Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 220

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October 1, 2022

Press Room

Right here is the scenario because it stands on Saturday, October 1.

Annexation

Russian President Vladimir Putin proclaimed the annexation of territory seized in his invasion in 4 areas – Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson and Zaporizhia – amounting to fifteen % of complete Ukrainian territory on Friday, saying the folks there’ll now be Russia’s “residents without end”, whereas Kyiv mentioned it might proceed its struggle to retake occupied land.
Ukraine, Western international locations and the United Nations have denounced Russia’s transfer to annex, calling the referendums a “sham”.
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has mentioned his nation is submitting an “accelerated” utility to affix the NATO navy alliance after Russian chief Vladimir Putin proclaimed the annexation.
Russia vetoed a UN Safety Council decision launched by america and Albania condemning Moscow’s proclaimed annexations, with Russia’s strategic accomplice China abstaining from the vote.

Putin, with out offering proof, blamed america and its allies for blowing up Nord Stream pipelines beneath the Baltic Sea after a sudden and unexplained fuel leak, leaving Europe racing to safe its power infrastructure and provides.
US President Biden mentioned it “was a deliberate act of sabotage and now the Russians are pumping out disinformation and lies,” including that Washington and its allies would ship divers to search out out what occurred.
The ruptures on the Nord Stream pure fuel pipeline system have led to what’s probably the largest single launch of climate-damaging methane recorded, the United Nations Surroundings Programme mentioned.
Norway has introduced it’ll obtain assist from the UK, Germany and France to patrol the seas round its oil and fuel platforms, following main leaks as Europe steps up power safety amid sabotage allegations.

Not less than 30 civilians had been killed and virtually 100 wounded in what Kyiv mentioned was a cynical Russian missile strike on a convoy of civilian vehicles in southern Ukraine, on the sting of the town of Zaporizhzhia.
Russian forces in Ukraine had been doubtlessly on the verge of one in every of their worst defeats of the warfare after Ukrainian troops captured two villages near the jap Russian-occupied stronghold of Lyman.
Kyiv mentioned it was prepared for talks with Moscow, however not whereas Putin was president.

The US Congress has accepted $12.3bn in assist to assist Ukraine battle its invasion by Russia which incorporates $3bn for arms, provides and salaries for Ukraine’s navy.
The US introduced a brand new spherical of sanctions in opposition to a whole lot of Russia-linked companies and officers over Moscow’s annexation of Ukrainian territories, which President Joe Biden has known as a present of “contempt for peaceable nations”.
The UK has imposed new sanctions on Russia in response to its formal annexation of swaths of Ukrainian territory, together with measures immediately concentrating on the governor of its Central Financial institution, Elvira Nabiullina.