Thea Fathanah Arbar, CNBC Indonesia
Friday, 01/09/2023 22:00 WIB
Jakarta, CNBC Indonesia – Russia will hold regional elections in occupied Ukraine on Thursday and will end on September 10. This step was taken to strengthen Moscow’s control in claiming territory belonging to Kyiv.
Voting was held in Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhia and Kherson, four Ukrainian territories claimed by Russia since the invasion. A Ukrainian official described the election as a sham.
The following are a number of developments related to the Russian-Ukrainian war, as compiled CNBC Indonesia from various sources:
Putin and Erdogan to Meet in Sochi
Russian President Vladimir Putin will hold talks with Turkish Leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Monday (4/9/2023). This was stated by Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov as quoted by Russian state media TASS.
Turkish officials have signaled discussions over the Black Sea wheat deal will be high on the agenda at the meeting.
The leaders will meet in the Russian resort of Sochi on the Black Sea. The meeting would mark a step forward in discussions around a food safety pact that Moscow signed in July, citing constraints on their own exports.
War Spreads to Russian Territory
Ukraine is currently on a counteroffensive operation to hit Moscow troops occupying the Donbass region.
The counterattack launched by Kyiv has in fact widened to include Russian territory. On Wednesday (30/82023), six points of the Red Bear Country were bombarded by drones of Kyiv troops, including the airfield where they destroyed a military transport plane.
Russian officials, quoted Reuters, said the attacks took place in the Pskov, Bryansk, Kaluga, Orlov, Ryazan, and Moscow regions. Even so, Moscow claimed to have thwarted all attacks against Russia, regardless of the damage done on the ground.
The strikes are part of a series of sharp increases in the number of unmanned aerial vehicles, or UAVs, carrying out strikes from Ukraine. They have attacked Central and Southern Russia as well as the capitals Moscow and Crimea in recent weeks.
Specifically for Crimea, Kyiv continues to target the Kerch Strait Bridge, which is the land link between Mainland Russia and the Black Sea Peninsula.
“War is about to happen in Russia. Ukraine is showing that this could make life difficult for Russia, Russia and Putin,” said Timothy Ash, an emerging market strategist at BlueBay Asset Management, commenting on this attack. CNBC International.
Usage drone in the Russo-Ukrainian war itself became one of the vital points of battle. Ukraine has been the target of thousands of Kremlin drone attacks during the conflict, and the same has been experienced by Moscow, where this is predicted to affect Russia’s domestic political map by influencing citizens’ views.
Russia’s Sarmat International Missile Will Fight
Russia’s Sarmat intercontinental ballistic missile, which can carry 10 or more nuclear warheads, has been commissioned into combat. This was announced by the head of the Roscosmos space agency on Friday, as reported by Russian state media RIA Novosti.
“The Sarmat strategic complex has been assigned to combat duty,” the head of the state enterprise said.
This plan has previously been submitted by Putin. The president said last June that the Sarmat missile would soon be ready for combat.
BAE Systems Entity in Ukraine Will Be Targeted by Russia
The Kremlin said on Friday it viewed negatively British defense firm BAE Systems’ move to launch a Ukrainian entity, Reuters reported.
Spokesman Dmytri Peskov added that any facility used for weapons production against Russia would likely be targeted by Moscow.
BAE Systems said on Thursday it was setting up a local entity in Ukraine and had signed an agreement with the local government to increase the supply of weapons and equipment.
Moscow Refuses to Cooperate with the West
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Friday that Moscow will not cooperate with the West in areas on which its security depends.
Lavrov told students at the Moscow State Institute of International Relations that the sectors included economic, technological, military and political security.
“Even if suddenly, by means of an incomprehensible order from above, the West offers us to return to normal contacts, we are already thinking about whether we should do this, and if so, on what front,” Lavrov said, according to state media. RIA Novosti.
“We will not agree to interact with the West, on which our security depends in everything: military-political, economic, technological security,” he added.
Comment on sanctions, RIA quoted Lavrov as saying that there were difficulties that were clearly going to get worse, but the foreign minister added that Moscow was making changes that had positive results.
Russian Missile Attack on Vinnytsia
At least three people were injured after Russian troops attacked a private company with missiles in Vinnytsia, southwest of Kyiv. This was announced by the local governor Serhiy Borzov.
“Unfortunately, there are victims – three civilians, they were provided with all the necessary assistance,” Borzov wrote on Telegram on Friday. However this incident could not be independently verified.
Drone Ukraine Attacks Russian City Near Nuclear Plant
A Ukrainian drone struck a town in western Russia near one of the country’s largest nuclear power plants.
Kursk governor Roman Starovoit on Telegram said that a Ukrainian drone on Friday damaged the exterior of a building in the city of Kurchatov, close to the Kursk nuclear power plant.
No damage was reported to the plant, and no fatalities were recorded.
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