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[Korrespondent] 20:43 Russians have struck Nikopol in the Dnipropetrovsk region - two people were killed, including a 12-year-old child, two more were wounded, including a four-year-old child, the head of the OVA, Serhiy Lysak, reported. The enemy used a kamikaze drone to strike a car with people in it.
20:16 Zelensky praised the Defense Forces in an evening video address for striking Russian ammunition depots and emphasized that "we are doing this thanks to our capabilities, our weapons - without the means that our partners can provide and which can significantly speed up the end of this war by destroying Russia's offensive potential."
18:23 Russians carried out airstrikes with KABs on Sumy - according to preliminary information, one person was wounded, OVA reported.
17:41 The damage as a result of Russia’s appropriation of Ukrainian grain has reached more than 30 billion hryvnia, and this figure is not final, the Prosecutor General’s Office reported.
16:08 SBU drones hit the Shaikovka airfield in the Kaluga region tonight, Ukrainian media reported, citing sources. The strike targeted the infrastructure of the airfield, where TU-22M strategic aviation aircraft are deployed, which regularly shell Ukraine.
15:55 The General Staff confirmed that the Defense Forces have hit two military arsenals of the Russian Armed Forces. One of them, the Tikhoretsk arsenal in Krasnodar Krai, is one of the three largest ammunition storage bases in the Russian Federation and is one of the key ones in the logistics system of the Russian troops. According to available information, at the time of the strike, another train was on the territory of the arsenal, which delivered at least 2,000 tons of ammunition, including from the DPRK. The Podlet radar station, which detected air targets in the direction of the arsenal, was also attacked.
In addition, the SBU struck the 23rd arsenal of the Main Artillery Directorate of the Russian Defense Ministry near the settlement of Oktyabrsky in the Tver Region.
Fires and detonations are recorded in the areas of both military arsenals.
15:32 The Russians are preparing strikes on Ukrainian nuclear facilities on the eve of winter, said Foreign Minister Andriy Sybiha: "We are talking about open switchgear of nuclear power plants and transmission substations, which are critical for the safe operation of nuclear energy. Damage to these installations creates a high risk of a nuclear incident with global consequences." According to the head of the Foreign Ministry, this information has already been received by Ukraine's partners, including the IAEA. Sybiha also called on the IAEA to speed up the expansion of missions to Ukrainian nuclear facilities.
11:31 In the Krasnodar region, the 719th artillery ammunition base near Tikhoretsk, where the Russians were transporting ammunition from the DPRK, was attacked at night, Defense Express writes. The head of the Center for Countering Disinformation under the National Security and Defense Council, Andrey Kovalenko, said that North Korean KN23s, as well as artillery and ammunition for Smerch missiles, were stored at the warehouse in the Tikhoretsk region of the Russian Federation.
11:24 Zelensky denied information from The Wall Street Journal that Ukraine's losses in the war allegedly amount to 80 thousand soldiers: "80 thousand? That's a lie. The real figure is much smaller than the one that was published. Substantially."
11:16 Zelensky signed a law increasing the budget by UAH 500 billion for military needs. Total state budget expenditures will amount to UAH 3 trillion 737 billion, revenues - UAH 1 trillion 911 billion.
09:32 In Donetsk region on September 20, 17 people were wounded as a result of Russian shelling: five in Konstantinovka, three in Andreevka, two each in Druzhkovka, Bogoyavlents and Novoukrainka, one each in Toretsk, Mirnograd and Selidovo, reported the head of the OVA Vadim Filashkin.
09:23 In the Kherson region, over the past day, as a result of Russian shelling, two people were killed and seven were injured, reported the head of the OVA, Oleksandr Prokudin.
09:17 Air defense destroyed 11 out of 16 Shahed-type attack UAVs at night. Another five drones were lost due to EW countermeasures, the Air Force reported. All five Kh-59/69 guided air missiles were also destroyed. In addition, the enemy attacked the Dnipropetrovsk region with four Iskander-M/KN-23 ballistic missiles. Air defense was active in the Dnipropetrovsk, Kirovograd, Sumy, Poltava, Odessa and Nikolaev regions.
09:01 Late in the evening of September 20, Russians shelled Kharkov, reported the head of the OVA Oleg Sinegubov. In the Kholodnogorsk district, private houses were damaged, seven people were injured, including three children from ten to 17 years old. Another four people were injured in the Shevchenkivsky district, the building of the regional hospital and a hotel were damaged.
08:36 The General Staff announced the estimated losses of the Russian Federation as of the morning of September 21:
- personnel - about 640,920 (+1440) people,
- tanks - 8746 (+21),
- combat armored vehicles - 17,170 (+38),
- artillery systems - 18,270 (+58),
- MLRS - 1193 (+4),
- air defense systems - 949 (+0),
- aircraft - 369 (+0),
- helicopters - 328 (+0),
- Operational-tactical level UAVs - 15,561 (+92),
- cruise missiles - 2593 (+0),
- ships/boats - 28 (+0),
- submarines - 1 (+0),
- automotive equipment and tank trucks - 24,966 (+68),
- special equipment - 3125 (+10).
08:13 At night, drones again attacked an ammunition depot near Toropets in the Tver region. According to the Russian opposition publication Astra, the 23rd arsenal of the Main Missile and Artillery Directorate in the village of Oktyabrsky was attacked. NASA satellites also recorded a fire on the territory of almost the entire 23rd arsenal of the GRAU in the Tver region. Tver Region Governor Igor Rudenya said that UAVs were shot down in the southwest of the region.
Another ammunition depot has been attacked in the village of Kamenny in the Tikhoretsky District of the Krasnodar Territory. Residents of the village are being evacuated, there is a fire and detonation at the site. The governor of the Krasnodar Territory, Veniamin Kondratyev, said that the Tikhoretsky District was attacked, two drones were suppressed by air defense and electronic warfare forces, "due to the fall of debris from one of them, a fire broke out, which spread to explosive objects, and a detonation began."
The Russian Defense Ministry stated that air defense forces intercepted and destroyed 101 drones overnight: 53 over the Bryansk region, 18 over the Krasnodar region, five over the Kaluga region, three each over the Tver and Belgorod regions, one each over the Smolensk, Kursk regions and Crimea, and 16 drones over the waters of the Sea of ​​Azov.
07:38 Russians attacked Krivoy Rog at night - three people were killed, including a 12-year-old child, and three more were wounded. More than 20 residential buildings were damaged, two were destroyed, reported the head of the OVA, Serhiy Lysak. In addition, one person was wounded as a result of enemy shelling of the Nikopol district.
03:20 The new package of military aid to Ukraine may include Joint Standoff Weapon (AGM-154) medium-range cruise bombs for F-16 aircraft. The announcement of the new package worth $375 million is expected on Monday, September 23, Politico reports. The package also includes artillery ammunition, rockets, and air defense missiles.
00:29 The Times reports, citing sources, that the US and UK will likely grant Ukraine permission to strike Russian territory with Storm Shadow missiles next week, but it will be non-public so that Russia is not warned of possible attacks. According to the newspaper, the US is holding off on granting such permission until it sees the victory plan that Zelensky wants to present to Biden during a meeting next week.
00:12 As a result of the Ukrainian drone strike on an ammunition depot in Toropets, Tver Oblast, Russia lost a stockpile of ammunition designed to last two to three months, said Ants Kiviselg, head of the Estonian Defense Forces Intelligence Center. According to him, about 750,000 rounds of ammunition weighing 30,000 tons were destroyed. On average, Russia spends about 10,000 rounds of ammunition weekly, Kiviselg noted: "This was a stockpile for two to three months. In the coming weeks, we will see the consequences of these losses at the front."