Ukraine updates: Von der Leyen in Kyiv announces €35bn loan

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen arrived successful the Ukrainian superior connected Friday and announced that the EU would beryllium providing Kyiv with a indebtedness worthy up to €35 cardinal ($39 billion).

Von der Leyen said that it was her 8th sojourn to Ukraine and promised the enactment arsenic Russia's penetration grinds on.

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy told a associated briefing that the funds would utilized for aerial defense, energy and home weapons purchases.

Here are the main headlines from Russia's warfare successful Ukraine connected Friday, September 20, 2024:

09/20/2024September 20, 2024

EU to supply Ukraine with €35 cardinal loan

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen connected Friday announced that the EU would assistance Ukraine a indebtedness of up to €35 cardinal ($39 billion).

"Relentless Russian attacks mean Ukraine needs continued EU support. The EU Commission volition supply a indebtedness of up to 35 cardinal euros to Ukraine arsenic portion of the G7 pledge. This is different large EU publication to Ukraine's recovery," von der Leyen said successful a station connected societal media level X.

The indebtedness — announced during a sojourn to Kyiv by von der Leyen — is portion of a wider program involving G7 nations to rise funds utilizing the proceeds of seized Russian assets, a measurement taken to authorisation Moscow for launching an penetration against its neighbor.

09/20/2024September 20, 2024

More than 70,000 dormant Russian soldiers identified — report

An autarkic Russian quality website and the BBC said they had identified implicit 70,000 Russian soldiers who person been killed since the commencement of the warfare successful Ukraine.

"We person identified the names of 70,112 Russian soldiers killed successful Ukraine, but the existent fig is believed to beryllium considerably higher," the BBC Russian work said.

The number was compiled successful concern with Russian quality portal Mediazona. The figures were based connected the investigation of authoritative statements, obituaries and decease notices successful online networks and besides progressive monitoring the graves successful cemeteries successful Russia.

The play of investigation ran from the commencement of Russia’s penetration successful February 2022 to 19 September.

Other estimates of the decease toll, connected some sides, person shown saltation owed to the concealed quality of the figures and deficiency of wide sources. A study from the Wall Street Journal came to the fig of 1 cardinal full dormant and wounded connected some sides, including immoderate 80,000 dormant Ukrainian soldiers.

Some Western quality agencies person enactment that second fig person to 200,000.

09/20/2024September 20, 2024

Zelenskyy 'preparing for important negotiations' with EU partners

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Kyiv was preparing for "important negotiations with our European partner" in comments made up of the sojourn by EU chief Ursula von der Leyen to Kyiv.

"As we attack the wintertime play — and particularly during this captious autumn — we person galore pressing issues that importantly interaction Ukraine and the lives of our people," Zelenskyy said successful a station connected societal media level X.

"Energy is an urgent priority. The beforehand remains a changeless priority, which includes supplying and jointly producing weapons," Zelenskyy said.

Zelenskyy besides highlighted the value of governmental cooperation, saying it was "crucial" and that the negotiations for EU rank were a process that "must beryllium active, genuinely strengthening the full European system."

The Ukrainian president said that Russian assets besides needed to beryllium up for treatment and that they "should beryllium directed towards protecting beingness successful Ukraine from Russian aggression."

The comments were accompanied by a video code to the radical of Ukraine successful which helium gave an update connected a Russian onslaught that deed a nursing location successful Sumy. At slightest 1 idiosyncratic was killed successful the attack.

09/20/2024September 20, 2024

Italy sending different aerial defence strategy to Ukraine

Italy's Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani said that different SAMP-T aerial defence strategy would beryllium sent to Ukraine successful comments to section media.

"We are sending a caller Samp-T [anti-missile system] to support hospitals, schools, universities... for this state that was attacked by Russia," Tajani told Italy’s Radio 24.

He added that "defending Ukraine does not mean bringing a satellite war... We are helping Ukraine and indispensable scope a just peace.”

The SAMP-T is simply a European-made mobile rocket strategy designed to support against aggregate rocket and craft threats.

Italy and France jointly supplied a artillery to Ukraine past year.

09/20/2024September 20, 2024

Ukraine downs dozens of Russian drones and a missile

Ukraine's aerial unit said connected Friday that 61 retired 70 Russian onslaught drones had been changeable down on with 1 retired of 4 missiles launched successful overnight strikes.

"The aerial defence strategy operated successful Dnipropetrovsk, Kyiv, Vinnytsia, Cherkasy, Kirovohrad, Sumy, Poltava, Ivano-Frankivsk, Lviv, Khmelnytsky, Mykolaiv, Odesa and Kherson regions," it said connected the Telegram messenger service.

"Air force, anti-aircraft rocket forces, mobile occurrence groups and units of the Defense Forces of Ukraine were progressive successful repelling the enemy's aerial attack," the aerial unit said adding that it had received nary accusation astir casualties oregon destruction.

09/20/2024September 20, 2024

EU's Ursula von der Leyen pledges enactment for Ukraine connected 8th visit

EU Chief Ursula von der Leyen arrived successful Ukraine's superior Kyiv connected Friday and said she was determination to discuss European support, preparations for winter and advancement connected G7 loans.

"My 8th sojourn to Kyiv comes arsenic the heating play starts soon, and Russia keeps targeting vigor infrastructure," she wrote connected X, formerly Twitter. The station was accompanied with a representation of her astatine a train station.

"We volition assistance Ukraine successful its brave efforts. I travel present to sermon Europe's support. From wintertime preparedness to defence, to accession and advancement connected the G7 loans." 

Von der Leyen is acceptable to sermon assistance for Ukraine's vigor proviso with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy aboriginal connected Friday.

The EU is to supply an further €160 cardinal ($178 million) to Ukraine to assistance repair the damaged vigor infrastructure, expand
renewable energy, and money shelters, the EU chief said up of her trip.

Continuous Russian attacks have destroyed ample parts of Ukraine's captious infrastructure and person led to rolling blackouts successful the eastbound parts of the country.

European countries person sent thousands of generators to Ukraine which are harder to deed and are easier to repair.

kb/ab (AP, AFP, dpa, Reuters)