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What did 27 September 2022 reveal about Russia's war?
Summary
A look back at a day of annexation timetables, departures from Russia and air defence deliveries for Ukraine.
What was happening around the war in Ukraine on 27 September 2022? Three separate reports from that day and the days just before it point to a conflict pulling in neighbouring states and shaping politics in Moscow.
An annexation timetable
On 27 September 2022, Valentina Matviyenko, Speaker of the Federation Council, the upper chamber of the Russian parliament, said she expected the annexation of occupied Ukrainian territory to be formalised by 4 October. Her remarks came as Russian-installed officials in Ukraine staged so-called referendums on annexation in late September 2022. Commentators later widely described them as sham votes, and various countries denounced them. According to the later background, only North Korea has accepted the validity of the results.
Departures from Russia
Also on 27 September 2022, Kazakhstan said that around 98,000 Russian civilians had entered the country by land and air since Russian president Vladimir Putin ordered a military mobilisation. The figure gave an early indication of how the mobilisation order was affecting movement across Russia's borders.
Air defence for Ukraine
Earlier, on 25 September 2022, Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy confirmed that Ukraine had received NASAMS air defence systems from the United States. The confirmation added to the picture of continued Western military supply to Kyiv at the time.
A day in context
Taken together, the reports show Moscow setting a political timetable for annexation, large numbers of Russians crossing into a neighbouring country after the mobilisation order, and Kyiv confirming new air defence equipment. They were separate developments, each reported on its own terms, but they belonged to the same stage of the war.
