was found on Bulgaria's Black Sea coast and that a special military unit has been sent to the site to investigate and to dispose of ammunition that was attached to the debris.