Overnight exchanges framed the stalled U.S.-proposed energy truce: Putin refused a halt while Zelensky conditioned participation on reciprocity, as Ukraine claimed missile hits on the Taganrog aircraft-repair complex and drone fires at the Syzran refinery, and Russia struck Kyiv warehouses and a gas station.
By morning attention fixed on Kyiv under a mass reactive-drone barrage, with repeated alerts, debris in residential districts, 12 wounded and one dead, and a parallel debate over jet Shaheds after Zelensky announced another interceptor test disputed by Reuters reporting and warnings of a faster threat.
The frontline story moved to Donetsk, where commanders confirmed the ‘Vivaldi’ counteroffensive near Lyman and DeepState reported the liberation of Serednie. Domestically, parliament consented to the dismissal of Prosecutor General Kravchenko and Zelensky signed the decree in the evening, finalizing the suspension from 14 September.