Russia strikes high-rises in Kharkiv, Zelenskyy addresses UN - Tuesday brief

Floors collapsed: Aftermath of Russian strikes on high-rises in Kharkiv

Russian troops attacked Kharkiv with guided aerial bombs on Tuesday, September 24. There were hits in several districts of the city.

Read more about the consequences in the RBC-Ukraine report.

Zelenskyy reveals details of Russia's plan to attack Ukraine's nuclear power plants this fall

"And this fall, they are being even more cynical. They are preparing to target our nuclear power plants, three of them. We have this information, we have proof of this. If Russia is ready to go that far, it means nothing, your values, matter to Moscow," Zelenskyy said at a UN Security Council meeting.

Moscow tries to help Trump's election with AI content - US intelligence

A staff member of the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI), speaking on condition of anonymity, said that Russia is generating more AI content to influence the November elections than any other country, though the volume of this content was not specified.

According to the official, AI-generated content created by Moscow is "consistent with Russia's broader efforts to boost the former president's (Trump) candidacy and denigrate the vice president (Harris) and the Democratic Party, including through conspiratorial narratives."

Duda opposes blocking Ukraine's accession to EU because of Volyn massacre

Blocking Ukraine's path to the European Union aligns with Vladimir Putin's policy. However, Ukraine must find agreement with Poland on complex issues, including historical ones, according to Polish President Andrzej Duda.

"If someone says they will block Ukraine's access to the European Union, this aligns with Vladimir Putin's policy. Well, I don't know if that is the intention of the current government," the president added.

Ukraine calls on Spain to speed up delivery of tanks and air defense

Ukraine needs to accelerate the delivery of air defense systems and tanks. Russia is preparing for new large-scale shelling, according to the Deputy Minister of Defense of Ukraine Oleksandr Balanutsa.

“Spain's aid is a significant enhancement of Ukraine's ability to repel Russian attacks. If possible, we need to accelerate the delivery of air defense systems, including Hawk. The enemy is not stopping large-scale shelling and is preparing for new terrorist attacks, so we must ensure that the surface-to-air missile systems are in the hands of our military as soon as possible,” the Deputy Minister says.

Russia refuses to evacuate its population from Kursk region

Russia refuses to help its residents who remain in the Kursk region. Because of this, they are turning to the Ukrainian Defense Forces for help, according to a spokesperson for the commandant's office of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Sudzha, Oleksii Dmytrashkivskyi.

“We are receiving a lot of calls from relatives from different parts of the world - from Russia, Belarus, France, and Poland, whose relatives remained in the area. They have applied to all possible authorities in Russia, but have been refused,” Dmytrashkivsky says.

He adds that, according to one of the women, she was told by Russian authorities that the problems of those who are in the territory of the Kursk region controlled by Ukrainian soldiers do not concern them.

China deploys all of its aircraft carriers at sea for first time in history - The Telegraph

According to the news agency, over the past weekend, all three Chinese aircraft carriers—the former Soviet Liaoning, its locally-produced sister ship Shandong, and the newest, largest, and most advanced Chinese-made carrier Fujian—were at sea.