Ukraine applies for NATO membership. Meanwhile, NATO Secretary General Stoltenberg chooses clear words. The news ticker on Friday, September 30th.
- Ukraine formally applies for NATO membership: Selenskyj becomes clear
- NATO Secretary General Stoltenberg on annexation: “Shartest escalation since the beginning of the war”
- Lyman encircled: Ukrainian forces put pressure on Russian troops
- Editor’s note: All news about Ukraine conflict read in this news ticker. The information comes partly from warring parties in the Ukraine war and cannot be directly verified independently.
+++ 10:22 p.m.: In his evening speech, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky condemned attacks on a convoy in Zaporizhia, Ukrainian news portal Pravda reports. A missile attack on a civilian motorcade killed 30 people. In the beginning there was talk of 23. According to police chief Igor Klymenko on Facebook, 88 people were injured. This information cannot be independently verified.
At the same time, Zelenskyy showed himself combative and praised the armed forces for the military successes in Yampil and Lyman. “These are steps that mean a lot to us,” said Zelenskyj.
Ukraine war news: Russia blocks UN resolution on “illegal referenda”
+++ 9.50 p.m.: In the Ukraine war, the UN Security Council discussed the annexation of four Ukrainian regions by Russia on Friday. Russia vetoed a resolution condemning previous “illegal” referendums in the Ukrainian territories.
Ten of the 15 Security Council members voted in favor of the text presented by the US and Albania. Four countries – China, India, Brazil and Gabon – abstained. The resolution was doomed to fail in the Security Council from the start. As one of five permanent members of the United Nations’ most powerful body, Russia has the power of veto to block any resolution.
News in the Ukraine war: NATO Secretary General: “Severe escalation since the beginning of the war”
+++ 7:26 p.m.: After Vladimir Putin’s incendiary speech on the annexation of Ukrainian territories said NATO chairman Stoltenberg. The “land grab” that Putin committed today is the “sharpest escalation since the beginning of the war,” Stoltenberg said at a press conference German press agency reported.
In the evening in Brussels, the NATO Secretary General also condemned the fact that Putin had engaged in “nuclear saber-rattling”. “None of that shows strength. It shows weakness,” emphasized the Norwegian in Brussels. He called the annexation of the territories “illegal” and reiterated NATO’s “unwavering support” for Ukraine. He also pledged further support for the defense of Ukraine.
News in the Ukraine war: Ukraine formally applies for NATO membership
+++ 4.15 p.m.: Ukraine has officially submitted its application to join the NATO alliance. This was announced by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. In a video speech, Zelenskyy said that Ukraine could count on quick accession. “In fact, we have already become a NATO ally,” said Zelenskyy loudly Kyiv Independent. “[Our accession]would be a formal consolidation of the actual state of things that we have already achieved.”
Ukraine war news: Russia warns Kyiv against “aggression” in occupied territories
+++ 3.10 p.m.: Russia wants to see fighting in the occupied territories after the annexation as an attack on its sovereignty. That would then be an act of aggression, said Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov. The Luhansk and Donetsk regions would be fully annexed to Russia and Russia would liberate the part of Donetsk currently controlled by Ukrainian troops. Peskov initially left open whether Moscow intends to do the same in Cherson and Zaporizhia. Russia does not fully control these areas either.
+++ 2.40 p.m.: Kremlin chief Vladimir Putin has declared four occupied Ukrainian territories as Russian territory. The admission of Luhansk, Donetsk, Zaporizhia and Cherson should be contractually sealed today, Putin said in a speech broadcast on state television. The annexations are not recognized internationally.
Ukraine war news: Lyman almost completely trapped
Update from Friday, September 30, 1:45 p.m.: Things are not going well for Russia in the Ukraine war. The head of the Donetsk separatists has now had to admit that the strategically important small town of Lyman is almost completely surrounded by Ukrainian troops (see also the first report). “Right now, Lyman is in a hemisphere, the road to Swatowe is under our control but is periodically under fire,” Denis Puschilin wrote on Telegram. The neighboring towns of Jampil and Drobyschewe are no longer completely under the control of Russian troops. Reserves would be used.
Ukrainian sources showed a video with a Ukrainian soldier at an administration building in Jampil with the words “Jampil is ours”. The Lyman area is important as a bridgehead for a further advance of Ukrainian troops deep into the neighboring Luhansk region.
News about the Ukraine war: Selenskyj accuses Russia of terror
First report from Friday, September 30th: Moscow/Kyiv – A war has been raging in Europe for seven months. An end to the bloodshed in the Ukraine is still not in sight. After this Wladimir Putin recognized the occupied Ukrainian regions of Cherson and Zaporizhia as independent states during the night, the Kremlin chief wants to annex the regions today. From Moscow’s point of view, this is a prerequisite for the regions to be able to apply for admission to the Russian Federation.
News about the Ukraine war: 23 dead when civilian car convoy was shelled in Zaporizhia
Meanwhile, according to Ukrainian sources, 23 people were killed in a rocket attack on a civilian car convoy in Zaporizhia. Another 28 people were injured. The President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy Has Russia charged with the shelling. “Only absolute terrorists, for whom there is no place in the civilized world, can act like this,” the head of state wrote on Telegram. Moscow wants revenge for its failures and the unbroken Ukrainian resistance. “Cynically (the enemy) is destroying peaceful Ukrainians, because he has long since lost everything human,” wrote the 44-year-old. Moscow will be held responsible for every Ukrainian life lost.
On the other hand, the head of the Russian occupation administration for the Zaporizhia region, Vladimir Rogov, accused Ukrainian troops of shelling the convoy on his Telegram channel. According to Rogov, 23 people were killed and 34 injured trying to enter Russian-controlled territory.
News about the Ukraine war: Important city of Lyman practically surrounded
Meanwhile, Russian troops are under heavy pressure in the Donetsk region. In the battle for the strategically important small town of Lyman, they have taken several locations east of the city, according to Russian sources. “Around midnight, Ukrainian troops managed to effectively encircle Lyman,” the nationalist military blog said Rybar With. The village of Stawky in northern Lyman has fallen, and east of Lyman, in Zarichne, there is street fighting. The Russian military blogger Semyon Pegov also confirmed the Ukrainian capture of Stavky.
“The road between Lyman and Torske is under constant enemy fire,” reported Rybar further. After the advance of the Ukrainian forces west and north of Lyman, the road to Torske was the only route of supply for the Russian garrison in the city. The blog also reports on a Ukrainian storming of the city of Jampil southeast of Lyman. (cs/dpa)
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