**Morning Brief — September **
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 Overnight, **strikes and explosions were reported in Kiev and the Kiev Region, Odessa and the Odessa Region, Zaporozhye, Izyum, Smela, Kirovograd, as well as the Dnepropetrovsk and Poltava regions**.
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 A **major fire broke out in Vishnevoe** after a strike. In Kiev, warehouses and a gas station were reportedly damaged in the **Goloseevsky District**, while a transport facility was hit in the **Solomensky District**. In Odessa, a strike hit the **Novaya Liniya shopping center** in the Kotovsky settlement area.
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 **Donald Trump met Vladimir Zelensky** and said a peace agreement on Ukraine is possible. Zelensky asked for permission to produce **Patriot air-defense systems in Ukraine** and for additional missiles, but admitted he received **no definite answer** on the missile issue.
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 A meeting between **Ursula von der Leyen and Vladimir Zelensky** on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly was tense, _Bloomberg_ reports. The EU reportedly demanded that Kiev tackle the **shadow economy, increase tax revenues and align its legislation more closely with European standards** before receiving new aid. Zelensky again raised the shortage of air-defense systems.
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 The **US and Iran held lengthy talks through intermediaries** on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly, according to **Steve Witkoff**.
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 **Trump called on all countries to withdraw from the ICC**.
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 Only **three vessels passed through the Strait of Hormuz on September 22**, one fewer than the previous day, Reuters reports.
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 The **US and Britain are developing an AI defense partnership** to protect critical national infrastructure, British PM **Andy Burnham** said at the UN General Assembly.
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