Events, comments, economy and sanctions
Day 573. Turkish President Erdogan believes that the fighting in Ukraine will not end soon. Ukraine intends to file a claim with the WTO against Poland, Hungary and Slovakia, which have imposed a ban on the import of Ukrainian grain. President of Ukraine Zelensky is on a visit to the United States. The Pentagon announced the imminent delivery of Abrams tanks to the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
Zelensky arrived at the UN headquarters, where will speak at the General Assembly session as part of the high-level week.
Times of Israel: Ukrainian President Zelensky, during a meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu in New York, will raise the topic of the supply of missile defense systems.
Shoigu flew to Iran for military negotiations
Arose in Russian pharmacies shortage of the German drug for hypertension «Mikardis», writes «Vedomosti». It is reported that the drug is currently not available in any of the pharmacies in Moscow and the Moscow region, Nizhny Novgorod, Volgograd, Saratov.
The route of the plane on which Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov is flying to the UN General Assembly is extremely difficult due to the closure of airspace by Western countries, the Foreign Ministry said.
Medvedev in Telegram recalled how the wife of Armenian Prime Minister Pashinyan recently “she defiantly went to our enemies with cookies,” and he himself “decided to flirt with NATO.” “Guess what fate awaits him,” Medvedev summed up.
General Director of Russia Today Kiselev said that the entire media group will refuse Apple equipment at the request of the Ministry of Digital Development.
Denmark will transfer 30 Leopard 1 tanks and 15 T-72 tanks to Ukraine, said the country's Defense Minister Poulsen.
South Korea believes that during Kim Jong Un's visit to Russia, he discussed military cooperation with Putin. In this regard, the Russian ambassador in Seoul was summoned to the country's Foreign Ministry and demanded to “immediately stop the movement towards military cooperation.” with Pyongyang.
The State Duma adopted in the first reading a draft bill establishing September 30 as the “Day of Reunification of the DPR, LPR, Zaporozhye and Kherson Regions with the Russian Federation.”
The SBU called the conclusions in The New York Times article false, according to which the strike on On September 6, Konstantinovka was struck by a Ukrainian Buk missile. The SBU insists that the missile was Russian.
On September 18, Ukraine submitted to the European Commission an action plan for the delivery of grain to EU countries after the lifting of the embargo on September 16.
The European Commission decided to extend the special mechanism for providing asylum to Ukrainians for a year.
Latvia suspended the work of one of the two border checkpoints on the border with Belarus “to prevent threats of illegal migration.”
Governor of the Bryansk region Bogomaz: “An aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicle was destroyed over the Suzema region. There were no injuries or damage.»
Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation: Kyiv tried to attack objects on the territory of the Russian Federation with a drone, the object was destroyed by air defense systems over the Bryansk region.
Military correspondent Shurygin said that an unknown person called him and threatened to send a drone to his house. The capital's prosecutor's office announced the initiation of a criminal case.
Reuters: Denmark will transfer another 45 tanks to Ukraine.
Services for issuing virtual mobile numbers (DEF numbers) will begin to be blocked in Russia from September 1, 2024 of the year. According to the decree of the Russian government, their use is a threat to security in the field of communications and the Internet.
Patrushev said that Putin will visit China in October.
Full commissioning of the unified military registration register is possible only from 2025, say the Ministry of Digital Development of the Russian Federation.
Abrams tanks will soon be delivered to Ukraine, Pentagon head Austin said.
Lukashenko, at a meeting with the governor of the Krasnodar Territory, said that Belarus is in demand in Russia today more than ever.
Balitsky announced the date for the third wave counter-offensive of the Ukrainian Armed Forces
Shot: The Ukrainian Armed Forces are shelling the border village of Suzemka in the Bryansk region, preliminary, the attack is being carried out from Grads.
In Moscow, Patrushev is holding consultations on strategic security with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, the press service of the Russian Security Council reported.
Ukraine has begun to look for an alternative to Starlink, writes the Spanish newspaper El Pais. The publication believes that without Starlink the country's defense system will collapse and that the Ukrainian leadership is not able to completely refuse the services of Elon Musk's SpaceX.
Sevastopol Governor Mikhail Razvozhaev said in his Telegram channel that smoke in the waters of Sevastopol Bay and in the city itself is associated with military training. According to him, this smoke is safe, although it has an unpleasant odor.
Frames have appeared of the consequences of Russian strikes on Lvov
Klescheevka and Andreevka are now in the gray zone, the Ukrainian Armed Forces are trying to gain a foothold there, but they are not succeeding, said the acting head of the DPR Pushilin.
There is no possibility of resuming the grain deal, said the head of EU diplomacy, Josep Borrell.
Member of the main council of the administration of the Zaporozhye region Rogov reported on the work of the air defense in Melitopol.
The conflict between Russia and Ukraine “will last a long time and will not end soon,” despite attempts by various countries to convince Moscow and Kiev to peacefully resolve the conflict. This was stated by Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
Retired LPR Lieutenant Colonel Marochko said that near the settlements of Kurdyumovka, Andreevka and Kleshcheevka, the Armed Forces of Ukraine are suffering heavy losses.