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2023-09-01 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia
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Ukrainian Perspective: Invasion of Ukraine: August 31st, 2023
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Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
Worth noting, korrespondent.net has compiled its Invasion of Ukraine series into separate months, beginning May 9th, 2023. Linked in the title
22:42 Ukrainian pilots will be trained on the F-16 in Denmark for 4-6 months, and in the UK - from one to two years, Yuriy Ignat, speaker of the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, said. He explained that experienced pilots went to Denmark, and recent graduates of the flight school went to the UK.
21:55 Zelensky, in an evening video message, announced significant international events and negotiations for Ukraine next week.
21:14 Russia took S-300V4 air defense systems from the Kuril Islands, which had been there since 2020, Kyodo News reports, citing satellite images. According to experts, they will be transferred to the border with Ukraine. In addition, old tanks and artillery were probably taken from the Kuril Islands. Analysts believe that troops from the Far East are also being transferred to Ukraine.
19:38 Zaluzhny said that he had a telephone conversation with the head of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, Mark Milley, informed him about the operational situation at the front, spoke about the needs for weapons and ammunition, and separately dwelled on the need to strengthen air defense.
19:33 The Foreign Ministers of the EU countries during today's meeting in Toledo, Spain, did not agree on the eighth tranche of military assistance for Ukraine in the amount of 500 million euros, Borrell said. At the same time, the participants of the informal meeting expressed political support for the initiative to create a special fund to help Ukraine for 20 billion euros for the next four years. Radio Liberty correspondent Rikard Jozwiak said that Hungary is blocking the allocation of the next tranche.
19:05 The World Bank will provide Ukraine with 232 million dollars of assistance for emergency repairs of housing damaged due to the war. More than 100,000 families can count on assistance. The program concerns housing that does not require major repairs.
18:56 Budanov said in an interview with 1+1 that the first nuclear warheads were delivered to Belarus a few days ago. Until that time, according to him, large-scale training with nuclear simulators was carried out. “I read the original documents on the results of the training. Pretty bad documents for Belarus. The Russian 12th Main Directorate, which is responsible for these funds, wrote that, according to the results of training with nuclear simulators for the Iskander system, which Belarus has in small quantities, there was the complete unpreparedness of Belarus to operate such weapons has been recognized," the head of the Main Intelligence Directorate said.
At the same time, according to him, the Belarusians showed the highest possible results in possession of Tochka-type equipment. U. Budanov also called the deployment of nuclear weapons in Belarus a "big geopolitical game", a means of "nuclear deterrence and raising rates."
18:20 The plane crash in the Donetsk region is the second tragedy in a week in Ukraine with experienced pilots. Real battles broke out in social networks: many do not believe in chance that nine aces of Ukrainian aviation suddenly died in four days. More details - in the material Sabotage or accident .
17:58 Kiev expects Turkey and other parties to use their authority to prevent Russia's attempts to again violate international obligations and establish grain exports in the Black Sea without resuming grain exports from Ukrainian ports, the Foreign Ministry said in a statement.
17:43 In the UK, a key military ally of Ukraine, the Minister of Defense has been replaced. Grant Shepps replaced Ben Wallace in this post. It was Wallace who, until recently, was one of the most active international engines of defense assistance to Ukraine. About what to expect from the new minister - in the material Change in the British Ministry of Defense .
17:39 Lavrov said following a meeting in Moscow with his Turkish counterpart Hakan Fidan that Russia had brought to the attention of Ankara what "should be done in the West" to restore the grain deal. The parties also discussed Putin's initiative to supply 1 million tons of Russian grain at a reduced price for further processing. Lavrov claims that the UN Secretary General told him about his new initiatives to renew the grain agreement, "but they do not provide any guarantees for Moscow."
The Turkish Foreign Minister said that the grain deal was one of the main topics of his negotiations with Lavrov, and Ankara hopes for its resumption. Fidan also said that on September 1 he would meet in Moscow with Shoigu.
16:59 Lithuanian Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis said that the West should openly set itself the goal of Ukraine's victory in the war, and not talk about "support for as long as necessary."
16:31 Danilov showed footage of a successful test of a Ukrainian-made rocket:
15:25 Ukraine needs about 160 F-16 fighters to gain an advantage in the sky, Zelensky said in an interview with the Portuguese TV channel RTP: "Today we have an agreement on the future supply of 50-60 fighters. In general, we need about 160 fighters to have powerful air force that will not give Russia the opportunity to dominate the airspace."
According to the president, the planes should appear in Ukraine early next year. At the same time, he stressed that Western fighters are needed for the defense and protection of the civilian population, as well as for the protection of shipping in the Black Sea, and not for the offensive.
15:14 On the night of August 27, the SBU attacked the airfield in Kursk with Ukrainian-made cardboard drones , journalist Yuriy Butusov claims. Then 16 kamikaze drones worked on four Su-30 and one MiG-29 aircraft, which were based at this airfield. Also among the hit targets are the radars of the S-300 complex and two Pantsirs. The drones were able to fly through the layered system with early warning radars and were not seen.
14:26 The Russians hit the center of Kupyansk, one person was wounded, Oleg Sinegubov, head of the OVA, said.
14:13 Russia is holding three groupings of troops near the northern border of Ukraine - Bryansk, Kursk and Belgorod - in order to tie down Ukrainian troops and prevent them from being transferred to areas of active hostilities, Anna Malyar said. Also in the North, the enemy continues shelling from the territory of the Russian Federation and conducts sabotage and reconnaissance activities, trying to penetrate the territory of Ukraine.
In the East, active hostilities are underway in the Limansky direction - there the Russian army is making special efforts to advance in the areas of Novogorovka and Belogorivka of the Luhansk region, but to no avail. In the Bakhmut direction, the Defense Forces continue to advance south of Bakhmut, heavy fighting is going on in Kleshcheevka, Kurdyumovka, Andriyevka. They have certain successes, are fixed on the achieved frontiers.
The offensive operation of the Armed Forces of Ukraine continues in the southern directions, there are certain successes, in particular, in the Novodanilovka-Novoprokopovka direction.
13:48 In the Kramatorsk district of the Donetsk region on August 29, two Mi-8 military helicopters crashed, killing six servicemen. Criminal proceedings have been initiated on violation of flight rules or preparation for them, the Office of the Prosecutor General said.
13:24 Zelensky said following a daily conference call that Ukraine had successfully used long-range weapons of its own production: a target at 700 km was hit. The Ministry of Defense also reported on the receipt of a large batch of Medevak armored medical vehicles. According to the president, this is "what is really needed now."
12:47 The next, 15th meeting in the Ramstein format will take place on September 19, Radio Liberty reports with reference to the press service of the US Air Force in Europe. The meeting will take place offline at Ramstein Air Base.
12:38 Danilov, in an interview with Die Welt, denied Western media reports about the alleged 70,000 losses of Ukraine: "Our army is not large enough to talk about losses of 70,000 military. Those who give such numbers obviously do not have accurate information about situation in our country. I do not understand why respected journalists spread such unreliable information about our losses."
12:23 Peskov said that there are no specific results of the discussion on the grain deal, Moscow is ready to return to it "after fulfilling all the conditions relating to Russia."
12:01 In the UK, a new Minister of Defense has been appointed - instead of Ben Wallace, Grant Shepps has become it. Commenting on his appointment, Shepps stressed that he would continue to support Ukraine in its "fight against Putin's barbaric invasion."
11:13 Minister for Strategic Industries Oleksandr Kamyshin specified that BAE Systems has opened an office in Ukraine for the production of the L119 105mm NATO howitzer.
11:02 The governor of the Bryansk region, Alexander Bogomaz, said that three drones were allegedly shot down over Bryansk, there were no casualties or damage.
10:29 The British company BAE Systems is starting to work in Ukraine , which produces, in particular, artillery (L119 and M777 systems) and armored vehicles (CV90), Zelensky said after a meeting with CEO Charles Woodburn. "The best weapons that now help our soldiers defend Ukraine should be produced in Ukraine. The development of domestic weapons production is a top priority," the president stressed.
10:10 In Mariupol, partisans set fire to the base of the Russians, destroyed at least four cars, the mayor's adviser Petr Andryushchenko said.
09:27 Russians fired at Slavyansk of Donetsk region at night - shells got to the agricultural enterprises in the settlement of Mirny, the security guard of the enterprise was lost, the mayor Vadim Lyakh reported.
09:18 In the Donetsk region over the past day, as a result of Russian shelling, two people were killed (in Bogatyr and Chasovoy Yar), five more were injured. In the Zaporozhye region, one person was wounded as a result of shelling of Hulyaipol, according to the IVA.
09:12 The Russians fired on the village of Borovaya in the Izyum district of the Kharkiv region in the morning, one person was injured, the head of the OVA Oleg Sinegubov said. During the past day, the enemy shelled the settlements of Bogodukhovsky, Izyumsky, Chuguevsky and Kupyansky districts of the region.
08:57 Today, in part of the settlements of the occupied Donetsk region, the so-called "elections" began. In particular, "voting" will take place in Horlivka, Donetsk, Makiivka and other settlements on the collision line, Piotr Andryushchenko, an adviser to the mayor of Mariupol, said. He did not rule out that in this regard "there will be provocations, with explosions and casualties." In Mariupol, pseudo-elections will be held on September 7-8.
08:36 Ukrainian troops in the South were successful in the direction of Novodanilovka - Novoprokopovka, and also continue the offensive south of Bakhmut, said the speaker of the General Staff Andriy Kovalev.
08:11 The General Staff announced the approximate losses of the Russian Federation as of the morning of August 31:
personnel - about 263,020 (+610) people,
tanks - 4436 (+13),
armored combat vehicles - 8604 (+8),
artillery systems - 5507 (+31),
MLRS - 734 (+1),
air defense systems - 500 (+0),
aircraft - 315 (+0),
helicopters - 316 (+0),
UAV operational-tactical level - 4417 (+22),
cruise missiles - 1445 (+26),
ships/boats - 18 (+0),
automotive equipment and tankers - 7976 (+23),
special equipment - 830 (+5).
08:04 The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation announced the destruction of a drone over the territory of the Voskresensky district of the Moscow region. Dozens of flights were delayed at Vnukovo, Domodedovo and Sheremetyevo airports.
07:35 Over the past day, more than 40 clashes have occurred at the front, the General Staff said in the morning summary . In particular, the Russian army tried to advance in the areas of Novogorovka and Belogorovka in the Lugansk region, Kleshcheevka, Kurdyumovka, Maryinka and Staromayorsky in the Donetsk region, as well as in Verbovoye in the Zaporozhye region.
05:56 Stoltenberg positively assessed the counter-offensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine: "The Ukrainians are gradually gaining ground, which means that they are pushing back the Russians and can break through some of these well-fortified territories ... We saw that the Ukrainians again exceeded expectations. And we must remember that it all started last year with a full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine - then experts believed that Ukraine would only last a few days or weeks. But they liberated the north - Kiev, the east - Kharkiv region, the territory in the south - Kherson.
00:34 The BBC has calculated that drones have attacked Russia and Crimea more than 190 times this year. The Bryansk, Belgorod and Kursk regions, as well as the Crimea, were subjected to the most attacks. The targets for strikes were oil facilities, airfields and energy infrastructure.
00:12 Radio Liberty showed the first satellite images after the drone attack on the airfield in Pskov. They show that at least two Il-76 aircraft were damaged. After analyzing satellite images of the damage to the aircraft, aviation expert Anatoly Khrapchinsky confirmed it. According to him, the surface near the wings was damaged, the overhaul will take at least 2-3 months. Also near one of the planes you can see two red cars that look like firefighters.
This type of aircraft is constantly based at the Pskov airfield - they are used by the 76th Guards Air Assault Division of the Russian Army, which participated in the capture of Bucha.
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