Day 550: Air alert went off in all regions of Ukraine on Sunday morning. Kiev plans to re-enlist soldiers. All information in the news blog.
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Russian paramilitaries threaten to disobey orders
1.35 p.m.: A force of right-wing Russian paramilitaries is apparently threatening to disobey orders in the Ukraine war because one of their leaders is imprisoned in Finland. The Russian government should force the 36-year-old to leave the country, the Rusitsch militia is demanding. The US Institute for War Studies ISW reported on this on Sunday. “If a country doesn’t protect its citizens, why should citizens protect the country?” it said on a Rusich channel on Telegram.
The detained Russian is suspected of committing atrocities against Ukrainian soldiers during fighting in eastern Ukraine in 2014 and 2015. Ukraine is therefore demanding his extradition. The district court of Vantaa near Helsinki extended the man’s detention on Friday, according to Finnish radio Yle.
The well-known right-wing extremist had already been arrested in July for violating residence regulations. According to Russian paramilitaries in the Finnish prison, he is said to have already been questioned by officials from the Ukrainian secret service SBU.
According to this information, the Russian embassy in Helsinki only began to take care of the case when the detention review in Vantaa was due. Rusitsch’s paramilitaries are often used for reconnaissance and sabotage operations. They are said to be cooperating closely with Wagner’s private army.
Ukraine: Russia attacks Kherson with steerable bombs
1:19 p.m.: On the night of Saturday, Russia again attacked Ukraine in many places with rockets. One person is said to have died in the Cherson region, according to the region’s military administration on Telegram. In total, the region had come under fire 61 times.
According to the information, Russia also used steerable missiles. Residential areas, a critical infrastructure facility, a medical facility, a company building and warehouses were hit.
Russia reports: death of Wagner boss Prigozhin confirmed
1:09 p.m.: The death of Wagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhin is now officially confirmed by Russia. According to the authorities, they used a DNA test. Here you can read more about it.
Ambassador Makeiev: Russia had time to barricade itself
10:17 a.m.: The Ukrainian Ambassador to Germany, Oleksii Makeiev, cites hesitant military support from Western partners as one reason for the currently difficult Ukrainian counter-offensive. “Russia had time to barricade itself in,” Makeiev said in Deutschlandfunk’s “Interview of the Week.”
“It took a long time to prepare and equip the Ukrainian brigades, brigades of attack.” These brigades are now full of Western weapons and ammunition. He also referred to the debates in Germany about the delivery of armored personnel carriers and anti-aircraft systems.
Russia’s Navy ends three-week Pacific exercise with China
7.51 a.m.: According to an agency report, associations of the Russian and Chinese navies have completed a joint patrol trip in the Pacific. Some of Russia’s largest warships took part in the more than three-week exercise, the Interfax news agency reported on Sunday, citing the Russian fleet.
Joint anti-submarine and anti-aircraft drills were carried out during the patrol. The associations covered more than 7,000 nautical miles, including through the Sea of Japan and the Bering Sea. They drove along the Kuril Islands, which have been causing tensions between Japan and Russia for decades.
Experts: Ukraine is making significant advances on the southern front
7.12 a.m.: The Ukrainian army is apparently making significant progress in the Zaporizhia region. This is what the experts at the US think tank Institute for the Study of War (ISW) report after evaluating several Ukrainian and Russian sources. Accordingly, the Ukrainian forces advanced near the city of Orikhiv to the south. According to Western assessments, the Russian defense lines there are probably the best positioned.
