The West is fighting “directly” against Russia in Ukraine, the Russian foreign minister accused at the United Nations on Saturday, September 23, while Kiev claims it has killed Russian military leaders on the strategically important Crimean peninsula. “You can call it whatever you want, but they are fighting us, they are fighting us directly,” Sergei Lavrov said, referring to financial aid, weapons and “mercenaries” from Western countries. Follow our live stream.
A second shipment of Ukrainian wheat has arrived in Türkiye. A second shipment of Ukrainian wheat arrived in Istanbul via the Black Sea on Sunday, despite threats from Moscow to attack boats entering and leaving Ukraine. This is the second ship to use a maritime corridor established by Kiev along the western coast of the Black Sea to bypass Russia’s blockade after the expiration of the agreement on the export of Ukrainian grain.
A meeting between Zelensky and al-Burhane. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky announced Saturday that he met Sudanese army chief Gen. Abdel Fattah al-Burhane during a stop in Ireland as Kiev seeks to counter Russian influence in Africa.
The former head of the Russian space agency was appointed senator from an occupied region. Former head of Russia’s Roscosmos space agency and nationalist figure Dmitry Rogozin has been appointed senator for the Moscow-occupied Zaporizhzhia region in southern Ukraine, the regional governor announced Saturday. According to the Russian authorities, their priority will be “continuing the liberation of the region.”