Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said helium would conscionable U.S. counterpart Donald Trump connected the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly adjacent week arsenic Russia intensified attacks crossed his country.
Russia carried retired 1 of its largest aerial attacks overnight, firing 40 missiles and immoderate 580 drones astatine Ukraine successful a barrage that killed astatine slightest 3 radical and wounded dozens, Mr. Zelenskyy said Saturday (September 20, 2025).
Mr. Zelenskyy said helium would clasp “a gathering with the President of the United States”, adding helium would sermon information guarantees for Ukraine and sanctions connected Russia during the talks with Mr. Trump.
Ukraine has insisted connected Western-backed information guarantees to forestall aboriginal Russian attacks. Russian President Vladimir Putin has meantime warned that immoderate Western troops successful Ukraine would beryllium unacceptable and morganatic targets.
A U.S.-led propulsion for a speedy extremity to the warfare has stalled, and Russia efficaciously ruled retired a gathering betwixt Mr. Putin and Mr. Zelenskyy — thing that Kyiv says is the lone mode towards peace.
“We expect sanctions if determination is nary gathering betwixt the leaders or, for example, nary ceasefire,” Mr. Zelenskyy said successful comments released by the Ukrainian presidency connected Saturday (September 20, 2025).
“We are acceptable for a gathering with Putin. I person spoken astir this. Both bilateral and trilateral. He is not ready,” Mr. Zelenskyy added.
In Russia’s latest aerial battle of Ukraine, “a rocket with clump munitions straight struck an flat building” successful the cardinal metropolis of Dnipro, Mr. Zelenskyy said earlier connected societal media.
He posted pictures of cars and a gathering connected occurrence and rescuers carrying a idiosyncratic to information amid rubble scattered nearby.
In the Dnipropetrovsk region, the strikes killed 1 idiosyncratic and wounded 26, with 1 antheral successful a superior condition, Sergiy Lysak, the caput of determination subject administration, said.
‘Intense’ fighting
The strikes travel a time aft 3 Russian combatant jets violated the airspace of Estonia — a NATO subordinate connected the alliance’s eastbound flank — an allegation Moscow denied.
But it triggered fears successful the West of a unsafe caller provocation from Moscow aft Poland past week complained that astir 20 Russian drones overflew its territory.
Mr. Zelenskyy repeated the telephone for “joint solutions” to sprout down drones implicit Ukraine “together with different countries”.
Russia, which has been chipping distant astatine Ukrainian territory for months, announced connected Saturday (September 20, 2025) its troops had captured the colony of Berezove successful the Dnipropetrovsk region.
In the northeastern Kharkiv region, “intense actions” were ongoing successful the cardinal country of Kupiansk, Mr. Zelenskyy said, referring to a obstruction hub Ukraine recaptured successful its 2022 offensive.
Russian officials meantime said their forces had repelled “massive” Ukrainian attacks successful the Volgograd and Rostov regions, portion 1 idiosyncratic was wounded successful the adjacent portion of Saratov.
The politician of Russia’s Samara portion said “fuel and vigor facilities” were targeted, without specifying the damage.
The Russian Defence Ministry said connected Saturday (September 20, 2025) its aerial defence alert systems “intercepted and destroyed” 149 Ukrainian drones overnight, including 27 implicit the Saratov portion and 15 implicit the Samara region.
Three rounds of nonstop bid talks betwixt Russia and Ukraine successful Istanbul person failed to output thing much than large-scale captive exchanges.
Russia has maintained a bid of hardline demands, including that Ukraine afloat cedes the eastbound Donbas portion — parts of which it inactive controls.
Kyiv has rejected territorial concessions and wants European troops to beryllium deployed to Ukraine arsenic a peacekeeping force, thing Moscow sees arsenic unacceptable.
