On Sunday morning, russia used drones to attack a gas station near the border crossing and a train at the Yahodyn railway station on the Ukrainian-Polish border in the Volyn region. Trains traveling from Kyiv to Warsaw pass through this station. There is also damage in Ternopil and Stryi.
https://www.bbc.com/ukrainian/articles/cy8zvm8vle7oSo the russians attacked a gas station in western Ukraine for the first time. Zviahel in the Zhytomyr region was also struck; according to local authorities, two people were killed there. In Lutsk, russian forces attacked a passenger train that was at the railway station.
https://www.bbc.com/ukrainian/articles/cz7zp078nezoI also heard explosions in Kyiv, but it is difficult to tell whether they were drone strikes or the sound of air defenses at work. It seems the last two days have been relatively quiet for Kyiv. Conspiracy theorists who believe that the world in general and Ukraine in particular are run by Jews have received new reinforcement for their beliefs.
Gathered in central Kyiv 700 global thought leaders, including 90 representatives from the United States, featuring three senators, five congressmen, came together for Yalta European Strategy conference, at which billionaire and philanthropist Victor Pinchuk traditionally invited government officials, diplomats, and Ukraine’s international partners to envision our future. This year, the conference took place on September 11–12, during the celebration of Rosh Hashanah, one of the major Jewish holidays.
https://glavcom.ua/country/incidents/pinchuk-rozpoviv-pro-dalekobijnu-jaltinsku-stratehiju-zelenskoho-1142495.htmlAmong the 50 Most Influential Jews according to the Jerusalem Post, Volodymyr Zelensky took 21st place, and Jared Kushner, who also spoke at the conference, albeit remotely, took first place.
https://www.jpost.com/influencers-26/50jews-26 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6EG0DyrehM4A record number of Hasidic Jews arrived in Uman, prompting Ukrainians to joke that while the entire country is at war, Uman is hosting a lively party that won't be targeted by a single drone or missile.
https://nv.ua/ukr/ukraine/events/rosh-ga-shana-v-umani-45-tisyach-hasidiv-pribuli-na-svyatkuvannya-noviy-rekord-50640733.htmlThe Ukrainian city of Izium still bears the scars of russian occupation from four years ago. As Moscow’s forces approach, residents are bracing for the worst, writes the New York Times.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/11/world/europe/ukraine-russia-izium-donetsk.html?searchResultPosition=3This situation is similar for many frontline cities that are becoming uninhabitable and are not worth rebuilding. The costs of clearing away the ruins and demining the area could exceed the cost of building a new city nearby. But for whom? As the situation in the occupied territories demonstrates, even russians have no desire to move there, while the local population is shrinking year by year.
The General Staff press center reports that the total combat losses of enemy personnel since the start of the russian Federation's full-scale invasion of Ukraine have surpassed the 1.5 million mark in killed and wounded occupiers.
https://censor.net/ua/photonews/4022491/vtraty-rf-u-viyini-peretnuly-poznachku-v-1-5-milyiona-osibUnfortunately, it is impossible to verify these figures or see similar figures for Ukraine, let alone compare them taking into account the size and demographic composition of the population of both countries. Especially since forced mobilization in russia is only expected, while in Ukraine it is ongoing.
It seems that "Busification" on the street is the only working method of coercion today, thanks to which the army has enough recruits to hold the front. The authorities, led by the president, are not implementing other mobilization tools; army reforms are stalling, volunteers are virtually non-existent, the war drags on, the ranks of defenders are thinning, and the enemy is pressing hard.
At the same time, forced mobilization is giving rise to an increasing number of "gray areas": on one hand, there is arbitrary conduct and corruption within mobilization centers, while on the other, there is the ingenuity of draft dodgers. As a result, aggression and tension are mounting in society—feelings that the enemy is actively stoking.
Courts take varying approaches to conflicts surrounding mobilization. In some instances, individuals are prosecuted for assaulting military personnel, while in others, courts order law enforcement to investigate potential misconduct by mobilization center staff.
Journalists analyzed criminal proceedings listed in the Unified State Register of Court Decisions that mention mobilization centers. They examined cases involving assaults, beatings, unlawful detention, and bribery.
There are far more news reports about conflicts and attacks involving mobilization center staff than there are actual court cases. The analysis indicates that only about one in ten high-profile incidents of this nature results in a court ruling or verdict appearing in the registry. Since information enters the registry only when criminal case materials reach the court, and the police do not provide information regarding investigations, there are no figures on the number of such cases.
Furthermore, in most cases, representatives of mobilization centers who are victims of attacks often do not report the incidents to the police. This may be because they themselves were acting illegally, and it remains unclear who would face harsher punishment following an investigation.
Between 2022 and August 2025, journalists identified at least 25 official reports from law enforcement regarding the deaths of men liable for military service shortly after their detention by mobilization center personnel, as well as 12 cases where the death was directly linked to the actions of these centers. The absence of court rulings in these matters may be due to ongoing pre-trial investigations or court proceedings. In the court registry, they found only one ruling requiring a proper investigation into the death of the deceased after being in a mobilization center. Police do not provide information on such cases. A similar situation exists regarding incidents of beatings.
Court cases reveal the emergence of a market for corrupt services linked to forced mobilization. The registry contains 131 cases involving bribery at mobilization centers and medical commissions, covering issues such as removal from wanted lists, certifications of unfitness based on fabricated grounds, and unauthorized alterations to the registry of persons liable for military service. Twenty verdicts have already been handed down.
The registry also contains 286 cases concerning unlawful detention. The term unlawful detention (Article 146 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine) appears frequently, yet different courts interpret it in various ways. One approach holds that this is not unlawful detention, but mobilization. In other instances, courts agree that holding a person in captivity against their will is unlawful.
This problem would be easily solved if mobilization centers operated within the framework of current legislation, according to which they only have the right to serve a summons to a person during notification events, or to amend the legislation and finally provide official permission for mobilization center employees to detain and beat people, hold them in captivity, and if necessary, kill them. After all, for the time being, only the police have the authority to forcibly bring potential recruits to mobilization centers, but there must be a clear legal basis for doing so.
When people are “busified” without following all required procedures, it is difficult to distinguish between the legal delivery of a recruit and criminal kidnapping. Criminals can also exploit this chaos by kidnapping people while posing as mobilization centers personnel. The judicial system rarely punishes these violations and operates inconsistently.
https://texty.org.ua/projects/118194/It is also important to remember that many court decisions that are not in favor of the state are simply hidden. For example, all references to the criminal proceedings of the National Anti-Corruption Bureau and the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office "Forrest Gump" have disappeared from the unified state register of court decisions. On September 9, twenty rulings issued by the High Anti-Corruption Court and its Appeals Chamber, which had previously been publicly accessible, were removed from the register. According to law enforcement sources, the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine restricted public access to this information, citing the confidentiality of the pre-trial investigation.
https://ua.news/ua/ukraine/pislia-rozgolosu-nabu-zasekretilo-ukhvali-vaks-u-spravi-forest-gampYet, this does not prevent them from publishing snippets of conversations and disclosing names, effectively accusing individuals before a court verdict has even been reached. Thus, the situation is not merely a farce but a clear instance of manipulation.
The video that forced Ukraine’s top prosecutor to quit this week had all the elements of a crime thriller: sombre music, muffled wiretaps and a shadowy man detectives called “chancellor”. The 35-minute film alleged that an official in prosecutor-general Ruslan Kravchenko’s office protected a call centre network defrauding Europeans. As its view count surged towards 1mn and the press piled on, Kravchenko was left with little choice but to resign. The film came from a painfully familiar source for Ukrainian politicians: the National Anti-Corruption Bureau (Nabu). The agency, founded in 2015, has become a major force in Ukraine’s politics over the past year, ruthlessly taking down figures close to President Volodymyr Zelensky and fighting off efforts to defang it. NABUs work has had an undeniable political impact, analysts and officials say, from deepening a longstanding deficit of experienced senior officials to slowing down parliamentary work as skittish MPs fear being the next target. The investigations into Zelensky’s inner circle are generally believed to have diminished his re-election chances. Over its ten years of operation, the NABU has significantly strengthened its influence on the Ukrainian system of government. As the Financial Times reports, the Bureau’s investigations increasingly target high-ranking incumbent officials and lead to personnel-related consequences.
https://www.ft.com/content/da5e731b-3f93-45f2-a566-1d9db0e1aa5fThe selectivity of the NABU raises the most questions. Accusations of criminal wrongdoing against a prosecutor led to the resignation of the Prosecutor General, yet accusations against the Deputy Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine did not result in the resignation of the head, Budanov. Therefore, it may seem that the appointment of former employees of the Bureau to influential positions in state institutions and state banks, as well as the selective prosecution of current high-ranking officials, looks less like a fight against corruption than like the replacement of some people with others based on loyalty. But loyalty to whom? russia used to exert decisive influence over Ukraine; are Western creditors doing so now? And does this serve Ukraine's own interests?
