Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 1,304

Here is however things basal connected Saturday, September 20:

Regional security

• Estonian officials accidental 3 Russian MiG-31 fighters entered Estonia’s airspace “over the Gulf of Finland” for a full of 12 minutes connected Friday and called for NATO talks implicit the “unprecedented and brazen intrusion”.
• Moscow denied violating Estonia’s airspace, with the Russian aerial unit claiming its jets flew implicit neutral waters of the Baltic Sea arsenic they travelled from northwestern Russia to the Baltic exclave of Kaliningrad.
• The incidental came a week aft much than 20 Russian drones entered Polish airspace and drew contiguous condemnation from NATO and European countries.
• NATO spokesperson Allison Hart accused Moscow of “reckless behaviour” and said the confederation had scrambled craft to intercept the Russian jets.
• British Defence Secretary John Healey said that Russia’s “reckless and unsafe activity” was “the 3rd usurpation of NATO airspace successful caller days”.
• France’s Ministry of the Armed Forces besides responded, saying successful a statement: “This incursion into Estonia is unprecedented for much than 20 years”.
• United States President Donald Trump said helium had not been briefed connected the incidental but said, “I don’t similar erstwhile that happens.” It “could beryllium large trouble”, helium added.

Fighting

• Ukrainian forces launched a question of drone attacks connected Russia, sidesplitting a 55-year-old antheral successful the colony of Amon, successful the Kursk region, and a motortruck operator successful the colony of Otradovka successful the Belgorod region, according to an authoritative and the Russian state-run TASS quality agency.
• Ukrainian forces attacked the Belgorod portion with much than 100 drones and much than 15 munitions successful a 24-hour period, Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov wrote connected Telegram.
• In Ukraine, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said 2 radical were wounded successful a Russian onslaught connected the Dnipro region.
• Zelenskyy besides said connected X that Russian forces launched adjacent to 90 drones astatine Ukraine overnight, targeting Ukraine’s Donetsk, Kyiv, Sumy, Kharkiv and Chernihiv regions, alongside Dnipro. “Our warriors managed to neutralise astir of them,” Zelenskyy said.
• Separately, a unit of journalists from Ukraine’s Channel Five and their operator were injured by a landmine adjacent Pokrovsk successful the Donetsk region, Ukrinform reported connected Saturday.
• Russian forces seized the colony of Muravka successful Ukraine’s Donetsk portion and Novoivanovka successful the Zaporizhia region, according to TASS.

Politics and diplomacy

• European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen presented a 19th bundle of sanctions connected Russia, urging members of the European Union to follow caller curbs connected Russia’s exports of liquefied earthy state (LNG).
• Zelenskyy welcomed the measures, saying they “marked an important measurement that volition summation unit connected the Russian warfare instrumentality and nutrient a tangible effect”.
• Trump said helium and Chinese President Xi Jinping discussed Russia’s warfare connected Ukraine successful a call connected Friday. “I judge helium would similar to spot it ended,” Trump told reporters successful the Oval Office of Xi’s presumption of the war, aft the call.