Saturday, September 28
Russia’s war against Ukraine
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and Republican presidential nominee, former U.S. President Donald Trump, sit down for a meeting on Sept. 27, 2024 in New York City. (Alex Kent/Getty Images)
Trump meets with Zelensky, says his views on ending the war ‘as soon as possible’ have not changed. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said everything possible must be done to force Russian President Vladimir Putin to end the war in Ukraine.
Crimean bridge defenses being bolstered by underwater drone traps, according to reports. Russia is attempting to bolster defenses around the Crimean Bridge using underwater drone traps, it was reported on Sept. 27. According to the Crimean Wind Telegram channel, the metal structures have been put in place using barges and a floating crane for the last month.
Ukraine launches program allowing foreigners to remotely start businesses in Ukraine. Ukraine has launched uResidency, a program enabling foreigners to start a business in the country remotely, Digital Transformation Minister Mykhailo Fedorov announced on Sept. 27 at the Lviv IT Arena, according to a Kyiv Independent journalist reporting from the event.
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Top Orban aide sparks outrage by calling Ukraine resistance to Russian invasion ‘irresponsible.’ A top aide of Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orban has criticized Ukraine’s resistance to Russia’s full-scale invasion, calling it “irresponsible” and suggesting his country would have advised against fighting back if it had been asked.
Russian missile hits police department in Kryvyi Rih, killing 3, injuring 6. A Russian missile struck a district police department in the city of Kryvyi Rih in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, Governor Serhii Lysak reported on Sept. 27.
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Ukraine war latest: Zelensky meets with Trump in New York, shows him his ‘victory plan’
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said everything possible must be done to force Russian President Vladimir Putin to end the war in Ukraine. Zelensky made the remarks on Sept. 27 after meeting with Republican presidential nominee and former U.S. President Donald Trump in New York City.
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Open letter: President Biden, this is how you can uphold your legacy by supporting Ukraine
“As for the question of Russia’s future after its defeat in Ukraine, the current power structure leaves little room for doubt. The vertical power structure of the “strongmen” will likely be reorganized around those components of the politico-mafia system that first understood the need to end Vladimir Putin’s experiment to salvage what remains.”
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Human cost of war
Russian attacks against Ukraine kill 8, injure 49 over past day. Russian attacks against Ukraine killed eight people and injured at least 49 others over the past day, regional authorities said on Sept. 27.
Over 71,000 Russian soldiers killed in Ukraine, media report suggests. More than 71,000 Russian soldiers have been confirmed to have been killed in Ukraine amid the full-scale war, according to a report by independent Russian media outlet Mediazona on Sept. 27.
International response
India won’t buy from sanctioned Russian Arctic LNG 2 project, Indian oil secretary says. India will not purchase liquefied natural gas (LNG) from Russia’s Arctic LNG 2 project, which has been sanctioned by Western countries, Indian Oil Secretary Pankaj Jain said on Sept. 27, Reuters reported.
‘Attack on Belarus is World War III,’ Lukashenko claims amid calls for changes to Russian nuclear doctrine. An attack on Belarus would lead to World War III, Belarusian dictator Alexander Lukashenko claimed on Sept. 27, following Russian President Vladimir Putin’s call to update Russia’s nuclear doctrine, according to the Belarusian state-owned news agency Belta.
Paraguay becomes 95th country to join global peace summit communique, Zelensky says. Paraguay formally signed the global peace summit joint communique on Sept. 27, becoming the 95th country to add their signature onto the final communique, President Volodymyr Zelensky announced.
Russian gains near Pokrovsk put civilians in line of fire
In other news
Ombudsman denies reports on Qatar-brokered Ukraine-Russia deal on ’children exchange.’ Kyiv did not conduct a Qatar-brokered “exchange” of children with Moscow, Ukraine’s Ombudsman Dmytro Lubinets said on Sept. 27.
Serhii Sukhomlyn named head of Ukraine’s Agency for Restoration and Development of Infrastructure. Former Zhytomyr Mayor Serhii Sukhomlyn has been appointed head of the Agency for the Restoration and Development of Infrastructure, he announced on Facebook on Sept. 27.
Ukraine’s Achilles drone strike battalion releases video of failed Russian assault in Kharkiv Oblast. A Russian assault near the village of Pishchane in Kharkiv Oblast was repelled, and dozens of vehicles damaged and destroyed, the Achilles drone strike battalion of Ukraine’s 92nd Separate Special Forces Brigade claimed on Sept. 27.
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