September | News

 Kateryna Stepanenko, Grace Mappes, George Barros, Layne Philipson, and Mason Clark September 8, 11:00 pm ET Click here to see ISW’s interactive map of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. This map is updated daily alongside the static maps present in this report. Ukrainian successes on the Kharkiv City-Izyum line are creating fissures within the Russian information space and eroding confidence in Russian command to a degree not seen since a failed Russian river crossing in mid-May. Ukrainian military officials announced that Ukrainian forces advanced 50km deep into Russian defensive positions north of Izyum on September 8, but the Russian Ministry of Defense (MoD) notably did not issue any statement regarding Ukrainian advances in Kharkiv Oblast.[1] Ukrainian successes and the Russian MoD’s silence prompted many Russian milbloggers to criticize and debate Russian failures to retain control over the city of Balakliya, approximately 44km northwest of Izyum. Some milbloggers claimed that Russian forces fully or par...

In general, since the beginning of September, Ukrainian defenders have liberated more than 1,000 square kilometers of the territory of our country.

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  Karolina Hird, Grace Mappes, George Barros, Layne Philipson, and Mason Clark September 7, 9:30 pm ET Click here to see ISW’s interactive map of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. This map is updated daily alongside the static maps present in this report. Ukrainian forces in southeastern Kharkiv Oblast are likely exploiting Russian force reallocation to the Southern Axis to conduct an opportunistic yet highly effective counteroffensive northwest of Izyum. Ukrainian forces likely used tactical surprise to advance at least 20km into Russian-held territory in eastern Kharkiv Oblast on September 7, recapturing approximately 400 square kilometers of ground. Russian sources claimed that Russian troops began deploying reinforcements to the area to defend against Ukrainian advances, and the Russian grouping in this area was likely understrength due to previous Russian deployments to support ongoing efforts to capture the remainder of Donetsk Oblast and support the southern axis.[1] Ukraine’s ongoing operations in Kher...

Karolina Hird, George Barros, Layne Philipson, and Frederick W. Kagan September 6, 10:00 pm ET  Click here to see ISW’s interactive map of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. This map is updated daily alongside the static maps present in this report. The International Atomic Energy Agency’s (IAEA) September 6 report on the situation at the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) described numerous ways in which Russian occupation authorities and the Russian military are jeopardizing the safe operation of the plant.[1] The report does not attempt to determine which party is responsible for the shelling that has damaged the facility and repeatedly calls on “all relevant parties” to take measures to improve the situation. The moderation and apparent neutrality of that language can overshadow the extremely clear articulation of the Russian activities undermining the plant’s safety and the fact that the report attributes no dangerous actions to Ukraine. The IAEA’s report is thus a coded condemnation of Russian moves ...

Karolina Hird, Grace Mappes, Angela Howard, George Barros, and Mason Clark September 3, 8:00 pm ET Click here to see ISW’s interactive map of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. This map is updated daily alongside the static maps present in this report. Ukrainian officials directly stated on September 3 that the ongoing Ukrainian counteroffensive in southern Ukraine is an intentionally methodical operation to degrade Russian forces and logistics, rather than one aimed at immediately recapturing large swathes of territory. Ukrainian Presidential Advisor Oleksiy Arestovych told the Wall Street Journal on September 3 that the current goal of Ukrainian forces in the south is the “systemic grinding of Putin’s army and that Ukrainian troops are slowly and systematically uncovering and destroying Russia’s operational logistical supply system with artillery and precision weapon strikes.[1] Arestovych’s statement echoes ISW’s assessment that the ongoing counteroffensive will likely not result in immediate gains and that ...

Kateryna Stepanenko, Karolina Hird, Grace Mappes, Layne Philipson, George Barros, and Mason Clark September 2, 9:00 pm ET Click here to see ISW’s interactive map of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. This map is updated daily alongside the static maps present in this report. Russian independent polling organization Levada posted survey results on September 1 indicating that while the majority of Russians still support military operations in Ukraine, public support for the war may be gradually declining. Levada stated that the overall support for Russian forces in Ukraine has not changed significantly over the summer, with 76% of the survey’s respondents in favor of the action of Russian forces in Ukraine (46% strongly supporting and 30% generally supporting).[1] Levada also noted that 48% of respondents believe that it is necessary for Russian operations in Ukraine to continue.[2] The polls showed that 44% of respondents were in favor of peace negotiations and that a majority of Russia’s younger segments of the...

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The next meeting of the Ukraine Defense Contact Group, the so-called "Ramstein 5", will be held at the Ramstein Air Base in Germany on September 8.

At the EU-Ukraine Association Council, scheduled for early September, the Ukrainian side plans to articulate its stance on the start of accession negotiations.

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The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) is preparing for a mission and wants to visit the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant in occupied Enerhodar before September 5.

The security of the airspace of Slovakia will not be territorially divided between the Czech Republic and Poland, but will .....

Romanian massage chair retailer Komoder will enter Austria’s market in September with a new showroom in Vienna, after having recently opened a showroom in Malaga, Spain.

German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock expects that the IRIS-T air defense systems will be delivered to Ukraine either late August or early September.

The Ukrainian Armed Forces will liberate the Kherson region from Russian invaders by September, Kherson Regional Council deputy Serhii Khlan has said.

Russia plans to carry out a full legal annexation of the occupied territories by September 1. The adviser reported this .....

The Russian Federation may hold a pseudo-referendum in the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine, in particular in Kherson, Mariupol and other occupied cities, on September 11.

September brought a corporate lending rebound, after the August slowdown. Banks operating on the Romanian market granted new RON-denominated loans of RON3.77 billion to companies, up 31.6% from August 2021.

The average net salary in Romania increased by 0.9% in nominal terms in September 2021 compared with August 2021, to 3,517 lei (EUR710.6), data from the country's statistics board showed Thursday.