Russia's invasion of Ukraine began 927 days ago. Allowing Ukraine to use U.S. missiles to strike deep inside Russia won't make a decisive difference to the course of the war, and Ukraine has the capabilities to strike even further, Pentagon chief Lloyd Austin says. Here's what's happened in and around Ukraine over the past 24 hours.
> The Ukrainian army reported about the destruction of the Russian column in Kursk Oblast. A recording was also published to confirm this. The offensive of the forces Ukraine in the border region began exactly one month ago.
> Allowing Ukraine to use US missiles to strike deep inside Russia will not have a decisive impact on the course of the war, and Ukraine has its own capabilities that allow for even further strikes, the head said Pentagon Lloyd Austin after the meeting of the Ukraine Defense Contact Group (UDCG) at the German Ramstein base.
> Lloyd Austin announced new aid package military for Ukraine worth $250 million. The Pentagon chief spoke about it at a meeting of the Contact Group for the Defense of Ukraine at the American Ramstein Air Base in Germany.
Ukrainian policeman in Kharkiv region PAP/Mykola Kalyeniak
> The American station CNN published a recording that is supposed to show execution surrendering Ukrainian soldiers. It was probably registered at the end of August near the city of Pokrovsk. In early September, the prosecutor's office in the Donetsk region announced that an investigation had been opened into the shooting of three Ukrainian prisoners.
> Ukraine does not attack Russian civilian infrastructure, and uses drones of its own production to strike Russian military facilities, although I regret that we cannot attack the Kremlin, the president said Volodymyr Zelensky in a speech at the international economic forum in Italy.
> One person died and at least 50 were injured as a result attack of Russian forces on the city of Pavlohrad in the Dnipropetrovsk region – local authorities announced.
> President France Emmanuel Macron spoke with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz about support for Ukraine. Both assured that it would last as long as needed.
> Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Poland Radoslaw Sikorskiwho began his visit to the UK on Friday, said that as the West, in our own interests, we should provide Ukraine as soon as possible with effective means to repel Russian attacks.
Main image source: PAP/Mykola Kalyeniak