Strikes across Ukraine and Gaza, a deadly shooting near Ramallah
A busy day of confirmed incidents stretches from the Baltic Sea to Gaza City, with casualties on several fronts.
The War Map Live reporter · · 2 min read · from 10 reports
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Here's where things stand today, and it's been a busy one. In Ukraine, a Russian guided bomb attack hit Izium, damaging apartment buildings and injuring nine people. In Kramatorsk, a Russian FPV drone struck a police vehicle and killed an officer, Andriy Balytskyi. Kyiv heard explosions too, after an air raid alert over a drone above the city. Ukraine hit back, striking Russian Shahed drone launch sites, electronic warfare systems, radars and relay stations in Donetsk, occupied Luhansk and Bryansk region. Ukrainian troops also destroyed a heavy octocopter drone on the Kupiansk direction. In Palestine, Israeli troops shot and killed a Palestinian man near Ramallah during a counterterrorism operation, saying he tried to grab a soldier's weapon. An Israeli drone strike killed two people in Gaza City, and the UN rights chief says bulldozers and explosives are flattening much of Gaza. Beyond the fronts, a drone hit a vehicle in Russia's Belgorod region, injuring two, and a Russian frigate fired signal rockets at a Danish helicopter near Bornholm in the Baltic. We'll keep watching all of it.
Ukraine under fire
Ukraine took hits in several places today. A Russian guided bomb attack on Izium damaged apartment buildings and injured nine people. In Kramatorsk, a Russian FPV drone hit a police vehicle and killed an officer named Andriy Balytskyi. And in Kyiv, explosions were heard after an air raid alert went out over a drone spotted above the city.
Ukraine hit back, too. Its forces struck Russian Shahed drone launch sites, electronic warfare systems, radars and relay stations in Donetsk, occupied Luhansk and Russia's Bryansk region over September 14 and the night of the 15th. On the Kupiansk direction, Ukrainian troops destroyed an octocopter drone, a heavy type that can drop mines and munitions weighing over 20 kilograms.
Deaths in Palestine
Near Ramallah, Israeli troops shot and killed a Palestinian man during a counterterrorism operation. The Israeli military said he tried to grab a soldier's weapon.
In Gaza City, an Israeli drone strike killed two people. Separately, the UN rights chief says Israeli bulldozers and explosives are flattening much of Gaza.
Spillover beyond the fronts
The war keeps brushing up against its neighbours. In Russia's Belgorod region, a drone attacked a vehicle in the khutor of Masychevo, injuring two people.
And out in the Baltic Sea, a Russian frigate fired two signal rockets toward a Danish naval helicopter operating near the island of Bornholm. Both sides are accusing the other of provocation.
Questions people ask
What happened in Izium?
Russian forces launched a guided bomb attack on the city. Apartment buildings were damaged and nine people were injured.
Did Ukraine strike back at Russia?
Yes. Ukrainian forces hit Russian Shahed drone launch sites, electronic warfare systems, radars and relay stations in Donetsk, occupied Luhansk and Bryansk region over September 14 and the night of the 15th.
What happened near Bornholm?
A Russian frigate fired two signal rockets toward a Danish naval helicopter operating near the island in the Baltic Sea. Both sides are accusing the other of provocation.
The incidents in this briefing
Every incident summarised above, in the order it was reported. Each one links to its own page and to the outlet that reported it, so any sentence here can be checked against its source.
- Ukrainian forces strike Russian Shahed launch sites, EW, radars, and relay · Novynarnia
- Explosions heard in Kyiv as drone detected overhead · Censor.NET
- Palestinian shot dead near Ramallah after allegedly trying to grab soldier's weapon · Times of Israel
- Israeli bulldozers level Gaza with no respect for the dead · Anadolu Agency
- Israeli drone strike kills two in Gaza City · Middle East Eye
- Drone strike on vehicle in Masychevo, Belgorod region · Interfax (Russia)
- Russian frigate fires signal rockets at Danish helicopter near Bornholm · Ukrainska Pravda
- Russian FPV drone strike kills policeman in Kramatorsk · Novynarnia
- Ukrainian forces destroy octocopter on Kupiansk direction · UNIAN
- Russian missile strike on Izium injures nine · Espreso TV
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This briefing was written by an automated reporter from 10 incident reports already published on this site. It contains no original reporting, and no facts beyond those in the incidents listed above.