The Turkish air force launched a series of strikes on the Iraqi territory

1 Ukraine News about the special military operation. Over the past day, the Russian forces destroyed 6 Ukrainian command posts, plus a significant number of enemy servicemen and combat vehicles. 3 warehouses with ammo and rocket weapons of the Ukrainian nationalists were destroyed. In the Dnepropetrovsk region, a ground control station of the UAVs «Bayraktar» was destroyed. 2 Ukrainian MiG-29s were shot down in the Kherson region — Igor Konashenkov reported and added that in the Zaporozhye region the Russian air force eliminated up 100 servicemen from the Ukrainian 9th Special Purpose Regiment of the National Guard of Ukraine ’’Gepard’’, plus more than 50 foreign mercenaries. An area of deployment of the Ukrainian 59th Motorized Infantry Brigade, stationed in the industrial area of the city of Nikolaev, was destroyed by the precision weapons of the Russian air forces. Up to 50 Ukrainian servicemen plus 5 combat vehicles were destroyed.

2 Republics of Donbass On 27th of September, the voting on referendums on joining Russia has ended in the DPR, the LPR, the Kherson and Zaporozhye regions. The preliminary results are coming from the polling stations on the territory of Russia, where the refugees and the diplomatic workers could vote. The referendum has already been declared valid in the LPR. The international observers didn’t see any irregularities in the voting process. The counting has already begun at a number of areas. The final results may be known by the morning of the 28th of September. The international observers from Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Germany, Serbia, Mozambique, France, and the Central African Republic recorded no violations, except for the threats and shelling from Ukraine. The observers noted the enthusiasm of the voters.

3 Europe The European Commission is aware of the state of emergency in the operation of the ’Nord Stream’ and ’Nord Stream 2’ gas pipelines, and is currently monitoring the situation. On 27th of September, during a press conference in Brussels, a EC representative Tim McPhee stated that the security of the energy supplies to the EU is currently intact. He added that it is too early to talk about the causes of the state of emergency. The journalists had a question about a possible sabotage, to which the EC spokesman Eric Mamer replied that the European Commission won’t speculate on the matter. He added that the EC would condemn any act of sabotage, on any infrastructure. On the night of 26th of September the pressure inside the ’Nord Stream 2’ gas pipeline went down. A decrease was recorded in the pipe ’A’. A pressure drop was recorded on both threads of ’Nord Stream 1’, in the exclusive economic zone of Denmark, north-east of the island of Bornholm. A 5-mile no-go zone has been established in the leak zones.

4 Turkey — Iraq The Turkish Air Force carried out air-strikes on the Iraqi territory — the ’Kurdistan 24’ reported on 27th of September. The air-strikes were carried out on the areas of Sulaymaniyah, Mawat, and the village of Galala. The targets of the air-strikes were the military facilities of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party. The Turkish Air Force reportedly hit several PKK field camps. At the same time — local residential houses and outbuildings were damaged. Earlier it was reported that the north of the Iraqi Kurdistan is also being attacked by the Iranian forces.

5 Yemen The Yemeni rebels are ready to use rockets to attack the facilities of foreign companies producing oil in Yemen. The movement’s official spokesman, Yahya Sari stated — the ’Khabar’ news agency reported. In his address to the mass media, he accused the foreign companies of plundering the wealth of the country. He added that the resumption of hostilities could begin if the Yemeni government, and its foreign allies, won’t comply with a number of conditions of the peace agreement. Namely — paying salaries to the Yemeni civil servants and opening the country’s airports and seaports. The ceasefire expires in early October. The UN intends to seek from the parties of the conflict to extend the truce for another 3 months.

6 Europe The Director General of the IAEA, Rafael Grossi, plans to visit Russia and Ukraine during this week to continue the negotiations on the situation at the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant. While commenting on the course of negotiations on the creation of a security zone around the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant — he stated that there is some progress. «I think we’re making progress» — he stated. Recently Rafael Grossi held a meeting with the head of Rosatom, Alexei Likhachev, during the agency’s conference. Plans were discussed to create a protective zone around the Zaporozhye NPP. According to Rafael Grossi — the creation of such zone is a necessary step to reduce the risks of a nuclear incident at the nuclear power plant. In his speech at the session, he announced his readiness to continue the consultations with Russia and Ukraine on this matter.

Constantine Reztsov, specially for the ANNA NEWS