Kyiv continues counter-offensive – Russia is looking for explanations

+++ 3.45 p.m.: Russia plans to set up a new “Federal District of Crimea” after the sham referendums. This should include not only the Crimean peninsula, but also the occupied areas of Luhansk, Donetsk, Cherson and Zaporizhia. The news portal reports Kyiv Independent citing information from Russian media.

News about the Ukraine war: Long traffic jam in the border region between Russia and Georgia

+++ 3 p.m.: Thousands of people are waiting in their cars in the border region between Russia and Georgia. Images from the US satellite company Maxar Technologies show the snakes. Earlier it became known that the Russian military, in cooperation with the secret service, intends to build a base on the border. The aim of the campaign is to check men of military age (see update from 10.30 a.m.).

+++ 1.30 p.m.: According to the US think tank “Institute for the Study of War”, the Russian government is currently trying to fix “mistakes” in the partial mobilization. Part of this are measures against the ongoing protests in Russia. Violations of the so-called mobilization law are “individual errors”, and “careless employees” must now be punished. The information provided by the think tank cannot be independently verified.

+++ 12.00 p.m.: Russian proxies have blocked the city of Enerhodar (Zaporizhia Oblast) from leaving the country – and are threatening to mobilize the population for war. This was announced by the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense.

+++ 11.15 a.m.: Former Kremlin chief Dmitry Medvedev has once again stressed Russia’s alleged right to use nuclear weapons. He explained on Telegram that this is an option “if it should be necessary”. The use of nuclear weapons is possible in “specified cases” and in “strict accordance with the principles of state nuclear deterrence policy,” Medvedev said. Russia will also do everything to ensure that Ukraine, for example, does not have access to nuclear weapons, other “enemy states” are also meant by this.

+++ 10.30 a.m.: A Russian military convoy is apparently currently moving to the border region with Georgia. Like the news portal Nexta reports that a new base is to be set up there, where able-bodied men are to be prevented from leaving the country. The convoy therefore started in the city of Vladikavkaz. Already on Monday it was reported that the Russian secret service FSB is currently leading such an operation. The above information cannot be independently verified.

+++ 9.30 a.m.: The British secret service assumes that the Russian government wants to justify the war of aggression against Ukraine to its own people by annexing the occupied territories. A situation report said that this was part of the “special military operation”. The sham referenda in the occupied Ukrainian territories expire on Tuesday.

News about the Ukraine war: Russian hospital found

+++ 08.45 a.m.: Ukrainian police have released footage of an abandoned Russian military hospital. This is a temporary building in the city of Izyum, which was liberated by Ukrainian troops. According to the police, injured people were lying on the ground in unsanitary conditions. This is apparently confirmed by traces of blood. During the search of the hospital, the investigative authorities found, among other things, medication and bandages from the 1950s and 1960s. The information from the police and the news agency Ukrinform are not independently verifiable. However confirm Recordings published on YouTubethe described scenery.

News about the Ukraine war: Russian troops block parts of the Cherson region

+++ 07.45: Russian forces have completely closed the occupied parts of the Kherson region in southern Ukraine to entry and exit. The news portal reports Kyiv Independent citing the General Staff of the Ukrainian military. The government in Kyiv had previously asked residents to evacuate the area due to the Ukrainian counter-offensive. Meanwhile, there were renewed Russian rocket attacks on Ukrainian cities: According to the report, the rocket hits occurred in the southern Ukrainian cities of Zaporizhia and Mykolaiv.

Update from Tuesday, September 27, 6 a.m.: In the Russian-occupied areas of Ukraine, the final day of mock referendums on joining Russia is taking place. Ukraine and the West see the compulsory voting as a violation of international law. It is expected that the areas will be annexed and possibly declared Russian state territory by Putin on Friday. (vbu/jfw/tvd/cs/lm/sne/tu with dpa/AFP)