A 25-year-old Uzbek citizen who fought against Ukraine as part of the Russian private military company Wagner said he was first imprisoned in the Samara region on drug trafficking charges and then forcibly taken to war. According to the defendant, in 2022, members of the private military company Wagner, who came to the penitentiary where he was serving his sentence, shot in front of the crowd those who did not want to go to war.

During talks in Istanbul, Kiev and Moscow agreed to exchange seriously ill, wounded, and prisoners aged 18 to 25.

Alexander Bastrykin, chairman of the Russian Investigative Committee, said that more than 20,000 young Uzbek, Kyrgyz, and Tajik men who had received Russian citizenship were sent to the front lines to fight against Ukraine.

US President Donald Trump announced that

Ukraine has agreed to a 30-day ceasefire with Russia at the request of the United States. The decision, which followed talks in Jeddah, has not yet been formally approved by the Kremlin. Given that Russia currently has the upper hand on the front, it is unlikely that Moscow will agree to a ceasefire. At the same time, the US-Ukraine agreement coincides with the resumption of military aid to Kiev. The Kremlin is expected to set its own conditions for the talks.

Ukraine has accepted a US proposal for a 30-day full ceasefire. The ceasefire plan requires Russian approval and includes a complete cessation of hostilities, including drone and missile strikes, and a halt to military activity in the Black Sea.

Zelensky stressed that in order to establish peace in Ukraine, it is necessary to strengthen sanctions against Russia and provide guarantees for the country's security.

Ukraine lost more than 40 percent of the Russian territories occupied in August. Russia has deployed about 59,000 troops in the Kursk region to stop the Kyiv march. In addition, about 11,000 North Korean soldiers have arrived in Kursk region to support Russia.

In the near future, Ukaina can hit the distant parts of the Russian territory with long-range missiles such as ATAMS, SCALP/Storm Shadow. The United States, Britain and France allowed their use.

Russian troops occupied the Ukrainian city of Gornyak. This city is of strategic importance for traffic in the direction of Pokrovsk. Also, Selidovo, Bogoyavlenka, Novoukrainka, as well as areas near Shakhtyorsky and Novoalekseevka in the Donetsk region, also passed under Russian control.