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Morning opening: Zelenskyy to current Ukraine’s case to UN leaders
Jakub Krupa
Ukraine is ready to function prominently on Day 2 of the UN common meeting in New York, with leaders first becoming a member of the UN safety council assembly on Ukraine, earlier than president Volodymyr Zelenskyy takes to the rostrum to ship his handle to the meeting.

It will probably be a key alternative to rally cross-border help behind Kyiv, bolstering Ukraine’s place forward of any potential peace talks with Moscow.
Zelenskyy didn’t get an opportunity to say a lot throughout his final evening’s assembly with US president Donald Trump.
“I hope we’ll finish this warfare, and president Trump will assist us finish this warfare. We must do it as fast as potential, earlier than winter,” he stated firstly of the assembly earlier than Trump dominated the Q&A with reporters.

He later stated on social media that the pair mentioned ending “the mindless warfare” earlier than winter, with “potential de-escalatory steps that may open up the best way to international affairs.”
He additionally stated Ukraine was “prepared for any form of format of power ceasefire” if Russia agrees to “not assault out power system”
Before we get to Zelenskyy late afternoon, we’ll hear from another European leaders from Latvia, Romania, Czech Republic, Estonia, and Cyprus. I’ll monitor their speeches for any key traces.
Lots to cowl.
It’s Wednesday, 23 September 2026, it’s Jakub Krupa right here, and that is Europe Live.
Good morning.
Key occasions
New UK company to battle ‘data warfare’ from likes of Russia, Burnham tells UN
There was additionally a number of concentrate on UK prime minister Andy Burnham’s first UN speech, late at evening in Europe.
In his speech, Burnham was eager to talk about how “Britain is again” after 10 years of Brexit, “restoring our stability” and “constructing a extra dynamic marketplace.”
On Russia, he stated the UK will probably be “will probably be relentless in build up our arduous energy and deterrence,” however “we is not going to play Russia’s recreation of buying and selling escalatory rhetoric.”
“Unlike Russia, we don’t search confrontation. Instead, we will probably be ready, however not panicked. Clear-eyed, however cool headed. And unflinching in defending our individuals and our allies.”
In notably eye-catching paragraphs, he stated Britain has been “beneath assault” with years of “an industrial-scale assault by hostile actors on the knowledge atmosphere within the UK and that of a lot of our allies.”
“Russian businesses have used each means at their disposal to unfold lies and disinformation and prey on individuals’s fears. They’ve used bots and faux web sites. Falsified newspaper articles. Forged the branding of 28 British organisations – together with universities and the BBC. They’ve amplified far proper narratives,” he stated, including that Moscow “tried to intrude with the 2019 common election.”
In response, safety chiefs will arrange a brand new nationwide centre to sort out disinformation and deepfakes from hostile states resembling Russia, he stated, saying the federal government had an obligation to “stem the toxic tide” from damaging British pursuits.
Burnham stated the nation must go into the following decade “eyes vast open” about “insidious” campaigns, a lot of which had been orchestrated by Russia, which “twisted” what individuals at residence felt about their very own nation and neighborhood.
Macron’s last UN speech condemns ‘return to the regulation of the jungle’ with concentrate on Ukraine, Gaza, West Bank
Catching up with what occurred at UNGA final evening, France’s president Emmanuel Macron delivered his final common meeting speech as he’s firmly within the final 12 months of his presidency.
And he did not maintain again, warning in opposition to a worldwide “return to the regulation of the jungle,” as he stated “we can not settle for the brand new order of impunity that some want to construct.”
He warned that “within the Middle East, in Ukraine, in Africa, the industrialisation of warfare crimes, violations of the regulation, and the destruction of civilian roads is ushering in a brand new age of barbarity.”
He assured leaders of France’s “unwavering help” for Ukraine, and urged leaders to “defend the Ukrainian individuals … greater than ever earlier than the approaching winter.”
Separately, in what was seen as a swipe at Trump, Macron additionally stated the international stage was witnessing a spectacle that ought to disgrace everybody, rebuking Trump’s portrayal of his Gaza peace plan as a diplomatic triumph, Reuters reported.
“A 12 months in the past, right here on this very corridor, a couple of dozen states had recognised Palestine. I hear the cynicism of some individuals: ‘Recognition is only a piece of paper, have a look at the fact.’
What credibility do now we have if we proceed to stay inactive in the face of Gaza? Some boast of a supposed peace. But that peace has not reopened humanitarian entry for a single second. Are we merely to face by and watch this spectacle that ought to disgrace us all?”
Macron additionally opted for powerful language on settler violence in opposition to Palestinians within the West Bank, saying:
“Look at what is going on within the West Bank, the place day by day violations are dedicated. In whose title? Hamas has by no means operated within the West Bank …
What is going on there’s constructing, day-to-day, the impossibility of a undertaking that ought to be primarily based on respect for the legit proper of the Palestinian individuals to exist.”
At least one useless, seven injured in Russian strikes on Kyiv this morning
Kyiv mayor Vitali Klitschko stated a minimum of one particular person died and 7 had been injured on this morning’s Russian assaults on Kyiv.
In a collection of updates, he stated Russian drones struck a corporate affairs centre, a transport facility, and a “non-residential constructing,” amongst others.
Separately, Ukrainian oil firm Ukrnafta stated Russia hit certainly one of its petrol stations within the capital, the sixth such facility attacked in current weeks.
Smoke was seen rising within the centre of Ukrainian capital Kyiv after a Russian drone assault this morning, Reuters reported.
More on that when now we have it.
Morning opening: Zelenskyy to current Ukraine’s case to UN leaders

Jakub Krupa
Ukraine is ready to function prominently on Day 2 of the UN common meeting in New York, with leaders first becoming a member of the UN safety council assembly on Ukraine, earlier than president Volodymyr Zelenskyy takes to the rostrum to ship his handle to the meeting.
It will probably be a key alternative to rally cross-border help behind Kyiv, bolstering Ukraine’s place forward of any potential peace talks with Moscow.
Zelenskyy didn’t get an opportunity to say a lot throughout his final evening’s assembly with US president Donald Trump.
“I hope we’ll finish this warfare, and president Trump will assist us finish this warfare. We must do it as fast as potential, earlier than winter,” he stated firstly of the assembly earlier than Trump dominated the Q&A with reporters.
He later stated on social media that the pair mentioned ending “the mindless warfare” earlier than winter, with “potential de-escalatory steps that may open up the best way to international affairs.”
He additionally stated Ukraine was “prepared for any form of format of power ceasefire” if Russia agrees to “not assault out power system”
Before we get to Zelenskyy late afternoon, we’ll hear from another European leaders from Latvia, Romania, Czech Republic, Estonia, and Cyprus. I’ll monitor their speeches for any key traces.
Lots to cowl.
It’s Wednesday, 23 September 2026, it’s Jakub Krupa right here, and that is Europe Live.
Good morning.


