‘Deliberate war crime’: horror as Russian missile hits civilian convoy Blast tore through metal and shattered glass as people queued to travel to Russian-occupied territory The Guardian - UK · Sep 30, 2022
Vladimir Putin illegally seizes four Ukrainian regions he vows to defend 'by any means' Vladimir Putin's annexed Russian-occupied areas of Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia in a move which has been widely condemned in the West with UN chief Antonio Guterres calling it a 'dangerous escalation' Daily Mirror · Sep 30, 2022
Abducted, beaten, tortured: What happened to Ukrainians who refused to vote in Russia’s referendums Ordinary residents describe being held in solitary confinement in occupied territories Moscow wants to absorb into Russia The Independent UK · Sep 30, 2022
Kremlin says any attack on annexed territory will be an attack on Russia The Kremlin said on Friday that attacks against any part of the swathe of Ukraine that President Vladimir Putin was about to annex would be considered aggression against Russia itself, adding that Russia would fight to take the whole of the eastern Donbas region. Reuters · Sep 30, 2022
Kremlin: Any Attack on Annexed Territory Will be an Attack on Russia The Kremlin said on Friday that attacks against any part of the swathe of Ukraine that President Vladimir Putin was about to annex would be considered aggression against Russia itself, adding that Russia would fight to take the whole of the Donbas region. President Vladimir Putin is due to proclaim… Asharq Al-Awsat · Sep 30, 2022
Factbox-The four regions that Russia is poised to annex from Ukraine Russian President Vladimir Putin will proclaim the annexation of four Ukrainian regions at a Kremlin ceremony on Friday, a major escalation in the seven-month war. Ukraine and the West have denounced the moves - as they did with Moscow's 2014 seizure of Crimea - as illegal seizures after what they… Reuters · Sep 30, 2022
UK's PM: Putin Cannot Alter International Borders Using 'Brute Force' Britain will never accept the regions of Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia as "anything other than Ukrainian territory" Prime Minister Liz Truss said, adding that Russian President Vladimir Putin was violating international law. "Putin cannot be allowed to alter international borders using brute force. Asharq Al-Awsat · Sep 30, 2022
At least 23 people killed in Russian missile strike in Zaporizhzhia says Ukraine regional governor A convoy of civilian vehicles on the outskirts of Zaporizhzhia in southern Ukraine was hit in a Russian missile strike, the regional governor says. ABC News · Sep 30, 2022
Ukraine: Russian strike kills 25 in aid convoy KYIV: An attack on a frontline civilian convoy killed at least 25 people in southern Ukraine on Friday, just hours before Moscow was due to annex four occupied Ukrainian regions. Bangkok Post · Sep 30, 2022
Live Updates: Russia-Ukraine War Ukrainian officials say a Russian missile strike on the city of Zaporozhzhia has killed at least 23 people and wounded 28 The Independent UK · Sep 30, 2022
Dozens feared dead after Russian strike on civilian convoy near Zaporizhzhia Attack comes as Vladimir Putin prepares to publicly sign annexation orders for four Ukrainian regions The Guardian - UK · Sep 30, 2022
Russian attack kills 30 in civilian convoy in Ukraine: Kyiv Targeted convoy of civilians planned to travel into occupied territory to pick up relatives, Ukrainian official says. Al Jazeera · Sep 30, 2022
Russian missile attack kills 23, wounds 28 in southern Ukraine - regional governor At least 23 people were killed and 28 wounded in a Russian missile strike that hit a convoy of civilian vehicles near the southern Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhia on Friday, the regional governor said. Reuters · Sep 30, 2022
Ukrainian official: Russian strike kills 23, wounds 28 A Ukrainian official says a Russian strike on the city of Zaporizhzhia has killed at least 23 people and wounded 28 The Independent UK · Sep 30, 2022
Evening Standard · Sep 30, 2022 Joe Biden says US will ‘never, never’ recognise Ukraine regions as part of Russia Luhansk, Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia and Kherson are set to be announced as Russian territory
Reuters · Sep 30, 2022 At least 30 civilians killed in Russian strike on convoy, Ukraine says At least 30 civilians were killed and almost 100 wounded in what Kyiv said was a cynical Russian missile strike on a convoy of civilian cars in southern Ukraine on Friday, leaving bodies strewn across the ground.
Asharq Al-Awsat · Sep 30, 2022 Putin Recognizes Independence of Two Ukraine Regions Russian President Vladimir Putin has recognized the independence of Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia and Kherson regions, according to presidential decrees issued late Thursday, on the eve of Russia finalizing their annexation.
France 24 · Sep 30, 2022 Russia vetoes UN Security Council resolution on Ukraine annexations Russia on Friday vetoed a UN Security Council resolution condemning Moscow's annexation of four Ukrainian territories. China, India and Brazil abstained from the vote, which came hours after President Vladimir Putin signed a decree incorporating four Ukrainian regions – Kherson, Zaporizhzhia, Donetsk and Luhansk – into Russia. Read about the…
Asharq Al-Awsat · Sep 30, 2022 UN Security Council to Vote Friday on Resolution Condemning Russia Annexation Referendums The United Nations Security Council will vote Friday on a resolution condemning the referendums on annexing several Russia-occupied regions of Ukraine, the council's current president, France, said Thursday. The resolution -- drafted by the United States and Albania -- has no chance of passing thanks to Moscow's veto power, though…
The Guardian - AU · Sep 30, 2022 Russia-Ukraine war live: Putin annexes Ukrainian regions; Kyiv applies for Nato membership – as it happened Volodymyr Zelenskiy makes the announcement hours after Russia declares annexation of Kherson, Zaporizhzhia, Donetsk and Luhansk
Daily Mirror · Sep 30, 2022 Vladimir Putin signs independence decree for two Ukraine regions before annexing Russian leader Vladimir Putin has signed a decree to recognise the independence of two Ukrainian regions in a step before he could formally annex them on Friday
The Guardian - AU · Sep 30, 2022 Russia-Ukraine war latest: what we know on day 219 of the invasion Vladimir Putin formalises annexation of four occupied regions of Ukraine; at least 25 people killed as Russian missiles hit civilian convoy
Reuters · Sep 29, 2022 Putin signs decrees paving way for annexation of two Ukraine regions Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday signed decrees paving the way for the occupied Ukrainian regions of Kherson and Zaporizhzhia to be formally annexed into Russia.
Reuters · Sep 29, 2022 Defiant Putin proclaims Ukrainian annexation as military setback looms A defiant Vladimir Putin proclaimed Russia's annexation of a swathe of Ukraine in a pomp-filled Kremlin ceremony, promising Moscow would triumph in its "special military operation" even as he faced a potentially serious new military reversal.
Evening Standard · Sep 29, 2022 Putin set to annex more Ukrainian land as UN warns of ‘dangerous escalation’ The Kremlin said a ceremony will be held on Friday to launch the process of annexing the Ukrainian regions of Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia after referendums dismissed as a ‘sham’ by the West