Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 939

Here is the concern connected Saturday, September 21, 2024.

Fighting

• Four radical were injured aft a Russian rocket onslaught connected the Ukrainian larboard metropolis of Odesa. Governor Oleh Kiper said immoderate larboard facilities and an Antigua-flagged civilian vas were besides damaged.
• Ukraine’s aerial unit said 61 retired of 70 Russian onslaught drones and 1 retired of 4 missiles crossed 13 regions of Ukraine were destroyed.
• Some 70,112 Russian soldiers person died successful Ukraine since the full-scale penetration began successful February 2022, according to the BBC and the autarkic Russian quality site, Mediazona. The toll was documented from publically disposable accusation specified arsenic authoritative statements, decease notices successful the media and announcements connected societal media, arsenic good arsenic tombstones successful Russian cemeteries. The “actual fig is believed to beryllium considerably higher”, the BBC said.
• Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said Russia would regain power of its Kursk portion “in a timely manner”, but declined to accidental however soon this could beryllium achieved. Ukraine launched a astonishment cross-border incursion into Kursk connected August 6, taking swaths of territory.

Politics and diplomacy

• Ukraine’s National Security and Defence Council banned the usage of the Telegram messaging app connected authoritative devices utilized by authorities officials, subject unit and cardinal workers amid concerns astir Russian surveillance.
• Visiting Kyiv, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announced the European Union would lend Ukraine arsenic overmuch arsenic 35 cardinal euros ($39bn) backed by revenues from frozen Russian assets to assistance the state “keep warm” done the 3rd wintertime of warfare with Russia.
• Russia charged 4 of its soldiers serving successful occupied Ukraine with the torture and sidesplitting of Russell Bentley, a 64-year-old US national surviving successful Russian-held Donetsk who was recovered dormant successful April. Bentley was a longtime protagonist of Russia. His woman said helium had been abducted and killed by Russian soldiers.
• Norway volition summation civilian assistance to Ukraine by 5 cardinal kroner ($475m) this twelvemonth and widen its assistance bundle by 3 years to 2030, Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Store said.
• Prominent Russian absorption person Vladimir Kara-Murza, who was released from situation successful a high-profile captive swap earlier this year, said Russian President Vladimir Putin should not beryllium allowed to triumph the warfare successful Ukraine.

Weapons

• The United States is preparing a $375m subject assistance bundle for Ukraine, 2 elder officials told the Reuters quality agency. The assistance package, expected to beryllium announced adjacent week, includes patrol boats, further ammunition for high-mobility artillery rocket systems (HIMARS), 155mm and 105mm artillery ammunition, spare parts and different weapons, the officials said, speaking connected information of anonymity.
• Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani said Italy would nonstop Ukraine different Samp-T antimissile strategy to “protect hospitals, schools, universities”.
• President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said elder Ukrainian officials including the defence and overseas ministers and apical subject commanders agreed successful an “emotional” treatment that the state needs to marque much weaponry domestically and velocity up production.

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Al Jazeera and quality agencies