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• Residents Hold On As Kostyantynivka Faces Relentless Russian Strikes RFE/RL 22 Sep 2025 -- Ukrainians in the city of Kostyantynivka, near the eastern front line in Russia's war on Ukraine, are in constant danger.

Ukraine

• Andrii Sybiha held a meeting with Minister of Foreign Affairs of New Zealand Winston Peters Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine 22 Sep 2025
• Andrii Sybiha held a meeting with Minister for Foreign Affairs of Switzerland Ignazio Cassis Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine 22 Sep 2025
• Statement of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Andrii Sybiha at the emergency meeting of the UN Security Council Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine 22 Sep 2025
• Andrii Sybiha held a meeting with Minister of Foreign Affairs of Oman Badr Albusaidi Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine 22 Sep 2025
• Andrii Sybiha held a meeting with WFP Executive Director Cindy McCain Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine 22 Sep 2025
• Comment of the MFA on the Illegal Visit of Ambassadors of Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger to the Temporarily Occupied by Russia Crimea Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine 22 Sep 2025
• Andrii Sybiha held a meeting with Minister of Foreign and European Affairs of Slovakia Juraj Blanár Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine 22 Sep 2025
• Support for Ukraine and new defense agreements: Denys Shmyhal meets with U.S. Congressional delegation Ukraine MOD 22 Sep 2025
• Government allocates over UAH 2 billion to Ministry of Defence for 'Army of Drones Bonus' project Ukraine MOD 22 Sep 2025
• Over 50,000 video streams monthly: Yurii Myronenko highlights use of AI in warfare Ukraine MOD 22 Sep 2025
• Cabinet of Ministers regulates transfer of training weapons to training centers and teaching hubs offering educational subject 'Defense of Ukraine' Ukraine MOD 22 Sep 2025
• The Armed Forces of Ukraine deploy 'Impulse' digital personnel management system Ukraine MOD 22 Sep 2025
• SSU detains FSB agents who supplied ruscists with Ukrainian SIM cards for kamikaze drones Security Service of Ukraine 22 Sep 2025

Russia

• Press release on a ceremony for signing cooperation agreements between the DPR, LPR, Zaporozhye and Kherson regions, as well as the City of Sevastopol, and the Republic of Nicaragua, Moscow, September 22, 2025 Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 22 Sep 2025
• Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's remarks during a ceremony for signing cooperation agreements between the DPR, LPR, and Zaporozhye and Kherson regions, as well as the City of Sevastopol with the Republic of Nicaragua, Moscow, September 22, 2025 Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 22 Sep 2025

United States

NATO

• As NATO Mulls Response To Trespassing Russian Warplanes, Can It Shoot Them Down? RFE/RL 22 Sep 2025 -- NATO officials are gathering for a meeting of its North Atlantic Council (NAC) on September 23, called by Estonia in response to an incursion by Russian warplanes into its airspace last week.
• How NATO Is Boosting Eastern Defenses Amid Russian Air Incursions RFE/RL 22 Sep 2025 -- Two days after an unprecedented drone incursion by Russia on Polish territory on September 10, NATO unveiled its response: Operation Eastern Sentry. The mission kicked off immediately on September 12 and was tested a week later by Russian jets entering Estonian airspace.
• NATO Boosts Eastern Flank Defenses After Russian Drone Incursion RFE/RL 22 Sep 2025 -- Two days after an unprecedented drone incursion by Russia on Polish territory on September 10, NATO unveiled its response - Operation Eastern Sentry.

United Nations

• Human Rights In Russia In 'Seismic Decline' Amid War On Ukraine, UN Expert Says RFE/RL 22 Sep 2025 -- The human rights situation in Russia has "steadily deteriorated" since President Vladimir Putin launched the full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, a UN expert said, describing a "seismic decline" that has hit vulnerable groups such as minorities and migrants particularly hard.
• UN Commission says Russian drones target civilians and destroy infrastructure, making localities in frontline provinces of Ukraine unliveable OHCHR 22 Sep 2025 -- Russian armed forces have targeted civilians and a wide array of civilian objects using short-range drones in localities stretching over 300 kilometres along the right bank of the Dnipro River, said the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine in its latest update to the Human Rights Council.

Foreign Reactions

• Security Council Meets Again on Moscow's Alleged Airspace Violations as Allies Support Estonia UN Security Council 22 Sep 2025 -- On the heels of recently reported incursions into Polish and Romanian airspace by the Russian Federation, the Security Council held another emergency meeting today following Estonia's claim that Russian Federation fighter jets violated its airspace — with most speakers condemning these actions and urging Moscow to end its war of aggression against Ukraine.
• Deputy Prime Minister Radosław Sikorski addresses UN Security Council emergency meeting called at Estonia's request Poland - Ministry of Foreign Affairs 22 Sep 2025
• United Nations Security Council briefing: Threats to international peace and security - Violation of Estonian airspace European External Action Service (EEAS) 22 Sep 2025 -- Transcript of statement by EU HR/VP Kaja KALLAS at the United Nation Security Council on the violation of Estonia's airspace.
• Foreign Minister Tsahkna at the UN Security Council: Russia not only violated Estonian airspace, but also blatantly lied about it Estonia MFA 22 Sep 2025 -- Foreign Minister Margus Tsahkna said today, 22 September, at the UN Security Council meeting in New York convened in response to the violation of Estonia's airspace, that Russia not only violated Estonian airspace but also blatantly lied about it, once again revealing its true nature.
• Baiba Braže at the UN Security Council meeting: The world is united in support of Estonia. Russia's threat creates a global security crisis Latvia MFA 22 Sep 2025 -- On 22 September 2025, in New York, at the United Nations Security Council's emergency meeting convened at the requested of Estonia over the violations of Estonian and Polish airspace by Russia, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Latvia, Baiba Braže, delivered a statement on behalf of Latvia and Lithuania.
• Chairman Mast Statement on Russia's Violation of Estonia's Airspace U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Foreign Affairs 22 Sep 2025
• Nordic statement on Russia's recent violation of Estonian airspace Government Offices of Sweden 22 Sep 2025
• UN Human Rights Council 60: UK Statement for the Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine UK FCDO 22 Sep 2025 -- UK Statement for the Interactive Dialogue with the Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine. Delivered by the UK's Human Rights Ambassador, Eleanor Sanders.

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