Poland will ban the entry of passenger cars with Russian registration from September 17

Poland’s Interior Minister Mariusz Kamiński announced that Poland will ban entry for passenger cars registered in Russia, APA reports citing TVP World.

Ukraine liberates Andriivka

Ukraine on Friday said it has liberated Andriivka, a village near the decimated eastern city of Bakhmut, and made progress against Russian forces elsewhere in the Donetsk region, POLITICO reports.

EU lifts bans on Ukrainian grain but Poland and Hungary move to impose unilateral restrictions

The European Commission has lifted the temporary bans on Ukrainian grain after Kyiv agreed to tighten control over its agricultural exports, Euronews reports.

Klaus Iohannis: "The lifting of the cooperation and verification mechanism is a success of the entire Romanian society"

The European Commission announced on September 15 that it formally closed the Cooperation and Verification Mechanism (CVM) for Romania and Bulgaria.

Marcel Ciolacu: The Republic of Moldova and Ukraine must start EU accession negotiations by this year-end

The Republic of Moldova and Ukraine must start accession negotiations to the European Union by the end of the year, said the Romanian Prime Minister, Marcel Ciolacu, for the Austrian publication Der Standard.

European Commission is to decide on restrictions on Ukrainian grain imports to Eastern Europe

The European Commission will decide today whether to maintain restrictions on Ukrainian grain imports in five Eastern European member states. The measure allowed by the European Union aimed to protect producers in Poland, Romania, Hungary, Slovakia and Bulgaria from goods coming from Ukraine. Four of them requested the extension of the restriction.

Prosecutors: Over 500 children killed in Russian invasion in Ukraine

As a result of Russia's full-scale war against Ukraine, 504 children have been killed and 1,123 injured, the Prosecutor General's Office reported on Sept. 15, citing juvenile prosecutors, writes The Kyiv Independent.

The Ukrainian authorities ordered the mandatory evacuation of civilians from 31 localities

Ukrainian officials Thursday ordered the evacuation of civilians from the southern Kherson region, partly controlled by Russian forces and regularly hit by shelling, AFP reports.

US allows much of Egypt military aid despite human rights concerns

The Biden administration has allowed much of U.S. foreign military aid to Egypt to go ahead, saying the country was vital for U.S. national security interests despite what critics have said about widespread human rights abuses, Reuters reports.

Biden and Zelensky to meet in US next week

US President Joe Biden plans to meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky next week around the United Nations General Assembly meetings, according to multiple officials familiar with the plans, CNN reports.

Russian elite withdraws $50 billion from Europe

Russian billionaires have withdrawn $50 billion worth of assets from so-called "unfriendly" European countries since the start of the full-scale war, due to increasingly severe sanctions and pressure from the Kremlin, Bloomberg reported on September 14.

EU Parliament calls for arrest warrant for Lukashenko

The European Parliament on Wednesday called on the International Criminal Court (ICC) to issue an arrest warrant for Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko for his role in the war in Ukraine.