Huge mushroom cloud after Ukraine strikes oil refinery 1500km inside Russia

Day 1,671.

Today, as the UN General Assembly in New York winds down, secretary-general Antonio Guterres was all smiles and handshakes for Russia’s foreign minister. Ukraine lets Donald Trump know quite how seriously they take his warnings these days by attacking at least two more oil refineries inside Russia. Meanwhile, the Kremlin shows how seriously it is pursuing peace by dropping high explosive on a medical centre, farm workers and a 14 year old boy. And Britain quietly announces it is cutting the money used to support Ukrainian families that have fled the bloodshed. And later, a dispatch from Francis’s recent trip to Germany where he toured the Ukraine Museum in Berlin.

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With thanks to Enno Lenze, Berlin Ukraine Museum curator.

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CONTENT REFERENCED:

Russian attacks on Kyiv kill 5, including 14-year-old boy, injure 39 as drone strikes continue into daytime (Kyiv Independent)

https://kyivindependent.com/russian-overnight-attack-on-kyiv-sets-fires-damages-buildings/

Ukrainians in UK fear homelessness over host scheme funding cuts (The Guardian)

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/sep/24/uk-homes-for-ukraine-funding-cut-homeless

Le Pen welcomes Trump’s G20 invite for Putin (Politico)

https://www.politico.eu/article/le-pen-welcomes-putins-g20-invite/

Le Pen says she won’t leave NATO until Russia’s war in Ukraine ends (Politico)

https://www.politico.eu/article/marine-le-pen-says-she-wont-leave-nato-until-russias-war-in-ukraine-ends/

Hungary's "punishment" for Ukraine: how Magyar aims to humiliate Kyiv and block its EU future (Sergiy Sydorenko for European Pravda)

https://www.eurointegration.com.ua/eng/articles/2026/09/18/7245792/

Learn more about the Ukraine Museum in Berlin:

https://www.berlinstory.de/ukraine-museum/

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• Huge mushroom cloud after Ukraine strikes oil refinery 1500km inside Russia • Kremlin forces strike a medical centre and farm workers, kill a 14-year old-boy

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