Overview

• Ukraine’s General Staff reported 160 combat engagements on September 24 and said Russia launched 5,846 kamikaze drones, with the heaviest clashes around the Pokrovsk and Lyman sectors.
• Sources in Ukraine’s military intelligence said maritime drones struck logistics and oil export sites at Novorossiysk and Tuapse, disrupting Transneft and Caspian Pipeline Consortium terminals; regional alerts and flight restrictions were reported in Krasnodar and Sochi.
• Local officials in Beryslav, Kherson region, warned all road exits are mined after recent drone attacks injured civilians, as southern authorities expand anti‑drone net ‘tunnels’ over key roads that they call helpful but not foolproof.
• Denmark’s defense minister described drone incursions that disrupted several Jutland airports as a systematic hybrid attack by a professional actor and said NATO and EU consultations are underway, with no evidence linking the incidents to Russia.
• President Volodymyr Zelensky said he asked President Donald Trump for one specific weapons system and met U.S. lawmakers to press for air‑defense support and tougher pressure on Russia.