Newsletter 30/09/2024
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Stoltenberg: Putin's nuclear talk shouldn't stop NATO backing Ukraine
NATO members should not be deterred from providing increased military assistance to Ukraine due to Russian President Vladimir Putin's ‘reckless nuclear rhetoric.’
Not a single day without Shahed attacks on Ukraine in September
According to an analysis by the Ukrainian Air Force, Russia launched an average of 44 Shahed drones daily against Ukraine throughout September.
Orbán seeks to organize Ukraine-Russia ‘peace summit’
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has held intensive talks with representatives from China and Brazil in an attempt to initiate a peace summit between Ukraine and Russia.
Poland to raise Volyn tragedy in Ukraine's EU membership talks
Poland intends to address the complex history in its relations with Ukraine, particularly regarding the exhumation of Polish victims of the Volyn tragedy, in the first section of negotiations about Ukraine’s membership in the EU.
“The first section of negotiations regarding Ukraine's accession to the EU will be the rule of law and justice. As part of this, the issue of conducting exhumations (of Polish victims of the Volyn tragedy) will certainly be discussed,” said Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Poland, Władysław Teofil Bartoszewski.
He added, “If this section is not closed, then Ukraine will not progress in the subsequent sections.”
G7 voices support to Ukraine on anniversary of illegal annexations by Russia
The Group of Seven says it will never recognize any violations of international law committed by Russia against Ukraine and its people and will continue to “condemn in the strongest possible terms” Russia's illegal aggression, its human rights violations and abuses in the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine, and the ongoing brutal attacks destroying civilian, critical, and urban infrastructure, government officials noted.
Victory Plan to be presented to Ukrainians short of certain details - Zelensky’s Office chief
"This is the President's Plan, and certainly, as he promised after the pitch to the U.S. President, to partners, I think it will be presented to Ukrainians. But, of course, there are parts that are so sensitive they will remain closed. And not because there are any secrets. This is our country, you know, and today, in the good sense, we’re a family in which there can be no secrets, especially in times of war. But still, it’s not only we but the enemy who hear everything that becomes public," Yermak said.
War
Guerrillas sabotage Russia’s rail military supply route to Kursk region
Partisans from the ATESH underground resistance movement blew up the rail track along which Russian forces supply equipment and ammunition to the section of the front in Kursk region.
Kherson region. Fighters of the 140th ORB destroyed the Russian BM-21 "Grad" with attack drones
Ukraine downs Russian missile, 67 kamikaze drones overnight Monday
In Lysychansk, occupiers urging young people sign contracts with Russian army
Inspections of combat readiness begin in Belarus
Substations in Kharkiv and Zaporizhzhia regions were shut down due to hostilities, falling UAV debris - MoE
Russians use heavy flamethrower system, guided bombs near aggregate plant in Vovchansk - military
The 4th mechanized battalion of the Separate Presidential Brigade repelled an enemy assault involving equipment
Politics
Sybiha, Szijjarto launch talks in Budapest
Foreign ministers of Ukraine and Hungary, Andrii Sybiha and Peter Szijjarto, started bilateral negotiations in Budapest.
NATO countries should back Ukraine’s peace plan, not China’s initiative - Stoltenberg
Jens Stoltenberg, the outgoing NATO Secretary General, believes that the Allies should support the Ukrainian Peace formula rather than any alternative "peace" proposals put forward by other countries.
Baerbock supports idea of West supplying long-range missiles to Ukraine
German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock supports the idea of the West supplying Ukraine with long-range missiles for self-defense, even though German Chancellor Olaf Scholz takes a different position on the issue.
Kremlin trying to hide from public plans to increase war spending - ISW
Classified documents suggest Navalny could be poisoned while in prison - media