[Korrespnondent] 22:34 The United States will not impose visa restrictions against Russian citizens, White House spokesman John Kirby said on the Dozhd TV channel: "We have introduced visa restrictions for individual Russians. We believe that this is a tool that helps to hold regime supporters accountable. But we we don't think holding all Russians accountable is a productive measure. We don't think it should be turned into a war with the entire Russian people. It's not the Russian people that should be blamed here."
21:48 Vereshchuk warned that if they participate in "referendums" in the occupied territories, Ukrainians face criminal liability: "All this is a farce and a circus. But for our citizens who will take part in this, this is actually an article of the Criminal Code. Therefore, I urge, once again I urge, to evacuate everyone who can. If collaboration is proven, or, for example, participation in a "referendum", or an inducement to participate in a "referendum", then people can get up to 12 years with confiscation" .
The minister added that if it is not possible to leave, then it is simply not worth going to a “referendum”: “And if it so happened that people are forced to stay in uncontrolled territories, not to take part in any “referendums” under any pressure, forcible coercion. It will be impossible later to justify the fact that a person went to a "referendum", took some kind of "ballots" and did something there."
21:44 Zelensky in the evening video message noted today's result of the Air Force - downed Kalibr, attack helicopter of the occupiers, drones: "I want to thank all our defenders and defenders of the sky from the Skhid air command. You are great - today and always." The president also thanked the fighters of the 55th artillery brigade in the Donetsk direction for accurate fire on the enemy. "I thank both our intelligence and the Security Service of Ukraine for the accuracy of our answers on the positions and objects of the occupiers," the supreme commander added.
19:56 At the Zaporizhzhya NPP, one of the operating reactors was again stopped, the IAEA reported. That being said, one reactor is still operating and producing electricity for both cooling and other critical safety functions on the site, as well as for households, factories and other facilities.
18:57 The Armed Forces of Ukraine repelled enemy attacks in the Bakhmut and Avdeevka directions. During the day, Ukrainian aviation inflicted more than five strikes: military equipment, electronic warfare, air defense equipment and a significant amount of enemy manpower were destroyed, the General Staff reports in the evening summary .
18:28 In Zelenodolsk, Dnipropetrovsk region, as a result of enemy shelling from Hurricanes, a nine-year-old child was killed, ten more people were injured - all of them are in the hospital, most are in serious condition, said the head of the OVA, Valentin Reznichenko.
17:04 Turkey is ready to become an intermediary
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16:37 At the airfield of Melitopol, captured by the invaders, where they tried to place their military equipment about ten times, five loud explosions thundered, the mayor of the city Ivan Fedorov said.
16:06 In Bereznegovatoy of the Nikolaev area as a result of attacks the eight-year-old child was lost, four more people received shrapnel wounds, among them two children, the head of a regional council Anna Zamazaeva reported.
14:52 According to the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, 40% of the equipment that new Russian units are equipped with is not combat-ready. The representative of the Ukrainian military intelligence Vadim Skibitsky said that Russia would be able to form a new army corps before the end of November: "The story with the third army corps will stretch until November. The problem is the human resource, staffing with specialists. It takes 3-4 months to train a normal specialist. Also a problem is the acquisition of equipment and weapons. All the latest equipment was in service with those battalion tactical groups that entered our territory in February-March. Now we see that all units being formed are equipped with Soviet weapons, which are removed from storage bases and arsenals and According to our estimates, 40% of military equipment is not combat-ready.
14:28 The "authorities" of the occupied Energodar said that the supply of energy from the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant to the territories controlled by Ukraine was suspended after the power line was damaged due to alleged Ukrainian shelling.
13:22 In Oleshki near Kherson, a warehouse with ammunition from Russian invaders is detonating, Mayor Yevgeny Ryshchuk said.
12:59 In Nikolaev around 11:30 explosions thundered - now it is known about getting into garages in one of the districts of the city, there was a fire. The shock wave also took out windows and doors in a private residential building, according to preliminary information, one woman was injured, the mayor of the city Alexander Senkevich said.
11:41 During the night, the Russian Federation inflicted eight blows on Kramatorsk. A warehouse with humanitarian aid was destroyed, industrial infrastructure was damaged. One person was injured and taken to hospital in serious condition, Mayor Alexander Goncharenko said.
11:39 In Severodonetsk, a priest of the UOC-MP was transmitting data about the Armed Forces of Ukraine to the enemy. He was detained on suspicion of collaborationism, the Office of the Prosecutor General said.
11:18 Zaluzhny said that within three days, from August 31 to September 2, a pair of Bayraktar TV-2 UAVs destroyed enemy equipment worth about $ 26.5 million. In particular, these are eight T-72 tanks, Acacia self-propelled guns, infantry fighting vehicles and a howitzer. Five T-72 tanks and one infantry fighting vehicle were also damaged. The total cost of destroyed and damaged Russian equipment is $28.35 million. One of the Bayraktors is a gift from Lithuania.
10:47 The American Institute for the Study of War (ISW) writes that Russia is trying to present the Ukrainian counteroffensive in the Kherson region as an instant defeat, which is a deliberate distortion of reality. At the same time, Russian bloggers stepped up the dissemination of false informational narratives about the September 1-2 counteroffensive, as the information space around the success and pace of the Ukrainian counteroffensive remained foggy. According to analysts, the Russians will continue to spread these narratives in order to exploit the Ukrainian operational silence.
Over the past 24 hours, Russian forces have continued to strike at Ukrainian rear along GLOC ground communications and may have reinforced the southern axis by redistributing equipment from Russian rear areas in Donbas and Crimea.
10:40 am In the occupied territory of the Zaporozhye region, the "CEC" announced that it had received booths for secret voting at the "referendum", transparent boxes for ballots, as well as portable ballot boxes for mobile voting.
10:02 British intelligence reports that the Armed Forces of Ukraine have resumed offensive operations in southern Ukraine since August 29. In particular, an offensive is underway on a broad front west of the Dnieper River, focusing on three directions within the Russian-occupied Kherson region. At the same time, analysts note that it is not yet known whether the capture of Kherson is part of Ukraine's goals.
According to intelligence, Ukrainian forces likely achieved a degree of tactical surprise by exploiting poor logistics, administration and leadership in the Russian military. Since the fighting also continues in the Donbass and Kharkiv sectors, the key question for the Russian command will be where to send the operational reserve forces.
09:28 The General Staff announced the approximate losses of the enemy on the morning of September 3. The enemy suffered the greatest losses in the Donetsk and Krivoy Rog directions.
- personnel - about 49,050 (+350) people liquidated,
- tanks - 2034 (+25),
- armored combat vehicles - 4403 (+37),
- artillery systems - 1134 (+8),
- MLRS - 293 (+4),
- air defense systems - 153 (+0),
- aircraft - 235 (+1),
- helicopters - 205 (+0),
- UAVs of the operational-tactical level - 864 (+11),
- cruise missiles - 203 (+5),
- ships/boats - 15 (+0),
- automotive equipment and tankers - 3268 (+21),
- special equipment - 105 (+0).
08:52 Tonight, the Russians hit the Novobavarsky district of Kharkov from the S-300 air defense system. The rocket hit the ground near the administrative building of the school, there were no casualties. In the region, the occupiers shelled the Kharkiv, Izyum, Bogodukhovsky, Chuguevsky districts for a day, six victims were hospitalized, Oleg Sinegubov, head of the OVA, said.
08:47 In the Donetsk region over the past day, three civilians were killed from Russian shelling - in Zaitsevo, Ugledar and Bogoyavlenka. Three more people were injured, Pavel Kirilenko, head of the OVA, said.
08:41 "Authorities" of the occupied Zaporozhye region said that the Ukrainian military allegedly fired at Energodar and tried to land their paratroopers in three directions.
08:33 The Russians attacked the Dnipropetrovsk region at night with cruise missiles, Grads and heavy artillery. In the Dnieper region, the Ukrainian military shot down all five Russian missiles that the enemy sent to the Dnieper, said the head of the UVA, Valentin Reznichenko. There were no casualties.
08:02 Russians have become more active in the Bakhmut, Avdeevsky, Novopavlovsky and Zaporozhye directions. The Ukrainian Defense Forces managed to successfully repel enemy attacks in the areas of the settlements of Bakhmutskoe, Kodema, Zaitsevo, Avdiivka, Marinka and Vremovka, Genshbab of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reports in the morning report .
02:43 APU hit the command and observation post of the 205th separate motorized rifle Cossack brigade in Snegirevka, Mykolaiv region and a pontoon crossing near Cossack. Two ammunition depots and three ammunition depots in Kherson and Beryslav regions were also hit, OK Pivden reported.
00:07 In addition to $ 11.7 billion for defense and direct financial assistance to Ukraine, Biden proposed that Congress allocate $ 2 billion to Kiev to pay for energy, the White House said.