Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 210

Because the Russia-Ukraine struggle enters its 210th day, we check out the principle developments.

Destroyed Russian armoured personnel carriers are seen within the city of Izyum, just lately liberated by Ukrainian forces, as Russia's assault on Ukraine continues [File: Gleb Garanich/Reuters]

Right here is the scenario because it stands on Wednesday, September 21.

Diplomacy/Politics

• Russian President Vladimir Putin has introduced a partial army mobilisation in Russia because the struggle in Ukraine continues for practically seven months.
• World leaders assembly on the United Nations in New York denounced Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, as Moscow-installed leaders in occupied areas of 4 Ukrainian areas introduced plans to carry referendums on becoming a member of Russia within the coming days.
• Within the apparently coordinated transfer, pro-Russian figures introduced referendums for September 23-27 in Luhansk, Donetsk, Kherson and Zaporizhia provinces, representing about 15 % of Ukrainian territory, or an space in regards to the measurement of Hungary.
• Some pro-Kremlin figures framed the referendums as an ultimatum to the West to simply accept Russian territorial beneficial properties or face an all-out struggle with a nuclear-armed foe.
• Reframing the preventing in occupied territory as an assault on Russia may give Moscow a justification to mobilise its two-million-strong army reserves.
• US nationwide safety adviser Jake Sullivan stated Washington rejected any such referendums “unequivocally”. French President Emmanuel Macron and Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda each described the deliberate votes as “parody”.
• EU overseas coverage chief Josep Borrell stated the bloc wouldn't recognise the result of the referendums.
• US President Joe Biden will attempt to rally the world towards Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in a speech to the United Nations Common Meeting, saying Moscow’s struggle towards its neighbour violates the tenets of the UN constitution.

Preventing

• German Chancellor Olaf Scholz stated Putin will solely hand over his “imperial ambitions” that danger destroying Ukraine and Russia if he recognises he can't win the struggle.
• In Kherson, the place the regional capital is the one main metropolis Russia has to this point captured intact because the invasion, Ukraine has launched a serious counter-offensive.
• Ukraine’s armed forces regain management of the village of Bilohorivka, making ready to retake all of Luhansk province from Russian occupiers, provincial Governor Serhiy Haidai stated.
• The village is just 10km (6 miles) west of Lysychansk metropolis, which fell to the Russians after weeks of grinding battles in July.