Overview

• NATO Military Committee chief Giuseppe Cavo Dragone said the alliance may tighten responses to eastern airspace incidents, including shifting from routine patrols to more active air defenses pending case reviews.
• U.S. presidential envoy Kit Kellogg said Washington has permitted Ukraine to hit deep inside Russia and noted that possible Tomahawk transfers are under discussion, with Vice-President J.D. Vance citing talks and no final decision yet.
• Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov responded that no single weapon system, including Tomahawks, would change the battlefield situation for Kyiv.
• Moldova’s election authority reported 236 procedural violations during Sunday’s early parliamentary vote, with preliminary counts showing PAS at 54 seats and the opposition at 47, aided by overseas ballots for the ruling party.
• Opposition leaders Igor Dodon and Ilan Shor alleged voter intimidation, restricted access for Transnistrian residents, and fraud on overseas ballots, with Dodon calling protests in central Chisinau for September 29.