Zelenskyy’s UN visit announcement and battles in Kupiansk - Wednesday brief
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy will travel to New York for the UN General Assembly. Meanwhile, fighting continues in Kupiansk.
Read more about what happened on Wednesday, September 17.
Zelenskyy to travel to New York for UN General Assembly high-level week, says Foreign Ministry
Next week, the UN General Assembly high-level week will take place in New York. The Ukrainian delegation will be led by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
Rumors of fighting in Ukraine's Kupiansk center spread online - What’s really happening
Rumors began circulating online that the Russian troops had reached the center of Kupiansk and that fighting was ongoing there. This information is false, said Oleksii Bielskyi, spokesperson for the Dnipro Operational-Strategic Grouping of Troops.
Commenting on the situation around Kupiansk, Bielskyi said that Ukrainian defenders have already damaged and flooded a gas pipeline through which Russian forces were moving soldiers to the outskirts of Kupiansk.
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US-Ukraine Investment Fund starts receiving its first contributions
In the near future, the US-Ukrainian investment fund will receive the first contributions from both sides totaling $150 million. The contributions from the US and Ukraine will be equal — $75 million each.
Ukraine starts receiving first US weapons under PURL program
The administration of US President Donald Trump has approved the first weapons packages for Ukraine under the PURL program, and "they are already on the way." The Ukrainian side considers this an extremely positive signal.
