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21:54 Zelensky will attend a meeting of the UN General Assembly in New York, as well as a meeting of the UN Security Council on Ukraine, which is scheduled for September 20, Albanian representative Ferit Hoxha said. Albania presides over the Council in September. It is expected that world leaders will begin to gather in New York from September 18 to attend a meeting of the UN General Assembly.
21:29 Russia is now saving missiles, preparing for mass strikes in winter, said OK Pivden speaker Natalia Gumenyuk. According to her forecasts, the enemy will again hit energy targets, which remain his priority.
"We are now observing the fact that they are accumulating missile weapons. Because it is obvious to everyone that the latest attacks are more economical," Gumenyuk said. She added that the current change in tactics aims to find gaps in Ukrainian air defense.
20:43 The Russians fired artillery from a village in the Belozersky community of the Kherson region in the evening. A tractor brigade on the territory of an agricultural enterprise came under fire - one person was killed, another was seriously injured, the Office of the Prosecutor General said.
20:11 Zelensky, in an evening video message, announced a "fruitful autumn" in the matter of cleansing the state "of those who are still trying to weaken Ukraine from within." On this occasion, the President held a meeting with law enforcement officers today.
19:28 NATO countries and partners will hold the largest naval exercises in the Baltic Sea and for the first time will practice actions in the event of a Russian attack in this region, said Jan Christian Kaak, Commander-in-Chief of the German Navy. "We are sending a clear signal to Russia about vigilance: only not with us. A reliable deterrence must include the possibility of an attack," he stressed.
19:06 The Russians fired heavy artillery at Nikopol in the Dnepropetrovsk region twice today, one person was injured, the head of the OVA, Serhiy Lysak, said. 15 private houses, outbuildings, cars, solar panels, power lines and a gas pipeline were damaged.
18:57 Zelensky said that today's meeting of the Headquarters of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief was only about the front: "In detail - Kharkiv region, Donbass. In detail - south: Zaporozhye, the left bank of the Kherson region. In detail - the evacuation of the wounded. In detail - the plans of the enemy. We are doing everything to give more strength to our soldiers."
18:30 Ukrainian troops have made “noticeable progress” in the south of the country in recent days, said John Kirby, coordinator for strategic communications at the White House National Security Council. He clarified that Washington has observed "a noticeable advance of the Ukrainian armed forces" south of Zaporozhye over the past 72 hours. He also called it "unhelpful" to criticize the counteroffensive of his partner and friend who is fighting a violent regime.
At the same time, Kirby noted that the White House does not support or encourage the UAF to strike deep into the territory of the Russian Federation: “There have been no changes in terms of our policy regarding strikes deep into Russia. We do not encourage or support them. We are focused on the fact that Ukraine could win back its territory, its own land."
17:44 The Russians fired on the Seredina-Buda city of the Shostka district of the Sumy region from the territory of the Russian Federation, four people were injured. 16 apartment buildings, 12 private households, a critical infrastructure facility, five administrative buildings and institutions, three educational institutions, shops and vehicles were damaged, the Office of the Prosecutor General said.
17:25 The head of the Main Intelligence Directorate, Kirill Budanov, who is famous for his forecasts about hostilities, issued a new batch of predictions and analytics of the current situation in an interview with 1 + 1. The main theses from it are in the material Budanov's New Forecasts .
16:46 Prigozhin's death demonstrated Putin's weakness, Zelensky said during a video conference speech at an economic forum in Italy: "His weakness also consisted in the fact that he promised Prigozhin certain guarantees, and then kills him. This, of course, indicates that "how weak his own words are. That's very important, I think. I think all of our partners need to pay attention to that."
15:51 Budanov, in an interview with Natalia Moseychuk, commented on the possibility of killing Putin: “We need to think about all the steps, what is more profitable - to kill him or let him finish off Russia? What will happen in the event of an unsuccessful attempt and what consequences will this lead to? what you see now."
14:59 The Australian company Electro Optic Systems announced that it will transfer Slinger anti-drone systems to Ukraine, which are also capable of shooting down helicopters. A total of 160 systems will be delivered. The company clarified that the supply was financed by the United States.
14:32 The Russians fired mortars at Kherson, one person died, the OVA reported.
14:28 Governor of the Pskov region Mikhail Vedernikov said that more than 200 people joined the territorial defense detachment of the Druzhina after the drone attack on the airport.
13:45 The Russian Federation has put the Sarmat strategic missile system on combat duty, said Yury Borisov, head of Roscosmos.
13:36 Budanov, in an interview with 1 + 1, called the minimal threat to Ukraine from the mercenaries of PMC Wagner, who are in Belarus. According to him, they will arrange provocations on the western border, but without weapons.
The head of the Main Intelligence Directorate also said that China does not want a military defeat for Russia and at the same time really supports the territorial integrity of Ukraine. According to Budanov, Beijing "needs a configuration in which Russia does not suffer an open defeat, but it is also desirable that Ukraine regain its sovereignty."
As for Putin's entourage, according to intelligence information, only a few of those who advocate war remain. Agents in the Russian Federation say that Putin and his entourage are called "the club of those who are over 70": they do not keep up with the change of events because of their age.
13:07 Two more ships follow a temporary corridor from the Black Sea ports of Ukraine to the Bosphorus, Minister of Infrastructure Oleksandr Kubrakov said. According to him, bulk carriers Anna-Theresa (Liberia) and Ocean Courtesy (Marshall Islands) left the port of Yuzhny. They carry 56,000 tons of pig iron and 172,000 tons of iron ore concentrate.
13:01 Putin and Erdogan will hold talks in Sochi on September 4, Peskov said.
12:12 The issue of the de-occupation of Crimea can be resolved by military or diplomatic means - everything will depend on the behavior of the Russian Federation, Zelensky said at the opening of the business forum of the European House of Ambrosetti in Italy. He stressed that without the complete de-occupation of Crimea, Donbass and other territories in Ukraine and Europe, there can be no sustainable peace. "This can be resolved through diplomatic or military means... Russian troops must leave the peninsula without further pressure, this will save lives," the president added.
11:33 Lavrov claims that Saudi Arabia notified Russia that the meeting in Jeddah in early August on Ukraine was supposedly planned in order "to convince everyone of the futility of negotiations without Moscow."
10:59 Budanov said in an interview with 1 + 1 that Russia will be preparing for revenge, and it will take ten years for it to recover. "We will have ten years to prepare," the head of the GUR added. He also called it a "great idea" to transfer the war to the territory of the Russian Federation: "The war must be transferred to their territory ... The wider the operations, the better."
10:37 As a result of a night missile attack on a private enterprise in the Vinnitsa region, three people were injured, the head of the IVA, Sergei Borzov, said.
10:28 SBU detained an FSB sniper agent who was preparing an assassination attempt on the command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Zaporozhye region. This is the fourth member of the intelligence network, which on May 9 was preparing an attempt on the Ukrainian command. Two were detained on the eve of that day, another one a little later, and the fourth tried to hide. The figurant turned out to be a resident of Zaporozhye, a former military man with the call sign Phantom. After the unsuccessful organization of the assassination attempt, he received a new task - to correct the enemy strike on the front positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The perpetrator faces life imprisonment.
09:59 In Lyubertsy near Moscow, after a drone attack, a workshop for the production of electronics for missiles of the research and production enterprise Tomilinsky Electronic Plant is on fire, UE reports, citing a source in the Ministry of Defense. "The GUR operation, everything is successful, to be continued," the source added.
09:34 The airfield in Pskov was attacked from the territory of Russia, Budanov said in an interview with The War Zone. According to him, two Russian Il-76 aircraft were destroyed and two seriously damaged. This is also confirmed by satellite images.
09:06 In the Zaporozhye region over the past day, as a result of Russian shelling of Gulyaipol and Orekhov, three people were injured. In the Donetsk region, one person died (in Mirny), another was injured. In the Kherson region, one person was also killed and one injured. In the Kharkov region, one person was wounded in Kupyansk, another one - in the village. Kopanki of the Borovskaya community, according to the OVA.
08:38 Ukrainian troops were successful in the direction of Novodanilovka - Novoprokopovka on the southern front, they are fixed on the achieved lines, Andriy Kovalev, the speaker of the General Staff, said.
08:33 At night, Russia launched a strike with Caliber cruise missiles. Launches of two missiles from the Black Sea (Feodosia region) were recorded, the command of the Air Force reported. One rocket was destroyed, the second hit a private enterprise in the Vinnitsa region, there are victims.
08:24 Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin announced the destruction of a drone near Lyubertsy. And the governor of the Kursk region, Roman Starovoit, said that two "Ukrainian drones" allegedly attacked Kurchatov, an administrative building and a residential building were damaged. Another UAV was shot down in the Belgorod region, said the governor of the Belgorod region Vyacheslav Gladkov.
08:20 The General Staff announced the approximate losses of the Russian Federation as of the morning of September 1:
- personnel - about 263,490 (+470) people,
- tanks - 4459 (+23),
- armored combat vehicles - 8613 (+9),
- artillery systems - 5530 (+23),
- MLRS - 735 (+1),
- air defense systems - 500 (+0),
- aircraft - 315 (+0),
- helicopters - 316 (+0),
- UAV operational-tactical level - 4421 (+4),
- cruise missiles - 1445 (+0),
- ships/boats - 18 (+0),
- automotive equipment and tankers - 8009 (+33),
- special equipment - 831 (+1).
07:36 Over the past day, more than 25 clashes have occurred at the front, the General Staff said in the morning summary. In particular, the enemy conducted unsuccessful offensive operations in the area of Novoegorovka, Luhansk region, and Maryinka, Donetsk region.
06:12 The US Department of Defense announced that it had ordered advanced medium-range air-to-air missiles AMRAAM for Ukraine. The American company Raytheon must purchase rockets worth $192 million by November 29, 2024.
03:24 Ukraine is likely to receive the first ten American Abrams tanks in mid-September, Politico writes, citing sources. According to the publication, ten of the promised 31 tanks are in Germany, where they are undergoing final reconstruction, after which they will be sent to Ukraine.