No statements by the Russian military and political leadership will affect Ukraine’s resolve to fight for its freedom.
The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine has endorsed a statement related to another stage of escalation in the global security situation, caused by the latest decisions of the criminal authorities of the Russian Federation, and urged the international community not to recognize the so-called pseudo-referenda held by Russia within the territory of Ukraine.
British Defense Secretary Ben Wallace has said that Russian President Vladimir Putin’s decision to declare a partial mobilization in Russia is an admission that his plan to invade Ukraine is failing.
On September 21, eight vessels carrying Ukrainian agricultural products departed from Ukraine’s Black Sea ports of Odesa, Chornomorsk and Pivdennyi through the “grain corridor.”
The hasty organization of “referendums” in the territories temporarily occupied by Russia is likely driven by fears of imminent Ukrainian attack and an expectation of greater security after formally becoming part of Russia.
The partial mobilization announcement, made by Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday, September 21, testifies to his failure to understand Ukraine and his own essential weakness.
Sham referenda and mobilization are signs of Russia’s weakness and failure in the war they unleashed against Ukraine.
Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba has asked the Australian government to consider supplying Ukraine with a larger number of Bushmaster armored vehicles.
White House National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan has said that the United States rejects any attempts by the Russian Federation to hold so-called “referendums” in the temporarily captured Ukrainian territories and considers it an affront to Ukraine’s sovereignty.
On Tuesday, September 20, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky will take part in a food security summit that will be held as part of the high-level week of the 77th session of the UN General Assembly.
Ukraine’s state-owned railway company Ukrzaliznytsia and Germany’s largest rail operator Deutsche Bahn have signed a memorandum of understanding pledging support and cooperation in international freight transport.
Despite decreasing incomes amid the war unleashed by Russia, 81% of Ukrainians say they donated money to the Armed Forces of Ukraine at least once.
On September 20, 2022, the Council of the European Union adopted the decision to provide EUR 5 billion of additional macro-financial assistance to Ukraine.
Transatlantic Task Force for Ukraine (TTFU), the organization uniting influential activists, experts, and civil society leaders, has turned to U.S. Congress with an open letter, calling on legislators to speed up the process of approving a new assistance package to Ukraine worth over $11 billion.
Twenty-five more bodies of the fallen defenders have been returned to Ukraine.
