Events, statements, economic news
Day 581. The head of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, Umerov, thanked Poland for the supply of tanks for the Ukrainian Armed Forces. The Russian Ministry of Defense announced the destruction of a weapons and ammunition warehouse of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Kiselevka area of the Kherson region. Senator Rogozin last evening reported on the beginning of the Ukrainian Armed Forces' offensive in the Zaporozhye direction; later it was stated that the attack had been repulsed.
Postimees: the Estonian parliament did not pass the law on dismantling monuments of the Soviet era, which was rejected by President Karis in early March.
RIA Novosti: South Sudanese President Salvatore Kiir flew to Moscow, he was provided with an Aurus car and motorcycle escort, the motorcade drove through Leninsky Prospekt towards the center.
Razvozhaev: “Air raid all clear!”
An air raid has been declared in Sevastopol
The Crimean Bridge was temporarily closed to vehicle traffic on Wednesday evening, as reported in the telegram channel with official information about the situation at the approaches to the bridge.
A ban on the use of drones is being introduced in Dagestan.
Governor of Sevastopol Razvozhaev warns about loud sounds: “Until approximately 20.00, in the area of the Southern and Northern piers, the fleet will conduct training for calculations of PPDO.”
Average consumer prices for gasoline in Russia from September 18 to September 25, 2023 increased by 27 kopecks . — up to 55.92 rub. per liter, according to Rosstat materials.
The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine appointed three deputy defense ministers to Umerov — Yuriy Dzhigir, Natalya Kalmykova, Ekaterina Chernogorenko.
The Russian who killed the girl and put her through a meat grinder went to the Northern Military District and returned
Canadian hockey player from Khabarovsk » ;Cupid" Cameron Lee received Russian citizenship, the corresponding decree of the Russian President was published on the official portal of legal information.
“They will not betray”: the State Duma appreciated the return of the “Wagnerites” to Ukraine
The commander of the joint forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Sergei Naev, may take the post of First Deputy Minister of Defense of Ukraine, reports the Ukrainian publication New Voice, citing its own sources in the Verkhovna Rada.
"Interfax": in Crimea, a court sentenced two Ukrainian citizens to 15 and 16 years in prison in a case of espionage, the trial was held behind closed doors, the details of the criminal case were not disclosed.
Public sector employees, officials, security forces, military: who will have their salaries indexed from October 1
Deputy Commander of the Airborne Forces, Major General Naumets became a senator from the Pskov region — the decree was signed by Governor Vedernikov. Since 2014, Naumets has been under EU sanctions, since 2022 — under Ukrainian sanctions.
Putin: we need to work more closely with oil companies so that they understand their responsibility.
The government proposes to introduce a protective duty for the export of petroleum products in the amount of 20 thousand to 50 thousand rubles. per ton.
Peskov was again asked about the possible deaths in the attack on the Black Sea Fleet headquarters in Sevastopol, he redirected the question to the Ministry of Defense.
Belgorod Governor Gladkov: “The Armed Forces of Ukraine re-shelled the village of Bolshetroitskoye, Shebekino urban district. There were no casualties. 4 private residential buildings were damaged by shell fragments: windows were broken, facades, fences and outbuildings were cut.»
RIA Novosti: «The wreckage of a drone equipped with an explosive device was found in the Kalininsky district of the Saratov region, no one was injured.»
Bulgaria's plans to transfer S-300 missiles to Ukraine are another attempt to violate its international obligations and will lead to new victims, the FSMTC of the Russian Federation stated.
The bill on providing Heroes of Russia and the USSR with land for farming was recommended by the State Duma Committee on Defense to adoption in the first reading, said the head of the committee, Kartapolov.
The governor of the Kursk region, Starovoit, said that “this afternoon the border areas of the Kursk region were shelled.” In the village of Lokot, Rylsky district, two private houses were damaged, “one of the residents was slightly injured by glass fragments.” In the village of Giryi, Belovsky district, a drone dropped explosives, damaging a private enterprise and several pieces of equipment. In the Sudzhansky district, the villages of Guevo and Plekhovo were shelled.
Peskov: the reason for the special operation becomes completely clear if we remember the West’s refusal to discuss security guarantees for the Russian Federation.
Peskov recalled the West’s refusal to discuss security guarantees for the Russian Federation, commenting on Clinton’s words about “guilt” Putin in NATO expansion.
TASS: NATO Black Sea countries Bulgaria, Romania and Turkey decided to create a joint mine-sweeping group to combat the mine threat.
In Bashikria, officials “photoshopped” military man to receive a medal for the Northern Military District, and soon he died.
"It’s a pity, Vladimir. “You yourself are to blame for this,” said Hillary Clinton, addressing Putin in absentia in connection with NATO expansion.
CNN, citing Ukrainian military personnel, reports that former fighters of the PMC «Wagner» returned to the Northern Military District zone as part of other units, having signed contracts with the Russian Ministry of Defense.
The message about the extension of the Northern Military District until 2025 was refuted
Moskalkova stated that hundreds of Russians mistakenly called up during the mobilization were demobilized : "We received a huge number of requests that those who should not have been called up were also called up <…> There were more than 400 such demobilizations in my line alone.”
The commander of the Black Sea Fleet, Sokolov, gave an interview to Zvezda. and stated that “both surface forces, submarine forces, naval aviation, and coastal troops are successfully completing their tasks.” “The exploits of our marines are practically never off the screen of central television,” added Sokolov.
The Binance cryptocurrency exchange is leaving Russia and selling its Russian business to CommEX.
The civil initiative to close the Russian consulate on the Finnish Åland Islands has collected 50 thousand signatures required to be submitted to the Finnish parliament for consideration.
The attack on Sevastopol was carried out by Kiev in close coordination with American and British specialists, said an official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry Zakharova.
Governor of the Belgorod region Gladkov reported that a local resident was injured during an attack on the territory of the region from Ukraine. The man was wounded while mowing the grass in the area.
Russia is expanding its sanctions list against Britain, adding 23 more people to it. Entry into the country is now closed, in particular, to the Chief of the Defense Staff of the British Armed Forces Radakin, the head of the intelligence committee Alessandri and a number of political scientists.
The Ukrainian conflict brought the country the status of the largest training ground and arms fair, determining development trends for many years to come defense industry, according to a publication by The Wall Street Journal.
Telegram channel Shot reported that a drone with explosives was destroyed in Bryansk. The authors of the channel clarified that the wreckage of an unmanned aerial vehicle crashed in the forest, 30 meters from a residential building located on Uralskaya Street.
The Russian Ministry of Defense published footage of a cruise missile attack on a joint warehouse of weapons and shells of Ukrainian formations in the Kiselevka area Kherson region
The United States intends to establish joint production with Ukraine of some types of military equipment on its territory, said the US Deputy Secretary of Defense.
The Minister of Defense of Ukraine thanked Poland for the supply of tanks