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September 27, 2022 Russia-Ukraine news

2 hr 21 min ago

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4 hr 1 min ago

Without giving details, Zelensky says Ukrainian military is moving forward on the frontline

From CNN’s Philip Wang

Ukrainian artillerymen fire a self-propelled cannon on the southern frontline, September 15.
Ukrainian artillerymen fire a self-propelled cannon on the southern frontline, September 15. (Ihor Tkachov/AFP/Getty Images)

Ukraine’s president said on Tuesday that the Ukrainian military is “moving forward” on the frontline, but did not go into details.

“As for the front, I will say briefly and without details, although there will be good news: we are moving forward and liberating our land,” President Volodymyr Zelensky said during his nightly briefing. 

He also said that Ukraine will act to protect people living in Russia-occupied regions in Ukraine — including Kherson, Zaporizhzhia, Donbas, Kharkiv, and Crimea — despite Russia’s recent referendums.

“This farce in the occupied territory cannot be called even an imitation of referendums, ” Zelensky added. 

5 hr 11 min ago

What we know so far about the mystery leaks found in 2 Russian undersea gas pipelines to Europe

From Reuters and CNN's Chris Liakos

Security walks in front of the landfall facility of the Nord Stream 2 pipeline in Lubmin, Germany on September 19.
Security walks in front of the landfall facility of the Nord Stream 2 pipeline in Lubmin, Germany on September 19. (Fabrizio Bensch/Reuters)

European countries on Tuesday raced to investigate unexplained leaks in two Russian gas pipelines running under the Baltic Sea near Sweden and Denmark, infrastructure at the heart of an energy crisis since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

Experts and also Russia, which built the network, said the possibility of sabotage could not be ruled out.

Sweden’s Maritime Authority issued a warning about two leaks in the Nord Stream 1 pipeline, shortly after a leak on the nearby Nord Stream 2 pipeline was discovered that prompted Denmark to restrict shipping in a five-nautical mile radius.

Why this matters: Both pipelines have been flashpoints in an escalating energy war between European capitals and Moscow that has pummeled major Western economies, sent gas prices soaring and sparked a hunt for alternative energy supplies.

“There are some indications that it is deliberate damage,” said a European security source, while adding it was still too early to draw conclusions. “You have to ask: Who would profit?”

Russia also said the leak in the Russian network was cause for concern and sabotage was one possible cause.

“No option can be ruled out right now,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters.

Neither pipeline was pumping gas to Europe at the time the leaks were found, but the incidents will scupper any remaining expectations that Europe could receive gas via Nord Stream 1 before winter.

“The destruction that occurred on the same day simultaneously on three strings of the offshore gas pipelines of the Nord Stream system is unprecedented,” said network operator Nord Stream AG. “It is not yet possible to estimate the timing of the restoration of the gas transport infrastructure.”

Although neither were in operation, both pipelines still contained gas under pressure.

Denmark’s energy minister Dan Jorgensen said in a written comment that leaking gas had been detected in Nord Stream 2 on Monday between Russia and Denmark.

Gazprom, the Kremlin-controlled company with a monopoly on Russian gas exports by pipeline, declined comment.

Russia slashed gas supplies to Europe via Nord Stream 1 before suspending flows altogether in August, blaming Western sanctions for causing technical difficulties. European politicians say that was a pretext to stop supplying gas.

The new Nord Stream 2 pipeline had yet to enter commercial operations. The plan to use it to supply gas was scrapped by Germany days before Russia sent troops into Ukraine in February.

5 hr 16 min ago

Zelensky calls Russia's sham referendums an attempt to steal territory of another state

From CNN’s Philip Wang in Atlanta

Ukraine’s President said on Tuesday that Russia’s sham referendums in four regions in eastern Ukraine were “an attempt to steal the territory of another state” and “to erase the norms of international law.”

During his address to the United Nations Security Council, Volodymyr Zelensky said people in Russian-occupied regions in Ukraine were “forced to fill out some papers while being threatened by submachine guns all for a nice TV cover.”

“This is a very cynical attempt to force the male population in the occupied territory of Ukraine to mobilize into the Russian army in order to send them to fight against their own homeland,” he said.
5 hr 19 min ago

French foreign minister says sanctions will follow Russian-organized sham referendums in Ukraine

From CNN’s Joseph Ataman in Paris

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PREVIEW (Ukrainian Presidential Press Service/Reuters)

French Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna said Tuesday that the Russian-organized referendums in occupied Ukraine are “a sham.”

She said a new round of European sanctions against Russia would follow “in the days to come” in response to the voting.

Colonna rejected the description of the votes as “elections,” as she asked, “How do you expect people to express themselves freely under duress and in territories occupied by a foreign power? 

“There’s no sincerity in the votes that can be cast,” she said.

She called for a clear response from the international community. 

The votes hold, “no legitimacy, no value, we will not recognize them,” she said, adding that they will lead to further sanctions from France, the European Union and other international allies.

5 hr 10 min ago

EU president says any deliberate disruption of energy infrastructure will lead to a strong response

From CNN's Chris Liakos

Any deliberate act to disrupt European energy infrastructure, “will lead to the strongest response possible,” European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said Tuesday evening.

Von der Leyen, who said in a tweet that she spoke with Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen about the “the sabotage action #Nordstream,” wrote that it is “paramount to now investigate the incidents, get full clarity on events & why.”

“Any deliberate disruption of active European energy infrastructure is unacceptable & will lead to the strongest possible response,” she added.

Earlier on Tuesday, the Danish Prime Minister said during a press statement that she sees the Nord Stream pipeline leaks as “deliberate actions.” 

Swedish Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson also said Tuesday that the incident is “likely a deliberate action.”

5 hr 22 min ago

UN official: There is "so much evidence" of human rights violations and war crimes in Russia-Ukraine war

From CNN's Jennifer Deaton

United Nations Under-Secretary-General Rosemary DiCarlo said rarely had the international community collected so much evidence of war crimes and human rights violations as it had in investigating Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

“We are gravely concerned by allegations of violations committed in parts of northeastern Ukraine, including after the recovery of over 400 bodies from improvised graves in Izium. OHCHR is working with local authorities to investigate this and other allegations of human rights violations and abuses in areas in Kharkiv region that were until recently under Russian control,” DiCarlo said in an address to the United Nations Security Council on Tuesday.

She added that after investigations in the areas of Kyiv, Chernihiv, Kharkiv and Sumy, the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine (mandated by the Human Rights Council) had concluded that “war crimes were committed in Ukraine. Among other findings, the commission was struck by the large number of executions and other violations carried out by Russian forces.

DiCarlo also said the commission had processed two incidents of ill treatment against Russian Federation soldiers by Ukrainian forces.

“Rarely, if ever, has the international community collected so much evidence of human rights violations, war crimes and other atrocities as they were happening. It is tragic that we have not been able to stop them. But it would be shameful if we were not able to ensure justice for the victims and their loved ones. Those responsible for the outrages being committed in Ukraine, wherever they sit, must be brought to account.”
5 hr 33 min ago

Russia’s alarming rhetoric regarding use of nuclear weapons is "unacceptable," UN official says

From CNN's Jennifer Deaton

Rosemary A. DiCarlo, Under-Secretary-General for Political and Peacebuilding Affairs, speaks during a UN Security Council meeting to discuss the war in Ukraine on September 7 in New York City.
Rosemary A. DiCarlo, Under-Secretary-General for Political and Peacebuilding Affairs, speaks during a UN Security Council meeting to discuss the war in Ukraine on September 7 in New York City. (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)

United Nations Under-Secretary-General Rosemary DiCarlo called Russia’s thinly-veiled rhetoric about the use of any and “all weapons systems” to "defend itself" as “unacceptable.”

“We have also heard alarming rhetoric regarding the use of nuclear weapons. This is unacceptable. Such rhetoric is inconsistent with the Joint Statement of the Leaders of the Five Nuclear-Weapons States on Preventing Nuclear War and Avoiding Arms Races, made on Jan. 3 2022," DiCarlo said while addressing the United Nations Security Council on Tuesday.

"Let me reiterate the secretary-general’s appeal for all nuclear-armed states, including the Russian Federation, to recommit to the non-use and progressive elimination of nuclear weapons," she added.

In a speech last Wednesday, he warned that “In the event of a threat to the territorial integrity of our country and to defend Russia and our people, we will certainly make use of all weapon systems available to us. This is not a bluff.”

5 hr 6 min ago

Nord Stream says its not possible to estimate a "timeframe for restoring the gas transport infrastructure"

From CNN's Chris Liakos

Nord Stream AG, the pipeline operator, said Tuesday in an updated statement that following the gas leaks, it is not possible to estimate “a timeframe for restoring the gas transport infrastructure”.

The company also said that “the significant pressure drop caused by the gas leak on both lines of the gas pipeline registered yesterday leads to a strong assumption of the pipeline physical damage.”

Nord Stream said that it “immediately informed the relevant coast guards about the incident” and that “it has started mobilization of all necessary resources for a survey campaign to assess the damages in cooperation exchange with relevant local authorities.”

“The causes of the incident will be clarified as a result of the investigation,” it added.

More background: European countries on Tuesday raced to investigate unexplained leaks in two Russian gas pipelines running under the Baltic Sea near Sweden and Denmark, infrastructure at the heart of an energy crisis since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

Experts and also Russia, which built the network, said the possibility of sabotage could not be ruled out.

Sweden’s Maritime Authority issued a warning about two leaks in the Nord Stream 1 pipeline, shortly after a leak on the nearby Nord Stream 2 pipeline was discovered that prompted Denmark to restrict shipping in a five nautical mile radius.

Both pipelines have been flashpoints in an escalating energy war between European capitals and Moscow that has pummeled major Western economies, sent gas prices soaring and sparked a hunt for alternative energy supplies.