Azerbaijan's triumph and disclosure of declarations of Ukrainian officials: September 20 highlights

Events in Nagorno-Karabakh

Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev announced the completion of "anti-terrorist measures" in Nagorno-Karabakh. According to him, the country fulfilled all the tasks set and restored its territorial integrity in one day.

The unrecognized "Nagorno-Karabakh Republic" agreed to Baku's terms. Now the hostilities should stop, and it is also about the complete disarmament of the Karabakh army and the withdrawal of heavy equipment from the territory of the unrecognized republic.

Meanwhile, the Russian Ministry of Defense said that Russian servicemen who are on the territory of Nagorno-Karabakh as "peacekeepers" came under fire. The soldiers were killed.

The Verkhovna Rada has revealed the declarations

The Verkhovna Rada has upheld President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's veto and amended the law on the restoration of electronic declaration. The amendments provide for the immediate publication of declarations.

The "grain conflict" with Poland continues

The Polish Foreign Ministry has summoned Ukrainian Ambassador Vasyl Zvarych and expressed "strong protest" over Volodymyr Zelenskyy's speech at the UN General Assembly, in which he criticized Poland for imposing a grain embargo.

Ukraine called on Warsaw to put aside emotions and condemned the comparison made by Polish President Andrzej Duda during his visit to New York: he compared Ukraine to a drowning person who grabs for everything and can drag others down with them.

At the same time, Polish Deputy Prime Minister and head of the ruling Law and Justice party Jaroslaw Kaczynski emphasized that Poland would support Ukraine in the war against Russian invasion, despite the dispute over grain exports.

Zelenskyy's speech at the UN Security Council

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy addressed a meeting of the UN Security Council. He stated that the United Nations is in a deadlock over Russian aggression. And, according to him, humanity no longer pins its hopes on the UN when it comes to protecting the sovereign borders of nations.

Zelenskyy called for reforming the UN, in particular, to strip Russia of its veto power and expand the representation of nations in the Security Council, making it “fully accountable to the nations of the world”.

Beating a man in a recruitment center in the Lviv region

Law enforcement officers detained two employees of the Sambir District Territorial Center for Recruitment and Social Support (Lviv region) who were beating a man and threatening him with weapons. Investigators found that the victim had been held in the recruitment center for about a week before the public scandal.

The resident of Kharkiv region, who was beaten, tried to illegally travel to Poland. He was detained at the border and then offered to register with the military enlistment office and go to serve, but he refused.

Employees of the Sambir TCR were notified of suspicion of illegal deprivation of liberty and torture. They face up to 10 years in prison.

Defeat of the Black Sea Fleet command post

The Center for Strategic Communications of the Armed Forces of Ukraine confirmed that on the morning of September 20, the Ukrainian military successfully struck the command post of the Russian Black Sea Fleet near Verkhniosadove near temporarily occupied Sevastopol.

Our sources in the SBU clarified that the base was occupied by Russian naval commanders. The attack destroyed enemy manpower and expensive military systems.

Shufrych dismissed as head of the Committee

The Parliament has removed Nestor Shufrych from the post of head of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on Freedom of Speech. However, Shufrych will remain one of the three members, as a minimum of three people are required for a parliamentary committee to exist.

For the time being, Yevhen Brahar, a member of the Servant of the People party, will act as the head of the Committee on Freedom of Speech.

Other news

• Ukraine has rejected a batch of worn-out Leopard 1 tanks from Germany. This is not the first time this has happened.
• Ukrenergo's headquarters was searched.
• MPs support increased spending in this year's budget. Most of them - for defense.
• At an airfield in the Moscow region, saboteurs blew up two airplanes and a helicopter, the Main Intelligence Directorate reported.
• Ukrainian Armed Forces received a seized Zhevago helicopter, SBI reported.
• "People's Sputnik" helped to hit Russian vessels in Sevastopol Bay, the Main Intelligence Directorate reported.