As the war enters its 935th day, these are the main developments.
This is the situation at the third exhibition, September 17, 2024.
fighting
- At least one person was injured and several houses were damaged in an attack by Russian drones in Ukraine's Kyiv region, Kyiv Governor Ruslan Kravchenko said.
- The Ukrainian air force said it shot down 53 Russian drones that appeared in the country’s central, northern and southern regions. Military officials say air defense units will destroy about 20 drones heading toward Kyiv.
- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said in his nightly video address that he had fought 100 battles in the past 24 hours on the eastern front, with the heaviest fighting in the Pokrovsk and Kurakhovye regions.
- Russia was ordered to evacuate settlements along the Ukrainian border in the Kursk region, and two villages – Uspenovka and Borki – that Ukraine had captured in a surprise cross-border raid were retaken.
- Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andriy Sebiha called on the United Nations and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) to Visit parts of Kursk It aims to “prove Ukraine's contribution to international humanitarian law.” The Kremlin has called the move “provocative.”
Politics and Diplomacy
- Laurent VinatierA 48-year-old French investigator jailed in Russia on charges of illegally gathering military intelligence has pleaded guilty on the first day of his trial in Moscow. Russian state media said the guilty plea could mean a reduced sentence of up to three years. Vinatier was arrested in June. France claims he has been arbitrarily detained and has called for his immediate release.
- The U.S. Attorney’s Office in Boston charged Sam Bhambhani and Maxim Teslenko with illegal smuggling and conspiracy to violate export controls by selling equipment to Russia’s nuclear power industry. Bhambhani was arrested on Sept. 9 and released after appearing in court. Teslenko, who lives in Moscow, remains an alien.
- In Ukraine, Russian-Canadian filmmaker Anastasia Trofimova, the director of a controversial war documentary, has been blacklisted by the national security authorities. In Ukraine, he says his film, “Russians at War,” which features interviews with soldiers fighting on the front lines in Ukraine, is “Russian propaganda” about Moscow’s invasion.
- Russia has charged more than two dozen military officials with accepting bribes, investigators said in the second such case, the latest in a series of jail terms linked to alleged corruption in the defense ministry.
Weapons
- Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said his government has not transferred any weapons to Russia since seizing it in August. The United States and its allies accused Iran last week of transferring ballistic missiles to Russia for use in the war in Ukraine.
- Outgoing NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said he welcomed the negotiations on the use of nuclear weapons with satisfaction. long range mistake Attacking military personnel within Russian territory, but any decision on the use of weapons must be taken individually by states.
