Right here is the scenario on Monday, September 11, 2023.
Preventing
- President Volodymyr Zelenskyy mentioned that Ukrainian troops had superior of their three-month-old counteroffensive towards Russian occupying forces within the east and south. “Over the previous seven days, we now have made an advance within the Tavria [southern] sector,” Zelenskyy mentioned in his nightly video handle. “There’s motion within the Bakhmut sector. Sure, there may be motion.” The Ukrainian president mentioned the nation’s forces had been additionally holding their floor on different fronts within the east.
- Russia launched 33 drones at Kyiv with particles falling throughout a number of districts of the capital throughout the two-hour-long raid. Officers in Kyiv mentioned 26 of the weapons had been destroyed and there was no severe harm. 4 individuals had been injured.
- Russia’s defence ministry mentioned its forces introduced down eight Ukraine-launched drones over the Black Sea close to Crimea and destroyed three United States-made navy speedboats carrying Ukrainian navy personnel northeast of Snake Island. Russia annexed Crimea from Ukraine in 2014.
- Two humanitarian support employees – Spaniard Emma Igual and Canadian Anthony Ihnat – had been killed in Ukraine when a missile hit the car they had been travelling in close to Bakhmut. Two different international volunteers with the group – Street to Reduction – had been injured.
Diplomacy
- Russia wrapped up widely-condemned elections in 4 areas of Ukraine’s south and east that it partly occupies and claimed to have annexed final 12 months, claiming victory for the United Russia celebration of President Vladimir Putin. The Council of Europe, Europe’s main rights group, referred to as the week-long vote a flagrant violation of worldwide legislation, with Kyiv and its allies saying it was an unlawful try and tighten Moscow’s grip over the Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhia and Kherson areas that Ukraine is combating to reclaim.
- South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol mentioned the nation will present an extra $2bn in support to Ukraine beginning in 2025 over the long run, along with the $300m beforehand pledged for subsequent 12 months.
- Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva mentioned that Putin would not be arrested if he attended the Group of 20 assembly in Rio de Janeiro subsequent 12 months. In March, the Worldwide Legal Courtroom (ICC) issued an arrest warrant for Putin in reference to alleged battle crimes. Russia has denied its forces have engaged in battle crimes or forcibly taken Ukrainian youngsters.
- North Korean chief Kim Jong Un marked the seventy fifth anniversary of the founding of North Korea with a parade of paramilitary forces and a promise to deepen ties with China and Russia. The US has mentioned that Kim plans to carry a summit with Putin as quickly as this week and promote arms to Moscow.