The Kremlin said the annexation of four regions of Ukraine would be officially announced on September 30, when Putin will deliver a speech. Ukrainian forces are fighting from Kolodezi in the north and from the bridgehead on the banks of the Seversky Donets River in the south. He said Russian forces attacked a humanitarian convoy headed for Russian-occupied territory. "The Kremlin's contradictory statements and procedures demonstrate the fundamental nature of the systemic weakness of Russian military leadership that characterized the entire invasion," the institute continued. "The bureaucratic failures ... may indicate that Putin has once again bypassed the Russian military leadership or the Russian Defense Ministry."

Source: Hindustan Times September 30, 2022 08:44 UTC