Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 1,306 | Russia-Ukraine war News

Listed below are the important thing occasions on day 1,306 of Russia’s conflict on Ukraine.

Right here is how issues stand on Monday, September 22:

Preventing

• A Ukrainian drone assault killed three folks and injured 16 close to the city of Foros on the Crimean Peninsula, the Russian-appointed head of Crimea, Sergei Aksyonov, wrote in a submit on Telegram.
• Russia’s Ministry of Defence stated the assault occurred “utilizing strike drones geared up with high-explosive payloads”, in a resort space “the place there aren’t any navy targets in any way”.
• Two folks had been killed in a Ukrainian drone assault on a gasoline station in Pervomaisk, in Ukraine’s Luhansk area, occupied by Russia, the Russian Ministry of Emergency Conditions for Luhansk stated, based on Russia’s state information company TASS.
• Anna Soroka, a Russian-appointed human rights commissioner for the Luhansk area, stated that Ukraine was intentionally concentrating on gasoline stations throughout a interval of gasoline shortages, based on TASS.
• TASS additionally reported that one particular person was killed in a Ukrainian assault on Russia’s Belgorod area, and one particular person was killed and three folks had been critically injured in a Ukrainian drone assault on Vasylivka in Russian-occupied Zaporizhia.
• Ukraine’s Basic Employees stated its forces attacked the Saratov Oil Refinery in Russia’s Saratov area on Saturday evening, reportedly inflicting fires and explosions. Ukrainian forces additionally attacked the Novokuibyshevsk Oil Refinery in Samara, the place the Basic Employees stated “the outcomes of the harm are being clarified”, in a press release shared on Fb.

Regional safety

• Germany’s air power stated it scrambled two Eurofighter jets to trace a Russian reconnaissance plane, which Germany stated entered impartial airspace over the Baltic Sea.
• The incident comes after Estonia, Poland and Romania reported Russian fighter jets or drones coming into their airspace in current weeks.
• Estonia’s Ministry of Overseas Affairs stated on Sunday that the United Nations Safety Council will convene an emergency session on Monday “in response to Russia’s brazen violation of Estonian airspace”.
• Two officers instructed Reuters {that a} deliberate NATO North Atlantic Council assembly to reply to the violation of Estonia’s airspace would happen on Tuesday.
• Requested on Sunday whether or not he would assist defend European Union nations if Russia intensified hostilities, United States President Donald Trump instructed reporters: “Yeah, I’d. I’d.”

Politics and diplomacy

• Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy stated that his nation is planning to fulfill with Trump this week, amid a “very intense week” of diplomacy in the course of the UN Basic Meeting in New York, in a submit on X.
• French President Emmanuel Macron stated that European nations had been complying with worldwide legislation by utilizing the proceeds from frozen Russian belongings in European banks. However he added that seizing the belongings from Russia’s central financial institution may trigger “whole chaos”, in response to a query from CBS information about current feedback made by Trump.
• Russian Overseas Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova responded, saying: “If Moscow’s frozen belongings are confiscated in Europe, there gained’t be chaos, however moderately very harsh countermeasures from Russia. And so they know this,” Russia’s RIA Novosti company reported.
• Russian Colonel Basic Alexander Lapin, a senior commander who served within the first section of Russia’s conflict in Ukraine, has been dismissed from navy service, Russian media outlet RBC reported on Sunday, citing an unidentified supply.