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[Korrespondent] 22:06 Zelensky said in an evening video address that he had signed several new sanctions decisions on the implementation of the NSDC sanctions: "Almost 150 entities - legal entities and individuals ensuring the operation of Russia's aviation infrastructure. Also another package of sanctions against collaborators... And the task for all representatives of Ukraine is to do everything to ensure that Ukrainian sanctions are synchronized with global ones."
21:35 The Kharkiv National University of the Air Force reported that a Mi-2 helicopter crashed during a training flight, the crew of two people died.
19:21 The number of casualties in the enemy attack on Kharkiv has risen to 44, including seven children. Medical assistance is being provided to another three-month-old boy, the Prosecutor General's Office reported. It has been established that the enemy used two Iskander-M ballistic missiles on a shopping center in the Saltovsky district, a direct hit by three Iskander-M missiles was recorded on the Sports Palace building in the Nemyshlyansky district, and three more hits by S-300/400 missiles were recorded on the adjacent territory.
19:02 The Donetsk Regional Prosecutor's Office clarified that three people were killed and 11 were wounded in Kurakhovo as a result of an enemy attack.
18:49 The enemy attacked two industrial enterprises in the city of Sumy with KABs - one person was wounded, the prosecutor's office reported.
18:23 During today's missile strike on Kharkov, one of the energy facilities was attacked, the Ministry of Energy reported.
17:07 In Kharkov, as a result of today's Russian strikes, more than 40 people have already been wounded, including five children, two medics and two rescuers, reported the head of the OVA Oleg Sinegubov.
15:46 One of those wounded in the Russian strike on Kurakhovo in Donetsk Oblast has died in hospital, the prosecutor's office reported. Thus, as a result of the attack, four people were killed and eight were injured.
15:05 Russian troops fired from Uragans at Kurakhovo in Donetsk Oblast, hitting the private sector and high-rise buildings in the city center. At least three people were killed and nine were wounded, said OVA chief Vadim Filashkin.
14:59 Russians have launched about ten missile strikes on Kharkiv, including Iskanders. There are currently 29 known casualties, including two children and two medics, said OVA chief Oleg Sinegubov. The damaged infrastructure includes a shopping center, residential buildings, a Nova Poshta branch, stores, and a sports complex. The strikes were carried out on three locations: the Kharkiv Sports Palace, a shopping center in the Saltovsky district, and near Hydropark in the Kyivsky district.
12:13 Russians attacked Lyubotin in the Kharkiv region, three people are known to have been injured, a civilian enterprise was damaged, reported the head of the OVA Oleg Sinegubov.
11:18 The prosecutor's office clarified that on the evening of August 31, the enemy launched a missile attack on a convoy of grain trucks on the Sumy-Kharkov highway near the village of Verkhnyaya Syrovatka in the Sumy region. As a result of the attack, one of the truck drivers was killed and four others were injured. One truck caught fire and about 20 were damaged.
10:01 In the Kherson region, over the past 24 hours, as a result of Russian shelling, one person was killed and another was injured, reported the head of the OVA, Oleksandr Prokudin.
09:52 In Donetsk Oblast, on August 31, one person was killed as a result of Russian shelling - in Shcherbinovka. Another six people in the region were injured in the past 24 hours, reported OVA head Vadim Filashkin.
09:49 Air defense destroyed eight of 11 Shahed-131/136 attack UAVs at night, the Air Force reported. The drones were destroyed within the Odessa, Mykolaiv, Kherson, Kirovohrad and Dnipropetrovsk regions. In addition, Russia used an Iskander-M ballistic missile for the attack. This time, the Russian Federation's target was Ukrainian grain and agricultural logistics, in particular in the Mykolaiv and Sumy regions, the Air Force noted.
09:45 At night, Russians shelled the village of Slatino in the Kharkiv district - six people were injured, including a pregnant woman. As a result of the repeated shelling, a utility room of an agricultural enterprise was on fire, said the head of the OVA Oleg Sinegubov. He also specified that the number of victims as a result of yesterday's strike on the village of Cherkasskaya Lozovaya in the Kharkiv district has grown to 11, two people died, and as a result of the evening shelling of the Slobodsky district of Kharkiv, four people were injured, including one child.
In the village of Osinovo in the Kupyansky district, one person was injured as a result of shelling, another - in the village of Kamennaya Yaruga in the Chuguevsky district. Four people were also injured as a result of shelling in the village of Novoosinovo in the Kupyansky district. In addition, this morning the Russians struck a civilian enterprise in the Bogodukhovsky district, two people were injured.
The Kharkiv region police reported that on the evening of August 31 in the city of Kupyansk, a Russian FPV drone attacked a service vehicle in which there were three police officers. All of them were injured, one of the police officers died in the hospital.
09:16 Late in the evening of August 31, Russians launched a missile attack on the Verkhnesyrovatskaya community of the Sumy region - one person was killed, four were injured, the OVA reported. Grain trucks that were supposed to be used to collect and transport the harvest were damaged.
08:53 Drones attacked the Moscow Oil Refinery in Kapotnya at night, the fire was assigned the highest level of complexity, the regional emergency services reported. Later, emergency services clarified that the complexity level of the fire at the Kapotnya oil refinery was lowered from fifth to second. Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said that "the downed drone damaged a separate technical room of the Moscow Oil Refinery as a result of the fall", which caused the fire. Meanwhile, Moscow residents are sharing footage of a burning torch at the Kapotnya oil refinery.
Publics also write that the drone fell in the village of Durnikha, Ramensky urban district, Moscow region. According to some reports, the drones tried to attack Zhukovsky airport.
In the Tver region, drones attacked a state district power plant and the Konakovo gas distribution network located several kilometers away, causing fires. The governor of the Tver region, Igor Rudenya, announced that the fire in the Konakovo district had been localized. According to him, "there are no casualties, the district's gas and electricity supply is operating normally."
The Russian Defense Ministry stated that air defense forces intercepted and destroyed 158 drones over regions of central Russia overnight, including nine over Moscow and the Moscow region.
08:17 The General Staff announced the estimated losses of the Russian Federation as of the morning of September 1:
personnel - about 616,300 (+1350) people,
tanks - 8592 (+10),
combat armored vehicles - 16,760 (+24),
artillery systems - 17,636 (+22),
MLRS - 1176 (+0),
air defense systems - 940 (+0),
aircraft - 368 (+0),
helicopters - 328 (+0),
Operational-tactical level UAVs - 14,507 (+36),
cruise missiles - 2557 (+0),
ships/boats - 28 (+0),
submarines - 1 (+0),
automotive equipment and tank trucks - 23,881 (+56),
special equipment - 2991 (+14).
07:39 During the evening and night, Russian troops attacked the Nikopol district of the Dnipropetrovsk region with Grad MLRS, heavy artillery and kamikaze drones, two people were injured, reported the head of the OVA Serhiy Lysak. Infrastructure, an industrial enterprise, and a gas station were damaged in the district.
07:22 At night, Russians attacked a grain warehouse in the village of Limany, Galitsynovskaya community, Nikolaevsky district, with a drone; the fire was quickly extinguished, said the head of the OVA, Vitaly Kim.
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[EngMilRu] The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue the special military operation.
In Volchansk and Liptsy directions, units of the Sever Group of Forces inflicted losses on formations of the AFU 82nd and 92nd Air Assault brigades near Kudiyevka and Volchansk (Kharkov region).
The AFU losses amounted to up to 30 troops, one tank, one armoured personnel carrier, four motor vehicles, three 122mm D-30 howitzers, and one Czech-made Vampire MLRS launcher.
Units of the Zapad Group of Forces improved the tactical situation and inflicted losses on manpower and hardware of the 44th and 115th Mechanised brigades of the AFU, 119th Territorial Defence Brigade, and 12th Azov Special Operations Brigade near Petropavlovka, Kruglyakovka (Kharkov region), Yampol, and Krasny Liman (Donetsk People's Republic).
Four counterattacks launched by units of the 116 Mechanised Brigade and 77th Airmobile Brigade of the AFU, and the 1st Battalion of the Ukrainian National Guard were repelled.
The AFU losses amounted to up to 510 troops, one tank, one Kozak armoured fighting vehicle, and nine motor vehicles.
In the course of counter-battery warfare, one UK-made 155mm AS-90 Braveheart self-propelled artillery system, U.S.-made 155mm M-777 and M198 howitzers, two 122mm D-30 howitzers, one UK-made 105mm L-119 howitzer, one U.S.-made AN/TPQ-36 counterbattery radar station, one Anklav electronic warfare station, and six field ammunition depots were destroyed.
As a result of successful actions, units of the Yug Group of Forces liberated Vyemka (Donetsk People's Republic).
Moreover, losses were inflicted on manpower and hardware of the AFU 24th, 30th, 54th, 93rd Mechanised brigades, 56th Motorised Infantry Brigade, and 46th Airmobile Brigade near Ostroye, Zaliznyanskoye, Chasov Yar, Stupochki, and Antonovka (Donetsk People's Republic).
Two counterattacks launched by assault detachments of the 116th Territorial Defence Brigade were repelled.
The AFU losses amounted to up to 660 troops, one tank, and five motor vehicles.
In the course of counter-battery warfare, one U.S.-made 155mm M109 Paladin self-propelled artillery system, two Polish-made 155mm Krab self-propelled artillery systems, two 152mm D-20 howitzers, two 122mm D-30 howitzers, one UK-made 105mm L-119 howitzer, and two electronic warfare stations were neutralised.
Three AFU ammunition depots have been destroyed.
As a result of active actions, units of the Tsentr Group of Forces liberated Ptichiye (Donetsk People's Republic)and continued advancing to the depth of the enemy's defences.
Losses were inflicted on formations of the 32nd, 53rd, 117th, 151st Mechanised brigades, 142nd Infantry Brigade of the AFU, 37th Naval Infantry Brigade, and 15th National Guard Brigade near Kalinovo, Dzerzhinsk, Grodovka, Dimitrov, Leonidovka, Mikhailovka, Nikolayevka, and Selidovo (Donetsk People's Republic).
Eight counter-attacks launched by assault detachments of the 53rd Mechanised Brigade, 142nd Infantry Brigade, 71st Jaeger Brigade, 25th Airborne Brigade of the AFU, 12th, 14th National Guard brigades, and the Lyut Assault Brigade of the Ukrainian National Police were repelled.
The AFU losses amounted to up to 560 troops, one tank, four armoured fighting vehicles, five motor vehicles, two 122mm 2S1 Gvozdika self-propelled artillery systems, and five 122mm D-30 howitzers.
Units of the Vostok Group of Forces improved the tactical situation and inflicted losses on manpower and hardware of the AFU 58th, 72nd Mechanised brigades, and 58th Motorised Infantry Brigade near Vodyanoye, Novoukrainka, and Razliv (Donetsk People's Republic).
One counterattack launched by an assault detachment of the AFU 72nd Mechanised Brigade was repelled.
The AFU losses amounted to up to 100 troops, one tank, two motor vehicles, one Polish-made 155mm Krab self-propelled artillery system, and one U.S.-made 155mm M-198 howitzer.
Units of the Dnepr Group of Forces inflicted losses on formations of the 141st Infantry Brigade, 31st Mechanised Brigade of the AFU, 37th Naval Infantry Brigade, and 124th Territorial Defence Brigade near Malye Shcherbaki (Zaporozhye region), Zmievka, and Veseloye (Kherson region).
The AFU losses amounted to up to 60 troops, two motor vehicles, and two UK-made 155mm FH-70 howitzers.
Operational-Tactical Aviation, unmanned aerial vehicles, Missile Troops and Artillery of the Russian Groups of Forces wiped out one Israeli-made RPS-42 air surveillance radar station, UAV workshops and storages in Kharkov region, as well as engaged AFU manpower and hardware in 133 areas during the day.
Air defence units shot down three French-made Hammer guided aerial bombs, six U.S.-made HIMARS and Czech-made Vampire MLRS projectiles as well as 171 unmanned aerial vehicles.
In total, 641 airplanes and 283 helicopters, 30,920 unmanned aerial vehicles, 575 air defence missile systems, 17,801 tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles, 1,434 combat vehicles equipped with MLRS, 13,898 field artillery guns and mortars, as well as 25,501 units of special military equipment have been destroyed during the special military operation.
Units of the Sever Group of Forces supported by Army Aviation and artillery repelled four attacks launched by the enemy's assault detachments in the direction of Korenevo and Aleksandrovka.
Moreover, three attempts of the enemy to launch attacks were thwarted in the direction of Nizhnaya Parovaya and Pogrebki. As a result, the AFU losses amounted to up to 30 troops killed and wounded, two armoured fighting vehicles, and two motor vehicles. One AFU serviceman surrendered.
Aviation and artillery strikes and actions of troops inflicted losses on manpower and hardware clusters of 22nd, 61st, 115th Mechanised brigades, 80th, 82nd Air Assault brigades, 152nd Jaeger Brigade, and 1st National Guard Brigade near Apanasovka, Borki, Vishnyovka, Gordeyevka, Ivashkovskiy, Lyubimovka, Lebedevka, Martynovka, Mikhailovka, Novoivanovka, Obukhovka, Orlovka, Plekhovo, Cherkasskoye Porechnoye, Russkoye Porechnoye, and Snagost.
The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue reconnaissance and search operations in forestry areas to locate and eliminate enemy sabotage groups attempting to get to the depth of the Russian territory.
Operational-Tactical Aviation delivered strikes at concentration areas in Sumy region of reserve manpower and military hardware of the 21st, 22nd, 41st Mechanised brigades, 17th Tank Brigade, 80th, 82nd, 95th Air Assault brigades of the AFU, 36th Naval Infantry Brigade, 103rd, 107th, 129th territorial Defence brigades near Belopoliye, Boyaro-Lezhachi, Glukhov, Luka, Obody, Orlovka, Svessa, Pershe Travnya, Sumy, and Yunakovka.
Over the past 24 hours, the AFU losses amounted to up to 360 troops and 23 units of hardware, including four tanks, one infantry fighting vehicle, two armoured personnel carriers, 16 armoured fighting vehicles, six artillery guns, including two Polish-made Krab self-propelled artillery systems, three mortars, one electronic warfare station, one ANT/PQ-50 counter-battery radar station, and seven motor vehicles.
Since the beginning of hostilities in Kursk region, the AFU losses amounted to more than 8,500 troops, 80 tanks, 37 infantry fighting vehicles, 69 armoured personnel carriers, 537 armoured fighting vehicles, 249 motor vehicles, 62 artillery guns, 16 multiple-launch rocket system launchers, including four of HIMARS system and two of MLRS system, five SAM launchers, 13 electronic warfare stations, six counter-battery radars, one air defence radar station, six engineering vehicles, including two counterobstacle vehicles and one UR-77 mine clearing vehicle.
The operation to neutralise the AFU units is in progress.
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[NewsFront] 23:58 Official summary of the DPR Representative Office in the JCCC from 00:00 01.09.2024 to 00:00 02.09.2024.
A total of 17 cases of armed attacks by the Ukrainian Armed Forces were recorded by the DPR Representative Office in the JCCC over the past 24 hours.
Information was received about the injuries of seven civilians, including five children: two girls born in 2012, a teenage girl born in 2010, and two teenage boys born in 2010.
DAMAGED:
Eight residential buildings,
One civil infrastructure facility.
Two artillery attacks in the Donetsk direction,
A total of 15 artillery attacks in the Gorlovka direction.
A total of 57 units of various ammunition were fired.
23:31 Kursk region:
In the Sudzha area, the VKS crews inflicted FAB strike on enemy artillery. Targets hit.
21:03 Commander of the reconnaissance group with the call sign "Altai" told about the successes of his unit:
"At the moment, our unit is engaged in reconnaissance, working with FPV drones, interacting with artillery. We observe enemy personnel and equipment from drones. Over the past week, the FPV drone crew destroyed two Bradleys."
19:50 Combat Job of Russian drone operators in camouflaged positions with Ukrainian Armed Forces personnel in one of the directions.
19:27 Ukrainian Telegram channels report new explosions in Khar'kov
19:11 News from the Pokrovsky direction.
War correspondent Timofey Ermakov reported that the Russian Armed Forces entered the city of Ukrainsk. The fighters are trying to gain a foothold on Gogol Street.
The settlement is located southeast of Selidovo
18:49 Ukrainian Telegram channels reported that the Ukrainian Armed Forces retreated from Nevelskoye to avoid being “encircled.”
17:54 The operational monitoring footage shows the machine room of the TPP-2 "Eskhar" in the Khar'kov region, which was completely destroyed during today's missile strike.
17:38 Frontovaya Ptichka reports on the “cauldron” being prepared for the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Donetsk direction:
"The location reports further advance of our forces in the area of ??the settlement of Krasnogorovka. At this rate of advance of our troops, the enemy will find itself in operational encirclement along the straight line Galitsinovka - Krasnogorovka or Galitsinovka - Maksimilyanovka. The number of Ukrainian Armed Forces troops in a potential cauldron is from several hundred to several thousand personnel."
Whisper of the Front reports that Russian troops have five kilometers left before the cauldron in the Nevelskoye area closes.
16:57 Ugledar direction: another hit by FAB-500 at enemy positions in the territory of the Yuzhnodonbasskaya-3 mine in the vicinity of Vodyanoye.
16:24 The Russian strike on Khar'kov targeted a warehouse with ammunition, as well as the Sports Palace, where the Ukrainian Armed Forces were based, the pro-Russian underground reported.
16:07 UAV operators of the 200th Separate Guards Motorized Rifle Brigade, operating as part of the "Southern" group of troops, shot down a Ukrainian Armed Forces tank attempting to counterattack Russian forces on the outskirts of Chasov Yar in the DPR.
15:55 Advance of the Russian Armed Forces in Krasnogorovka –map.
15:11 Ka-52M helicopter crews destroyed personnel and armored vehicles of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Kursk border area.
14:44 The Ukrainian Armed Forces began to withdraw from the Nevel'skoye area, Frontovik reported.
14:10 Russian artillery destroyed a group of Ukrainian servicemen who were in the former SBU building in Krasny Liman. As specified by the security agencies, along with the personnel, the military equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was also hit.
13:54 Footage of destruction of an artillery piece of the Ukrainian Armed Forces by a Lancet loitering munition in the border area of the Kursk region.
13:24 Khar'kov Gauleiter Sinegubov stated that about 10 missile strikes were carried out on Khar'kov.
Monitoring channels report new missiles flying towards the city.
13:18 Explosion in the Chuguev area of ??Khar'kov region.
13:11 The advance of our troops is clearly visible on the map from June 1 to August 31, 2024 –video.
13:04 Explosions in Khar'kov. A missile strike is carried out on enemy targets.
12:56 Soldiers from the 18th Army destroyed positions of Ukrainian militants on the right bank of the Kherson region.
12:18 Russian Armed Forces liberated Vyem'ka in Donetsk People's Republic, Russian Defense Ministry announced
The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 30 servicemen in one day in the Volchansk and Liptsov directions;
The Ukrainian army lost up to 100 soldiers and a tank in the area of ??the “East” military grouping in one day;
Air defense systems destroyed 171 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles in one day;
In one day, the Russian Armed Forces destroyed Israeli-made radars, hit UAV assembly plants and concentrations of enemy manpower in 133 districts;
In one day, the Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 660 fighters and 8 guns in the area of responsibility of the “South” group of forces;
The Russian army struck UAV assembly plants and hangars for their storage in the Khar'kov region.
12:07 Situation in the Kupyansk direction:
There are military actions in this area. In Sin'kovka, Russian soldiers continue to clear the area. Our artillery and drones are actively working. Near the northwestern part of Petropavlovka, a copter blew up an enemy pickup truck, reports "Desantnik Diary".
Artillerymen of the 6th Army destroyed an ammunition depot in the center of Petropavlovka.
12:05 Russian troops have liberated the village of Ptichye in the DPR, the Russian Defense Ministry reported.
11:49 Destruction of an enemy tank in Chasov Yar –video.
11:32 Russian UAV operator destroyed "Baba Yaga" of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
11:25 Ukrainian channels reported a series of explosions in the Khar'kov region
10:54 Crews of 152mm towed guns "Giatsint-B" of the 20th Guards Combined Arms Army of the "West" group of forces during the performance of fire missions destroyed a camouflaged UAV control center and Ukrainian Armed Forces manpower in the area of ??a special military operation.
10:10 The Ukrainian Armed Forces in Krasnogorovka and north of the city risk being surrounded, the security forces reported.
It is noted that north of Krasnogorovka, the Ukrainian Armed Forces are trying to flee from their positions due to the risk of being blocked.
09:54 Destruction of a camouflaged 120mm mortar of the Ukrainian Armed Forces along with ammunition by Russian Armed Forces UAV operators in the area of the settlement of Antonovka.
09:17 Footage of destruction of the Ukrainian 122mm MLRS BM-21 "Grad" in the area of the settlement of Redkodub on the Svatovo-Kremennaya front.
08:44 Enemy reports:
"The Russian Armed Forces took control of Paraskoviyevka and also advanced in Konstantinovka, Grodovets, Galitsynovka and near Peschanoye."
08:15 FPV Drone Operators liquidated command posts and ammunition depot of the Ukrainian Armed Forces on the right bank of the Dnieper.
08:11 Fighter-bomber SU-34 destroys enemy in the Kursk border region.
08:00 FPV drone operators destroyed camouflaged positions and manpower of the Ukrainian Armed Forces –video.
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[Regnum] Seventeen bodies were found at the site of the Mi-8T helicopter crash in Kamchatka, the Ministry of Emergency Situations reported.
It is noted that the Ministry of Emergency Situations rescuers arrived at the site of the aircraft crash.
"There are nine rescuers from the search and rescue team of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Russia for the Kamchatka Territory at the scene. 17 bodies have already been found, the search continues," the department's Telegram channel says.
As reported by the Regnum news agency, there were 22 people on board the missing Mi-8T: 19 passengers and three crew members. Among the passengers were the financial director of the Russian Football Union (RFU) Arseniy Zamyatin and his wife.
The day before, a helicopter of the Vityaz-Aero airline took off from the Vachkazhets volcano area to the village of Nikolaevka near Elizovo. Shortly after takeoff, at 16:15 local time (07:15 Moscow time), contact with the pilots was lost. The Russian Investigative Committee opened a criminal case on the fact of the air incident.
It was noted that the helicopter could have crashed due to pilot error in foggy weather.
The Mi-8T helicopter could have crashed in Kamchatka due to a pilot error in foggy weather, Interfax reports, citing a source in the disaster response headquarters.
"The priority version is considered to be a piloting error in difficult weather conditions. In the fog, the pilot could not notice the hill and hit its slope," the source said.
Earlier, the wreckage of the Mi-8T helicopter that went missing the day before was found in Kamchatka. According to the Ministry of Emergency Situations, the wreckage is at an altitude of 900 meters near the place where the crew last contacted each other.
The emergency services reported that the Mi-8T helicopter had crashed into a hill. The presumed cause of the crash was an error by the aircraft crew.
As reported by the Regnum news agency, there were 22 people on board the missing Mi-8T : 19 passengers and three crew members. Among the passengers were the financial director of the Russian Football Union (RFU) Arseniy Zamyatin and his wife.
The day before, a helicopter of the Vityaz-Aero airline took off from the Vachkazhets volcano area to the village of Nikolaevka near Elizovo. Shortly after takeoff, at 16:15 local time (07:15 Moscow time), contact with the pilots was lost. The Russian Investigative Committee opened a criminal case on the fact of the air incident.
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[Regnum] Residents of Khar'kov reported that in the building of the shopping center in Khar'kov, which the Russian Armed Forces allegedly struck on September 1, there are militants of the 3rd assault brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine — "Azov"'), reports "Strana.ua".
A recording made by a Khar'kov resident is being distributed in city Telegram channels, in which she stated that the brigade carried out a raider seizure of a shopping center near the Akademika Pavlova metro station “and declared it a military facility,” the article says.
Earlier, Ukrainian media and local authorities reported that a series of explosions were heard in Khar'kov on September 1. According to these data, in addition to the shopping center near the Akademika Pavlova metro station, the city's Sports Palace building was also hit, and explosions were heard in the Hydropark area in the Kievsky district of the city.
The Russian Ministry of Defense did not report any strikes on Khar'kov on September 1.
As reported by the Regnum news agency , the coordinator of the pro-Russian resistance in Nikolaev, Sergei Lebedev, citing his colleagues, reported earlier that there were Ukrainian Armed Forces militants in the Sports Palace in Khar'kov. They "were hardly hiding," and the day before, on August 31, about 200 more militants were brought to the palace, judging by the speech, from Western Ukraine, Nikolaev said.
According to preliminary data, another strike by the Russian Armed Forces on September 1 hit the training ground, there are casualties among foreign instructors, equipment was destroyed, the underground coordinator also reported. In addition, a Ukrainian Armed Forces warehouse with shells was hit, the detonation at the facility lasted for more than an hour, Lebedev added.
Earlier, the pro-Russian underground reported the destruction of a warehouse of unmanned aerial vehicles in Khar'kov, as well as a temporary deployment point of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the outskirts of the city.
[BBC] Ukraine has launched a wave of overnight drone attacks on Russia, causing fires at two Russian energy facilities.
According to Russia’s defence ministry, more than 158 Ukrainian drones targeted fifteen regions of the country, including the capital Moscow.
The Russian military claimed that these drones were intercepted and destroyed.
But as a result of the attack a fire has broken out at an oil refinery in Moscow in a “separate technical room”, the city's mayor said.
Sergei Sobyanin reported that at least 11 drones targeted the capital city and the surrounding areas.
Meanwhile, 75 miles (120km) from the Russian capital, in the Tver region, loud blasts were heard close to the Konakovo Power Station.
Russian media are reporting a fire at the facility.
The region's governor, Igor Rudenya, acknowledged a fire caused by an attack in Konakovsky district had been contained, without providing details of what was hit.
Local officials also said drones attempted to attack the Kashira Power Plant in the Moscow region - but that there were no fires, damage or casualties as a result.
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Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. About 160 Ukrainian drones destroyed overnight over 15 regions, including Moscow
[Regnum] About 160 Ukrainian aircraft-type drones were destroyed at night over 15 Russian regions, including Moscow and the Moscow region, the press service of the Russian Defense Ministry reported on September 1 in a Telegram channel.
“The air defense systems on duty destroyed and intercepted 158 Ukrainian aircraft-type UAVs,” the report says.
The Kursk region was subjected to the most massive attack, over which 46 drones were intercepted. Another 34 drones were shot down over the Bryansk region, 28 over the Voronezh region, 14 over the Belgorod region, and eight over the Ryazan region.
Over Moscow and the Moscow region, two and seven enemy UAVs were destroyed, respectively. Another five were intercepted over the Lipetsk region, three over the Tula region, two over the Tambov and Smolensk regions, and one over the Oryol, Tver and Ivanovo regions.
The Kiev regime sent drones to Russian territory to carry out terrorist attacks, the department noted.
As reported by the Regnum news agency, one of the Ukrainian drones that attacked Moscow was neutralized near the Moscow Oil Refinery (MNPZ) in Kapotnya. Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin reported that there was no threat to the plant's operations; a separate technical room was damaged.
Ukrainian drones have also been neutralized in the areas of Podolsk, Stupino, Odintsovo, Vidnoye, Ramenki, Sobyanin added.
Three Ukrainian Armed Forces drones attempted to attack the territory of the Kashira State District Power Plant in the Moscow Region, reported Mikhail Shuvalov, head of the Kashira urban district. There is no destruction, electricity is being supplied to subscribers, he noted.
Domodedovo Airport introduced flight restrictions on the morning of September 1.
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