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Combat Operations

• The total combat losses of the enemy from 24.02 to 30.09 Ukraine MOD 30 Sep 2022
• Ukraine Missile Attack Kills Another Russian-Appointed Official In Occupied Kherson RFE/RL 30 Sep 2022 -- Another Russian-appointed official has been killed in Ukraine's Kherson region.
• Russian Strike Kills At Least 30 People, Wounds 88 In Zaporizhzhya RFE/RL 30 Sep 2022 -- Ukrainian officials now say at least 30 people were killed and 88 wounded in a Russian missile attack that hit a convoy of civilian vehicles near the southern Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhya on September 30.

Ukraine

• Ukraine Eyes Fast-Tracked NATO Membership; US Pushes Back VOA 30 Sep 2022 -- Ukraine's bid to fast-track its efforts to join NATO, following Russia's annexation of four more Ukrainian territories, is being met with caution in Brussels and Washington, where top officials are trying to shift the focus to their unwavering support for Kyiv.
• Ukraine Applies For Accelerated Accession To NATO RFE/RL 30 Sep 2022 -- Ukraine has submitted an application for accession to NATO under an accelerated procedure, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said in an address on September 30.
• Our path is path of independence, territorial integrity, integration with civilized world, path of Russia is defeat and shame - address of President of Ukraine President of Ukraine 30 Sep 2022
• Andriy Yermak has phone talk with Italian senator Adolfo Urso President of Ukraine 30 Sep 2022
• President of Ukraine has telephone talk with Prime Minister of Denmark Mette Frederiksen President of Ukraine 30 Sep 2022
• Volodymyr Zelenskyy discusses further support for Ukraine with Prime Minister of Japan President of Ukraine 30 Sep 2022
• We are taking our decisive step by signing Ukraine's application for accelerated accession to NATO - address by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy President of Ukraine 30 Sep 2022
• President held a meeting of the National Security and Defense Council to discuss the issue of ensuring the collective security of Ukraine and the Euro-Atlantic space President of Ukraine 30 Sep 2022
• Security guarantees for Ukraine will ensure the stability of the whole of Europe - Andriy Yermak and Anders Fogh Rasmussen in an op-ed for The Wall Street Journal President of Ukraine 30 Sep 2022
• Volodymyr Zelenskyy held a meeting of the Staff of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief President of Ukraine 30 Sep 2022
• Today, Babyn Yar is a reminder not only of previous, but also of today's crimes against humanity - Andriy Yermak at a meeting with representatives of Jewish human rights organizations President of Ukraine 30 Sep 2022
• It is important that Switzerland supports Ukraine - Volodymyr Zelenskyy during a conversation with the university community President of Ukraine 30 Sep 2022

Russia

• Signing of treaties on accession of Donetsk and Lugansk people's republics and Zaporozhye and Kherson regions to Russia President of Russia 30 Sep 2022 -- A ceremony for signing the treaties on the accession of the Donetsk People's Republic, the Lugansk People's Republic, the Zaporozhye Region and the Kherson Region to the Russian Federation took place in of the Grand Kremlin Palace's St George Hall.
• Taking Aim At The United States, Putin Casts Ukraine War As An Existential Conflict For Russia RFE/RL 30 Sep 2022 -- The speech was expected to be about Ukraine, where Russia's military is struggling seven months into its invasion and where Moscow is claiming four partially occupied regions as its own in a land grab condemned by Kyiv and the West.
• Comment by Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova on the UN Secretary-General's statements on the referendums in the Zaporozhye and Kherson regions and the Donetsk and Lugansk people's republics Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 30 Sep 2022

United States

• Statement from President Biden on Russia's Attempts to Annex Ukrainian Territory The White House 30 Sep 2022
• Under Secretary of Defense (Acquisition and Sustainment) LaPlante and Deputy Under Secretary of Defense (Policy) Baker Hold a Media Roundtable on the Recent Meeting of the National Armaments Directors Under the Auspices of the Ukraine Defense Contract Group DoD 30 Sep 2022
• Standardized Materiel Could Bolster Ukraine's Defense, Says Official DoD News 30 Sep 2022 -- With the aim of providing long-term support to Ukraine, allies and partners recognize the importance of standardizing systems and munitions, thereby creating more interchangeable and interoperable systems, Undersecretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment William A. LaPlante said.
• Imposing Swift and Severe Costs in Response to Russia's Violations of Ukraine's Sovereignty US Dept. of State 30 Sep 2022 -- The United States unequivocally rejects Russia's fraudulent attempt to change Ukraine's internationally recognized borders, including by holding sham "referenda" in Ukraine's Luhansk, Donetsk, Kherson, and Zaporizhzhya regions.
• Statement by Secretary of the Treasury Janet L. Yellen on Passage of Additional Economic Assistance for Ukraine US Treasury 30 Sep 2022 -- Secretary of the Treasury Janet L. Yellen issued the following statement on passage of the Continuing Appropriations and Ukraine Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2023
• U.S. Responds To Putin's Seizure Of Ukrainian Regions By Piling On Sanctions RFE/RL 30 Sep 2022 -- The United States slapped more sanctions on individual Russians on September 30 after Russian President Vladimir Putin signed what Russia called "accession treaties" to formally seize occupied regions of Ukraine.
• Treasury Imposes Swift and Severe Costs on Russia for Putin's Purported Annexation of Regions of Ukraine US Treasury 30 Sep 2022 -- Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) designated 14 persons in Russia's military-industrial complex, including two international suppliers, three key leaders of Russia's financial infrastructure, immediate family members of some of senior Russian officials, and 278 members of Russia's legislature for enabling Russia's sham referenda and attempt to annex sovereign Ukrainian territory. In addition, OFAC issued new guidance that warns of the heightened sanctions risk that international actors outside of Russia would face for providing political or economic support to Russia as a result of its illegal attempts to change the status of Ukrainian territory.

NATO

• Press point with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg NATO 30 Sep 2022
• NATO Chief Says Putin's Recent Actions Are 'Serious Escalation' Of War RFE/RL 30 Sep 2022 -- NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg says Russia's recent actions on the war in Ukraine represent "the most serious escalation" since Moscow launched its invasion in February.

United Nations

• Russia vetoes Security Council resolution condemning attempted annexation of Ukraine regions UN News 30 Sep 2022 -- Russia on Friday vetoed a Security Council resolution which described its attempts to unlawfully annex four regions of Ukraine earlier in the day with a formal ceremony in Moscow, as "a threat to international peace and security", demanding that the decision be immediately and unconditionally reversed.
• Update 109 - IAEA Director General Statement on Situation in Ukraine IAEA 30 Sep 2022 -- A landmine explosion has damaged a low-voltage electrical cable near Ukraine's Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP), the latest in a series of such detonations this week that have further added to grave concerns about nuclear safety and security at the plant, Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said today.

Foreign Reactions

• G7 Foreign Ministers' Statement on the Illegal Annexation of Sovereign Ukrainian Territory US Dept. of State 30 Sep 2022 -- The text of the following statement was released by the G7 foreign ministers of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom, and the United States of America, and the High Representative of the European Union.
• Council of Europe leaders condemn the illegal annexation of occupied territories of Ukraine Council of Europe 30 Sep 2022 -- Ireland's Minister for Foreign Affairs and Chair of the Council of Europe's Committee of Ministers, Simon Coveney, the President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, Tiny Kox, and the Secretary General of the Council of Europe, Marija Pejčinović Burić, have made the following statement:
• Statement by the Members of the European Council EC/CEU 30 Sep 2022 -- "We firmly reject and unequivocally condemn the illegal annexation by Russia of Ukraine's Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhia and Kherson regions."
• OSCE Chairman-in-Office Rau, Parliamentary Assembly President Cederfelt, OSCE Secretary General Schmid and OSCE PA Secretary General Montella condemn Russia's illegal annexation of Ukrainian territory OSCE 30 Sep 2022 -- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Polish Foreign Minister Zbigniew Rau, OSCE Parliamentary Assembly President Margareta Cederfelt (MP, Sweden), OSCE Secretary General Helga Maria Schmid, and OSCE Parliamentary Assembly Secretary General Roberto Montella, unanimously and categorically condemn the Russian Federation's illegal annexation of territory in the Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhia and Kherson oblasts of Ukraine, as well as the continued occupation of Crimea.
• No: 300, 30 September 2022, Press Release Regarding Russia's Annexation of Some Regions of Ukraine Republic of Turkey Ministry of Foreign Affairs 30 Sep 2022 -- "Türkiye did not recognize Russia's annexation of Crimea in an illegitimate referendum in 2014 and has emphasized its strong support to Ukraine's territorial integrity, independence and sovereignty on every occasion."
• Russia's veto doesn't change the facts: UK statement at the UN Security Council vote to condemn illegal referenda in Ukraine UK FCDO 30 Sep 2022 -- Statement by Ambassador Barbara Woodward speaking after Russia used its veto to block a Security Council resolution condemning its illegal referenda in Ukraine
• Sanctions in response to Putin's illegal annexation of Ukrainian regions UK FCDO 30 Sep 2022 -- UK to implement services sanctions and export ban that target Russian economic vulnerabilities in response to Putin's illegal annexation of Ukrainian regions.
• Defence Secretary meets Ukrainian counterpart in Kyiv UK MOD 30 Sep 2022 -- Ben Wallace travelled to Ukraine to discuss the UK's ongoing support and the next steps as Ukraine battles to free itself from Russia's invasion
• Taiwan slams Russia for referendums in Ukrainian regions CNA 30 Sep 2022 -- Taiwan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) on Friday condemned Russia for its annexation of Ukrainian territory after holding "fake" referendums last week, while also strongly protesting against Russia's military actions in Ukraine since invading it earlier this year.

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