The U.S. administration of President Donald Trump has approved an initial $500 million in weapons aid for Ukraine, funded by NATO allies under the PURL mechanism.

Russian forces continue their attempts to fully seize the Serebrianskyi forestry area, in particular seeking to cut off logistics to Ukrainian positions near Dronivka.

US President Donald Trump evaded answering reporters' questions about the previously promised delivery of Patriot air defense systems to Ukraine, reiterating that he would end the war.

Ukraine’s Security Service (SSU), the Prosecutor General’s Office and the State Bureau of Investigation have announced new charges against a senior official from one of the interregional departments of the National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU), who is currently in custody on suspicion of aiding the aggressor state.

U.S. President Donald Trump said Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy will have to strike a deal with Russia to bring the war to an end.

During the day, the occupiers struck 540 times at 16 settlements of Zaporizhzhia region. The enemy fired at least 10 times at the regional centre, preliminarily using "Tornado-S" multiple rocket launchers. The attacks took place in two districts of the city - Komunarskyi and Shevchenkivskyi.

On the night of 16 September, the Defence Forces struck the Saratov Oil Refinery.

The 19th package of European Union sanctions against Russia will not be presented on Wednesday, as previously planned.

US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent believes that Russia's war against Ukraine would have ended within 60-90 days if European countries had imposed duties on Russian oil buyers.

On the evening of 15 September, Russian troops attacked Zaporizhzhia.