Ukraine-Russia war live updates: Russia submarines retreat from Crimea as Kyiv targets Luhansk region

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Russia strikes Pivdennoukrainsk nuclear power plant, says Ukraine

Moscow’s submarines have retreated from Crimea to Krasnodar in southern Russia amid a local security threat, the British defense ministry said today.

According to the ministry, the relocation is “highly likely” due to the increased threat of “Ukrainian long-range strike capability”.

“In the last two months, the fleet headquarters and its main naval aviation airfield have been attacked,” it added.

The MoD noted that “guaranteeing the Black Sea fleet’s Crimea basing was likely one of Russian president Vladimir Putin’s motivations for annexing the peninsula in 2014”.

Elsewhere, a Ukrainian strike on a Russian-controlled village in the Luhansk region of eastern Ukraine killed seven civilians, including three children, on Monday night, Russian-installed officials said on Tuesday.

The strike hit Krasnorichenske, in part of Luhansk region held Russian forces, Luhansk’s representative to the Joint Center of Control and Coordination (JCCC) said on Tuesday.

Elsewhere, Volodymyr Zelensky said Russian occupiers in Ukraine are in panic mode as he announced that his soldiers have marched further east into territory recently left by Russia.

Key PointsShow latest update 1663668002Two explosions heard in Russian-occupied Melitopol

Two explosions have been heard in the Russian-occupied Melitopol, the city’s mayor has said.

Mayor Ivan Fedorov said smoke is seen near the local grain elevator, as reported by The Kyiv Indepndent.

Fedorov said explosions were reported at the airfield near Melitopol. Explosions had already been heard at the same airfield three days earlier.

Maryam Zakir-Hussain20 September 2022 11:00

1663666292Captured Russian tanks used by Ukraine to push into occupy territories

Captured Russian tanks abandoned in panic by Vladimir Putin’s troops are being used by Kyiv’s forces to push foward into Moscow-occupied territories in Ukraine.

They have been using stranded Russian T-72 tanks to try and push further into Russian-occupied region of Luhansk, the Institute for the Study of War said.

“The initial panic of the counter-offensive led Russian troops to abandon higher-quality equipment in working order, rather than the more damaged equipment left behind by Russian forces retreating from Kyiv in April, further indicating the incision of the Russian rout,” the institute said, citing a Russian claim.

Captured Russian tanks used by Ukraine to push into occupy territories

In a chaotic withdrawal by Putin’s forces, high quality equipment was forsaken

Maryam Zakir-Hussain20 September 2022 10:31

1663665293Putin’s forces have moved Black Sea fleet from Crimea to Krasnodar amid security threat – British MoD

Russian forces have “almost certainly” relocated its submarines from Crimea to Krasnodar in southern Russia amid a local security threat, the British defense ministry said today.

“The command of Russia’s Black Sea Fleet has almost certainly relocated its KILO-class submarines from their home port of Sevastopol in Crimea to Novorossiysk in Krasnodar Krai, southern Russia,” the ministry said in its latest intelligence update.

“This is highly likely due to the recent change in the local security threat level in the face of increased Ukrainian long-range strike capability. In the last two months, the fleet headquarters and its main naval aviation airfield have been attacked,” it added.

The MoD noted that “guaranteeing the Black Sea fleet’s Crimea basing was likely one of Russian president Vladimir Putin’s motivations for annexing the peninsula in 2014”.

Base security has now been killed directlyd by Russia’s continued aggression against Ukraine, it added.

Maryam Zakir-Hussain20 September 2022 10:14

1663663914PepsiCo ends Pepsi, 7UP production in Russia months after promising halt over Ukraine

PepsiCo Inc has stopped making Pepsi, 7UP and Mountain Dew in Russia nearly six months after the US company said it would suspend sales and production after Moscow sent tens of thousands of troops into Ukraine.

Pepsi’s announcement came after Reuters visited dozens of supermarkets, retailers and gyms in Moscow and beyond and found cans and bottles of Pepsi printed with July and August production dates from factories within Russia. The most recent date on a Pepsi product was Aug. 17.

In a statement to Reuters, the US company said it had stopped making concentrates for PepsiCola, Mirinda, 7Up and Mountain Dew in Russia.

A spokesperson said this was “in line with the announcement we made in March 2022” but declined to comment when asked for an update on sales and whether they had been halted.

The continued production means sodas are still widely available in Moscow and also in Vladivostok in the far east and Krasnoyarsk in Siberia, according to a review by Reuters.

Maryam Zakir-Hussain20 September 2022 09:51

1663662814Making Ukraine a member of Nato is the ‘only security guarantee’

Making Ukraine a member of Nato is the “only ultimate security guarantee” for the country, a former commander of the alliance said as he called for Liz Truss to match her words of support with action.

Retired General Sir Richard Shirreff, a former Nato supreme allied commander in Europe, said he was “delighted” with the Prime Minister’s support for Ukraine but called for “significant defense spending”.

He told BBC Radio 4’s Today programme: “Now is the time for Nato to take risk, to ramp up the support that Ukraine needs.”

He added: “But as Nato takes risk it has to manage that risk and the way Nato manages that risk is to be prepared for the worst case, and the worst case is war with Russia.”

Ms Truss is committing to spend at least £2.3 billion next year on military aid to help Ukraine fend off Vladimir Putin’s invasion.

Sir Richard said: “I note that the Prime Minister, as Foreign Secretary, said that 2% of GDP on defense was the floor not the ceiling in her Mansion House speech. She has called for 3% of GDP and I’d like to see her match that with action.”

He added: “There needs to be a proper strategy for Ukraine and I think we need to look very carefully again at the whole issue of Nato membership for Ukraine because that is the only ultimate security guarantee for Ukraine. But that means a mindset shift in Nato as well.”

Maryam Zakir-Hussain20 September 2022 09:33

1663661584On first international trip, Britain’s Truss pledges Ukraine support

British Prime Minister Liz Truss will pledge at a UN summit to meet or exceed the 2.3 billion pounds ($2.6 billion) of military aid spent on Ukraine in 2022 in the next year, doubling down on her support for Kyiv after Russia’s invasion.

Truss, on her first international visit as prime minister, will call on other leaders at the UN General Assembly in New York to help end Russia’s energy stranglehold on Europe, saying it has allowed too many lives to be “manipulated”.

“My message to the people of Ukraine is this: the UK will continue to be right behind you every step of the way. Your security is our security,” she said in a statement before her speech to the summit, which begins on Thursday.

“Too many lives in Ukraine, in Europe and around the world are being manipulated by a dependence on Russian energy,” she added. “We need to work together to end this once and for all.”

(PA Wire)

Britain said it was the second-largest military donor to Ukraine, committing 2.3 billion pounds in 2022, and that support next year would be determined by the Ukrainian army’s needs, although it is expected to include equipment such as missile artillery systems.

Maryam Zakir-Hussain20 September 2022 09:13

1663660066Seven killed in Ukrainian strike on Luhansk region- more details

A Ukrainian strike on a Russian-controlled village in the Luhansk region of eastern Ukraine killed seven civilians, including three children, on Monday night, Russian-installed officials said on Tuesday.

The strike hit Krasnorichenske, in part of Luhansk region held Russian forces, Luhansk’s representative to the Joint Center of Control and Coordination (JCCC) said on Tuesday.

As a result of gun shelling by Ukraine’s armed forces on the village of Krasnorichenske, seven civilians were killed, including three children (twins, a girl and a boy born in 2021, and a girl born in 2015,” the representative said in a statement .

Reuters was unable to verify battlefield reports.

The JCCC was set up as part of the failed Minsk Agreement – a deal between Russia and Ukraine designed to mediate and deescalate the conflict between Russian-backed separatists and Ukraine that started after Russia annexed Crimea in 2014.

Maryam Zakir-Hussain20 September 2022 08:47

1663658986Medvedev says Moscow-backed separatists must hold referendums to join Russia

Former Russian president Dmitry Medvedev said on Tuesday it is “essential” that Russian-backed separatists in Ukraine carry out referendums that would see their regions join Russia.

In a post on social media, Medvedev said making the Moscow-backed Donetsk and Luhansk People’s Republics officially part of Russia was a vital step in protecting their interests and could further justify Russia’s use of military force to protect them.

(AP)

Maryam Zakir-Hussain20 September 2022 08:29

1663658017Seven killed in Ukrainian strike on Luhansk region

A Ukrainian strike on a village in the Luhansk region of eastern Ukraine killed seven people on Tuesday, the TASS news agency reported, citing Russian-installed authorities in the region.

The agency said the strike hit the village of Krasnorichenske in part of Luhansk region controlled by Russian forces.

Maryam Zakir-Hussain20 September 2022 08:13

1663656905Ukraine uses captured Russian tanks to firms up its lines

Ukraine is now deploying captured Russian tanks to solidify its gains in the northeast amid an ongoing counteroffensive, a Washington-based think tank said Tuesday, as Kyiv vowed to push further into territories occupied by Moscow. The Institute for the Study of War, citing a Russian claim, said that Ukraine had been using left-behind Russian T-72 tanks as it tries to push into the Russian-occupied region of Luhansk.

Ukrainian servicemen standing on top of a Russian tank

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“The initial panic of the counteroffensive led Russian troops to abandon higher-quality equipment in working order, rather than the more damaged equipment left behind by Russian forces retreating from Kyiv in April, further indicating the incision of the Russian rout,” the institute said .

Maryam Zakir-Hussain20 September 2022 07:55

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