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Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said Moscow agreed with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s assessment that there were no immediate prospects for settling the war in Ukraine through negotiations, stressing that Russia remained committed to a comprehensive, long-term solution rather than partial initiatives addressing specific sectors.
The World Health Organisation has requested additional information from Moscow to assess the risks linked to the death of Daria Shipilova, an employee at a plague-control institute in Irkutsk, after she developed cold-like symptoms. Russian authorities deny that the death was connected to the institute or that there is a risk of an outbreak, attributing it to pneumonia of unknown cause.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Moscow had agreed to a US proposal for a trilateral meeting involving Russia, the United States and Ukraine, confirming his country's readiness to begin serious negotiations. He accused Kyiv and European countries of obstructing previous agreements and initiatives aimed at resolving the conflict.
Mongolia activated health-monitoring procedures on its border with Russia after reports that an employee at a plague research institute had died and a second case was suspected in Siberia. While Moscow denied an epidemic risk, the United States, the European Union and the World Health Organisation called on Russian authorities to provide transparent information about the incident.
Russian authorities denied taking special health measures in Irkutsk after an employee at a plague-control institute died, saying tests found no evidence that she had the disease. As Washington called on Moscow to provide more information, the World Health Organisation assessed the risk as low in Russia and very low in Europe.
Russian authorities rescued all 23 crew members of the Aframax Rio oil tanker after it was attacked by drone boats and its cargo caught fire off Sochi in the Black Sea. Authorities temporarily closed beaches and waterfronts while rescue teams awaited a reduction in the fire’s intensity before beginning firefighting operations.
Russian health authorities said the epidemiological situation in Irkutsk was stable, denying that stringent restrictions had been imposed after the death of an employee at a plague-control institute. The regional governor said an investigation attributed the death to pneumonia of unknown origin, while the World Health Organisation classified the risk level as low in Russia and very low in Europe.
Russian authorities said one person was killed and 6 others injured in a major Ukrainian drone attack targeting Moscow and its surrounding areas, prompting airspace restrictions and flight schedule changes. Meanwhile, Zaporizhzhia authorities said a Russian strike hit a bridge over the Dnipro River, while Volodymyr Zelenskyy expected a trilateral meeting during October.
US President Donald Trump has offered to help Russia after an employee at a laboratory belonging to a plague research institute in Siberia died, as Washington monitors the situation and calls on Moscow to publish accurate information, while Russian authorities say the situation is under control.
Health authorities in Siberia’s Irkutsk region have placed 197 people under observation or precautionary isolation after an employee at a plague-control institute died amid suspicions that she had contracted a highly dangerous infection. None of the contacts has symptoms and preliminary laboratory results were negative, making a wider outbreak unlikely for now.
Twenty-eight-year-old laboratory technician Daria Shipilova has died after contracting plague in Russia’s Irkutsk region. Local reports suggested she contracted pneumonic plague after a test tube broke, while up to 200 potential contacts were placed in quarantine.
Russian President Vladimir Putin said Moscow was ready to resume negotiations on the war in Ukraine on terms acceptable to Russia, accusing Kyiv of complicating the process through attacks during Russia’s elections. Meanwhile, Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced the first combat mission using a domestically developed Ukrainian tactical ballistic missile.
Russian President Vladimir Putin said Moscow would immediately consider using all weapons available to it in the event of a direct attack on Kaliningrad or other Russian territory, stressing that the type of response would be determined by the circumstances. His remarks came after a Russian message to NATO and mutual warnings over security in the Baltic Sea region.
Russian President Vladimir Putin said any direct attack on Kaliningrad or other Russian territory would immediately raise the question of using all weapons available to Moscow. His remarks followed a Russian diplomatic warning to NATO against attempting to isolate the region, which referred to the possible use of nuclear weapons.
Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Alimov said Moscow’s readiness to negotiate on Ukraine did not mean abandoning its positions or rushing to make concessions. He stressed that Russia was keeping the door open to dialogue with Western countries, and that Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov held more than 40 bilateral meetings during the week of high-level UN General Assembly meetings.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that more than 8,000 North Korean soldiers were in Russia and that preparations were under way to deploy another 10,000. The announcement came amid a dispute between Kyiv and Seoul over the disclosure that two North Korean prisoners had been transferred to South Korea.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a decree raising the authorised number of military personnel in the armed forces to 1,550,500, an increase of 15,500. The decree sets the total authorised strength of the armed forces, including military and civilian personnel, at 2,441,630.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said more than 8,000 North Korean troops are on Russian territory and that Pyongyang is preparing to deploy 10,000 more. His remarks came amid Ukrainian and South Korean estimates of military support provided by North Korea to Moscow since 2024.
Satellite imagery showed changes and damage at the Ilsky Refinery in Krasnodar Krai and the Azov Optical-Mechanical Plant in Rostov Oblast after Ukrainian strikes on the night of 26 September 2026. Ukrainian authorities said the attack sparked two fires and damaged equipment inside five production buildings.
In a new book, Russian journalist Roman Badanin presents the findings of more than two decades of investigations into Vladimir Putin’s trajectory and the network around him, warning against underestimating the Russian president’s capabilities. Badanin believes that the continuation of the war in Ukraine has hardened Putin’s position and made it more difficult for him to reverse his course.
Russia’s Central Election Commission announced that Ramzan Kadyrov had won a fifth term at the head of the Chechen Republic after receiving 99.85% of the vote, with all ballots counted. Final turnout was 95.19%, with 831,946 voters taking part, while each of his rivals received 0.05%.
The Kremlin criticised sanctions signed by US President Donald Trump against Russia, saying they harm relations between Moscow and Washington and do not help resolve the war in Ukraine. It said Moscow had developed mechanisms to limit the impact of the restrictions in cooperation with its trading partners.
Preliminary Russian parliamentary election results show United Russia securing 57.5% of the vote after about 71% was counted, putting it on course to retain a two-thirds majority in the Duma. The vote took place amid cyberattacks and Ukrainian drone strikes that killed two people in the Moscow region.
Moscow plans to expand a carbon-fibre plant in Tatarstan, potentially enabling the production of airframes for around 28,000 additional attack drones annually. Documents and satellite imagery show preparations for the project, which is intended to support Russia’s defence industries and reduce reliance on Chinese imports.
