10:23 a.m. – Kuleba: “Grateful to the EU for its unwavering support for Kiev”
“I am pleased to welcome the EU foreign ministers to the historic meeting in Ukraine. For the first time in history outside the current borders of the EU. But also within its future limits. I am grateful to the European Union and personally to Josep Borrell for the EU’s unwavering support for Ukraine.” Kuleba wrote on Twitter, attaching a photo of a handshake between him and EU High Representative for Foreign Policy Borrell, with a plaque behind him the crossing flags of the EU and Ukraine and the inscription “EU-Ukraine, meeting of foreign ministers”. .
10:15 a.m. – One dead and six injured among Ukrainians after the Russian bombing of Kherson
A Russian bombing raid on Ukraine’s southern Kherson region killed at least one person and injured six, including two children, regional governor Oleksandr Prokudin said on Monday, the Guardian reported. The governor said on Telegram that Russian forces had carried out 71 attacks “against residential areas” as well as businesses and medical infrastructure in the past 24 hours. Twenty of the air and ground strikes targeted the city of Kherson, the region’s administrative district, the governor added.
10:09 a.m. – France: “No doubt, the USA will stay with Kiev”
French Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna said on the sidelines of the Foreign Affairs Council in Kiev that she had no doubts that “the United States will remain on Ukraine’s side.” There is too much at stake, beyond the existential question that the war poses for this people, this nation, this country. The defense of the rules-based international order is at stake, our security is at stake.”
10:03 a.m. – Putin: “Latin America will play a key role in world politics”
Latin America is pursuing an “independent policy” and will play a “key role in world politics”. Russian President Putin said this in statements collected by the Cuban news agency Prensa Latina during the first Russia-Latin America International Parliamentary Conference, which ends today in Moscow. “Already, the countries of Latin America are showing a successful model in the gradual formation of a multipolar system of international relations based on equality, justice, respect for international law and the legitimate interests of each individual,” Putin added at an event organized by the State Duma (the Lower House of the Russian Parliament) and attended by parliamentarians from Latin America and the Caribbean. “Our bilateral cooperation will become one of the locomotives in the creation of a new multipolar world order on the planet,” said the chairman of the Duma Committee on International Affairs Leonid Slutski during one of the round tables and then announced his intention annually to the parliamentary to hold a Russia-Latin America conference.
9:20 a.m. – Isw: Prigozhin’s son could drive Wagner
According to the Institute for War Research, it could be Yevgeny Prigozhin’s son Pavel, who received all of his father’s inheritance and leads the Wagner mercenary group. According to the think tank, Pavel Prigozhin is negotiating with the Russian National Guard about the mercenary organization’s participation in the fighting in Ukraine. If confirmed, she would be an alternative leader to Andrey Troshev, who was tasked by Russian President Vladimir Putin with assembling a group of volunteers to fight in Ukraine.
“Some of Wagner’s men are interested in engaging with an alternative linked to Prigozhin, rather than the Kremlin and Troshev, who is allied with the Defense Ministry,” the ISW said. Rosgvardia reports directly to the presidential administration, making Putin’s public support of Troshev and the subordination of Wagner’s elements to the Russian Defense Ministry “remarkable,” U.S. analysts said. “The Ministry of Defense should definitely provide the equipment and supplies for a large force reconstituted under Rosgvardia, as Rosgvardia does not have the logistical infrastructure to do this alone,” Isw specifies.
9:11 a.m. – Borrell: “Talks with the USA to review the decision on the means”
“This war has consequences for the whole world, but for us Europeans it is an existential threat that perhaps not everyone in the world sees this way.” And that is why we must continue to support Ukraine. We are speaking to our American allies and friends to ensure that this decision is reconsidered.” The High Representative was responding to a question about the vote in the US Congress that approved a measure that avoids the shutdown (with a freeze of federal spending), but eliminated funds for Ukraine.
8:56 a.m. – “The stopping aid from Slovakia? Let’s wait for a government.”
“Ukraine respects the decision made by the Slovak people,” but “I think that we have to wait to support Ukraine until the governing coalition is formed.” This is how Kuleba commented on the words of the Slovakian head of state Robert Fico, after to want to stop military aid to Kiev following electoral success.
8:54 a.m. – Russian defense: “A Ukrainian drone destroyed over Belgorod”
Russian air defense systems destroyed a Ukrainian drone over the Belgorod region at 9 a.m. Moscow time (7 a.m. in Italy), the Russian Defense Ministry reported, writes Ria Novosti. “An attempt by the Kiev regime to carry out a terrorist attack using a flying UAV against objects on the territory of Russia has been stopped,” the statement said.
8:41 a.m. – Kuleba: “Stopping US funds for Ukraine is just an accident”
“The question is whether what happened in the US Congress was an accident or something systemic.” I believe it is an accident that occurred in the background of the shutdown negotiations. The United States knows that the war in Ukraine is not just an internal matter but has implications throughout the world. We are already in contact with Democrats and Republicans to find a solution,” said Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba at the opening of the Foreign Affairs Council in Kiev.
8:37 a.m. – Tajani: “Arrived in Kiev for the EU Council”
8:21 a.m. – Kuleba: “The EU Council meets for the first time within its future borders”
“I am extremely pleased to be able to host the EU Foreign Affairs Council here in Kiev, this is a historic fact. Although it is the first time that it is taking place outside the EU’s borders, it is taking place in a future accession country. It’s an important message. I look forward to discussing with my colleagues the issues at hand on how we can protect our security and prosperity.”
8:13 a.m. – Borrell: “Today the EU Council of Foreign Ministers in Kiev”
The EU Foreign Affairs Council meets today in Kiev, High Representative Josep Borrell announced on social media. “Ukraine’s future lies in the EU,” he added. It is the first time that a Council of Foreign Ministers is being held outside the EU.
8:02 a.m. – Kiev shoots down 4 of the 7 drones launched by the Russians
During the night, Ukrainian anti-aircraft forces shot down four of the seven Iranian-made Shahed kamikaze drones launched by Russian forces from the southeast, the Ukrainian Air Force said, quoted by broadcaster Rbc-Ukraine Telegram. However, it was not revealed where the three unfired explosives exploded. Currently, the station reports, an air alert is in progress over the Dnipropetrovsk region.
7:19 a.m. – Tajani: “It is wrong not to send weapons to Ukraine, no to the trenches in Europe”
The stop of military aid to Ukraine announced by Robert Fico in Slovakia “is not a positive message.” Decisions on Ukraine must be uniform. There must be no divisions on the European front because the EU’s strength lies in its unity. Ukraine is fighting for all of us and we must support them. “Let’s see what Fico will actually do beyond what has been announced, because the government has not yet taken office.” This is how Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani explained this in an interview with “La Stampa”. “This is the phase in which a path to peace must be found.” We will keep the promise made last July at the G7 summit to help Ukraine build a defense-capable army. On the other hand, we will work to broaden the consensus on Zelensky’s 10-point peace formula. “It would help to include other global players such as India, Brazil and African countries, but above all we need to convince China to let Russia sit at the negotiating table,” he added. “In Kiev we will also do the same with the other European foreign ministers.” talk about reconstruction? It will be one of the central themes of the mission. We must give the country economic stability and Italy will move in this direction, both with the next G7 presidency and as the organizing country of the international conference on reconstruction in 2025. We have already started to commit ourselves to the reconstruction of the cathedral of Odessa and Kiev I will sign an agreement between Italy and Ukraine to help them restore their architectural heritage destroyed by the war.
05:16 a.m. – Moscow: 300 Ukrainian soldiers killed in fighting in Donetsk
Moscow claims the Russian army repelled eight Ukrainian attacks in the Bakhmut and Avdiivka areas of Donetsk, inflicting the enemy the loss of “over 300 soldiers.” “Tactical units of the Southern Battalion repelled attacks by Ukrainian assault groups: the enemy’s losses amounted to over 300 soldiers, a Krab self-propelled artillery system, a D-20 gun, two tanks, a mechanized infantry combat vehicle, two Strela “Ten Anti-aircraft missile launchers, a reconnaissance station, seven vehicles and eight drones,” military spokesman Georgi Minesashvili told the Russian news agency Tass.
3:29 a.m. – Moscow concentrates troops in Bakhmut, where there are also Wagner militiamen
The Bakhmut region is once again one of the most violent fronts in the war in Ukraine. According to reports from Kiev military sources reported by local media, the fighting is once again very intense and Moscow has concentrated over 10,000 people between regular soldiers and militiamen of Wagner Company, the latter returning after leaving the area several weeks ago. In particular, Russian troops stationed armored vehicles and assault units in Bakhmut. Analysts say the troops may have been massed not only to resist the Ukrainian counteroffensive, but also to launch a new offensive and force Kiev to withdraw soldiers from other areas of the vast war front.
– Armored vehicle from the Wagner company in Bakhmut (Afp)
3:27 a.m. – An Estonian citizen who was among the Ukrainian fighters was killed in Lyman
Tanel Krieggul, an Estonian citizen who fought for the International Legion in Ukraine, was killed in a Russian drone strike on Lyman in Donetsk Oblast. This was reported by the Tallinn media. The Estonian newspaper Postimees reports that the house Krieggul shared with other soldiers was hit by a Russian kamikaze drone and reduced to rubble. Yesterday, Governor Ihor Moroz reported that a drone hit a house in Lyman, causing fatalities. Kreiggul joined the International Legion last year. He is the second Estonian citizen killed in the war in Ukraine.
03:18 – Weapons to Ukraine, can Slovakia really block their deliveries? And what would change?
(from Alessandra Muglia, our correspondent in Bratislava) “Slovakia remains within the EU and the Schengen area. “We never thought of anything else,” Robert Fico replied to Corriere during the first meeting with journalists in Bratislava after the vote that gave him victory.
The leader of the party, which represents pro-Russian positions, also recalled that the country joined the Schengen area (2007) and then the euro (2009) with its first government.
As for the differences over the supply of weapons to Ukraine and the management of migrants (his proposal is to seal the borders, contrary to the Schengen agreements), Fico demanded the “right to express my point of view” and left it to us Understanding that he has no intention of withdrawing from Europe, but of asserting his ideas. Like blocking the delivery of weapons to Kiev.
03:16 a.m. – THE MILITARY POINT – The African traces of the war in Ukraine: from Mali to Sudan to the weapons factories
(by Andrea Marinelli and Guido Olimpio) The Ukraine crisis stretches across Africa, from Mali to Sudan and beyond. Clashes broke out again in Mali between the local junta, which took power in 2020 and is backed by Moscow, and the Tuareg. On Saturday, the rebels attacked the bases of Wagner – which supports the local army: this is where Evgeny Prigozhin was captured on video for the last time before the plane crash on August 23 – and shared celebratory messages in Ukrainian on Twitter. In the last week, the Malian government suffered two important defeats: one in Dioura at the hands of the Tuaregs, another in Arachne against al-Qaeda militias, with at least a hundred soldiers lost. On Sunday, the Tuareg rebels announced that they had captured a fourth military base in the north of the country, in the Gao region, where Wagner supporters are said to be most active.
3:12 a.m. – Prigozhin’s will: everything to his son Pavel. (But there is an anonymous beneficiary)
Evgeny Prigozhin leaves all of his personal assets to his 25-year-old son Pavel. The news was published by investigative media The Insider, which in turn cites the Telegram Port channel, which shows the image of the last will and testament signed by Putin’s former chef in March, according to which assets and millionaire possessions went to Prigozhin Jr. be transmitted. Port, citing a source close to the family, speaks of discord within the Prigozhin clan over the will, as Pavel would refuse to share the inheritance. In addition, the son of the Wagner founder wants to collect all of his father’s debts, including the debt of 75 to 80 billion rubles (7 to 8 billion euros) to the Russian Ministry of Defense.
01:39 a.m. – Polish Prime Minister Morawiecki in Kiev: Be careful of Germany…
Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki warned Ukraine against a close alliance with Germany in a speech at a political conference yesterday, local media reported. The newspaper Dziennik Gazeta Prawna reports today that Morawiecki addressed his comments directly to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky during a meeting of Poland’s Law and Justice (PiS) party in Katowice ahead of the October 15 parliamentary elections. “It appears that he will now have a close alliance with Germany; Let me warn you: Berlin will always want to cooperate with the Russians, beyond the Central European countries,” Morawiecki said. The Polish Prime Minister then underlined Warsaw’s support for Kiev after Russia’s invasion. “It was Poland that welcomed a few million Ukrainians under its roofs: it was the Poles who welcomed the Ukrainians; “We were the ones who helped the most when the Germans wanted to send 5,000 helmets to besieged Kiev,” Morawiecki said. “It is worth not forgetting this, President Zelensky,” emphasized the Polish Prime Minister.
1:11 a.m. – Russian attacks in Sumy, one civilian injured
A civilian was injured in yesterday’s Russian attacks on seven communities along the border of Ukraine’s Sumy region. This was announced by the military administration of the oblast, citing local media. Throughout the day, the Moscow army bombarded the Sumy border with mortars, rockets and artillery.