Worth noting, korrespondent.net has compiled its Invasion of Ukraine series into separate months, beginning May 9th, 2023. Linked in the title.
[Korrespondent] 22:12 Head of the Presidential Office Andrey Yermak commented on Putin's statements about the use of nuclear weapons: "Besides nuclear blackmail, there is nothing else in the Russian Federation, no other instruments for intimidating the world. These instruments will not work."
22:01 Polish President Andrzej Duda stated at a meeting of the UN General Assembly that there is a danger of Russia striking Ukrainian nuclear power plants, and if Russia attacks Ukrainian nuclear power plants, it will be necessary to intervene immediately.
21:47 France will train and equip a Ukrainian brigade, Zelensky said following a meeting with Macron. The parties also discussed the needs of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, strengthening the Ukrainian air defense system, and training the military. In addition, Zelensky discussed with European Council President Charles Michel the use of income from frozen Russian assets and Ukraine's military needs.
21:04 Ukraine has proposed that Northern European countries prepare one battalion of the Ukrainian Armed Forces each. Northern European countries have been offered to join the Northern Brigade project, the Defense Ministry reported.
20:55 Putin stated that the new nuclear strategy of the Russian Federation will include the possibility of using nuclear weapons in the event of "aggression against Russia by any non-nuclear state, but with the participation or support of a nuclear state. It is proposed to consider such a case as their joint attack on the Russian Federation." Putin also stated that a "critical threat" to Russia's sovereignty created by conventional weapons will be the basis for a nuclear response.
"Reliable information" about the launch of air and space attack weapons, as well as UAVs, towards the Russian Federation will also "entail a nuclear response." In addition, according to Putin, the Russian Federation reserves the right to use nuclear weapons in the event of aggression against Belarus.
19:23 In Kramatorsk, Donetsk region, as a result of a Russian strike, the number of wounded has increased to 19, two people have died, reported the head of the OVA Vadim Filashkin.
18:16 Zelensky criticized China and Brazil at the UN General Assembly for proposing to stop the war along the front lines: "If someone in the world is looking for an alternative to any of these points [of the peace formula] or is trying to ignore any of them, this most likely means that they themselves want to do part of what Putin is doing. And when China and Brazil are trying to turn into a chorus of voices with someone in Europe, with someone in Africa, who are saying something alternative to a full and fair peace, the question arises: what is the true interest?"
He also criticized all other proposals to stop the war along the front lines: "The half-hearted settlement plan that has been proposed by various parties makes no sense."
In addition, Zelensky said that the Zaporizhia NPP is under threat of a nuclear incident: "This is the main source of radiation hazard in Europe, and possibly in the world. That is why the first point in the peace formula I presented is nuclear safety." The president also emphasized that "Russia has destroyed all of our thermal power plants and most of our hydroelectric capacity - this is how Putin is preparing for winter, hoping to torment millions of Ukrainians."
18:03 Russians have struck the center of Kramatorsk in Donetsk Oblast - two people were killed and at least 12 were wounded, including three children. The enemy dropped three guided bombs on the city, OVA chief Vadim Filashkin reported.
16:50 Erdogan said that the US and other NATO members do not want Ukraine to join the Alliance: "These are not issues that need to be rushed. And when we make a decision, we always take into account the position of other NATO member countries, we discuss these possible issues at the table and make the final decision accordingly."
16:32 On the approaches to Vuhledar in Donetsk Oblast, the Ukrainian Armed Forces burned a large amount of enemy equipment. Some Russian sabotage and reconnaissance groups are trying to break into the city, but the Defense Forces are destroying them, said OVA head Vadim Filashkin. According to him, about 100 people remain in the city, who flatly refuse to leave. It is impossible to deliver humanitarian aid to them, because the enemy is shooting at all the routes.
15:53 ​​Russia has created a secret project in China to produce military drones, Reuters reports, citing sources in European intelligence. According to them, the Russian company Kupol, a subsidiary of the state corporation Almaz-Antey, developed a drone called Harpia-3 and conducted its flight tests with the participation of Chinese specialists. Subsequently, the Kupol company informed the Russian Defense Ministry that it had established mass production of drones at a plant in China for use in the war against Ukraine. It is reported that the Harpia's flight range can reach about 2,000 km.
14:44 The death toll from yesterday's Russian strike on Kharkov has risen to four - rescuers have unblocked the body of another dead person, OVA chief Oleg Sinegubov reported. He also said that S-400 missile strikes were recorded tonight in the village of Bilashi in the Kharkov district - a hangar and agricultural machinery were damaged on the territory of a farm, no one was hurt.
14:10 Peskov called Zelensky's position on forcing Russia to peace a "fatal mistake" that "will have consequences for Kiev." According to him, Russia itself is allegedly "a supporter of peace, but on the condition that its security is ensured and the tasks that are set during the SVO are fulfilled."
13:59 Brazil is promoting a joint "peace plan" with China at the UN to end the war in Ukraine, Reuters reports. According to Brazilian diplomats, Celso Amorim, the Brazilian president's foreign policy adviser, will present the plan to representatives of 20 countries of the Global South during a meeting in New York on Friday, September 27. He will seek support for the joint "peace proposal" with China. The participants in the meeting include Colombia, Egypt, Indonesia, Mexico, Saudi Arabia, South Africa and the UAE.
13:31 At the aggregate plant in Volchansk, Ukrainian fighters captured about 20 Russian soldiers, the GUR reported. Several dozen more Russians were killed, and four tried to leave the plant and were neutralized outside the perimeter of the enterprise. The battle lasted a little over a week.
12:52 Ukraine is more than 80% dependent on Western partners, Defense Minister Rustem Umerov said in an interview with the Left Bank publication.
12:24 Ugledar is not currently surrounded, but there is an advance of Russian forces and new risks because of this, said Ivan Tymochko, head of the Council of Reserves of the Ground Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. According to him, the Russian army is trying to attack on the flanks, because there is no urban development there in which Ukrainian forces could hold the line. Tymochko also allowed for the possibility of withdrawing Ukrainian units if there is no opportunity to hold the line in the urban development and if there are threats to the lives of servicemen.
11:21 Victory over Russia "at the cost of destroying half of the Ukrainian population is not a victory," said Czech President Petr Pavel. He called hopes that the war would end in "a clean victory for Ukraine in weeks or months" "dangerous for everyone." "I have never doubted that we should support Ukraine in restoring its territorial integrity, that this is the ultimate goal. We just have to realistically assess the time frame and the cost of achieving this goal," Pavel explained.
10:18 Russians started to hit Zaporizhia with KABs. Russian KABs usually have a gliding range of up to 40-60 km, and the city of Zaporizhia is located approximately 25-35 km from the current front line. More details in the article New Tactics of Russia.
10:09 The government has established a new amount of payments in the event of death or injury of military personnel. A one-time benefit in the event of death is paid to family members of the deceased in the amount of 22 million 710 thousand hryvnia. In addition, a one-time cash assistance is provided in the event of disability due to injury: 12 million 112 thousand hryvnia - group I; 9 million 84 thousand hryvnia - group II; 7 million 570 thousand hryvnia - group III.
09:40 In the Odessa region, during a night attack, a Russian missile - preliminarily, an Kh-59/69 - hit an open area. Dry grass caught fire, the fire was quickly extinguished. Two trucks were damaged by debris, no one was hurt, said OVA chief Oleg Kiper.
09:23 Three people were killed in Donetsk Oblast as a result of Russian shelling on September 24: two in Pokrovsk and one in Konstantinovka. Another five people in the region were injured in the past 24 hours, said OVA head Vadim Filashkin.
09:04 As a result of Russian shelling of Kharkov on September 24, three people were killed and 36 were injured, reported the head of the OVA Oleg Sinegubov. In addition, one person was killed as a result of shelling of Kupyansk, one was killed and two were injured in the village of Varvarovka in the Chuguevsky district.
08:52 At night, Russians carried out an airstrike on Kreshchenivka in the Kherson region, one person was injured, the OVA reported. Russians also attacked Kherson - as a result of explosives dropped from a UAV, one person was injured. Over the previous day, as a result of Russian shelling in the region, one person was killed and 18 were injured.
08:27 The General Staff announced the estimated losses of the Russian Federation as of the morning of September 25:
- personnel - about 646,400 (+1250) people,
- tanks - 8815 (+15),
- combat armored vehicles - 17,304 (+12),
- artillery systems - 18,549 (+74),
- MLRS - 1199 (+1),
- air defense systems - 952 (+0),
- aircraft - 369 (+0),
- helicopters - 328 (+0),
- Operational-tactical level UAVs - 15,879 (+115),
- cruise missiles - 2595 (+0),
- ships/boats - 28 (+0),
- submarines - 1 (+0),
- automotive equipment and tank trucks - 25,248 (+73),
- special equipment - 3168 (+13).
07:38 In the Zaporizhia region, as a result of Russian shelling, one person was killed in the Polohovsky district, and seven more people were injured as a result of shelling in Zaporizhia, reported the head of the OVA Ivan Fedorov.
07:23 Air defense destroyed 28 of 32 Shahed attack UAVs and all four Kh-59/69 guided air missiles that the Russians used to attack Odessa Oblast at night, the Air Force reported. Four enemy drones were lost in several regions of Ukraine. The enemy also attacked Kharkiv Oblast at night with an S-300 anti-aircraft guided missile and three missiles of an unspecified type. Air defense operated in Dnipropetrovsk, Kharkiv, Kyiv, Cherkasy, Kirovohrad, Sumy, Poltava, Mykolaiv, Odessa and Kherson Oblasts.
06:29 The American Institute for the Study of War (ISW) confirms that Russian troops have reached the outskirts of Vuhledar in the Donetsk region. At the same time, analysts believe that this is unlikely to give them any operational advantage for further offensive operations in the western part of the region.
03:51 Trump does not plan to meet with Zelensky this week, the former president's team said. They added that they had not planned such a meeting at all, AP reports, citing a comment from a Trump campaign representative. The agency also reports that speaking in Savannah, Georgia, Trump mocked Biden's frequent refrains that the United States will support the Ukrainian armed forces until Kiev wins the war.