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Ukraine's military claimed Tuesday for the first time that it encountered an Iranian-supplied suicide drone used by Russia on the battlefield, showing the deepening ties between Moscow and Tehran as the Islamic Republic's tattered nuclear deal with world powers hangs in the balance.

The Ukrainian army continues its successful offensive in the Kharkiv region in northeastern Ukraine, Reuters reported.

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Ukrainian forces on Sep. 9 claimed new success in their counteroffensive against Russian forces in the country's east, taking control of a sizeable village and pushing toward an important transport junction. The United States' top diplomat and the head of NATO noted the advances, but cautioned that the war is likely to drag on for months.

Volodymyr Zelensky announced that Ukrainian forces "liberated dozens of settlements" and regained 1,000 square km of territory in the east and south since September 1.
In his speech on Thursday, Zelensky also released a video in which Ukrainian soldiers claim to have captured the town of Balakliia near Kharkiv, Ukraine's second largest city, Reuters reports.

Here are the highlights of events related to the war in Ukraine over the past 24 hours:

Zelensky: Active hostilities continue on all fronts

The Ukrainian offensive to recapture the Kherson region occupied by Russian units continues.

Albania is awash with talk of Russian espionage, but might two Russians and a Ukrainian arrested at a former military factory simply be members of an 'urban exploration' community who photograph abandoned buildings for fun?

Ukrainian President warned Moscow of a strong response from Ukrainian forces.
Zelensky warned that Russia could try "something particularly nasty" ahead of tomorrow's Independence Day, Reuters reported.

Here are the highlights of events related to the war in Ukraine over the past 24 hours:

Zelensky: We are targeting the Russian soldiers who are shooting at and from the captured Zaporizhzhia NPP

“A device exclusively of Ukrainian manufacture was used”

Ukraine plans to ban many books in Russian as part of a wartime battle against propaganda, but the new law has divided both literature fans and booksellers alike.

"We must not confuse Russian fascism with Russian culture," said Olexander Drobin, a bookseller at the massive Petrivka book market in the capital, Kiev.