Missile strike on Kharkiv, Hasidim in Uman, rally against spending on 'paving stones': highlights
Russian troops hit Kharkiv with five missiles. More than 35,000 Hasidim arrived in Uman to celebrate the beginning of the new year according to the Jewish calendar. A rally was held in Kyiv to demand that the city authorities allocate more funds for the military in the next year's budget. We have collected the main news for September 16.
Missile attack on Kharkiv
On the morning of September 16, Russian occupation forces launched missile attacks on the Kholodnohirskyi district of Kharkiv.
The head of the regional military administration, Oleg Synegubov, said that the occupiers had struck five times with S-300 missiles. However, the police later reported that it was probably Iskander-K missiles.
The attack damaged buildings and injured five people.
In addition, the occupiers fired at a car in the village of Strilecha, Lypetska community, Kharkiv Oblast. A man and a woman were killed. An elderly man was also wounded.
In the village of Petropavlivka, Kupyansk district, Russian artillery damaged a car and injured a 23-year-old man.
Rosh Hashanah in Uman
The city of Uman, Cherkasy Oblast, has welcomed 35,000 Hasidim to celebrate Rosh Hashanah, the beginning of the new year for those who profess Judaism.
A coordination headquarters consisting of representatives of the National Police, National Guard, State Emergency Service, State Migration Service, and other services work around the clock in the city.
Israeli police officers are also on duty, having arrived to strengthen security measures and help tourists.
Rally at the Kyiv City State Administration
On the morning of September 16, protesters gathered in front of the Kyiv City State Administration to demand that the city authorities allocate more funds for the military in the next year's budget.
One of the protesters told hromadske that he came to the rally to remind the Kyiv authorities that "it is necessary to allocate funds primarily for the Armed Forces, and not to spend them on things that can be implemented after the victory."
Activist Roman Abrashyn decided to spill red paint on the KCSA sign in protest. He was detained and handed two administrative reports.
According to Abrashyn, he is a volunteer, and each fundraiser is getting harder and harder to collect. According to him, his anger was provoked by the way the city authorities allocate expenses during the war.
"Whatever happened, happened. It resulted in action. Just coming out with a poster was not enough for me. We came and went with a poster, but paint has a greater psychological impact," he explained.
A temporary corridor to the ports
Infrastructure Minister Oleksandr Kubrakov said that the Palau-flagged bulk carriers RESILIENT AFRICA and AROYAT had confirmed their readiness to use the temporary corridor to the Chornomorsk port to load nearly 20,000 tons of wheat for African and Asian countries.
Previously, the corridor established by the Ukrainian Navy was used only to evacuate ships stuck in the Ukrainian ports of Chornomorsk, Odesa, and Pivdennyi due to the war.
Kubrakov noted that after the disruption of the grain deal in mid-July, as of September 16, Russia had launched 118 strikes on Ukrainian ports, damaging or destroying a third of the port infrastructure.
Other important news of the day
- Ukraine won 12 gold medals at the Invictus Games 2023.
- Russia is likely to stockpile missiles to hit Ukraine's energy facilities in winter, reports British intelligence.
- The United States has provided Ukraine with industrial 3D printers to print spare parts for equipment.
- Details of the attack on the ships in Sevastopol are revealed: a group of military personnel on boats was involved.
- During the fighting in Hostomel, Russia lost about 200 elite specialists in airfield capture, says Ukrainian intelligence.
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