Russia, Ukraine update daily battle reports

Russia said on Monday that its forces had downed about 100 Ukrainian drones, while Ukraine, on the same day, reported retaking control of multiple settlements.

According to a statement released by the Russian Ministry of Defense, Russian forces also used "Iskander-M" missiles and drones to destroy 16 Ukrainian trucks transporting drones.

Also on Monday, the Ukrainian Air Force confirmed that Russian forces launched attacks on Ukraine on Sunday evening using four "Iskander-M" missiles and 140 drones.

Additionally, in an interview on Monday, Oleksandr Syrskyi, Commander-in-Chief of the Ukrainian Forces, said that Ukrainian troops had achieved significant advances in the Sumy direction, striking elite Russian units and recapturing multiple settlements.

Ukraine on Monday confirmed its forces carried out an overnight strike on the Nikolskoe oil pumping station in Russia's Tambov region.

The attack caused a complete halt to oil pumping through the Druzhba pipeline, said a statement released by the General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

It described the Nikolskoe facility as part of Russia's economic infrastructure, which is involved in supplying the Russian army.

The strike followed Ukraine's reported attack last week on the Unecha oil pumping station, located in Russia's Bryansk region and also part of the Druzhba network, a large international oil pipeline system that transports Russian oil to Central and Eastern Europe.

While the European Union imposed certain restrictions on oil imports from Russia due to the Russia-Ukraine conflict, the Druzhba pipeline has been exempted from the sanctions.

Russia, Ukraine update daily battle reports

The multilateral system is "under attack" amid global turmoil, President of the 80th UN General Assembly Annalena Baerbock warned in her remarks on Wednesday.

In her briefing on the priorities for the resumed 80th Session of the General Assembly, the UNGA president noted that the current multilateral system does not collapse all in a sudden, but "crumbles piece by piece" in divisions, compromises, and lack of political commitment.

The president called all the UN member states to defend the UN Charter and international law and promote cross-regional cooperation.

She also urged to push forward the work of the UNGA on certain critical issues with a strong majority, rather than an absolute consensus among all member states. Such act is not a failure of multilateralism, but "an affirmation of it," she said.

The foundational principles of the institution should not be eroded by appeasement, she said, calling the member states to show courage, leadership, and responsibility at the UN's "critical make-or-break moment."

"The UN needs you. Your support, your leadership, your principle, stand, your cross-regional cooperation, if we are to preserve and modernize this institution, if we are to make it, rather than break it," she said.

UNGA President warns global multilateral system "under attack"