
Kremlin's war in Ukraine 'a stunning Russian military failure,' British diplomat says
"At the military level, Ukraine’s effective use of maneuver warfare stands in stark contrast to Russia’s ‘meat grinder’ tactics," Nicholas Aucott said.
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"At the military level, Ukraine’s effective use of maneuver warfare stands in stark contrast to Russia’s ‘meat grinder’ tactics," Nicholas Aucott said.
Key developments on Sept. 18: * Russian weapons depot ‘wiped off the face of the earth’ by Ukrainian drone attack, SBU source claims * Russia's Kursk counteroffensive halted, Kyiv claims * Ukraine's French Mirage jets will be able to hit ground targets, media reports * WSJ estimates of Ukraine's casualties 'exaggerated,' lawmaker believes
"The most important thing now is the determination to implement it," President Volodymyr Zelensky said in his evening address on Sept. 18.
French President Emmanuel Macron announced on June 6 that an unspecified number would be transferred to Ukraine, but did not provide a timeline.
Ukrainian boxer Oleksandr Usyk was detained and briefly handcuffed at Krakow Airport on Sept. 17 as a preventative measure, Polish border guard spokesperson Jacek Michalowski told Polish newspaper Dziennik Polski on Sept. 18.
The International Monetary Fund's (IMF) planned visit to Russia has been "postponed indefinitely," Russian state-controlled news agency TASS reported on Sept. 17.
Ukraine's parliament, the Verkhovna Rada, voted on Sept. 18 in support of increasing the state budget by Hr 500 billion ($12 billion) to spend on defense and military needs.
Ukrainian drones successfully targeted a weapons depot in Toropets in Russia's Tver Oblast overnight, a source in the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) told the Kyiv Independent on Sept. 18.
This number includes 1,130 casualties Russian forces suffered over the past day.
Sybiha will visit Bucharest to hold bilateral negotiations with his Romanian counterpart Luminita Odobescu and other high-ranking officials.
"We have seen President Zelensky's peace plan. We think it lays out a strategy and a plan that can work," U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Linda Thomas-Greenfield said on Sept. 17.
Key developments on Sept. 17: * Around 1 million killed, wounded in Russia's full-scale war in Ukraine, WSJ reports * Ukraine destroys Russian ammunition depots near occupied Mariupol, Navy says * None of Ukraine's plans to end the war envisages ceasefire, ceding territory, Podolyak says * Russia reportedly executes POW with sword, Kyiv appeals
"We urge everyone to refrain from artificially linking the suspect's actions to Ukraine," Ukraine's Foreign Ministry spokesperson Heorhii Tykhyi said at a briefing on Sept. 17.
Donald Trump Jr. and former U.S. presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. opposed permitting Ukraine to strike Russian territory with Western-supplied long-range missiles, calling on the Biden-Harris administration to negotiate with Moscow.
The Russian Defense Ministry claimed on Sept. 17 that it had repelled Ukraine's new attempts to cross into Russia's Kursk Oblast west of the currently controlled territories.
"(Freezing of the conflict) will not lead to the end of the war," Mykhailo Podolyak, an adviser to the Presidential Office, told Current Time on Sept. 17.
Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said "those who want to talk to us now could have done so before the war started."
Vadym Mysnyk, a spokesperson for the Ukrainian military's Operational Tactical Group Siversk, said that the attacks would have continued even if Ukraine had not advanced in the Kursk sector of the front line.
Russia is once again planning a "winter war with the aim of making the lives of people in Ukraine as terrible as possible," German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock said.
This number includes 1,020 casualties Russian forces suffered over the past day.
"A further escalation of war will lead to irreparable consequences for the whole of humanity and above all for the countries involved in the Russia-Ukraine conflict," Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev added.
"Today's action underscores our concern about the consequences of anti-democratic actions in Georgia and efforts by key individuals to use violence and intimidation to achieve their aims," said Treasury official Bradley Smith.
* Putin signs decree increasing number of military personnel, staff to 2.38 million * Ukraine's Victory Plan 90% complete, Zelensky says * Zelensky signs law establishing Ukraine's Unmanned Systems Forces * Ukraine to receive another batch of Danish F-16s this year, minister says * Latvia to supply Ukraine with British-made CVR(T) armored vehicles
"It's for the individual allies to make these decisions, but it's important that we consult closely on these issues as we do," said NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg.
Zelensky said on Aug. 27 that he would present U.S. President Joe Biden with a plan for victory during a meeting in September.
A number of Ukrainian journalists gathered in downtown Kyiv to open a temporary "memorial alley," where, over the course of a week, people can learn more about one of Ukraine's first high-profile journalists murdered for his work.
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said she supports the decision of allies to give Ukraine the go-ahead, adding that Italy is committed to ensuring Ukraine can enter peace negotiations with Russia in the "very best conditions."
Sikorski said that the law should have been passed when there were "many volunteers" to serve in the army, and "people felt personally threatened."
The facility is housing Russia's National Guard units totaling up to 1,300 people, the center said, citing data from Ukrainian citizens on the ground.
Zelensky's statement comes after a recent Russian attack against nine oblasts and Ukraine's capital, Kyiv, with 56 Shahed-type drones.
"It's good that the suspect in the assassination attempt was apprehended quickly. This is our principle: the rule of law is paramount and political violence has no place anywhere in the world," President Volodymyr Zelensky said.
Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski confirmed that Warsaw has not yet participated in the project due to "temporary formal obstacles."