Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 1,315

On Wednesday, October 1, 2018, this is how things are going.

Fighting

• The Russian Ministry of Defense reported on Tuesday that Russian forces claim to have taken control of a village close to Siversk in the Donetsk region of Ukraine.
• According to IAEA chief Rafael Grossi, Russian shelling has prevented the country’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant from returning to normal operation. As a result, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) is working with Russia and Ukraine to restore offsite power to the country’s nuclear power plant.
• Volodymyr Zelenskyy, the president of Ukraine, claimed that everyone is at risk from Russia’s shelling of the Zaporizhzhia plant.
• In his nightly address on Tuesday, Zelenskyy said, “No terrorist in the world has ever dared to do with a nuclear power plant what Russia is doing.”

Regional security

• Following days of unidentified unmanned aircraft’s (UAV)-related airspace intrusions that caused temporary closures at Danish airports, European Union leaders will discuss plans for a “drone wall” at a summit on Wednesday in Copenhagen.
• The “drone wall” summit will also provide the first forum for the leaders of the 27 EU nations to discuss a proposal to finance a 140 billion euro ($164.37bn) loan for Ukraine using Russian assets that have been frozen in European banks.
• After German Chancellor Friedrich Merz declared that Europe is “no longer at peace” with Russia, the Kremlin claimed that Germany has long been indirectly involved in the conflict in Ukraine.
• Moscow added that if Europe wanted to talk about security issues with Russia rather than construct a “drone wall,” it would be better to do so.
• Oana Toiu, the country’s foreign minister, stated that Romania is looking to quickly establish production on the country’s territory of a plant to manufacture defensive drones in addition to those used by NATO and EU allies domestically.
• Authorities were looking into a possible sanctions infraction by the oil tanker Boracay, a vessel believed to be part of the so-called “shadow fleet” that transports Russian oil, according to the French Navy.

military assistance

• Sergey Lavrov, the Russian minister of foreign affairs, stated that Moscow did not believe that Washington had made a final decision regarding the supply of Tomahawk cruise missiles to Ukraine.

diplomacy and politics

• Many people in the Odesa and Mykolaiv regions of Ukraine wanted to “link their fate to Russia,” according to the Kremlin, but they were afraid to make a statement.
• In response to Vienna’s decision to fire a Russian diplomat over suspicions of relaying company secrets from Austrian oil company OMV to the Kremlin, Russia will, according to Russian state news agencies.
• India is starting to diversify its oil purchases away from Russia, according to US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer, and the EU is attempting to strengthen economic ties with India.
• In the crucial parliamentary election, Moldova’s leader, Vladimir Lavrov, claimed that he thought the country’s election on Sunday had been deliberately rigged because its pro-European wing had defeated its Russian-leaning rival.