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2024-09-21 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia
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Ukrainian Perspective: Invasion of Ukraine: September 20, 2024
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Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
Worth noting, korrespondent.net has compiled its Invasion of Ukraine series into separate months, beginning May 9th, 2023. Linked in the title.
[Korrespondent] 22:25 The US plans to announce a major military aid package for Ukraine next week. However, supplies are likely to be delayed due to a shortage of supplies, CNN reports. Artillery, air defense systems and other ammunition are expected to be provided. This package will be significantly larger than recent ones, which hovered around $200 million.
21:34 Russians attacked Dnepr - the building of the educational center was partially destroyed, according to preliminary information, one person was wounded, reported the head of the OVA Sergey Lysak. In addition, during the day the enemy attacked the Nikopol district, one person was injured. Infrastructure, a gas station, three multi-story buildings and four private houses were damaged.
20:52 Zelensky confirmed that the Ukrainian side is preparing for talks in the US with Biden and both presidential candidates Harris and Trump. According to him, in the US he will present a specific action plan that will "bring victory and a just peace closer."
18:36 Russians fired mortar shells at the village of Ivashki in the Zolochiv community of the Kharkiv region - three people were wounded, reported the head of the OVA Oleg Sinegubov. In addition, two people were killed and at least two were wounded as a result of enemy shelling of Kovsharovka in the Kupyansk district.
18:30 Zelensky reported that he held an important meeting of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief's Headquarters, where they discussed protecting the energy sector this winter, including taking into account the Patriot systems that are due to arrive soon; domestic production of missiles, drones and electronic warfare systems; and the situation at the front.
17:53 Russians carried out two KAB strikes on the Slobodsky and Osnovyansky districts of Kharkov - three people were injured, reported the head of the OVA Oleg Sinegubov.
17:39 When the EU promised Ukraine 1 million rounds of ammunition, officials did not know whether the bloc's countries would be able to produce that much, said the head of European diplomacy Josep Borrell: "When the war in Ukraine began and we promised to give it 1 million shells, we said this without knowing whether we could. And then it turned out that we couldn't... We are not in a state of war and we don't want to be. We are far from being able to replenish our armies, we are far from being able to provide Ukraine with all the necessary assistance. We have a very important technological gap, which in a geopolitical context becomes very threatening. We live in a harsh, conflict-ridden, fragmented world."
| Come now, Mr. diplomatic head: Western Europe began the industrial age centuries ago. We know how to manufacture things in quantity, and how to ramp up production when needed. Release the factories! |
17:02 On average, 6.5 thousand volunteers are recruited monthly in Ukraine, the Ministry of Defense reported. More than 10 thousand vacancies are available to citizens, including cooks, repairmen, lawyers, drone operators, doctors and others. The department emphasized that summonses are not handed out in and around recruitment centers - this is directly prohibited by regulatory documents.
16:28 The Ministry of Finance clarified that the funds in the amount of up to 35 billion euros, the allocation of which was announced today by Ursula von der Leyen, are being transferred to Ukraine on a non-repayable basis: the loan will be repaid exclusively from future income from frozen Russian assets in the EU.
16:21 Russians hit Odessa with Iskander-M missiles - port and civilian infrastructure was damaged, as well as a civilian vessel under the flag of Antigua. Four people were injured, said OVA head Oleg Kiper.
16:17 Zelensky said that he intends to present a plan for victory to Biden on September 26.
16:08 The Russian Armed Forces fired artillery at Konstantinovka in Donetsk Oblast, wounding five people, the regional prosecutor’s office reported.
16:04 The IAEA adopted a resolution on nuclear safety in Ukraine, calling on Russia to immediately de-occupy the Zaporizhzhya NPP. The document was supported by 65 votes, with 52 agency member states co-sponsoring it. The resolution confirms that Ukrainian nuclear power plants, including the Zaporizhzhya NPP, must operate under the full sovereign control of Ukraine. Russia is also required to provide the IAEA with unlimited access to all facilities and information at the plant until the Zaporizhzhya NPP is returned to Ukrainian control.
15:20 Ukraine is living according to "plan B" because there has never been "plan A", Zelensky said: "Yesterday a journalist asked me a question: what will happen if Biden does not support your plan, do you have a "plan B"? I answered frankly: we are already in "plan B". We live and fight in it. We never had "plan A". Because "plan A" was to prevent a full-scale invasion, to strengthen Ukraine with weapons and preemptively sanction the Russian Federation so that it would be afraid even of the thought of a full-scale invasion."
The president also noted that his peace plan is designed for quick decisions by partners, "which should take place from October to December without delay - then it will work." According to the head of state, most decisions on the plan depend on Biden and other allies. "But there are points that depend on the positive will and support of the United States," Zelensky added.
15:11 A group of Ukrainian pilots has completed a six-month training course in France, the General Staff of the French Armed Forces reported. The pilots trained under an abbreviated program on Alphajet aircraft, whose instrument panel imitates the panel in the F-16.
15:03 An entire thermal power plant in Lithuania is currently being dismantled and transferred to Ukraine in parts, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said during her visit to Kiev. She also said that Ukraine will independently determine how to spend 35 billion euros in loans from the European Commission. The funds will be directed, in particular, to defense, energy, and domestically produced weapons - long-range drones and air defense, Zelensky specified.
14:54 Employees of government agencies, military formations and critical infrastructure facilities have been banned from using Telegram on official devices, the National Security and Defense Council press service reported. The agency explained that Russian intelligence services may have access to the personal correspondence of Telegram users (even deleted messages), as well as their personal data.
14:15 There is a new stage of tension in relations between Ukraine and Poland. Historical disputes are re-emerging, and Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski has even suggested transferring Russian-occupied Crimea under a UN mandate and preparing it for a "fair referendum." Read more in the article Scandal with Poland's statement.
13:23 The European Commission will provide Ukraine with a loan of up to 35 billion euros as part of the G7 commitment. "This is another major contribution by the EU to the recovery of Ukraine," said EC President Ursula von der Leyen.
12:41 The constant flights of "shahids" into Ukraine are an element of reconnaissance, said the head of the Center for Countering Disinformation under the National Security and Defense Council, Andriy Kovalenko. He explained that for the Russian Federation, "shahids" remain precisely a strike weapon at close range, and as for long range, their main function is reconnaissance.
"The increase in the production of tin cans also has its own goal - they want to reach almost a round-the-clock attack mode in the future, so that alarms in the regions become habitual. But two can play this game. And unlike us, Russian air defense is of a pinpoint nature and is not capable of fully covering Russia from UAVs. And the increase in the intensity of attacks in general will lead to more regular failures of the Russian air defense, like Toropets," predicts Kovalenko.
11:59 Russians are accommodating refugees from Sudzha in the Kursk region in Mariupol, said the mayor's adviser Petr Andryushchenko. According to him, Russian refugees are staying in temporary accommodation centers set up by the United Russia party. The "authorities" of the occupiers have chosen stolen Ukrainian property in the Primorsky district of Mariupol, not far from the sea, as a place for the refugees to stay.
11:27 A Russian drone has flown in close proximity to the Khmelnitsky Nuclear Power Plant for the second time in recent days, said OVA head Serhiy Tyurin.
11:10 The Guardian writes that Moscow knew about the preparation of the Ukrainian Armed Forces operation in the Kursk region, but failed to prepare. At the end of August, the publication's journalists met with a Ukrainian special forces group, which seized documents from abandoned Russian positions and returned to Ukraine. Most of the documents came from units of the 488th Guards Motorized Rifle Regiment of Russia. The entry from January 4 spoke of the "potential for a breakthrough on the state border" of Ukrainian armed groups, after which there were several more warnings.
10:08 Air defense destroyed 61 out of 70 Shahed attack UAVs at night, another nine enemy drones were lost in several regions of Ukraine, the Air Force reported. In addition, the Russian army attacked the Donetsk region with three missiles of an unspecified type, and the Dnipropetrovsk region with a guided aircraft missile Kh-59, which was also shot down. Air defense forces worked in the Dnipropetrovsk, Kyiv, Vinnytsia, Cherkasy, Kirovohrad, Sumy, Poltava, Ivano-Frankivsk, Lviv, Khmelnytskyi, Mykolaiv, Odessa and Kherson regions.
09:35 In the Kherson region, over the past day, five people were injured as a result of Russian shelling, reported the head of the OVA, Oleksandr Prokudin.
09:14 In Donetsk Oblast, three people were killed as a result of Russian shelling on September 19: two in Chasovy Yar and one in Konstantinovka. Another eight people in the oblast were injured in the past 24 hours, said OVA head Vadim Filashkin.
08:53 In the morning, Russians fired from MLRS at a farm in the village of Shestakovo, Chuguevsky district, Kharkiv region, two people were wounded, reported the head of the OVA Oleg Sinegubov. In addition, the day before, one person was injured as a result of enemy shelling in the urban-type settlement of Vilcha, Chuguevsky district, and another in the city of Kupyansk.
08:31 The General Staff announced the estimated losses of the Russian Federation as of the morning of September 20:
- personnel - about 639,480 (+1,340) people,
- tanks - 8725 (+20),
- combat armored vehicles - 17,132 (+39),
- artillery systems - 18,212 (+35),
- MLRS - 1189 (+0),
- air defense systems - 949 (+2),
- aircraft - 369 (+0),
- helicopters - 328 (+0),
- Operational-tactical level UAVs - 15,469 (+52),
- cruise missiles - 2593 (+1),
- ships/boats - 28 (+0),
- submarines - 1 (+0),
- automotive equipment and tank trucks - 24,898 (+59),
- special equipment - 3115 (+6).
08:16 President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen announced that she had arrived in Kiev.
07:20 In Lviv Oblast, air defense forces shot down an enemy attack drone, and as a result of falling debris, a fire broke out in one of the villages on the territory of a former collective farm. The fire was quickly extinguished, three cars were damaged, and windows were broken in nearby residential buildings. No one was hurt, said OVA head Maksym Kozitsky.
02:48 The US Department of Defense is working with Congress to extend the president's authority to release all remaining funds for military support to Ukraine beyond the end of the fiscal year on September 30, said Deputy Pentagon Spokesperson Sabrina Singh, who assured that the government intends to "use every dollar and cent."
According to her, there are currently $5.8 billion in unused funds within the presidential powers for Ukraine. At the same time, Singh noted that the US Department of Defense cannot provide military assistance now, since there is nothing to replenish the reserves necessary to maintain the level of its own combat readiness. She recalled that for a long time, while Congress was adopting a large-scale aid package for Ukraine, the Pentagon could not replenish its reserves. Singh also assured that there is bipartisan agreement in Congress to support Ukraine.
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