10/09/2022
Ukraine war in the live ticker
+++ 01:39 Hard fighting for a strategically important city in the east +++
Ukrainian troops are engaged in fierce fighting near the strategically important city of Bakhmut in the east of the country. “We are holding our positions in Donbass, especially towards Bakhmut, where things are very, very difficult now,” said Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in his nightly video address. The Russian armed forces have already tried several times to take the city.
+++ 00:44 Zelenskyj: “Unfortunately, it was cloudy in Crimea” +++
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy remains silent on the explosion on the Crimean bridge. In his nightly video message, he only says that the weather on the Crimean peninsula was warm, but “unfortunately cloudy”. The future of Ukraine is sunny. For the Ukrainians there will be a future without occupiers – in the entire region, especially in Crimea. He thanks all citizens who fought for peace in Ukraine, “for the liberation of our entire country,” said Zelensky.
+++ 23:51 Ukrainian economy shrinks by almost a third +++
According to official information, economic output in Ukraine shrank by around 30 percent in the first nine months of 2022 compared to the same period last year. According to the Ukrainian Ministry of Economic Affairs, the main reason for the decline is the Russian invasion. In addition, bad weather in September slowed down the harvest. Power cuts due to the shelling of the nuclear power plant in Zaporizhia also had a negative effect. According to earlier information, the Ukrainian central bank assumes that economic output will increase by between five and six percent next year after a slump by a third in 2022.
+++ 22:59 Ukraine sees “trail to Russia” after explosion on Crimean bridge +++
According to the Ukrainian presidential office, responsibility for the explosion of a truck bomb on the Crimean bridge lies with Russia. “It is worth noting that, according to all indications, the truck that exploded drove onto the bridge from the Russian side,” Ukrainian presidential adviser Mykhailo Podoliak told the online newspaper Ukrajinska Pravda. “All this clearly points to a trail to Russia.” , continued Podoliak. He suspects a conflict between the Russian domestic secret service FSB and the Ministry of Defense and General Staff behind the attack.
+++ 22:13 video shows the moment of the explosion on the Crimean bridge, including a huge fireball +++
After the heavy explosion on the Crimean bridge in the morning, there are now videos showing the moment when something detonates and a fireball engulfs the structure. The “New York Times” shares about one thing:
+++ 21:56 Kyiv smirks at Putin after the explosion: “Happy Birthday, Mr. President” +++
After the heavy explosion on Russia’s Crimean bridge just one day after Kremlin chief Vladimir Putin’s 70th birthday, ridicule is high in Ukraine. The secretary of the Ukrainian Security Council, Oleksiy Danilov, published on Facebook pictures of the partially destroyed structure that connects Russia and the Black Sea peninsula of Crimea, annexed by Moscow in 2014. Next to it is a video showing Hollywood legend Marilyn Monroe (1926 – 1962) singing the birthday song “Happy Birthday, Mr. President” to then-US President John F. Kennedy in 1962. The video compilation was widely shared on social networks. Many commented that someone like Putin needs something special as a gift for the anniversary. The bridge has always been a project close to the heart of the Kremlin boss.
You can read earlier developments relating to the Ukraine war here.