Overview

• Moscow’s mayor said air defenses destroyed about 15 drones targeting the capital over Sept. 22–23, with no preliminary reports of damage and emergency crews deployed.
• At a UN Security Council session, Polish foreign minister Radoslaw Sikorski warned that missiles or aircraft crossing Poland without permission will be shot down, a stance echoed by Prime Minister Donald Tusk, while Russia disputed allegations of recent violations.
• Russia’s deputy foreign minister Sergey Vershinin met UN political chief Rosemary DiCarlo in New York and said a meeting between Sergei Lavrov and U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio is planned on the UNGA sidelines.
• President Vladimir Putin convened Russia’s Security Council where ministers Sergei Lavrov and Andrey Belousov reported and the agenda included the U.S.–Russia strategic offensive arms treaty expiring on Feb. 5, 2026.
• Moldovan authorities conducted roughly 250 searches and detained 74 people in a probe into alleged preparations for mass unrest before the Sept. 28 parliamentary elections, drawing opposition claims of voter intimidation.