Day 223 Roundup: Ukraine Launches Attacks on Luhansk; Russian Lawmakers Ratify Annexation of Four Regions

story

OCT 2022

Image copyright: nytimes

story last updated JAN 31

The Spin

Anti-Russia narrative

Ukrainian forces advancing through Kharkiv into the Luhansk region are destroying Russia's most elite and valuable troops, all while the Kremlin continues struggling to train and equip new personnel effectively. The gains from this counter-offensive could mark a turning point in favor of Ukraine.

Pro-Russia narrative

Russian forces are holding the line against Ukrainian counterattacks, coming at an exceptionally high cost to manpower and military equipment for Ukraine's army. These losses are not sustainable, and Russia will continue to secure newly annexed regions and defend its populations.

Metaculus Prediction

Establishment split

CRITICAL

PRO

In Retreat on Ukrainian Fronts, Russia Shows Signs of Disarray

nytimesSEP 2022

Ukraine hammers Russian forces into retreat on east and south fronts

Back in the Fight

nytimesSEP 2022

Ukraine live briefing: Kyiv breaks through in south and east; Russia in ‘defensive crouch’ near Kherson

Latest News on Russia-Ukraine War: Live Updates

nytimesSEP 2022

As NATO Member, Finland Could Have Nuclear Weapons 600 Miles from Kremlin

NewsweekSEP 2022

British Intelligence Predicted Ukraine War 30 Years Ago - Global Research

Global ResearchSEP 2022

Why Ukraine In NATO Could Be A Nuclear Nightmare For America

FederalistSEP 2022

Refuting annexation, Ukrainian forces push on from Lyman toward Luhansk

Kiev Offers White House Targeting Control, Seeks Longer Range Weapons - Global Research

Global ResearchSEP 2022

U.S. announces new $625 million military aid package for Ukraine

PBS NewsHourSEP 2022

Fact Check: Does Recent Footage Show Russia Moving Nukes Through Moscow?

NewsweekSEP 2022

History Repeating Itself in Russia

American ConservativeSEP 2022

If Kennedy Hadn’t Listened to Khrushchev - Global Research

Global ResearchSEP 2022

Russian Troops Driven Back by Ukraine Counter Among Most Elite Forces: ISW

NewsweekSEP 2022

'Putin is getting desperate': National security experts warns that Russia’s leader won’t give up easily

AlterNetSEP 2022

Elon Musk sparks outrage for suggesting Ukraine give up Crimea; Russia fines TikTok: Live updates

USA TodaySEP 2022

Ukrainian Forces Make Gains in Southern Kherson Region

AntiWarSEP 2022

Russian troops pull back from annexed territory amid Ukrainian counteroffensive

PBS NewsHourSEP 2022

Russians Use Drastic Measures To Avoid Putin’s Military Draft—Including Self-Mutilation

Ukraine Breaks Through More Occupied Territory As Moscow Attempts To Formalize Illegal Annexation

Russian Host Says Foreign Media Stokes Panic, Urges Viewers to Self-Censor

NewsweekSEP 2022

Russia's Demoralized New 3rd Army Corps Given Obsolete Weapons: Ukraine

NewsweekSEP 2022

WATCH LIVE: State Department holds briefing amid Ukraine war developments

PBS NewsHourSEP 2022

NATO in the Horns of a Dilemma After Former Ukrainian Regions Vote to Join Russia. Scott Ritter - Global Research

Global ResearchSEP 2022

Elon Musk Suddenly Became Kiev Regime's Enemy No. 1 - Global Research

Global ResearchSEP 2022

NATO Focusing on Russia's Arctic Threat as Putin Seeks to Dominate Region

NewsweekSEP 2022

Russia Praises Elon Musk's Peace Plan to End Ukraine War: 'Very Positive'

NewsweekSEP 2022

Your Tuesday Briefing

nytimesSEP 2022

Russians Increasingly Anxious as Ukraine War Turns Sour: Poll

NewsweekSEP 2022

Ukrainian Citizens of Putin's Annexed Territory Given Month to Choose Sides

NewsweekSEP 2022

Russia, China 'Deepen' Relations with Shared Anti-U.S. Goal: NATO Official

NewsweekSEP 2022

Ukrainian Diplomat Tells Elon Musk to ‘F— Off’ for Floating Idea for Peace Plan

AntiWarSEP 2022

Ukraine Getting More HIMARS from U.S. in New Aid Package

NewsweekSEP 2022

Zelensky Says 'More and More' Russians Trying to Escape as Ukraine Advances

NewsweekSEP 2022

Chinese Social Media Brands Russia 'Weak Goose' After Ukraine Failures

NewsweekSEP 2022

Musk 'Worthy of a Promotion' After Russian Peace Tweet: Medvedev

NewsweekSEP 2022

Russian Soldier Nicknamed 'Cannibal' Complains He Needs More Men: Ukraine

NewsweekSEP 2022

Elon Musk tweets ‘peace plan’ for Ukraine. Chaos ensues.

Fake Cheers Added to Putin Annexation Speech as 'Supporters' Bussed In

NewsweekSEP 2022

Ingrate: Is Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelensky getting too big for his britches?

American ThinkerSEP 2022

Zelenskyy hits back at Elon Musk's controversial Twitter poll about the war with a poll of his own, asking people if they prefer a Musk who supports Russia or Ukraine

Business InsiderSEP 2022

British Paper Warns That Russia’s Nukes Are on the Move and Putin May Be Planning to ‘Send a Signal'

Red StateSEP 2022

CIA chief weighs in on Putin’s alleged nuclear threat

U.S. Has Only Two Options Left for Russia's War on Ukraine: RAND

NewsweekSEP 2022

Vladimir Putin's Reign Is Now 'Closer to the End,' Russian Official Says

NewsweekSEP 2022

Ukraine’s top diplomat tries to counter Russia’s narrative on Africa tour.

nytimesSEP 2022

Putin Out of Options to Reverse Ukraine's Advances: General Petraeus

NewsweekSEP 2022

Notorious Ukrainian diplomat tells Musk to f**k off

Greenwald: No One Talks About Ending Ukraine War For Fear Of Being Labelled A ‘Traitor’

InfoWarsSEP 2022

Kremlin reacts to Zelensky banning talks with Putin

Russia’s parliament fully ratifies unification treaties

Russia Loses 44 Tanks, 27 Armored Vehicles in a Single Day: Ukraine

NewsweekSEP 2022

Russia's Draft and the US's Draft Registration

OpEdNewsSEP 2022

Videos Show Russian Men Breaking Limbs to Avoid Conscription

NewsweekSEP 2022

Putin, Holding a Weak Hand, Raises the Stakes

AntiWarSEP 2022

Putin's Mobilization Backfires as 370,000 Flee Russia in Two Weeks

NewsweekSEP 2022

Russia’s Ukraine Annexation Gets International Backing – From North Korea

Russian TV Hosts Urge Return to 'Freedom,' Throw Top Brass Under the Bus

NewsweekSEP 2022

If Kennedy Hadn’t Listened to Khrushchev

AntiWarSEP 2022

Ukraine update: Russia's unraveling accelerates as Ukraine makes gains on every front

Daily KosSEP 2022

German top officials disagree on ‘war with Putin’

Buchanan Raises Alarm Over Putin’s Nuclear Ultimatum, Ukraine’s Admission to NATO

InfoWarsSEP 2022

Russian army maps show major retreats in Ukraine’s Kherson region

Al JazeeraSEP 2022

Nukes Reported on Route to Ukraine as Fears Grow Putin Will Push Button

NewsweekSEP 2022

Elon Musk weighs in on how to end the war in Ukraine.

nytimesSEP 2022

Vladimir Putin's Speech Contains the Off-Ramp to the War in Ukraine | Opinion

NewsweekSEP 2022

Russian partial mobilization numbers revealed

It's 'very hard to say' whether Putin is bluffing about using nuclear weapons in Ukraine, CIA director says

Business InsiderSEP 2022

Those people who vote with their feet tell us a lot about Russia and China - The Washington Post

'My very diplomatic reply': Ukraine ambassador leaves Twitter users reeling after colorful response to Elon Musk

AlterNetSEP 2022

Critics shred Elon Musk over his purportedly pro-Russian proposals to end the war in Ukraine

AlterNetSEP 2022

Zelensky reacts to Musk’s peace proposal

InfoWarsSEP 2022

Zelenskyy, Musk in Twitter showdown over Ukraine ‘peace’ plan

Al JazeeraSEP 2022

Ukraine war: Will Putin use nuclear weapons?

Al JazeeraSEP 2022

Russia feared to be planning major nuclear test near border with Ukraine: report

New York PostSEP 2022

Ukraine’s counter-attack in the south ramps up after Russian ‘annexation’

New York PostSEP 2022

Ukrainians Are Responding to the Threat of Nukes By Organising an Orgy

'Which Elon Musk Do You Like?': Zelensky Responds to Tesla CEO's Poll

NewsweekSEP 2022

Russia mobilization: Over 200,000 citizens drafted into military since Putin order

FOX NewsSEP 2022

North Korea sides with Russia in annexation of Ukraine

FOX NewsSEP 2022

A French town is spending $6,000 on warm jackets for hundreds of kids as temperatures fall in classrooms amid energy crisis, report says

Business InsiderSEP 2022

Russian lawmakers accept annexed territory in Ukraine, Zelenskyy codifies 'impossibility' of peace talks

FOX NewsSEP 2022

Calls from the front lines reveal morale collapse in Russian army: report

FOX NewsSEP 2022

Biden and Zelensky talk as Ukraine makes battlefield gains

New York PostSEP 2022

What Damage Could Tests of Russia Apocalypse Poseidon Weapon Do?

NewsweekSEP 2022

Stephen Colbert: ‘There’s a reason the Russian army is getting its ass kicked – it sucks’

GuardianSEP 2022

Ukraine continues to liberate territory in east and south, says Zelenskiy

GuardianSEP 2022

Ukraine is hitting Russia hard in the regions Moscow is trying to seize

Ukraine ‘must revamp labour laws and step up privatisation to fix economy’

GuardianSEP 2022

Zelensky fires back at Elon Musk’s Twitter poll on annexed areas of Ukraine

New York PostSEP 2022

Gen. Jack Keane: US 'investment' in Ukraine denied Putin his ambitions, kept America's future secure

FOX NewsSEP 2022

Bodies of Russian soldiers lie in town recaptured by Ukraine

Al JazeeraSEP 2022

Hours after being blasted for parroting Putin's propaganda, Elon Musk says he is 'obviously' pro-Ukraine and says SpaceX has spent $80 million on Starlink in the country

Business InsiderSEP 2022

Ukrainian nuclear power plant director released from Russian detention, UN says

FOX NewsSEP 2022

Russia’s forces are drunk, armed with ‘obsolete’ weapons: Ukraine

New York PostSEP 2022

Fake cheers added to Putin's annexation celebration

New York PostSEP 2022

Ukrainian economy will shrink at rate eight times that of Russia, World Bank forecasts

GuardianSEP 2022

Thousands of Russian troops contact Ukraine’s ‘surrender hotline’: Ukrainian official

FOX NewsSEP 2022

Time for the Private Sector to Step Up for Ukraine - The American Spectator

American SpectatorSEP 2022

Russia ‘fully committed’ to UN consensus on nuclear war

RT News - October 04 2022 (09:00 MSK)

Ukraine: at least 18 people working for occupiers targeted in attacks

GuardianSEP 2022

Miss Crimea fined by Russian officials for singing patriotic Ukrainian song

New York PostSEP 2022

Kremlin praises Elon Musk for his controversial Twitter poll that included suggestions for a Ukraine 'peace plan'

Business InsiderSEP 2022

Miss Crimea fined for singing patriotic Ukrainian song

GuardianSEP 2022

Head of Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant has been released, IAEA chief says

New York PostSEP 2022

Zelensky signs law that rules out Ukraine peace talks with Putin as ‘impossible’

New York PostSEP 2022

Russia Touts Rapid Mobilization but Faces Dilemma as Ukrainians Advance

Wall Street JournalSEP 2022

Ukrainian Advance Outstrips Russian Efforts to Mobilize Reinforcements

Wall Street JournalSEP 2022

Ukraine promises to export more grains to African countries

Al JazeeraSEP 2022

Rare video shows Russia moving equipment belonging to a nuclear weapons unit

Chechen leader and Putin ally to send teen sons to fight for the ‘Motherland’ in Ukraine

New York PostSEP 2022

War and Resistance in Putin’s Russia

CounterPunchSEP 2022

The Biggest Losers

CounterPunchSEP 2022

Russia’s Draft and the US’s Draft Registration

CounterPunchSEP 2022

Nuclear Weapons Convoy Spotted in Central Russia Headed for Ukraine Border

PJ MediaSEP 2022

How the Russia vs Ukraine war could end

Daily MailSEP 2022

Biden gives Zelensky another $625 MILLION in aid - including HIMARS missiles and artillery

Daily MailSEP 2022

Men 'are ordered to beat their wives after the women protest in Chechnya'

Daily MailSEP 2022

Kyiv gives out potassium iodine pills to in preparation for nuclear attack on Ukraine's capital

Daily MailSEP 2022

Ukraine war: Russian frontline 'collapses' near Kherson

Daily MailSEP 2022

CIA director Bill Burns says China's Xi has been 'sobered' by Russia's 'poor performance' in Ukraine

Daily MailSEP 2022

More neutral establishment stance articles

Russian Military Train Operated By ‘Secretive Nuclear Division’ Is On Its Way To Ukraine: Report

Daily WireSEP 2022

One-way airline tickets from Russia up 27% after mobilization -ForwardKeys

One AmericaSEP 2022

Elon Musk steps in it — “F#ck off is my very diplomatic reply to you”

TechCrunchSEP 2022

Putin, Holding a Weak Hand, Raises the Stakes

TownhallSEP 2022

Elon Musk could help Ukraine – but not like this

IndependentSEP 2022

Elon Musk claims ‘biggest bot attack’ ruined his attempt to solve Ukraine-Russia war

IndependentSEP 2022

Russia says it called-up more than 200,000 troops for Ukraine war

IndependentSEP 2022

‘F*** off!’: Ukraine ambassador tells Elon Musk where to go after Tesla boss tries Twitter poll

IndependentSEP 2022

How Elon Musk’s changing Ukraine commentary totally backfired on him

IndependentSEP 2022

Ukraine Russia war – live updates: Zelensky’s soldiers tear through Putin’s defences in south, recapture land in east

IndependentSEP 2022

Russia-Ukraine news latest: Zelensky rules out Putin talks as Moscow praises Musk tweets

IndependentSEP 2022

‘Russia is in trouble’: Ukraine forces make more advances in Kherson

IndependentSEP 2022

Bias Split Public Figures Controversies

Sign Up for Our Free Newsletters
Sign Up for Our Free Newsletters

About Contact Us Newsletter Archive Media

FAQ Glossary Privacy Policy

© 2025 Improve the News Foundation. All rights reserved.Version 6.15.2

© 2025 Improve the News Foundation.

All rights reserved.

Version 6.15.2