War in Ukraine: Ukrainian forces destroy Russian bases – Kyiv wants to liberate more cities

Created: 2022-09-20 04:54

By: Karolin Schäfer, Stefan Krieger, Christian Stör

Ukraine is convinced that it can militarily expel the Russian occupiers from the country.

The news ticker on Monday, September 19th.

• Ukrainian counter-offensive:

  bridgehead established for possible continuation.

• Nuclear power plant Pivdennoukrainsk:

  Ukraine reports rocket hit.

• Editor

  's note: You can read all the news about the Ukraine conflict in this news ticker.

  Some of the information comes from warring factions in the Ukraine war and cannot be checked directly and independently.

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The destruction in the Ukraine war does not stop.

According to Ukrainian sources, Russian forces damaged infrastructure in 24 settlements on Sunday.

Russia's military launched four missile strikes, nine airstrikes and more than 11 strikes from multiple missile systems, the General Staff said on Monday.

On the other hand, according to the Ukrainian air force, it hit eleven Russian bases, an anti-aircraft missile system and an ammunition depot.

Many cities and settlements were destroyed as a result of the Ukraine war.

(Archive image) © Carol Guzy/dpa

Meanwhile, Kyiv is preparing "for the liberation of other cities," said Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in his nightly speech from Sunday to Monday.

There is no break at the "front".

Ukrainian forces would work to retake areas to the south and east.

War in Ukraine: Foreign ministers discuss security situation at Zaporizhia nuclear power plant

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The security situation in the Russian-occupied Ukrainian nuclear power plant Zaporizhia is tense.

Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and France's Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna spoke about this on Monday in New York.

"It is important that there is no nuclear accident in Ukraine as a result of the Russian occupation," France's chief diplomat told journalists.

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Lavrov stood by Moscow's accusation that Ukrainian soldiers were supposed to fire on infrastructure facilities like the nuclear power plant with weapons supplied by the West.

You are conjuring up a nuclear catastrophe, the Russian minister said.

Lavrov demanded that the shelling stop.

Instead, it was said from Kyiv that Russian troops were shooting at the power plant themselves.

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) wants to create a demilitarized zone around Zaporizhia.

Ukraine is demanding back control of the nuclear power plant.

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News about the Ukraine war: explosions in the occupied region

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For the second time in a few days, explosions are said to have been heard at the airfield in the Russian-occupied city of Melitopol.

This was reported by Ivan Fedorov, mayor of the southern Ukrainian city, on Telegram.

"Explosions are occurring again at the Melitopol airfield captured by the occupiers," Fedorov wrote.

Videos are circulating on social media showing dark plumes of smoke over the city.

News about the Ukraine war: Germany supplies self-propelled howitzers

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Ukraine is to receive four more self-propelled howitzers from the Bundeswehr for its defense against Russia.

The delivery will be initiated immediately, the Ministry of Defense announced on Monday (September 19) in Berlin.

The Panzerhaubitze 2000 is a heavy artillery piece with a range of up to 40 kilometers.

The delivery should also include an ammunition package.

Ukraine News: Also Russian Air Force in trouble

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According to British assessments, the Russian Air Force is also coming under increasing pressure.

In the past ten days, Russia has apparently lost four fighter jets and thus a total of 55 machines since the attack began at the end of February, the Ministry of Defense in London said, citing intelligence findings.

The increase in casualties may be partly due to the Russian Air Force taking greater risks to provide close-range support to ground forces under pressure from Ukrainian advances.

Added to this is the poor situational awareness of Russian pilots.

Ukraine news: Putin recruits ill-prepared volunteers

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So far there has been no general mobilization in Russia for the war in Ukraine that has been going on for more than half a year.

The army and President Putin are therefore dependent on volunteers.

In view of significant losses in his armed forces, independent military experts believe that Putin is increasingly dependent on alternatives.

The Kremlin is increasingly focusing on recruiting ill-prepared volunteers into irregular improvised units, rather than using them as reserves or replacements for regular Russian troops, write analysts at the Washington-based Institute for the Study of War (ISW).

The experts see one reason for this in Putin's troubled relationship with his own military leadership and the Defense Ministry over the summer, especially after the recent territorial losses.

Ukraine-News: Kyiv is planning another counter-offensive

First report from September 19:

Kiev/Moscow – In the Ukraine war, the Ukrainian armed forces posed major problems for the Russian invaders with their counter-offensive.

Now the Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyj announced new attacks on the occupied territory in Ukraine.

"Perhaps it seems to some of you that after a series of victories there has been silence, but it is not silence," Zelenskyy said in his daily video address.

Rather, this is the preparation for the next offensive, the goal of which is the recapture of Mariupol, Melitopol and Cherson.

According to Zelenskyy, Ukraine will not only focus on the areas it controlled before the Russian attack in February.

The 44-year-old announced that the territories of the Moscow-backed separatists in the east of the country and cities in Crimea, which had been annexed by Russia since 2014, would also be recaptured.

"All of Ukraine must be free."

News about the Ukraine war: bridgehead for a possible continuation of the offensive

Kyiv draws its self-confidence from its own recent offensive in the north of the country.

Most of the Kharkiv region was liberated.

The Russian troops set up the new front on the east bank of the Oskil River, but this line also seems to be shaky.

According to their own statements, the Ukrainian military was able to cross troop units on the river and thus form a bridgehead to the east.

“The Ukrainian forces have overcome the Oskil.

Since yesterday, Ukraine has also controlled the left bank,” the press service of the Ukrainian Armed Forces announced via video on its Telegram channel.

Earlier there were reports that Kyiv had secured control of the eastern part of the city of Kupyansk.

The information cannot be verified independently.

News about the Ukraine war: Kyiv reports a rocket hit at the Piwdennoukrainsk nuclear power plant

According to the operator, a Russian missile landed near the Pivdennoukrainsk nuclear power plant in southern Ukraine.

It exploded about 300 meters from the reactors and damaged various buildings.

The Piwdennoukrainsk nuclear power plant is located almost three hundred kilometers south of the capital Kyiv.

There are three reactors in operation with a net output of 2850 megawatts.

The Russian leadership has meanwhile denied the government in Kyiv's accusation of having committed war crimes in the Kharkiv region.

"That's a lie," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told the

news agency .

Russia will defend the "truth".

(dpa/cs)