Cover image: During a Russian military strike, in Kherson, September 19, 2023. STRINGER / REUTERS
- Curfew and censorship in the “Donetsk People’s Republic”. Denis Pushilin, leader of the self-proclaimed separatist state of the Donbass region, notably established a curfew between 11 p.m. and 4 a.m. on weekdays.
- Winter will not “put a definitive end” to the counter-offensive, says the Institute for The Study of War. According to the American organization, weather conditions will not be a deciding factor this year, although they may “slow down land movements and complicate logistics”.
- A second Ukrainian wheat cargo arrived in Istanbul. L’Aroyat, a bulk carrier flying the flag of the Palau archipelago, left Friday from the port of Chornomorsk, near Odessa. It is the second ship to use a maritime corridor set up by kyiv, along the western coasts of the Black Sea, to circumvent Russia’s blockade.
- Two dead due to Russian strikes on Donetsk and Sumy oblasts. A 74-year-old woman was killed on Saturday by shelling in the Pokrovsk region, and one person was killed in strikes on Yunakivka.
- Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Chmyhal held his first meeting on Saturday with Special Representative for the Reconstruction of the Ukrainian Economy Penny Pritzker. The World Bank has estimated that Ukraine would need more than $400 billion (around 375 billion euros) to rebuild.
- The Westerners “fight directly” Russia in Ukraine, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Saturday, on the sidelines of the General Assembly of the United Nations (UN). “ We call it “hybrid warfare,” but that doesn’t change the reality.”he added, referring to financial aid, armaments and “mercenaries” from Western countries.
- A new series of missiles hit Sevastopol, Crimea on Saturdayaccording to Russian authorities, the day after a Ukrainian attack against the headquarters of the Russian Black Sea Fleet.
- Ukrainian Armed Forces “continue their offensive on the Zaporizhia front, near Verbove, pushing the enemy to abandon their positions”reported the General Staff of the Ukrainian army on Saturday in its daily update.
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