The Institute for the Study of War (ISW) said that Vladimir Putin’s claims about the September advance of Russian troops in Ukraine do not match the situation on the front line. According to the institute’s assessment, instead of the claimed 1,301 sq. km, Russian forces suffered net territorial losses of 80.81 sq. km over the month.

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The RPTC denied reports from Telegram channels that Russian troops may have lost part of Dmitry Donskoy’s relics during a withdrawal in the Lyman area of Donetsk Oblast. Vakhtang Kipshidze, deputy head of the synodal department of the RPTC, called these reports fabricated and suggested an anti-church motive.

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French President Emmanuel Macron said in an interview with the French TV channels TF1 and France 2 that he sees signs of preparations in Russia for a new wave of mobilization of about 300,000 people. He also did not rule out an intensification of Moscow’s actions against Europe and new hybrid attacks.

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Actress Olga Shchekina was taken to Donetsk after leaving the special detention facility in Rostov, where police drew up a report against her for violating curfew. At the hearing on September 18, the court fined her 1,000 rubles instead of placing her under administrative arrest.

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The U.S. proposed that Russia discuss business deals before the end of the war in Ukraine, although earlier the restoration of economic ties in Washington was allowed only as a «reward» for ending hostilities. This is reported by The New York Times, citing informed sources, noting that the White House is thereby moving away from its previous line.

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Fear of a possible mobilization, which Vladimir Putin is believed to be able to announce after the State Duma elections, has also gripped representatives of the Russian elite. Bloomberg writes that officials in the Kremlin are asking friends and relatives to leave Russia in the coming months and are looking for ways to open bank accounts abroad; according to the agency, recruitment office workers are doing the same.

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Major General Anton Grunis of the Russian army was killed in the war in Ukraine. His death was reported by Telegram channels of Suvorov Military School graduates and military blogger Yury Kotenok.

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The Ukrainian monitoring project DeepState reported the advance of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Lyman direction and showed the liberation of the territory around Sredneye, as well as the withdrawal of Russian units from positions near Shandrigolovo. Commander of the 3rd Army Corps of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Andriy Biletskyi confirmed Operation «Vivaldi» on September 15 and said that the corps had cleared 75 km² and de-occupied another 10 km².

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Russian troops in Donetsk Oblast left more than 200 sq. km on the main axis of the offensive and lost a key bridgehead near Lyman. This was reported by OSINT analyst Clément Molin, and the assessment was later confirmed by Rochan Consulting and the U.S. Institute for the Study of War (ISW).

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The ROC sent a relic fragment of Moscow prince Dmitry Donskoy to the front in Ukraine «for the spiritual strengthening of the warriors». The synodal department of the Moscow Patriarchate said that the reliquary with a fragment of the prince’s right hand is already on its way to the line of combat contact.

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The American Institute for the Study of War (ISW) calculated that at the current pace, Russian troops will need until October 2, 2032, to occupy the remaining 19% of Donetsk Oblast. According to analysts, this will happen after the next State Duma elections, which are likely to be held in September 2031.

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Let’s imagine for a moment that by some magical means Russia managed to get all sanctions lifted without exception, annexed all the territories Putin talks about, reduced the military budget, and began living as if nothing had happened. This is exactly what a huge number of people living in Russia dream of.

#1990s #Analytics #business #WarinUkraine #state #Donbass #west #greencrossing #investments #foreignersinRussia #China #oil #parallelimport #forecast #Russia #sanctions #rawmaterialseconomy #technology #LaborandCapital #coal

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There will be much more written about Zelensky – both good and bad, admiring and hateful, grateful and contemptuous. For now, we have been given the opportunity to trace how this man, by fate and his own ambitions, found himself on the Golgotha of war.

#biography #VladimirZelensky #WarinUkraine #DNR #Donbass #bookclub #Putin #Russia #Ukraine

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