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History: September 2021
12 articles
Retrospective · events of 1 September 2021
What did Kyiv take from its White House meeting?
Opinion
A look back at the Biden–Zelensky talks and a nuclear memorandum signed a day earlier, as reported at the time.
Retrospective · events of 2 September 2021
Why Poland declared an emergency on its border
World
A retrospective on the Polish state of emergency on the Belarus frontier, and on a nuclear memorandum signed by Ukraine's Energoatom two days earlier.
Retrospective · events of 12 September 2021
Kyiv Pride prepares three-day street program as organizers balance visibility and security
Security
Organizers will spread KyivPride’s September 17–19 marches across three days, citing pandemic concerns while preparing for security risks and police presence.
Retrospective · events of 15 September 2021
Zapad drills showed robot vehicles, as Donbas fighting continued
Security
A look back at 15 September 2021, when Russia displayed unmanned ground vehicles in joint exercises with Belarus, days after fatal shelling in Donetsk region.
Retrospective · events of 20 September 2021
Ukraine and US prepare drills as Zapad ends
Security
A look back at the military exercises announced in western Ukraine and Russia's robotic vehicle display in the days before 20 September 2021.
Retrospective · events of 22 September 2021
Who shot at Serhiy Shefir's car near Kyiv?
Politics
A look back at the attack on a vehicle carrying a close Zelensky associate outside the Ukrainian capital.
Retrospective · events of 22 September 2021
Two border and pitch stories from Europe in September 2021
World
A look back at Poland's accusation over the Belarus frontier and FIFA's sanction on Hungary, reported in the days before 22 September 2021.
Retrospective · events of 24 September 2021
Oligarch law and shooting: Kyiv, 24 September 2021
Politics
A retrospective on the days around 24 September 2021, when a new anti-oligarch law followed an attack on a presidential aide.
Retrospective · events of 26 September 2021
What happened around 26 September 2021 in Europe?
World
A look back at two reports from the days before 26 September 2021: a FIFA sanction on Hungary and Poland's accusations over deaths at the Belarus border.
Retrospective · events of 27 September 2021
What Hungary's gas deal with Russia meant for Kyiv
Politics
A 15-year supply agreement signed on 27 September 2021 drew a sharp response from Ukraine and a rebuttal from Budapest.
Retrospective · events of 29 September 2021
Kyiv and Budapest clash over a Russian gas deal
Politics
A 15-year Gazprom supply agreement signed days earlier drew criticism from Ukraine and a sharp reply from Hungary's foreign minister.
Retrospective · events of 29 September 2021
Hungary's Russian gas contract puts Hungary–Ukraine relations under strain
Opinion
A look back at the 2021 Hungary–Russia gas agreement and the dispute it triggered with Ukraine.