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Putin addressed the Chinese president as “Dear Comrade Xi Jinping, valuable friend,” and told him that Russia attaches great importance to China’s “balanced position” in the war. Xi told his Russian counterpart that Beijing is willing to deal with Moscow as “wonderful powers. “”to “inject stability and positive energy” into the world.
China has refrained from condemning the Russian invasion, but at their last meeting, just weeks before Russian troops entered Ukraine, the two men declared an “unlimited partnership. “
During the meeting, Putin claimed that President Xi became involved in Ukraine.
He said: “We received your questions and considerations about this. At today’s meeting, of course, we will know our position, we will detail our position on this issue, although we have already discussed it before. “
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The package will include some of the same devices that President Zelensky’s army effectively used to repel the Russians.
President Joe Biden officially approved a $600 million (£523 million) aid package to send to Ukraine, yet several Americans are not satisfied with the move.
In a vote conducted through Breaking911 on Twitter, 82. 2% of respondents said they were in favor of the U. S. being able to take a toll on the U. S. The U. S. government should proceed to provide aid to the Eastern European country.
Vladimir Putin initiated the invasion of his southwestern neighbor on February 24, 2022.
He told the Russians that their goal was to “demilitarize and denazify Ukraine. “
Putin’s stated purpose of protecting others was the subject of what he called eight years of intimidation and genocide by the Ukrainian government.
But the escalation came after years of rhetoric claiming Ukraine rightfully belonged to Russia.
Putin also claimed that the invasion is mandatory to protect Russia from the option of Ukraine joining NATO’s Western defensive alliance.
The Ukrainian government has discovered a mass grave in the reclaimed city of Izium, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said in a video on Thursday, adding that more information will be available on Friday.
“Russia is leaving death behind and will be held accountable,” he said.
The United States will soon announce a new $600 million weapons package for Ukraine for the Ukrainian military to fight Russia, U. S. officials said.
Western nations have been warned to prepare for the collapse of the Russian Federation as Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine begins to lose momentum.
World leaders were begged not to realize the foreign consequences that would adhere to the collapse of Vladimir Putin’s Russia.
With Moscow’s “army special operation” facing the risk of a well-coordinated Ukrainian counteroffensive, there has been a steady shift in the Kremlin’s political strength.
President Putin’s grip on authoritarian rule has weakened as the Russian government begins the war, indicating a growing attitude of opposition to the Russian Federation.
The West has been warned to dismiss the global implications of a political crisis in Russia, which may temporarily turn into a “total disaster. “
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The Kremlin said the resolution not to invite a Russian delegate to the Queen’s funeral is “deeply immoral. “
The Russian Foreign Ministry said: “This is blasphemy reminiscent of Elizabeth II, known to have served in World War II in the territorial defence ranks of the British armed forces fighting the Nazis and their Ukrainian collaborators Stepan Bandera and Roman Shukhevich. . .
“Now the British elites are on their side. And Moscow remembers and continues to honor the memory of all the veterans who contributed to the Victory.
“The unifying symbol of Queen Elizabeth II, who did not interfere in politics by precept of her reign, has not become an impediment to attacks by dissidents in London, who are subject to the fulfillment of their own conjectural ends.
“For our part, we express our deep condolences to the other Britons for the wonderful loss that has befallen them. “
Pope Francis has said that supplying arms to Ukraine is morally valid for the country itself.
Speaking to reporters aboard a plane returning from a three-day vacation to Kazakhstan, Francis suggested that Kyiv be open to an imaginable dialogue, even if it possibly “smells” that it would be complicated for the Ukrainian side.
He was asked if it is morally right for countries to send weapons to Ukraine.
“This is a political resolution that can be moral, morally appropriate if done in situations of morality,” Francis said.
“Self-defense is only lawful but also an expression of love for country. Someone who does protect himself, who does protect something, does love it. Whoever protects (something) loves it,” he added.
Vladimir Putin and China’s Xi Jinping met Thursday for the first time since Russian troops invaded Ukraine.
Putin addressed the Chinese president as “Dear Comrade Xi Jinping, dear friend,” and told him that Russia attaches great importance to China’s “balanced position” in the war.
Xi told his Russian counterpart that Beijing is in a position to deal with Moscow as “great powers” to “inject stability and positive energy” into the world.
China has refrained from condemning the Russian invasion, but at their last meeting, just weeks before Russian troops entered Ukraine, the two men declared an “unlimited partnership. “
During the meeting, Putin claimed that President Xi was involved in Ukraine.
He said: “We received your questions and considerations about this. At today’s meeting, of course, we will know our position, we will detail our position on this issue, although we have already discussed it before. “
Supporting Ukraine comes at a high cost, but freedom is “priceless,” European Commission leader Urszula Von der Leyen said, amid soaring inflation and high energy costs in Europe.
EU sanctions on Russia have a profound and visual impact, European Commission President Urszula Von der Leyen added.
He traveled to Kyiv on Thursday for a meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.
Asked about the potential impact of converting the burden of life and crises of power in Europe into aid to Ukraine, von der Leyen said that helping Ukraine “has a higher burden, but our freedom, the order of external peace and democracy are priceless. “”
Vladimir Putin has been president of Russia since 2012.
In the past he held this position from 2000 to 2008 and was Prime Minister of Russia from 1999 to 2000 and from 2008 to 2012.
Prior to his political career, he was a KGB foreign intelligence officer for 16 years.
The U. S. is applying new sanctions to Americans and teams in Russia.
The Treasury Department announced targets on the 22nd and two entities that complicate Moscow’s objectives in Ukraine before and after the Russian invasion in February.
“As Ukraine moves forward in defense of its freedom, we are taking steps to further degrade Russia’s ability to rebuild its military, hold perpetrators accountable, and financially isolate Putin,” Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said.
The 35-country Board of Governors of the UN nuclear watchdog has approved a not-so-easy solution for Russia to end its profession of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant.
The text, which says the council calls on Russia to “immediately stop all movements opposing the Zaporizhzhya nuclear plant and any other nuclear facilities in Ukraine,” won 26 votes in favor, two against and seven abstentions, diplomats said. , adding that Russia and China were the countries that voted against it.
Ukraine is home to Europe’s largest nuclear power plant, Zaporizhzhia, which has been in the midst of war in weeks as Ukraine and Russia swap tasks to bomb the facility.
It is also home to the notorious Chernobyl, that of the 1986 nuclear disaster.
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said she was inspired by the speed with which Ukraine is progressing in its bid for EU membership.
“The accession procedure is on the right track. It’s seeing the speed, the determination, the precision with which you move forward,” von der Leyen said at a news conference in Kyiv with Volodymyr Zelensky.
Von der Leyen, who arrived in Kyiv on Wednesday, added that the EU will have to do everything it can to make sure Ukraine has “more business, more revenue. “
Air defense systems are a very sensible precedence for Ukraine, Zelensky said.
The Ukrainian president appealed to his country which continues in its wonderful counteroffensive.
Speaking at a joint press conference in Kyiv with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, Zelensky also said ukraine had not yet gotten a positive reaction from Israel on the imaginable source of air defense systems.
Zelenskiy said air defense systems promised in the past through Germany and the United States had not yet reached Ukraine.
When Russian forces withdrew from spaces around Kyiv earlier this year, they left horrors, adding rapes and executions of Ukrainian civilians.
Ukraine learned as a result of a large-scale counteroffensive that liberated towns and villages in Kharkiv Oblast.
This comes after Zelensky’s forces recaptured huge tracts of land in the besieged country. A Ukrainian official said at least 1,000 bodies were discovered in the liberated city of Izyum.
Ukrainian official Anton Herashchenko accompanied Ukrainian President Zelensky to the city of Izyum.
He told the BBC that Ukrainian forces had at least 1,000 bodies there in a “tragedy even worse than Bucha’s. “
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The General Staff or the armed forces of Ukraine scoffed at the suggestion that the Russian withdrawal from the Kharkiv region “planned”.
In a Facebook post showing masses of army aircraft abandoned in the area, the armed forces said: “This is the ‘planned’ withdrawal of the Russian occupiers from the Kharkiv region. They left everything: tanks, special appliances, box kitchens, self-service “powered guns, unmanned aerial vehicles with all parts and a lot of ammunition of other calibers. “
Ukraine’s Deputy Defense Minister Hanna Maliar said 388 settlements and another 150,000 people have been liberated from Russian invaders in the Kharkiv region since Sept. 6, 2022.
A Russian billionaire is suing the French government to try to recover two of his seized superyachts.
Alexey Kuzmichev, one of the main shareholders of Russian bank Alfa-Bank, sanctioned by the EU in March for its ties to President Vladimir Putin, argued that customs officials had no right to capture their yachts.
It has now appealed against its ships La Petite Ourse (which translates to Le Petit Ours) and La Petite Ourse II, with an estimated €20 million and €70 million, which are located in the cities of Antibes and Cannes on the French Riviera.
After taking the case to a Paris court on Wednesday, Philippe Blanchetier, Mr. Kuzmichev, said: “If you own assets for your use, such as a yacht, you have the right to use them even if it is frozen. “
Kuzmichev also owns cars and houses in France that he can’t sell or rent because of the penalties, but he still has the right to use them, the lawyer said, adding, “I don’t know why you make a difference when it’s a yacht. “
Germany will supply two more rocket launchers to Kyiv, Defense Minister Christine Lambrecht said Thursday in Berlin.
Speaking at a Bundeswehr conference, he said: “We have to deliver two more MARS II multiple rocket launchers, adding two hundred rockets, to Ukraine.
“In addition to this, we will send 50 Dingo workers’ armored personnel carriers to Ukraine. “
The Dingo Armoured Workers’ Transport Corps is an armoured vehicle that the German Army used extensively in the NATO Army’s operation in Afghanistan.
He also said he nearly concluded an agreement on a circular exchange of infantry fighting cars with Greece and Ukraine, meaning Germany will soon deliver 40 Marder VCI to Greece, while Greece, in turn, will deliver 40 of its BMP–built in the Soviet Union. 1s. IFV in Ukraine.
Students are evacuated from schools in Lviv in the rain of Russian shelling.
Ukrainian government schools are being attacked by the Russians, a move that, if true, would amount to a war crime.
Teachers and other schools ask parents to bring their children home.
Schools and surrounding spaces will be inspected for explosive ingredients or items after evacuation.
China’s leader Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin an “old friend” in their first face-to-face meeting since the invasion of Ukraine.
Putin told Xi: “We very much appreciate the balanced position of our Chinese friends in relation to the Ukraine crisis.
“We welcome your questions and considerations on this. During today’s meeting, of course, we will know our position. “
Putin’s first comments on China’s considerations of the war come days after a lightning defeat of his forces in Kharkiv.
The twist of fate came as the Ukrainian president was returning Wednesday from a stopover in Izyum, in northeastern Ukraine.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky was involved in a turn of automotive fate on his return to Kyiv from the recently liberated city of Izyum.
A spokesman for the leader said a passenger car collided with the presidential vehicle and its escort in the capital, Kyiv.
Sergii Nykyforov said: “The president examined through a doctor, no serious injuries were found. “
He added that all cases of the turn of the traffic destination were being investigated by the police.
The driving force of the car that collided with the entourage attended at the scene and took her away by ambulance.
The twist of fate comes after President Zelensky visited the recently reclaimed city of Izyum, a key logistics hub in the Kharkiv region that was the site of the meteoric Ukrainian counteroffensive.
He thanked the troops who participated in a counterattack opposed to the Russian occupiers and oversaw a flag-raising ceremony.
Any U. S. resolutions The U. S. to supply Ukraine with longer-range missiles for its HIMARS systems would “cross a red line,” Russia warned, raising the option of an alarm among the superpowers.
Washington has provided Ukraine with complex rockets that can hit targets as long as 80 km (50 miles), while refraining from publicly pronouncing that it would send rockets with more than twice that range.
U. S. officials said Ukraine had promised to use U. S. rockets to strike Russian territory.
Maria Zakharova of the Russian Foreign Ministry said today: “If Washington makes the decision to send long-range missiles to Kyiv, then it will cross a red line and be a direct part of the conflict.
She said Russia “reserves the right to protect its territory. “
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Ukrainian forces were able to break through Russian defenses in the historic Kharkiv counteroffensive due to serious strategic mistakes by Russia.
Mykola Bielieskov, a researcher at Ukraine’s National Institute of Strategic Studies, told Euromaidan Press: “The defense damaged so quickly, to the maximum, probably because the Russians lacked strength. “
“The front is more than 1300 km long and the Russians are 200,000 to 250,000; this is obviously inadequate to create a serious multi-level defense.
“Most likely, they only had one defense point north of Balakliia and the Russian defense forces basically consisted of SOBR immediate intervention groups that are not specialized in general warfare but still in suppressing protest actions.
“Russia had only one line of defense, Ukraine crossed it and then brought its step of revolutionary progression that did not enter the cities but went in the direction of Volokhiv Yar, Shevchenkove, Kupiansk, and essentially began to cut off communications.
“So we exploited the fact that Russia didn’t have a multi-level defense and had very weak forces on the front line.
“And then we concentrated the dominant forces that temporarily crossed the line of defense and then brought the disruptive development point, that is, we carried out a war of classical maneuvers, the goal of which is not to capture colonies but to temporarily succeed on a border to cut off communications. “
The Pentagon has denied that there are plans lately to supply Ukraine with Abrams or Leopard 2 tanks in its fight against Russia.
The insistence comes after the German media hypothesis that the deployment of American Abrams was being considered and the suggestion that German-made Leopard 2 tanks deserve to be enrolled in them.
The Pentagon responded to a request for confirmation of this data as follows: “The Ukrainians appear to be effective in the counteroffensive by employing armored vehicles as part of their counteroffensive.
“So, obviously, that kind of skill is important.
“But we don’t have express plans for an express capability at this level for this medium- and long-term thinking about actual delivery programs. “
The discussion about whether to get tanks like Abrams and Leopard 2, as well as IFVs, especially the American M2 Bradley, is at the level of fighter jets.
Therefore, it means that Ukraine will get Western heavy armored cars in the near future.
Moscow’s 1st Guard Tank Army may take years to rebuild after Vladimir Putin invaded Ukraine, according to a report.
The unit is believed to be made up of at least 500 tanks and other combat vehicles.
Images from Ukraine appear to have shown Russian tanks set on fire or towed by tractors after heavy losses in Kharkiv.
Justin Crump, an army expert in security consultancy Sybilline, said: “Poor junior leaders, lack of fixed infantry, poor communications, poor integration with artillery and aviation, all this has added to the ‘bad mission, bad mentality’ of the first army mission.
“He went off the track and never recovered. “
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Russia “threw its troops into the meat grinder” at the start of its war against Ukraine, an army analyst said.
And Vladimir Putin’s insistence that the so-called “special operation” will be planned makes matters even worse, Simon Miles, an assistant professor at Duke University’s Sanford School of Public Policy.
Professor Miles told the Business Insider website: “Many of those sets demonstrate what we would call military professionalism, adding cut and careers.
“We saw the functionality of the Russian army in the first weeks of the war when the Russian army took its sets and sent a large number of them on necessarily suicidal missions.
“They took the cream of the harvest and threw it into the meat grinder, and now they’re done with the leftovers. “
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Russian President Vladimir Putin has announced that a delegation of 80 primary corporations will travel to Iran next week, Russia’s RIA news firm reported.
Putin and Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi are at a Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit in Samarkand, Uzbekistan.
Earlier, Iran’s foreign minister said Tehran had signed a memorandum to join the bloc.
This comes amid growing fears about Tehran and Moscow’s cooperation.
On Tuesday, Ukrainian forces reported on an Iranian-supplied suicide drone on the battlefield.
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Finland seized around 189 million euros of Russian assets of other people who were on the sanctions list, according to Finnish channel MTV Uutiset.
The raid reportedly affected a dozen organisations on the EU sanctions list.
In total, there are another two hundred temporary or permanent seizures.
Service spokesman Aki Virtanen said: “The sheriffs’ investigations have progressed and will continue. This task is complex and long-term. “
“In addition, new defendants have been added to the EU sanctions list. “
A large amount of intangible assets have been disposed of: accounts receivable, shares and money in the accounts.
Real estate, raw commercial and shipping fabrics were also confiscated.
Authorities have not disclosed the main details of individual arrests or other people whose assets were seized, but over the summer the assets seized more than doubled; in the past, that amount was around 80 million euros.
Vladimir Putin arrived in Uzbekistan for a summit attended by Chinese President Xi Jinping, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and several leaders of Asian and Arab countries.
The eight-nation Shanghai Cooperation Organization assembly is a security organization formed by Beijing and Moscow to counter U. S. influence.
Putin and Xi are scheduled to meet one-on-one and talk about Ukraine, according to the Russian president’s foreign affairs adviser.
Latvia joined its neighbors Poland and Lithuania in building a fence on the border with Belarus.
The fence will be 173 kilometers long and meters high.
The first of 85. 9 km will be completed in spring 2023 and the current 63. 9 km in spring 2024.
More news from the wall. After Poland and Lithuania, Latvia also began to build a fence along the border with Belarus. It will be 173 kilometers long and four meters high. The paintings are expected to be finished in 2024. pic. twitter. com/2zjteDihaE
According to the Institute for the Study of War (ISW), the Russian cruise missile attack on the Inhulets River Dam last night was designed to interfere with Ukrainian operations in the waterway.
Ukrainian officials said 112 homes were flooded after six cruise missiles hit two dams on the Karachunov reservoir in Kryvyi Rih, which usually help the river’s flow.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky of Kryvyi Rih said the water formula had “no military value” and that thousands of civilians depended on it on it on a daily basis.
The ISW, in its daily assessment of hostilities, said: “Russian forces probably targeted the Karachun Dam to damage Ukrainian pontoon bridges below, especially in light of recent reports that Ukrainian troops are trying to enlarge their bridgehead over the Inhulets. “River near Davydiv Brid as a component of the ongoing counteroffensive at Kherson.
Kryvyi Rih Dam, now destroyed by Russian missiles. The water of the Inhulets River continues to rise. Russian propagandists praise the attack on civilian infrastructure. There is no doubt that Russia is a state terrorista. pic. twitter. com/EijD0P0Wge
Below is a map detailing the advances of Russian and Ukrainian forces in terms of terrain, courtesy of the Institute for the Study of War (ISW).
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen arrived in Kyiv to meet with Ukrainian President Volodymr Zelensky.
She said: “To Kyiv, for the third time since the beginning of the Russian war.
“That’s how it’s changed. Ukraine is now a candidate for the EU.
“I will talk to Zelensky and [Prime Minister] Denys Shmygal about how to continue to bring our economies and peoples closer together as Ukraine moves toward membership. “
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese leader Xi Jinping will speak Thursday about Ukraine and Taiwan at an assembly in Uzbekistan that the Kremlin says would be of “special importance” given the geopolitical situation.
China has apparently refused to criticize Russia’s action in Ukraine and denounced Western sanctions on Moscow.
Russia, in turn, has strongly supported China amid tensions with the United States that followed a recent visit to Taiwan through U. S. House speaker Nancy Pelosi.
Ushakov said: “China has adopted a balanced technique for the Ukraine crisis, obviously expressing its reasons that led Russia to launch the army’s special operation.
“The factor will be discussed intensively at the meeting. “
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky spoke with British actor Benedict Cumberbatch in a video link.
Sherlock Holmes star Cumberbatch has already spoken out for Ukraine and plans to move a family to the UK.
Zelensky posted on his Telegram account after the meeting: “I had a conversation with British actor Benedict Cumberbatch. I am sincerely grateful to him for his solidarity with our state and our people. “
“It is important that the issue of Ukraine remains the key issue. And those other people singled out help us succeed in countries whose government is not Ukraine. “
According to the most recent intelligence from the British Ministry of Defense, some Russian troops “fled in panic” from the Ukrainian counteroffensive in Kharkiv, leaving behind high-value military equipment.
Thursday’s report said: “Ukrainian forces continue to consolidate their newly liberated spaces of Kharkiv Oblast.
“Russian forces have largely withdrawn from the domain west of the Oskil River.
“Russian forces withdrew last week in a variety of ways.
“Some ensembles retreated in clever order and under control, while others fled in obvious panic.
“The high-value apparatus it abandoned through the retreating Russian forces included functions to allow for the taste of war centered on Russia’s artillery.
“These come with at least one ZOOPARK counterbattery radar and at least one IV14 artillery command and one vehicle.
“Such abandonment highlights the disorganized retreat of some Russian ensembles and localized failures in command and control. “
Latest Defence Intelligence Update in Ukraine – September 15, 2022 Read more about the UK government’s response: https://t. co/bC8r1YOi3Sud83cuddfaud83cudde6Arraytwitter. com/VVEpMiOvLD
Video footage emerged from the scene of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s crash as he was returning to Kyiv from Izyum.
Spokesman Sergiy Nikiforov said Thursday morning: “In Kyiv, a passenger car collided with the Ukrainian president’s car and escort vehicles.
“The doctors accompanying the president provided emergency assistance to the driving force of the passenger car and transferred it to an ambulance,” he continued.
“The president conducted the test through a doctor, no serious injuries were found. The police will investigate all cases of the accident. “
The #Zelensky collided with a passenger in Kyiv. #Le Ukrainian president is unharmed pic. twitter. com/6Vhm6v2gU7
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