Worth noting, korrespondent.net has compiled its Invasion of Ukraine series into separate months, beginning May 9th, 2023. Linked in the title.
[Korrespondent] 21:46 Ukraine has begun its own production of 155mm NATO-caliber shells, presidential adviser Alexander Kamyshin said in an interview with the Norwegian agency Nettavisen.
20:03 Russians struck the village of Peski-Radkovskiye in the Izyum district of the Kharkiv region with a Tornado-S MLRS - one person was killed, two were wounded, reported the head of the OVA Oleg Sinegubov.
18:29 Ukrainian OSINT project DeepState reports that Russians have occupied Galitsynovka in the Pokrovsk direction, advanced near Peschanoye, Grigorievka, Ostroye, Georgievka, in Sinkovka, New York and Ukrainsk.
17:48 Russians attacked the territory of an agricultural enterprise in the Gulyai-Pole community of the Zaporizhia region, killing three employees, said the head of the OVA Ivan Fedorov.
16:26 The Russian army has finally destroyed the second bridge in Pokrovsk, the GVA reported. Thus, the day before, the Russians twice fired at the Vostochny overpass (the so-called Humpbacked Bridge), damaging its supports. Currently, traffic on the bridge is impossible. The day before, Russian troops destroyed the Dmitrovsky Bridge in Pokrovsk, which connected the city with Mirnograd.
14:31 Ukraine has returned another 103 defenders from Russian captivity, Zelensky reported. According to him, among them are 82 privates and sergeants, 21 officers. These are defenders of the Kyiv region, Donbass, Mariupol and Azovstal, Luhansk, Zaporizhia, and Kharkiv regions. Among those returned are soldiers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the National Guard, border guards, and police officers.
The Coordination Headquarters for the Treatment of Prisoners of War clarified that all those released this time are men. Among them are 69 defenders of Mariupol, including 31 defenders of Azovstal, as well as two guards of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant. Most were seriously injured or wounded, have serious illnesses, and need immediate medical care. Ukraine thanked the UAE for its assistance in organizing the exchange.
The head of the Azov brigade's patronage service, Elena Tolkacheva, added that today 23 soldiers of the NGU Azov brigade were returned from Russian captivity.
11:28 The leader of the Social Democratic Party of Germany faction in the Bundestag, Rolf Mützenich, proposed creating an international contact group for a peace initiative on the Russian war against Ukraine. According to him, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and President Zelensky "agree that now is the time to step up efforts to hold peace talks and that Russia should also be present at the next peace summit."
"This will also allow other countries to play a more active role in ending the fighting," Mutzenich said, adding that China, India, Turkey and Brazil could be potential members of the contact group.
10:31 In Sumy Oblast, as a result of Russian shelling of the territory of a power facility, equipment and shelter were damaged, and several substations were de-energized. An employee of the enterprise was killed, and seven more workers were injured, the Ministry of Energy reported.
09:42 In the Kherson region, over the past day, as a result of Russian shelling, one person was killed and seven were injured, reported the head of the OVA, Oleksandr Prokudin.
09:23 In Donetsk Oblast, three people were killed as a result of Russian shelling on September 13: in Belitske, Bogoyavlents and Konstantinovka. Another four people in the oblast were injured in the past 24 hours, said OVA head Vadim Filashkin.
09:18 In the Kharkiv region, five people were wounded as a result of Russian attacks over the past day: two in Kupyansk, one each in the village of Novoosinovo, the village of Dvurechnaya in the Kupyansk district and in the village of Borovaya in the Izyum district, reported the head of the OVA Oleg Sinegubov.
08:56 The Guardian writes, citing its sources, that London and Washington have decided to allow Ukraine to use long-range missiles on Russian territory, but are not yet ready to announce this.
08:41 Air defense destroyed 72 of 76 Shahed-type attack UAVs at night, the Air Force reported. The drones were shot down within the Odessa, Nikolaev, Kherson, Poltava, Kharkiv, Kyiv, Donetsk, Zhytomyr, Dnipropetrovsk, Cherkasy, Vinnytsia and Sumy regions. In addition, two enemy drones were lost in location on the territory of Ukraine, and two more returned to Russia.
08:09 The General Staff announced the estimated losses of the Russian Federation as of the morning of September 14:
- personnel - about 632,630 (+1210) people,
- tanks - 8674 (+3),
- combat armored vehicles - 17,043 (+40),
- artillery systems - 18,086 (+25),
- MLRS - 1186 (+1),
- air defense systems - 946 (+1),
- aircraft - 369 (+0),
- helicopters - 328 (+0),
- Operational-tactical level UAVs - 15,149 (+36),
- cruise missiles - 2591 (+0),
- ships/boats - 28 (+0),
- submarines - 1 (+0),
- automotive equipment and tank trucks - 24,631 (+71),
- special equipment - 3084 (+13).
04:36 Biden held a meeting with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, during which, in particular, the parties declared their continued support for Ukraine, the White House reported. They also "expressed concern" about Iran and North Korea's arms supplies to Russia and China's support for Russia's defense industrial base.
Politico writes that Biden and Starmer discussed Ukraine's request for permission to use long-range missiles against Russian territory during a one-on-one meeting at the White House, but were unable to agree on granting Kyiv such permission. Starmer noted at a press conference after the talks that a final decision on the Storm Shadow missiles had not been made, and hinted that the next steps could take place at a UN General Assembly meeting later this month.