Listen3 min. Audio created using artificial intelligence technologies On the evening of Friday 18 September, Luxembourg International Airport suspended operations for several hours due to the detection of “unauthorized unmanned aerial vehicles” near and above the airport. Reuters reports this. The authority at Luxembourg's only international airport said flights were suspended as a precaution to ensure the safety of passengers, airline crews, airport staff and aircraft.

Illustrative photography At night, a drone threat was declared in Dagestan, explosions were heard in Kaspiysk, and the Russian Ministry of Defense reported on drones shot down over the republic. The Ukrainian side did not confirm the attack, there is no information about its consequences. According to the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Russia attacked Ukraine, including from Millerovo in the Rostov region and Primorsko-Akhtarsk in the Krasnodar region.

Grave of conscript Dmitry Shashin Despite statements by the Russian General Staff that conscripts will not be involved in the "SVO", they continue to serve in the regions bordering Ukraine where hostilities are taking place. In the spring and summer of 2026, the families of several of these soldiers said they did not believe the official versions of their deaths.

The consequences of one of the attacks on Odessa Listen3 min. Audio created using artificial intelligence technologies On the night of Saturday September 19, Russia attacked Ukraine with 174 drones and two Zircon missiles, the Ukrainian Air Force reports . According to them, 141 drones, including three Banderol jets, were shot down or suppressed. The main directions of attack were the Kyiv and Odessa regions. Hits were recorded in 15 places, and debris from downed drones fell in another nine.

Polling station in Chechnya, September 18, 2026 Listen2 min. Audio created using artificial intelligence technologies In Chechnya, representatives of security forces are massively detaining citizens who are classified as “unreliable.” They are taken straight from their home, reports human rights activist Maxim Rudnev. According to him, the raids began on September 6, and were primarily aimed at those registered with the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

Nalchik, illustrative photograph The Southern District Military Court in Rostov-on-Don found a minor resident of Kabardino-Balkaria guilty of a number of “terrorist” articles and sentenced him to seven years in prison. The court's press service reported the verdict, without naming the convicted person.

Listen3 min. Audio created using artificial intelligence technologies The acting president of the self-proclaimed South Ossetia, Marat Kambolov, wins the election of its head. According to the Central Election Commission formed by the authorities of the republic, Kambolov receives more than 85% of the votes. It is claimed that 99% of the votes have already been counted. Turnout is said to have exceeded 72%.

Picket in Vienna against the expulsion of Mansur Movlaev from Kazakhstan to Russia The picket took place on Friday at the Kazakh embassy in Vienna, human rights activist Roza Dunaeva told Kavkaz.Realiya. The Kazakh authorities decided to extradite Mansur Movlaev to Russia - last week he twice tried to commit suicide.

Listen2 min. Audio created using artificial intelligence technologies Russian and Ukrainian telegram channels reported on the night of September 19 with reference to eyewitness videos of explosions near the port of Kaspiysk in Dagestan. Drones were spotted over the city on Saturday night. Ukrainian monitoring channels Exilenova+ and Crimean Wind publish videos of explosions shot by eyewitnesses, according to their data, in the port area.

Mumin Shakirov sums up the results of the week. THIS MATERIAL (INFORMATION) WAS PRODUCED, DISTRIBUTED AND/OR DIRECTED BY A FOREIGN AGENT SHAKIROV MUMIN SHAKIROVIC OR CONCERNES THE ACTIVITIES OF A FOREIGN AGENT SHAKIROV MUMIN SHAKIROVIC. 18+

Polling station in Chechnya Three-day elections to the State Duma are taking place in Russia, and voting in local and regional elections is also underway in a number of regions. According to the results of the first day of voting - September 18 - Chechnya reported a turnout of almost two-thirds of voters, and the opposition movement Niyso claims a "carousel" vote. Electoral analyst Ivan Shukshin noted anomalies in turnout data in Dagestan.

Listen3 min. Audio created using artificial intelligence technologies Russia has become the world leader in the number of families where cats live. According to the statistical portal Seasia Stats, 59% of Russian households have at least one cat. In second place by a significant margin is Romania, where cats live in 48% of families. In third place is Indonesia (47%).

US Senator Gene Shaheen US President Donald Trump signed a law previously passed by Congress to tighten sanctions against Russia and Iran. It is named after one of the document's co-authors, the recently deceased Senator Lindsey Graham. The restrictive measures provided for by law were informally defined as “hellish.” The document is intended, in particular, to reduce Moscow’s energy revenues and put pressure on countries purchasing Russian oil and gas.

Graffiti Festival in Belgrade, Serbia Listen2 min. Audio created using artificial intelligence technologies On September 19, Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev spoke in favor of a complete ban on graffiti. He appealed to the akim (head of the city council) of Astana with a demand to take tough measures against those who paint on the walls of buildings in the Kazakh capital.

Artemy Troitsky presents the work of the Sicilian-Roman-Milanese composer and performer Franco Battiato. This is the idol of several generations of the Italian audience and (potentially) one generation of the Soviet one, but Battiato, as they say, “did not enter” the domestic market.