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2022-09-09 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia
Ukrainian Perspective: Invasion of Ukraine: September 8th, 2022
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[Korrespondent] 22:48 The United States has imposed sanctions on an Iranian company, which they accused of coordinating military flights to transport Iranian drones to Russia, Reuters writes. Sanctions were also imposed on three companies that were involved in the production of Iranian drones.

22:46 The plan of sanctions against the Russian Federation has been completed by 70%, the pressure on the aggressor should increase and Russia should be recognized as a terrorist state, Yermak said at a regular meeting of the International Expert Group on Sanctions against Russia.

22:41 Zelensky in the evening video message especially thanked the fighters of the 115th separate brigade of the defense of the Pivnich Operational Command, "who distinguished themselves with courage and the results necessary for Ukraine in the battles in February-March, when they stopped the advance of the enemy, and who continue to defend our state in the North direction". The President also thanked the fighters of the 117th Separate Terodefense Brigade, operating in the direction of Sudzha-Suma, and the first tank brigade, which firmly holds positions in the direction of Gomel-Gorodnya.

22:39 Zelensky said that four ships with agricultural products for Asian countries left Ukrainian ports today alone: ​​"At these hours, more than 65,000 tons of food wheat come to the port of Sudan for unloading. Yesterday, a bulk carrier with wheat for Kenya left - more than 50,000 tons. Vessels for Lebanon and Libya are currently being loaded in Odessa. A vessel that will go to India is waiting for loading in the port of Yuzhny."

22:09 Zelensky said in an evening video message that today's meeting of the Headquarters of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief was primarily devoted to active operations on the front line. According to the president, Ukrainian forces have already liberated dozens of settlements, "and today this movement has continued, there are new results." In total, more than 1,000 square kilometers of territory have been liberated since September 1.

21:29 Zelensky confirmed the release of Balakliya. The President also said that he had held a regular meeting of the headquarters of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief.

21:25 The population of Transnistria refuses to sign contracts with the Russian army, even despite the promises of high cash payments, social packages and housing, the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine reports. The number of cases of desertion in the "operational group of troops of the Russian Federation in Transnistria" is also growing, and mass dismissal from service after the expiration of the contract is recorded.

21:13 The "authorities" of the occupied part of the Kharkiv region have moved from Kupyansk to Volchansk. According to United Russia deputy Yevgeny Yevtushenko, Volchansk has been declared a "temporary regional center of the Kharkiv region."

20:24 Great Britain will give Ukraine 120 tractors for military equipment. They will speed up the transfer of equipment, including multiple launch rocket systems, Defense Secretary Ben Wallace said following the Ramstein meeting.

20:19 The Ukrainian military repelled the attacks of Russian aggressors in the area of ​​nine settlements and inflicted a number of blows on the enemy, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reports in the evening report . At the same time, there is still no information about the counteroffensive in the summary.

20:16 Podolyak said about the "perfect history lesson" for the Russian Federation: "Now in different directions, including Kharkov, Russia is receiving an ideal history lesson in real time. A lesson that should be imprinted in the next generations at the level of an unconditioned reflex. It consists of one points: 1. Never look towards the border with Ukraine. Never..."

20:07 Reznikov, during a meeting with Stoltenberg at the Ramstein airbase, handed him a fragment of the Russian Caliber cruise missile aimed at Kiev. The Ukrainian minister said that he had a "very productive and inspiring" meeting with the alliance's secretary general. According to him, NATO plans to organize training based on NSPA standards for the Ukrainian Defense Procurement Agency.

19:59 Videos of assaults on the positions of the invaders by the Ukrainian military and footage from the liberated Balakliya began to appear on the network .

19:56 Blinken visited Irpen, said the head of the Kiev Regional Military Administration Oleksiy Kuleba.

19:51 The head of the Nikolaev OVA, Vitaly Kim, said that he expects tomorrow "also good news in the south + additional air defense."

19:40 Ukrainian military intelligence has full information about what is happening on the territory of the ZNPP, Andriy Yusov, a representative of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, said: "We see actions that violate humanitarian law, pose a threat to the lives of the civilian population - these are torture, and the so-called filtration measures, essentially acts of genocide, this is coercion and terror of the plant personnel, these are shelling of civilian objects that are carried out from the territory of the nuclear power plant, and how the invaders bring military equipment to the territory of the Zaporizhzhya NPP. Ukraine and the world own the information and take the necessary measures."

19:22 Washington allocates almost $2 billion in additional military assistance to Ukraine. More than a billion will go to strengthening the security of Ukrainian neighbors. Read more about the new US aid - in the material The key moment has come .

18:44 The Saeima of Latvia supported the initiative of the President of the country and adopted a law on the withdrawal of the Latvian Orthodox Church from the power of the Russian Orthodox Church.

18:31 The Pentagon revealed the details of a new $675 million aid package to Ukraine:

  • additional ammunition for HIMARS;

  • four 105mm howitzers and 36,000 105mm artillery shells;

  • additional HARM high-speed anti-radar missiles;

  • 100 armored highly mobile multi-purpose wheeled vehicles HMMWV;

  • 1.5 million small arms rounds;

  • more than 5000 anti-tank systems;

  • additional grenade launchers and small arms;

  • 50 armored medical vehicles;

  • night-vision devices.

18:18 Ukraine hit more than 400 Russian targets with the help of HIMARS, General Mark Milley, head of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, said during the Ramstein meeting: "We see real and measurable advantages for Ukraine in using these systems. For example, the Ukrainians hit more than 400 targets with the help of HIMARS and they've had a devastating effect... Command posts have been hit and they're having trouble replacing what they've lost in combat and resupplying their forces."

17:35 Telegram channels report that the Ukrainian flag has been raised over Balakliya and the surrounding villages. There is still no official information.

17:33 The enemy attacked the Krivoy Rog region with an X-59 air-to-surface cruise missile fired by a Su-35 from the direction of the Sea of ​​Azov. The missile was destroyed in the air by the air defense forces, the Kakhovka task force said.

17:24 Ukrainian patriots in the occupied territories report to the Armed Forces of Ukraine data on the deployment of Russian troops, which helps to effectively destroy the enemy, said Oleksiy Gromov, deputy chief of the Main Operational Directorate of the General Staff. Thus, he answered the question of journalists about why Ukrainians have recently observed a trend of increasing enemy losses in the daily reports of the General Staff: previously there was a figure of 150-200 Russian soldiers killed, and now 500-600.

17:18 The Armed Forces of Ukraine advanced in the Donetsk region and liberated the village of Ozernoye , said Oleksiy Gromov, deputy chief of the Main Operational Directorate of the General Staff: "In the course of conducting offensive operations in the Slavyansk direction, units of the 103rd separate brigade of the Territorial Defense Forces, together with units of the 15th regiment of the National Guard of Ukraine advanced to a depth of 3 km and liberated the settlement of Ozernoe".

17:16 Blinken confirmed the transfer of 2.2 billion dollars to Ukraine and 18 other European countries for defense purposes.
Why all those other countries?
16:45 The "authorities" of the occupied Nova Kakhovka announced the death of at least three civilians from a "Ukrainian missile attack on a house in the city center."

16:29 In the Kherson region, the Russians have imposed strict restrictions on the movement of local residents between settlements, said the Deputy Minister of Defense of Ukraine Anna Malyar. Violation of occupational restrictive requirements is severely punished. In particular, Russian servicemen fire at civilian vehicles approaching pontoon crossings without warning.

Also, the occupiers strongly demand that propaganda materials be brought to schoolchildren of all ages, which contain a distorted understanding of historical events and spread narratives about the supposedly only common future of Ukraine and the Russian Federation. The invaders themselves use educational and children's institutions in the occupied territories to cover their own forces and means from attacks by the Armed Forces of Ukraine. It is possible that they can also use children for the same purposes as human shields, Maliar added.

16:08 The head of the military administration of Krivoy Rog, Alexander Vilkul, announced a missile attack on the city and urged them to stay in shelters.

16:05 In Mariupol at MMK im. Ilyich, another tragedy occurred: the occupiers sent people there to clear the shops without demining, four local residents were blown up by a mine. According to the mayor's adviser Petr Andryushchenko, they were hospitalized in a very serious condition.

15:44 The total area of ​​the territory returned under the control of Ukraine in the Kharkiv and Yuzhnobuzh directions is more than 700 square meters. km, said Alexei Gromov, deputy head of the Main Operational Directorate of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

15:41 In Melitopol, the first of the "top 5 Gauleiters" from the "explosive list" of partisans, the "head" of the local water utility, Yuri Onishchuk, resigned. According to the mayor of the city Ivan Fedorov, today at about 6:00 an explosion thundered near his house, after which the collaborator "was frightened in earnest."

Fedorov also said that the Melitopol City Council at today's session decided that all real estate and cars of local residents participating in the preparations for the "referendum" would be arrested. In addition, seven traitor deputies were deprived of their mandates.

15:25 The invaders support the information blockade of new arrivals and forcibly transfer those mobilized from the "DNR" to contracts, the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine reports. At the same time, the “DPR” military itself did not give consent to the contract and will learn about the change in status after the fact. They are also not provided with information about the amount of the future salary and the timing of accrual.

On the occupied lands of the Kherson region, personnel who have recently arrived at the war are kept at the forefront. These military men do not have current information about the situation at the front at all. They do not know about the shelling of the Antonovsky bridge and the hydroelectric power station, since their phones were taken away, and the command does not provide such information. Soldiers and non-commissioned officers, as well as lower-ranking officers, have not been informed about the destruction of warehouses and locations of Russian units over the past three weeks. The command is doing everything possible to ensure that the information isolation of the units is maintained as long as possible and the personnel believe that "everything is going according to plan," Ukrainian military intelligence notes.

15:19 The city council decided to rename the next 40 streets, lanes and squares of the capital, the names of which were associated with Russia and the Soviet past, Klitschko said. In particular, Volgogradskaya street in the Solomensky district was renamed the street named after Roman Ratushny, a young resident of Kiev, a public activist, a defender of Ukraine, who died in the east of the state in June this year. Moskovskaya Street in the city center was renamed into Knyazey Ostrozhsky Street.

15:13 The Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Kharkiv direction liberated more than 20 settlements and wedged into the enemy defenses to a depth of 50 km. Filtration operations continue in a number of settlements, said Alexei Gromov, deputy head of the Main Operational Directorate of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

14:58 Poland said that it and the Baltic countries will continue to let Russians with residence permits entering for humanitarian purposes, as well as dissidents and diplomats. In addition, exceptions are provided "to facilitate the transport of goods and transport services" and "to facilitate transit for people traveling from and to Kaliningrad".

14:41 Norway will transfer 160 Hellfire missiles, launch pads and guidance units, as well as night vision devices from the depots of its armed forces to Ukraine, Defense Minister Bjorn Arild Gramm said during today's meeting in the Ramstein format. The missiles have already been taken out of Norway, and Norwegian instructors have trained Ukrainian operators.

14:27 Erdogan said he agrees with Putin on the issue of directions for the export of Ukrainian grain, which allegedly goes to the West, and not to countries in need. Also, the Turkish president supported the demand of the Russian Federation to open markets for Russian grain and fertilizers: "Ankara wants the supply of Russian grain to world markets to begin as soon as possible."

14:06 The United States will allocate another $ 2 billion to Ukraine and its allies - Secretary of State Anthony Blinken will announce this today during a visit to Kiev, Le Monde reports. The funds will be used for military financing of Ukraine and 18 of its neighbors, including NATO members. The aid package does not include the previously promised $675 million.

13:24 US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken arrived on an unannounced visit to Kiev , writes AFP.

13:17 Bloomberg writes that the Pentagon sent Ukraine its most accurate Excalibur artillery shells with GPS guidance, which has not been announced before.

13:09 Estonia from September 19 closes entry for Russian citizens, including those who have Schengen visas issued by third countries, said Foreign Minister Urmas Reinsalu. According to him, Lithuania, Latvia and Poland will introduce similar restrictions from this day.

13:06 US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin at the opening of the meeting in the Ramstein format in Germany said that the military support of Ukraine from the allies is bearing fruit on the battlefield: "Now we see the obvious success of our common efforts on the battlefield. Every day we see the determination of the allies and partners around the world to help Ukraine."

The head of the Pentagon emphasized that "the face of war is changing, as is the mission of this contact group": "We will work together to train Ukrainian forces for the long term. We will work together to help integrate Ukraine's capabilities and strengthen its joint operations for the long term "We will work together to modernize our defense industrial base to meet Ukraine's needs in the long term, and we will work together on production and innovation to meet Ukraine's self-defense needs in the long term."

12:43 The Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine announced the launch of an information campaign by Russian special services to discredit Zelensky. The first fraudulent project of this action was the fictitious website of the Zelensky Foundation in German: https://zestiftung.com, which starts, according to the authors, on September 30. Ukrainian military intelligence and the Office of the President state that this site is not official and has nothing to do with Ukraine. The resource was created by scammers for Russian informational influence on the European media space.

Also, the Russian special services have created a database of opinion leaders and bloggers to distribute materials from the so-called Zelensky Foundation. Any cooperation and dissemination of information about this "fund" will be considered cooperation with the Russian special services, the Ukrainian Defense Ministry warned.

12:17 The head of the IAEA, Rafael Grossi, said that he had contacted the Ukrainian and Russian sides in order to create a security zone around the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant: "The idea is to tell the Russians and Ukrainians: do you agree in principle that the plant cannot be attacked? So let's make a simple defense agreement, effectively making the station untouchable... I've already contacted both parties. I think we'll meet to review the plan within ten days, or two weeks at the most."

11:38 Biden has approved a new $675 million military aid package for Ukraine , the Pentagon said. According to US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, the package will include:

  • 105 mm howitzers,

  • artillery ammunition,

  • missiles HARM,

  • humvee cargo vans,

  • armored ambulances,

  • weapon.

11:21 The "authorities" of the occupied Zaporozhye region have outlined three options for the further operation of the nuclear power plant: continued operation, cold shutdown (nuclear fuel in a stopped reactor cools down so much that cooling water circulation is no longer required) or conservation.

11:13 Occupation "authorities" of Kupyansk, Kharkiv region, announced that they were evacuating children and women due to constant Ukrainian shelling. On the eve of the legitimate city authorities called on the residents of Kupyansk to prepare for the de-occupation of the city - to equip shelters and create a strategic supply of food.

11:10 Russians again fired at Kharkov - Nemyshlyansky and Industrial areas. According to preliminary data from doctors, two people died and five were injured, Oleg Sinegubov, head of the OVA, said.

11:07 British intelligence reports that the invaders' pontoon crossing near the Daryevsky bridge in the Kherson region, destroyed by the Armed Forces of Ukraine, was one of the main routes between the northern and southern groups of Russian troops. According to experts, Ukrainian forces continue offensive operations in the Kherson region.

10:58 Russia continues to export oil products to Europe after its ships were banned from entering EU ports. Oil products are simply reloaded onto ships under the flags of EU countries, Radio Liberty investigators found out. The transshipment takes place in the Black Sea near Romania. Journalists found, in particular, two debugged schemes.

10:52 Biden on Thursday, September 8, will hold a video conference with the leaders of the G7, NATO and the EU about further steps in support of Ukraine in the war with Russia, writes Bloomberg.

10:35 Command-staff exercises began today in Belarus, which will last until September 14, the country's Ministry of Defense reported. During the exercises, in particular, it is planned to work out "conducting combat operations to liberate the territory temporarily captured by the enemy", "restoring control over the state border", "fighting the enemy's DRG and illegal armed groups."

The monitoring group of Belaruska Gayun believes that the exercises are primarily aimed at working out actions to de-occupy the territory of Belarus in the event of a possible attack by Ukraine. "The Lukashenka regime is very afraid of revenge for complicity in military aggression against Ukraine," analysts say. In addition, according to them, Lukashenka is terribly afraid of the Belarusian volunteer units, which are now fighting in Ukraine against Russia and declaring their readiness to overthrow the Belarusian dictator by force. Thus, the theme of the exercises is primarily "aimed at combating Lukashenka's fears and does not create a military threat to Ukraine," experts say.

10:13 The Ministry of Infrastructure of Ukraine denied Putin's statement that Ukrainian agricultural products are mainly exported to Western countries as part of a grain deal. According to the agency, 2.37 million tons of agricultural products have already been exported since the launch of the first vessel with Ukrainian food until today. 54 ships with 1.04 million tons were sent to Asian countries, 32 ships with 0.85 million tons to Europe, 16 ships with 0.47 million tons of agricultural products to Africa.

09:42 The "authorities" of the occupied Energodar reported that the commission will decide today on the further operation of the ZNPP. Now the fifth power unit of the station is stopped, the sixth one is not working at full capacity. Because of the shelling, it has not yet been possible to restore the damaged power lines to Novaya Kakhovka and other settlements.

09:21 The General Staff announced the approximate losses of the enemy on the morning of September 8. The enemy suffered the greatest losses in the Donetsk direction.

  • personnel - about 51,250 (+640) people liquidated,

  • tanks - 2112 (+15),

  • armored combat vehicles - 4557 (+37),

  • artillery systems - 1126 (+32),

  • MLRS - 305 (+5),

  • air defense systems - 159 (+3),

  • aircraft - 239 (+2),

  • helicopters - 210 (+2),

  • UAV operational-tactical level - 884 (+4),

  • cruise missiles - 214 (+0),

  • ships/boats - 15 (+0),

  • automotive equipment and tankers - 3344 (+24),

  • special equipment - 110 (+1).

09:16 In the Kharkiv region, in addition to the regional center, the Russians over the past day struck at the Kharkiv, Izyum, Chuguevsky, Bogodukhovsky districts. In total, eight people were injured in the region, including a two-year-old child, Oleg Sinegubov, head of the OVA, said.

09:13 In the Donetsk region, as a result of Russian shelling over the past day, seven civilians were killed - three in Slavyansk, two in Maryinka, one each in Galitsinovka and Vodyany. Two more people were injured, Pavel Kiriyelenko, head of the OVA, said.

08:59 The Washington Post writes that the Pentagon will today announce the supply of a new batch of weapons worth $675 million to Ukraine.

08:37 The Armed Forces of Ukraine successfully repelled enemy attacks in the areas of the settlements of Konstantinovka, Dibrovno, Grigorievka, Zaitsevo, Mayorsk, Nikolaevka Vtoraya, Pervomayskoye and Kamenka, the Geshtab reported in the morning report .

07:03 The American Institute for the Study of War (ISW) said that the Ukrainian military, taking advantage of the redeployment of Russian forces, conducted an effective counteroffensive northwest of Izyum, advanced at least 20 kilometers and took control of 400 square kilometers in the Kharkiv region. At the same time, analysts consider it unlikely that the counteroffensive and attempts to divert Russian forces in southern Ukraine are a hoax to resume operations in the Kharkiv region. Ukrainian forces have probably wisely taken advantage of the redistribution of Russian troops, equipment and general operational concentration to launch localized counter-offensives against critical points in the Kharkiv region.

In addition, ISW, citing Ukrainian and Russian sources, reports activity along two main directions in the Kherson region: in the north of the Kherson region south of the border with the Dnipropetrovsk region and in the west of the Kherson region along the border with the Mykolaiv region.

05:57 Washington has information that Putin's administration officials control and coordinate filtration operations in the occupied territories in Ukraine, said US Permanent Representative to the UN Linda Thomas-Greenfield. According to her, the Russian authorities applied filtration and deported from 900,000 to 1.6 million citizens of Ukraine to the Russian Federation, often to remote regions in the Far East. Thomas-Greenfield stressed that this is a serious violation of the Fourth Geneva Convention for the Protection of Civilian Persons, which is a war crime.

02:46 The Paris correspondent of the National Public Radio of France published a video of a fragment of the conversation between Zelensky and Macron on February 24. During the conversation, the Ukrainian president reports a full-scale attack by Russia.

01:44 The head of the Pentagon, Lloyd Austin, at the next meeting in the Ramstein format on Thursday, September 8, will announce a new package of military assistance to Ukraine, his deputy Colin Kohl said. He added that the package, in particular, will include additional ammunition for HIMARS.

01:13 Russia is requesting another meeting of the UN Security Council on the topic of supplying Western weapons to Ukraine on September 8, said Vasily Nebenzya, Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to the UN.

00:57 Kharkiv Mayor Igor Terekhov announced rocket attacks on the city: one in the Saltovsky district, the second in Kholodnogorsky. In the first case - preliminary for an object that is critical for the normal life support of the city. There was a fire on the spot. In the Kholodnogorsk district - a hit on one of the enterprises. Information about the destruction and casualties is being specified.
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