The Russian Defense Ministry said Russian forces struck Kyiv's Kosmonova data center in overnight attacks, saying it supported mobile internet and Starlink satellite communications for Ukraine's military.
Governor Yuri Slyusar said five people, including a child, were injured in a night drone attack on the Rostov region. In Azov, residential buildings, a school, a palace of culture and industrial facilities were damaged; air defenses shot down more than 30 drones.
The head of the press center of the Russian Center group of forces, Alexander Savchuk, said the group improved its tactical position and struck manpower and equipment of six Ukrainian brigades and five national guard brigades, including the Azov brigade*. In Dobropolye, encircled Ukrainian formations are being destroyed.
A man died from shrapnel wounds in a UAV attack in Perm Krai, Makhonin said.
The Russian Defense Ministry said Russian forces continued drone strikes on military-industrial enterprises, logistics centers and vessels used in the interests of Ukraine's Armed Forces.
Ulyanovsk Governor Alexey Russkikh said a massive UAV attack on Ulyanovsk damaged industrial and civilian infrastructure and left seven adults and one child injured.
CNN, citing sources, reports that Russian presidential special envoy Kirill Dmitriev discussed cooperation between Moscow and Washington and a settlement in Ukraine with Trump envoy Steve Witkoff and the US president's son-in-law Jared Kushner.
Russia's Defense Ministry said Russian forces struck a logistics hub in Odessa holding military products from the EU, as well as a cargo ship with supplies for the Ukrainian Armed Forces and a drone warehouse in Novye Belyary, Odessa region.
The Russian Defense Ministry said that taking the dominant heights near Dobropolye will allow Russian forces to accelerate their advance toward the DPR border and disrupt Ukrainian logistics in Donbass.
The Finance Ministry has sent the government a package of bills on the federal budget for the next three-year period. The ministry said what the budget policy of the coming three years is aimed at.
The Russian Defense Ministry said a massed night strike in Kyiv hit the Kyivstar and Parkovyi telecommunications centers, which it said provide communications and computing capacity for the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
Sergei Lebedev, coordinator of the pro-Russian Mykolaiv underground, told RIA Novosti that most Ukrainian forces redeployed to the Chernobyl NPP area are well-trained volunteers around 30, motivated ideologically or financially.
Presidential press secretary Dmitry Peskov told RIA Novosti that Russia is grateful for the invitation to Vladimir Putin to attend the G20 summit, saying the decision will be worked out through diplomatic channels.
The Russian Defense Ministry said units of the 51st Army, advancing along converging directions, expanded the outer encirclement ring in the northwestern part of Dobropolye in the Donetsk People's Republic.
Two combat groups of Ukraine's 22nd Separate Mechanized Brigade tried to leave the encirclement on foot near Chernoye, but the movement was detected in advance by reconnaissance and the attempt was foiled by massed fire, RIA Novosti was told by security structures.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has arrived in New York to take part in the high-level week of the UN General Assembly; he will speak on September 26 and meet US Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Wednesday.
The US State Department said Marco Rubio will meet Sergei Lavrov in New York on Wednesday. Lavrov had earlier spoken of plans to clarify the US position on the Ukrainian settlement.
US President Donald Trump said a new personal meeting with Vladimir Putin is possible and that he is discussing terms of a possible peace agreement on Ukraine with his Russian counterpart.
Russia's Defense Ministry said drones struck the Palma and Novaya Liniya logistics centers in Odessa and a cargo ship in the port that had delivered military products for the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Turkmen President Serdar Berdymukhamedov discussed the State Duma elections and interaction between the two countries in a phone call, the Kremlin press service said.
Russian forces have encircled a large Ukrainian defense node in Dobropolye in the DPR, trapping units of Ukraine's 4th and 15th National Guard brigades and the 425th Skala assault regiment, the Defense Ministry said.
Russian security structures say Ukraine sent units with no combat experience to the Sumy direction, as the "North" group reports killing over 265 Ukrainian fighters in a day and reducing enemy-controlled territory by 152 square kilometers since the start of the year.
Eight incumbent and acting regional heads won direct elections, while two more were chosen by regional parliaments.
Head of the Central Election Commission Ella Pamfilova said four parties preliminarily cleared the five-percent threshold on party lists, while United Russia leads in 208 single-mandate districts.
Turnout in the State Duma elections reached a record 56.66 percent despite attacks and threats. After processing 50.03 percent of protocols, United Russia leads with 57.87 percent of the vote.