Russia’s aggression on September 22 left seven dead in Ukraine
According to the National Police of Ukraine, as a result of shellings by the Russian military on September 22, 2025, eight civilians were killed and at least 18 people were injured in the Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia, Kharkiv, Dnipropetrovsk, Sumy, Kyiv, and Kherson Oblasts (regions).
A private house burns after a Russian strike in the Zaporizhzhia region on September 22, 2025The largest number of victims was in the Donetsk region, which was hit by more than 2,300 strikes by the Russian Federation.
The dead include one person from Kostyantynivka and two from Druzhkivka. In addition, 13 people were injured, including three in Kostiantynivka, three in Dmytrivka, three in Raihorodok, and two in Serhiivka.
The material damage includes 60 residential buildings, most of which were destroyed by 14 Russian strikes on Kostiantynivka.
An apartment building in the Donetsk region heavily damaged by a Russian strikeTwo more people were killed in Russian strikes in the Kherson region.
One was a man found dead on the road next to his bicycle near Beryslav. Investigators believe he was the victim of a Russian drone strike while traveling on business.
Another victim was an 86-year-old resident of Kherson, who was caught in Russian mortar fire in the courtyard of her own home.
The mark of a Russian shell or its shrapnel on the roof of a house in the Kherson regionIn addition to the fatalities, two other residents of the Kherson region were injured, including a 64-year-old resident of Beryslav who was riding a moped when he was attacked. As a result, his leg had to be amputated.
The aftermath of Russian shelling in the assembly hall of a building in the Kherson region on September 22, 2025In Zaporizhzhia, a 49-year-old man was killed by a Russian strike, and his body was recovered from the rubble by rescuers.
Russian troops carried out nearly 600 strikes across the region in a single day, mainly using drones and artillery, with 20 attacks carried out by aircraft and fewer than ten by multiple launch rocket systems. As a result, the police received 203 reports of destruction.
In the Kharkiv region, a 65-year-old woman was killed in a Russian strike on the city of Kupiansk.
A building in the Kharkiv region damaged by Russian shellingInjuries caused by Russian strikes on the night of September 22 were also reported in the Sumy and Kyiv regions.
Two civilian men were injured, one of whom was wounded at work in Sumy while guarding a facility that was hit by the Russian military.
On September 21, Russians killed nine people in Ukraine.
Ukraine urges the international community to unite to restore global security under the UN Charter and strengthen sanctions against Russia to enforce this country’s compliance with international law. Following Russia’s initial invasion in 2014, Ukraine has pursued the liberation of its territories within its internationally recognized 1991 borders while developing comprehensive reintegration strategies and policies for all liberated areas.
Earlier, Bohdan Bernatskyy, a member of the Sanctions Policy Working Group of the Crimean Platform Expert Network, revealed at the Third Parliamentary Summit in Latvia that over 1,300 Russian military companies and 2 million industrial workers continue to operate, many without international restrictions.
Posting on the Truth Social platform on September 23, U.S. President Donald Trump said that he thinks Ukraine, with the support of the European Union, is in a position to fight and win all of Ukraine back in its original form.
In his address to the gathered world leaders at the UN General Assembly, Donald Trump talked about Nato countries, some of which he says have “not cut off” Russian energy products. He stated that through doing this, they are “funding the war against themselves”. He calls this “embarrassing”.
Trump said the U.S. is prepared to impose “a very strong round of powerful tariffs” on Russia if it is not ready to make a deal to end the war. But for this to be effective, European nations need to join the US in “adopting the exact same measures,” he added.
“Europe has to step it up,” he says.
