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Worth noting, korrespondent.net has compiled its Invasion of Ukraine series into separate months, beginning May 9th, 2023. Linked in the title
[Korrespondent] 23:08 F-16 fighters may be in Ukraine as early as February 2024, writes The Wall Street Journal. Ukrainian officials estimate that the United States can train its first group of pilots in five months. This group of up to ten pilots will soon begin training at Morris Air National Guard Base in Tucson, Arizona.
However, the newspaper notes that the American side is more reserved in its forecasts, since F-16s require approximately 16 hours of maintenance on the ground for every hour of work in the air, so training technical personnel may be more difficult than training pilots.
22:39 Zelensky said in an evening video message that over the past week there has been progress at the front: “There is movement in the Tauride directions. There is movement in the Bakhmut direction. Kupyanskoe, Limanskoe directions, Avdeevka, Maryinka - we are holding positions there. Every week the initiative is constant. in the hands of our soldiers, behind Ukraine."
21:17 Zelensky said in an interview with The Economist that he is “emotionally ready” for a long war. At the same time, he considers it a “bad idea” to try to put pressure on Kyiv for the purpose of negotiations with Moscow against the background of the difficulties of advancement at the front, because Putin also sees these difficulties. According to the president, Putin's goal now is to turn Ukraine into a dysfunctional country with depopulation, refugees from which create problems for Europe. He also seeks to recreate the USSR.
Zelensky is convinced that Trump will not support Putin, because “this is not what strong Americans do.” As for Biden, if he wins, "he doesn't want Afghanistan 2.0, does he?" At the same time, Zelensky said that he does not consider diplomacy a mistake, but “diplomacy with Putin is a mistake.” He once again emphasized that the war will not end until Russia leaves the entire territory of Ukraine, and any agreement now will not be permanent.
According to the president, a war of attrition will be a fork in the road for the country, because it will be a large loss of people and the need to militarize the economy. Zelensky stressed that the authorities must speak honestly about risks with citizens. “This option will be considered if further Western support is in question. So far there is no such risk,” the head of state added.
The President noted that Ukraine has high hopes for a new strategy of attacks on the territory of the Russian Federation, because the Russians will have a question - why their country does not guarantee 100 percent security. As for the situation at the front, Zelensky said even limited progress is important and a breakthrough is still possible. “If you put pressure on the Russians in the south, they might run,” he believes.
According to Zelensky, there is slow progress around Bakhmut. At the same time, he emphasized that the return of territories must be balanced with preserving the lives of military personnel, and if Ukraine had followed the advice to use even more soldiers, it would have lost thousands. The president acknowledged that victory will not be quick, but Ukraine deserves it, and the West must support it in this. In turn, the Russians are losing many soldiers and constantly transferring reserves to stop the Ukrainian advance, “and that means they will lose.”
20:52 Agreements between Ukraine and Sweden on the joint production of CV-90 infantry fighting vehicles suggest the “immediate goal” - the production of 1000 such infantry fighting vehicles for the Ukrainian army, said Deputy Defense Minister Anna Malyar.
20:37 US Secretary of State Antony Blinken believes that Kiev is ready for negotiations, unlike Moscow: “As for negotiations, it takes two to tango. And so far we have not seen any signs of interest in diplomacy on the part of Vladimir Putin. If he " .
19:21 As a result of assault operations, the defense forces have partial success in the areas of Kleshcheevka, Donetsk region and Rabotino, Zaporozhye region, displacing the enemy from their positions and gaining a foothold on the achieved lines, the General Staff reported.
18:39 Biden is close to making a decision to send ATACMS missiles to Ukraine, the Financial Times writes, citing a senior White House official. According to him, a decision could be made “in the near future.” The newspaper notes that the United States began to consider this step due to the fact that the war dragged on.
18:02 The Russians struck the Suvorovsky district of Kherson, one person was injured, the OVA reported.
17:44 Russian tactical aviation has intensified in the direction of Zmeiny Island, said OK Pivden speaker Natalya Gumenyuk. According to her, the Russians from time to time drop guided bombs on the island. They do this to put pressure and intimidate civilian ships in the Black Sea that use the humanitarian corridor.
16:31 In the Donetsk region, two foreign volunteers were killed and two more were wounded as a result of Russian shelling, the Spanish Foreign Ministry reported. The day before, four members of the Road to Relief team left Slavyansk in the direction of Bakhmut to find out the needs of civilians. After they drove through Chasov Yar, their car came under fire from Russian troops. The dead were Spanish citizen Emma Igual and Canadian Anthony Ignat. The wounded were German volunteer medic Ruben Mavic and Swedish volunteer Johann Mathias Thier.
15:46 Defense forces occupied part of the village of Opytnoye near Avdeevka, Donetsk region, said the head of the Avdeevka city military administration, Vitaly Barabash: “Two days ago, when the Russian military were concentrated north [of Avdeevka] in assault operations, the guys carried out a lightning assault operation and part They occupied the experienced one, secured a foothold, and fighting is already underway in the populated area.”
15:30 In the Kiev region, four people were injured as a result of a night attack, the OVA reported. In one district of the region, more than 100 private houses and 30 apartments in seven high-rise buildings were damaged by the blast wave. The blast wave damaged the premises of a school, a kindergarten, a village council, a hospital, an educational and rehabilitation center, a bus station, two shops, a warehouse, etc.
15:01 The war in Ukraine is the first during which absolutely all types of weapons were used, Budanov said: “What kind of escalation can we talk about if absolutely all types of weapons are involved - from submarines to strategic bombers. We need to change the logic: not everything is in our hands Russian Federation, and not everything is in the hands of other players on the world stage, something also depends on us.” According to the head of the Main Intelligence Directorate, in terms of creativity and flexibility, Ukraine is still defeating Russia, but one should not underestimate the enemy.
14:27 The Romanian Foreign Ministry called the Charge d'Affaires of the Russian Federation because of the found drone debris. The Romanian side protested the violation of its airspace after the discovery of “fragments of drones similar to those used by Russian troops” in the war against Ukraine. They also condemned the “systematic, unjustified and cruel” attacks of the Russian Federation on the Ukrainian population and civilian infrastructure.
14:09 South Korea will provide Ukraine with an additional $2.3 billion in reconstruction assistance, said President Yoon Seok-yeol. According to him, $300 million will be allocated for humanitarian needs in 2024, the remaining $2 billion will be transferred in 2025 as long-term support for social and economic infrastructure.
13:12 In the Donetsk region on September 9, as a result of Russian shelling, three people were killed and six were wounded, the Office of the Prosecutor General reported. In particular, near the village. In the Ivanovsky Bakhmutsky district, the Russians hit a civilian car with an anti-tank guided missile - two people were killed, two more were wounded. As a result of artillery shelling of the New York town of Toretsk, one person was wounded. During rocket attacks. One person was killed and one was injured in the Shakhtarsky Volnovakha district. Two more people were wounded as a result of shelling of the town of Zarechnoye, Liman community, and the village. Ekaterinivka of the Maryinsk community.
11:20 The Ukrainian military liberated about another 1.5 square meters. km of territory in the Rabotino region of the Zaporozhye region, said Alexander Shtupun, spokesman for the Tauride Defense Forces.
10:46 Ukraine has 30-45 days left for a counteroffensive, says the head of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, Mark Milley. According to him, the cold weather will make it much more difficult for the Ukrainian Armed Forces to maneuver. He also admitted that the offensive has been slower than expected. At the same time, according to Milley, it is too early to talk about the failure of the counteroffensive, since Ukraine is “moving at a very steady pace through the Russian front lines.”
In turn, Budanov said that Ukraine’s counteroffensive will continue after the onset of cold weather, although fighting will become more difficult: “Combat operations will continue one way or another. It is more difficult to fight in the cold, in dampness and mud. Combat operations will continue. The counteroffensive will continue.” The head of the Main Intelligence Directorate also admitted that progress was slower than desired. In addition to the high concentration of mines, he cited a large number of small Russian kamikaze drones among the obstacles - this is “the key factor that has so far slowed down Ukraine’s progress.”
At the same time, Budanov is convinced that the war will not be long: “I do not share the opinion that it will be a long war. This is my personal opinion, which is based on an analysis of the data that we have primarily regarding the enemy.”
10:17 Russia has concentrated more than 420 thousand of its military personnel in the temporarily occupied Ukrainian territories, including Crimea, said Vadim Skibitsky, a representative of the Main Intelligence Directorate. He also said that the Russian Federation has deployed 46 launchers of the Iskander missile system along the Ukrainian border.
10:03 In the Kiev region, as a result of a night attack by drones, an infrastructure facility was damaged, there were no casualties or injuries, said the head of the police department, Ruslan Kravchenko. The blast wave damaged eight private houses, as well as the premises of a school, kindergarten, village council, and educational and rehabilitation center.
09:40 Brazilian President Lula da Silva intends to “put Zelensky and Putin at the negotiating table” at the UN General Assembly: “We will have the UN General Assembly on September 19. This is a place to discuss war. This is a place to discuss peace. This is a place to seat Putin and Zelensky to the negotiating table."
The Brazilian leader once again emphasized that his country “will not be drawn into war,” but intends to attend peace negotiations. He also said that Putin would not be arrested in Brazil if he attended the G20 summit in Rio de Janeiro next year.
09:03 In the morning, the Russians hit an educational institution in the center of Kherson and fired at a residential building - one person was injured, OVA reported. Over the past 24 hours, one person has died as a result of Russian shelling in the region.
08:36 During a night attack, air defense destroyed 26 of 33 attack UAVs of the Shahed-136/131 type , which Russia launched across Ukraine from the northern direction (Kursk), the Air Force command reported. All drones were flying in the direction of the Kyiv region.
08:23 The General Staff announced the estimated losses of the Russian Federation as of the morning of September 10:
- personnel - about 268,630 (+490) people,
- tanks - 4554 (+10),
- armored combat vehicles - 8755 (+16),
- artillery systems - 5811 (+22),
- MLRS - 760 (+3),
- air defense systems - 509 (+1),
- aircraft - 315 (+0),
- helicopters - 316 (+0),
- UAV of operational-tactical level - 4593 (+5),
- cruise missiles - 1455 (+0),
- ships/boats - 19 (+0),
- automotive equipment and tank trucks - 8338 (+40),
- special equipment - 872 (+2).
07:45 Over the past 24 hours, more than 30 military clashes took place at the front, the General Staff reported in its morning report . In the Kupyansky, Limansky and Bakhmutsky directions, the Russians unsuccessfully tried to break through the defenses of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the areas of Berestovo, Orekhovo-Vasilevka, Bogdanovka; There are fierce battles in the Kleshcheevka area.
In the Avdeevsky, Maryinsky and Shakhtarsky directions, the Defense Forces hold the initiative and repelled about 15 enemy attacks in the Maryinka area. In the Melitopol direction, the Ukrainian Armed Forces are conducting an offensive operation.
06:37 The Russian Ministry of Defense announced the destruction of eight “Ukrainian drones” over the Black Sea near Crimea, as well as three “US-made” boats near Zmeiny Island, which were allegedly heading in the direction of Crimea.
05:29 At night, the Russians attacked Kiev with drones, probably Shahed. Drones entered the capital in groups from different directions. The air defense forces managed to destroy more than 20 enemy UAVs, said the head of the KGVA Sergei Popko. Debris fell in several areas. In Shevchenkovsky, an apartment in a high-rise building was damaged, but most of the debris fell on an open area. Cars, trolleybus power lines, and road surfaces were damaged. One casualty is known.
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