Ukrainian officials reported that Russian forces hit the city of Sumy with two guided aerial bombs, injuring three people and damaging homes and a school.
Russian state media reported that the number of people injured in attacks on markets in Gorlovka has risen to five, with one person killed according to preliminary reports.
Journalist Li Xiang said the killing of women, children and civilians in the attack crossed a line, according to TASS.
Russia's defense ministry said its forces used FAB-500 glide bombs against targets including drone deployment sites, according to TASS.
Sergey Ryabkov says Russia's position has been formally conveyed in a note to Britain's charge d'affaires in Moscow.
Russian state media reports that more than 82% of residents in the Donetsk People's Republic took part in the three-day State Duma election held September 18-20.
A Russian-installed election commission head said turnout was strong on the first day of a multi-day vote for Russia's State Duma in the Kherson Region, territory Moscow claims to have annexed from Ukraine.
Russian security forces oversaw the rotation of International Atomic Energy Agency monitors at the plant, according to the Russian state news agency TASS.
State media outlet TASS reports military personnel praised the new communications equipment during evaluation, according to a Russian technology center.
A fire broke out at an oil refinery in Russia's Yaroslavl Region after what authorities attribute to a drone attack, with power outages reported in Rostov-on-Don.
Denis Pushilin, head of the Russian-installed Donetsk People's Republic, alleged that Kiev's government and European nations are benefiting financially from the continuation of the war, according to Russian state news agency TASS.
Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova rejected claims that Moscow deliberately attacked a train carrying Western officials.
Matteo Salvini said his aim is to help end the war in Ukraine so that diplomacy can replace weapons, according to Russian state news agency TASS.
According to a report by Russian state news agency TASS, Italy's deputy prime minister argued that political weakness drives continuation of the war, while reconciliation between the warring parties would serve everyone's interests.