Russia will never win a war against Ukraine, because all Ukrainians are highly motivated to defend their own country, unlike Russians.
Vadym Skibitskyi, a representative of the Main Intelligence Directorate of Ukraine’s Ministry of Defense, has warned that the possible use of tactical nuclear weapons by Russia in the war against Ukraine could pose a threat to all countries in the Black Sea region.
The war that Russia started against Ukraine shows no signs of letting up, UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres has said.
The Group of Seven (G7) countries will not recognize the pseudo-referendums on the annexation of Russian-occupied territories in Ukraine, which Russia plans to hold from September 23 to 27.
Russian forces have intensified air attacks in southern Ukraine, using Iranian kamikaze drones.
After the deoccupation of the city of Kupyansk in Kharkiv region, Russian troops dropped aerial bombs on its residential areas.
The Security Service of Ukraine has obtained copies of documents circulating among “DPR” Russian puppet officials as regards allowing minor residents to cast their votes in the sham referendum on the accession to Russia of the temporarily occupied areas of Donetsk region.
The U.S. Strategic Command does not rule out a possibility of a direct nuclear clash with Russia or China, which requires a review of approaches to warfare.
Putin’s latest “initiatives” result in even greater support for Ukraine on the part of Europe, including through the supply of military equipment.
U.S. President Joe Biden has called “reckless” Russia’s latest nuclear threats and warned Vladimir Putin’s regime from holding sham referenda and annexing new Ukrainian territories.
Moldova is calling on Russia to pull its military contingent from Transnistria and destroy ammunition stored in the Kobasna depot in the said region.
Latvian President Egils Levits, who addressed the United Nations General Assembly on September 21, has called for establishing a special tribunal “to investigate the responsibility of the Russian state in the crime of aggression” and creating a mechanism of reparation payments to Ukraine.
Any referendum Russia intends to hold in the Ukrainian territories its forces have captured would be null and void from the legal perspective and not recognized by the European Union and its member states.
Ukraine’s Air Force has launched 32 airstrikes on enemy positions today. The Armed Forces of Ukraine repelled enemy attacks in the areas of Kupyansk, Vesele, Zaytseve, Kurdiumivka, and Bakhmutske settlements.