13 civilians were killed during a shelling of Donetsk

1 Donbass The Ukrainian forces shelled the Kuibyshevsky district of Donetsk. 13 people died — 2 were children. “According to the preliminary data, as a result of a punitive shelling, 13 civilians died on the square of Baku Commissars, in the Kuibyshev district. The number of the wounded is being specified» — the mayor, Aleksey Kulemzin, reported on his Telegram channel. “That district gets hit quite often. Children are dying as the result. According to the preliminary data, 2 children were among the victims today» — he added.

2 Ukrainian shells hit a bus stop and a store on the square of the Baku Commissars on the Kuibyshevsky district of the city of Donetsk — the TASS concluded. The ’Donetsk News Agency’ reported while citing a source in the district administration that the Ukrainian shells hit the Vasnetsov Street. Meanwhile the Palace of Culture named after V.V. Kuibyshev wasn’t attacked. 3 people died in the Kirovsky district of Donetsk. The Ukrainian forces shelled a local market as well. A fire has started, and then was extinguished — the ’First Republican TV Channel’ reported on their Telegram channel. «3 store employees died in the market ’Sokol’, in Donetsk» — the report specified. 2 Ukraine The Russian Defense Ministry spokesman, Lieutenant-General Igor Konashenkov, stated that the Russian air forces destroyed the workshops of the factory ’Iskra’, located in the city of Zaporozhye. US-made MLRS HIMARS were serviced inside the workshops. «The Russian air forces destroyed the workshops of the factory ’Iskra’, in the city of Zaporozhye. The workshops were maintaining the US-made MLRS HIMARS» — Igor Konashenkov reported and added that the Russian air, missile, and artillery forces hit 7 Ukrainian command posts, and 52 Ukrainian artillery units. Ukrainian servicemen and combat vehicles were hit in 134 districts — the TASS reported.

3 Donbass The head of the DPR, Denis Pushilin, reported that the DPR forces are advancing in several places. «The situation is relatively stable in the Donetsk, Gorlovka, and Ugledarsk areas. In some areas our forces continue to move forward, at a slow pace» — he specified. The situation around the town of Krasny Lyman is complicated, but controlled. He added that the DPR forces prevented a crossing of Ukrainian combat vehicles to the Krivoy Luk area. An attempt of a break-through in Kremennaya was stopped as well — the TASS reported.

4 Spain Spain will start a training program for Ukrainian servicemen. The training will be held in Spain. This decision of the Spanish government was reported by the ’InfoDefensa’ news agency. The main course will be a training in the use of tanks, artillery ammo, and anti-aircraft installations. The first group of 20 Ukrainian servicemen is due to arrive early next week at the San Gregorio training ground, in Zaragoza. The term of study is 1 month. Previously the Spanish leadership had planned to transfer to Ukraine several dozens of Leopard 2A4 tanks — they are being stored in a military base in Zaragoza. The deliveries were initially disrupted by Germany, which banned the use of German-made tanks during the conflict in Ukraine. Later the Spanish government recognized the armored vehicles in the storage as ’faulty’.

5 Ukraine On 19th of September, Vladimir Zelensky held a Supreme Commander HQ meeting. Many questions were discussed. «The participants also discussed the preparation of the defensive forces for the winter. They discussed the issues of providing the servicemen with winter uniforms, footwear, and heating equipment» — end of quote. It was noted that Ukraine needs more weapons and ammo. The entire military-political leadership of Ukraine participated in the meeting. Reports were heard from the commanders on the situation on the front line. The leaders of the Kiev regime discussed the plan of the Ukrainian forces to seize the territories, controlled by the Russian forces. On 18th of September Vladimir Zelensky stated that the Kiev regime is preparing for new counter-offensives against the allied forces of Russia and Donbass, as well as an invasion of Crimea.

6 The USA — China The Chinese authorities criticized the statement of Joe Biden on Taiwan — the RIA NEWS reported. The Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman, Mao Ning, stated that China had already issued a stern warning to Washington. «The statement of the USA violates the ’One China’ principle, and the provisions of the 3 Joint Sino-US Communiqués. It violates the important commitment of the USA to not support the Taiwan independence. It also sends a false signal to the separatist forces on the island» — she explained. Earlier Joe Biden stated during an interview to the CBS that the USA will defend Taiwan if China tries to start a military conflict.

Constantine Reztsov, specially for the ANNA NEWS.