Overview

• Officials said Russia launched 40 missiles and about 580 strike drones overnight, and Ukraine reported neutralizing 552 drones as well as two ballistic and 29 cruise missiles, with F-16s engaged against cruise missiles.
• Authorities reported three people killed nationwide and dozens wounded, including 36 injured in Dnipro after a strike hit a residential building, while Kyiv warned of transit payment disruptions due to telecom damage.
• The General Staff logged 125 engagements by evening on September 20, with the fiercest fighting on the Pokrovsk and Novopavlivsk axes, where Russia mounted 33 attacks and, according to Ukraine, lost 178 troops on the Pokrovsk front.
• Ukrainian forces reported localized gains, including up to 3 kilometers of movement on the Novopavlivsk direction and advances of 200–300 meters on several sectors during search-and-strike actions.
• Ukraine’s security service said it detained four suspected FSB agents in Donetsk and Dnipropetrovsk regions, while Ukrainian leaders and Lithuania’s foreign minister pressed partners for additional air-defense systems and funding.