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This page is an archive of main headlines from Russia for 22.09.2026.
It displays 113 headlines from many sources chronologically, as they appeared throughout the day, accompanied by AI overviews that were written in real time.
22.09.2026 ⇢ The Day Trump Set a Winter Deadline for Ukraine
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Overnight air war displaced post-election counting. State agencies reported some 300 Ukrainian drones intercepted, with a deadly hit on Samara that killed one, wounded four and set the Kuibyshev Rosneft refinery ablaze, while the Defence Ministry claimed strikes on Ukrainian metallurgical, chemical, rocket-fuel and energy sites and logistics hubs in Odesa acknowledged in Kyiv.
Midday attention split to Brussels, where EU envoys extended sanctions on 3,000 individuals and firms for three years but delisted Alisher Usmanov and Mikhail Fridman after French-Luxembourg pressure, a move state media framed as a crack and exile outlets as shameful, alongside a fatal shopping-centre fire in Sterlitamak that killed four.
By evening coverage converged on New York, where Trump met Zelensky, said he was discussing peace terms with Putin and hoped to end the war before winter, while Zelensky offered a mutual energy ceasefire and raised a Patriot production licence.
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RIA Novosti
В нескольких городах на Украине прогремели взрывы
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The key transport fuel has topped $6.50 a gallon as conflicts in Iran and Yemen add to global supply disruptions
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03:04⇢Every Third Ballot Disputed
⌨The newspapers continue to dissect the Duma outcome (Kommersant, Meduza, The Moscow Times, NTV), shifting from seat counts to fraud arithmetic, with exile outlets citing Novaya Gazeta Europe that United Russia's real share was 34% and every third vote was added. Parallel battlefield coverage notes Russian clearing near Orekhov and explosions across Ukrainian cities (TASS, RIA Novosti), while Zelensky's negotiation signals draw attention (Lenta.ru).
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03:04⇢Every Third Ballot Disputed
⌨The newspapers continue to dissect the Duma outcome (Kommersant, Meduza, The Moscow Times, NTV), shifting from seat counts to fraud arithmetic, with exile outlets citing Novaya Gazeta Europe that United Russia's real share was 34% and every third vote was added. Parallel battlefield coverage notes Russian clearing near Orekhov and explosions across Ukrainian cities (TASS, RIA Novosti), while Zelensky's negotiation signals draw attention (Lenta.ru).
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President Trump seeks “permanent control” over security in the self-governing Danish territory under a deal to be signed Tuesday
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RIA Novosti
Киеву пришлось перебросить в Сумскую область части, не участвовавшие в боях
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RIA Novosti
Киев перебросил в Сумскую область части, не участвовавшие в боях
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Komsomolskaya Pravda
ЦИК опубликовал промежуточные итоги по числу мандатов у партий на выборах в ГД
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RIA Novosti
ВС России поразили украинские оборонные и энергетические предприятия
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08:20⇢Night Barrage Sets Samara Refinery Ablaze
⌨The newspapers shift from Duma arithmetic to an overnight air war (Interfax, NTV, Lenta.ru, The Moscow Times, TASS, RIA Novosti), reporting about 300 Ukrainian drones intercepted with damage and a Rosneft plant fire in Samara, paired with Russian claims of hits on Ukrainian metallurgical, chemical, defense and energy sites. Post-election mobilization anxiety persists (Meduza, The Moscow Times English).
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08:20⇢Night Barrage Sets Samara Refinery Ablaze
⌨The newspapers shift from Duma arithmetic to an overnight air war (Interfax, NTV, Lenta.ru, The Moscow Times, TASS, RIA Novosti), reporting about 300 Ukrainian drones intercepted with damage and a Rosneft plant fire in Samara, paired with Russian claims of hits on Ukrainian metallurgical, chemical, defense and energy sites. Post-election mobilization anxiety persists (Meduza, The Moscow Times English).
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RIA Novosti
Группировка "Центр" окружила крупный узел обороны ВСУ в Доброполье
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The 24/7 YouTube livestream comes amid an escalating dispute with major US media outlets
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The bloc’s case against the tycoon was built on sand and its media industry has had to amend thousands of articles
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RIA Novosti
Путин и Бердымухамедов обсудили прошедшие выборы в Госдуму и развитие отношений
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12:35⇢Deadly Samara Strike Fuels Retaliation
⌨The newspapers continue coverage of the overnight strike exchange (Interfax, The Moscow Times, NTV, Lenta.ru), now adding a death toll of one killed and four wounded in Samara and a Rosneft refinery fire, alongside Russian claims of hits on a Ukrainian refinery and logistics hubs acknowledged by Ukraine's premier. Attention also turns to the EU sanctions fight over Usmanov and Fridman blocked by Latvia (Meduza, RT).
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12:35⇢Deadly Samara Strike Fuels Retaliation
⌨The newspapers continue coverage of the overnight strike exchange (Interfax, The Moscow Times, NTV, Lenta.ru), now adding a death toll of one killed and four wounded in Samara and a Rosneft refinery fire, alongside Russian claims of hits on a Ukrainian refinery and logistics hubs acknowledged by Ukraine's premier. Attention also turns to the EU sanctions fight over Usmanov and Fridman blocked by Latvia (Meduza, RT).
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Latvia has flatly rejected France and Slovakia’s proposals to remove Alisher Usmanov from the bloc’s blacklist
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RIA Novosti
"Били током и прижигали кожу". За что СБУ пытала медсестру из Краматорска
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14:50⇢Four Killed in Sterlitamak Shopping Center Fire
⌨The newspapers shift from overnight strikes and Duma arithmetic to a deadly fire in a shopping complex in Sterlitamak (Interfax, TASS, Lenta.ru), reporting four dead as the updated toll. Coverage focuses on casualty updates rather than cause, marking a break from war and election framing. Earlier election and mobilization items linger in single outlets but no longer drive collective attention.
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14:50⇢Four Killed in Sterlitamak Shopping Center Fire
⌨The newspapers shift from overnight strikes and Duma arithmetic to a deadly fire in a shopping complex in Sterlitamak (Interfax, TASS, Lenta.ru), reporting four dead as the updated toll. Coverage focuses on casualty updates rather than cause, marking a break from war and election framing. Earlier election and mobilization items linger in single outlets but no longer drive collective attention.
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France is battling record diesel prices and fuel shortages as Middle East disruptions squeeze supplies
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The Moscow Times (English)
The current super El Niño is on track to become the strongest on record.
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Komsomolskaya Pravda
Очевидцы сообщили о несработавшей сигнализации в загоревшемся ТЦ в Стерлитамаке
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Ukraine is facing a huge budget hole and a critical missile shortage, while corruption scandals and brutal conscription are eroding Kiev’s authority
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Komsomolskaya Pravda
Федоров объяснил разрыв между результатами ЕР по экзитполам и официальным итогам
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Komsomolskaya Pravda
Военкор Коц рассказал об окружении ВСУ в котлах под Добропольем и Волчанском
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Komsomolskaya Pravda
Военкор Коц рассказал об окружении ВСУ в котлах под Добропольем и Волчанском
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17:58⇢Two Pockets Squeeze Ukrainian Forces
⌨The newspapers move away from the Sterlitamak fire toll, now followed only as an investigative follow-up (TASS, Interfax), to battlefield claims of a deteriorating Ukrainian position (Komsomolskaya Pravda, NTV, RT), citing encirclements near Dobropolye and Volchansk and Kremlin statements that the situation worsens daily, paired with framing of shortages and pressure ahead of Zelensky-Trump contacts.
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17:58⇢Two Pockets Squeeze Ukrainian Forces
⌨The newspapers move away from the Sterlitamak fire toll, now followed only as an investigative follow-up (TASS, Interfax), to battlefield claims of a deteriorating Ukrainian position (Komsomolskaya Pravda, NTV, RT), citing encirclements near Dobropolye and Volchansk and Kremlin statements that the situation worsens daily, paired with framing of shortages and pressure ahead of Zelensky-Trump contacts.
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The Moscow Times (English)
The EU also rolled over the remaining 3,000 individuals and entities on its Russia sanctions list for another three years, diplomats said.
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RIA Novosti
"Секунда — и там все вспыхнуло": что произошло в ТЦ в Стерлитамаке
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The remaining facilities are still able to continue tracking levels, the team at the Zaporozhye NPP has confirmed
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RIA Novosti
Российские войска поразили дронами два логистических центра в Одессе
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Dobropolye sits on the southwestern flank of the last heavily fortified stronghold in the Ukrainian-held part of Donbass
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Washington will build two “very major” military bases on the Arctic island under a new security deal with Denmark, the US president has said
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20:43⇢Russian Drones Strike Odesa Depots
⌨The newspapers report on Russian drone strikes on two logistics centers in Odesa (TASS, RIA Novosti), paired with renewed settlement signals with Trump predicting a faster resolution (NTV) and reports of upcoming talks involving Budanov (Lenta.ru). Attention also holds on the EU removing Usmanov and Fridman from its sanctions list after French and Luxembourg pressure (The Moscow Times, The Moscow Times English).
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20:43⇢Russian Drones Strike Odesa Depots
⌨The newspapers report on Russian drone strikes on two logistics centers in Odesa (TASS, RIA Novosti), paired with renewed settlement signals with Trump predicting a faster resolution (NTV) and reports of upcoming talks involving Budanov (Lenta.ru). Attention also holds on the EU removing Usmanov and Fridman from its sanctions list after French and Luxembourg pressure (The Moscow Times, The Moscow Times English).
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Budapest’s rejection of the ‘Carpathian Eight’ initiative is a middle finger to Ukrainian entitlement
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Riyadh is learning the hard way it can’t rely on American support amid renewed hostilities with Yemen’s Houthis, RT’s Steve Sweeney reports
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RIA Novosti
Трамп заявил, что обсуждает с Путиным условия мирного соглашения России и Украины
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Brussels is considering moving the funds out of Belgium’s Euroclear into a new supranational structure, the SVR has said
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