Worth noting, korrespondent.net has compiled its Invasion of Ukraine series into separate months, beginning May 9th, 2023. Linked in the title.
[Korrespondent] 22:20 The Swedish government announced that it will allocate about 44 million euros to support heat and energy supplies in Ukraine.
22:03 Scholz will meet with Zelensky on Friday, September 6, who will arrive in Germany for a visit, writes Tagesschau.
21:58 Ukraine has stopped the Russian advance in the Pokrovsk direction, Syrsky said in an interview with CNN. According to him, over the past six days, the Russian army has not been able to advance in this direction "even a meter." "We have deprived them of the ability to maneuver and deploy their reinforcements from other directions. And this weakening is undoubtedly felt in other areas. We are seeing that the number of artillery shellings, as well as the intensity of the offensive, have decreased," the commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine said.
Syrsky called the Kursk operation a success. According to him, there were several reasons for it: to prevent Russia from advancing from there, to pull Russian forces from other directions, to prevent shelling of the border area, and to raise the morale of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and Ukrainians. According to the commander-in-chief, the Russian Federation transferred "tens of thousands" of troops to Kursk, including some of its best airborne assault troops. And before the Ukrainian operation, the Russian Federation planned to launch an offensive on Ukraine from the Kursk region.
20:43 Zelensky commented on the government replacements in an evening video address: "It is very important that government institutions now work as actively as possible - even more actively than before. More investment from partners in Ukraine's defense industry. More active progress in the negotiation process with the European Union - this is the preparation of the future accession agreement. More interaction and mutual understanding between the central government and the communities. And, of course, more support for the front and for all our people... There are dozens of very specific tasks, and in their position, everyone must produce certain results during the fall."
The president also reported that he had heard Syrsky's report today: "Especially the Pokrovsk direction. We are adding our forces, and the key task is to knock out more of the occupier's forces. Also, the operation in the Kursk region. We are maintaining certain lines and with each day of the Kursk operation we are proving to the world that Russia can lose this war, and the only thing that is needed for this is sufficient determination on our part, the determination of everyone in the world on whom the state of affairs in the world depends."
18:55 Ukrzaliznytsia reported that from September 12 it will stop regular train services from Pokrovsk in Donetsk Oblast to Kyiv and Lviv. "In the future, until the security situation improves, only evacuation services with appropriate registration will be available," the company reported.
17:59 Emergency rescue operations at the site of the missile strike on the educational institution in Poltava have been completed: 55 people were killed, 328 were injured , the State Emergency Service reported.
17:21 Energoatom reported that Zaporizhzhya NPP is again connected to the Ukrainian power grid via two lines - Ukrainian power engineers have restored the second power transmission line damaged by Russian shelling to operation.
17:12 The Rada appointed German Smetanin to the post of Minister for Strategic Industries. Before that, he headed Ukroboronprom. Natalia Kalmykova was appointed to the post of head of the Ministry of Veterans. Before that, she worked as Deputy Minister of Defense and Director of the Ukrainian Veterans Fund.
17:01 Romanian President Klaus Iohannis approved the transfer of the Patriot system to Ukraine.
16:28 Federal Chancellor of Austria Karl Nehammer stated that his country could become a venue for Ukrainian-Russian negotiations, since the OSCE headquarters is located there. At the same time, he assured that Austria is in favor of a fair peace in Ukraine, which is based on international law. "We take note of the statements of the Russian president about his readiness for peace talks with Ukraine. Any negotiations should take place without preconditions and at the same level," Nehammer noted.
15:52 Russia has at least one Dutch ASML machine for producing chips that it uses in UAVs, tanks and missiles, according to an investigation by Trouw. Such chips were found in Russian drones shot down in Ukraine, among other things.
15:20 In Poltava, the death toll from the Russian missile strike on September 3 has risen to 55 people, 328 people were injured , the State Emergency Service reported. There are probably still people under the rubble.
14:56 In Konstantinovka, Donetsk region, the number of victims as a result of today's Russian shelling has increased to eight, one person has died, reported the head of the OVA Vadim Filashkin.
14:38 Zelensky said that at one point, due to "gaps in supplies," Ukraine had only one shell to Russia's 12. "What should you do? It doesn't matter how many people you have standing here, if they have 12 shells and you have one, you're just going to have more people standing here and more people dying," the president said in an interview with NBC News. He added that Ukraine needed a "smart solution." According to him, this refers in particular to the Kursk operation and the withdrawal of Russian forces.
14:19 The Verkhovna Rada supported the candidacy of Andriy Sybiha for the post of Minister of Foreign Affairs instead of Dmytro Kuleba. Ukrainian media reported, citing sources, that Zelensky was allegedly dissatisfied with Kuleba because he did not put enough pressure on Western partners regarding the provision of weapons.
13:33 Zelensky said that the Russian missiles that hit the military training facility in Poltava flew for three minutes, and many were killed or wounded when they went down to shelter.
Zelensky also said in an interview with NBC News that it was the "lack of long-range capability" that forced Ukraine to launch the operation in the Kursk region: "We expected long-range weapons, they were in a small configuration. We did not have enough of these means. And we had an understanding from our research that Russia was planning to create this "buffer zone"... And then we realized that we needed to conduct a corresponding operation. So that the "buffer zone" would not be created by them here, but by us."
The President explained that the Russians could have broken through the border in the Sumy region. If this had happened, Ukraine would have had to stop the enemy for a long time, so a decision was made to launch a preemptive strike. According to Zelensky, the operation went well, so Ukraine used plan "A". He added that the breakthrough in the Kursk region is only part of the operation.
13:27 In the morning, Russians dropped two guided bombs on Konstantinovka in Donetsk Oblast and shelled the city with artillery - one person was killed, two were wounded, said OVA head Vadim Filashkin.
13:04 Russians shelled two medical facilities in the center of Kherson - the buildings were damaged, two medical workers were injured, OVA reported. Another person was injured in Kherson as a result of explosives being dropped from a UAV. In addition, three people were injured in the village of Sadovoe, on whom Russian troops also dropped explosives from a drone.
12:42 In the morning, the enemy attacked the Dnipropetrovsk region with a kamikaze drone - infrastructure was damaged, causing a fire. When rescuers were extinguishing the fire, the Russians launched a second strike, one of the firefighters was wounded, said the head of the OVA Serhiy Lysak. The fire destroyed a service vehicle.
12:26 The possibility of Harris defeating Trump has slowed work on a $50 billion loan for Ukraine, Politico reports. Before Biden dropped out of the race, the prospect of a Trump presidency had pushed Western diplomats to finalize the loan by the end of the year, but Harris's growing popularity has removed the urgency. "The whole idea was to protect aid to Ukraine from Trump, but the situation with Harris is different now," one EU official told the newspaper.
11:08 During the night and morning attacks, the air defense destroyed 60 of 78 Shahed-type attack UAVs, the Air Force reported. Another two drones returned to Russia, one flew to Belarus, 15 were lost on Ukrainian territory (probably due to electronic warfare). In addition, at night, Russia attacked with one Iskander-M ballistic missile. The air defense operated in the Kyiv, Cherkasy, Kirovohrad, Vinnytsia, Kharkiv, Dnipropetrovsk, Kherson, Poltava, Chernihiv, Zhytomyr, Zaporizhia and Kherson regions.
10:59 Zelensky will attend the Ramstein meeting in Germany on Friday, September 6, Spiegel writes. According to the publication, the Ukrainian president wants to ask Western partners for further arms supplies, in particular long-range missiles and additional air defense systems.
10:53 Putin named the "liberation of Donbass" as the top priority. He also stated again that Russia "never refused" to negotiate with Ukraine. According to him, it was possible to reach an agreement with Kiev in Istanbul, "that's the whole point." Putin claims that the Ukrainian side was supposedly satisfied with the agreements reached then, but Kiev "was given the order not to go for it." He also stated that the main guarantee of Russia's security is "the growth of the economy and military potential."
10:32 The Belarusian Defense Ministry confirmed that the military recorded a violation of airspace at night - presumably by drones, which were destroyed. However, Minsk did not specify whose drones they were.
10:17 Russia is again trying to influence the US presidential election, the White House is confident. As usual, the Kremlin is using controlled media and other platforms to spread disinformation. The US Treasury Department announced sanctions against the leadership of the Russian propaganda channel RT and the hacker group RaHDit for interfering in the 2024 presidential election. Read more in the article The US vs. Russian Propaganda .
09:50 The death toll from the Russian strike on Poltava on September 3 has risen to 54, with another 297 people injured, the State Emergency Service reported. Search and rescue operations are ongoing, and there may be up to five more people under the rubble.
09:42 Evacuation trains have stopped leaving Pokrovsk in Donetsk Oblast "due to the worsening security situation," the Mirnohrad administration reported. Trains are now running from Pavlohrad in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast.
09:38 In Donetsk Oblast, two people were killed as a result of Russian shelling on September 4: in Konstantinovka and Kurakhovo. Another ten people in the region were injured in the past 24 hours, reported OVA head Vadim Filashkin.
09:29 On September 4, a 19-year-old volunteer was injured as a result of Russian shelling during the evacuation of people in Vovchansk, Kharkiv Oblast, reported OVA head Oleg Sinegubov. Another person was injured the day before as a result of shelling in the village of Kurilovka, Kupyansk District.
09:04 In the Kherson region, three people were wounded as a result of Russian shelling over the past day, reported the head of the OVA, Oleksandr Prokudin.
08:46 The air raid alert in Kiev lasted for over nine hours - Russia attacked the capital with drones, said the head of the Kyiv State Air Defense Forces Sergey Popko. According to him, almost all southern, northern, eastern, central and part of the western regions of Ukraine, including Kiev, were under threat of an air strike. This time, UAVs mainly approached the capital singly, not in groups. All drones threatening the capital were neutralized, there were no casualties or damage in Kiev.
07:55 The General Staff announced the estimated losses of the Russian Federation as of the morning of September 5:
personnel - about 621,550 (+1200) people,
tanks - 8624 (+6),
combat armored vehicles - 16,869 (+21),
artillery systems - 17,725 (+31),
MLRS - 1177 (+0),
air defense systems - 940 (+0),
aircraft - 368 (+0),
helicopters - 328 (+0),
Operational-tactical level UAVs - 14,658 (+42),
cruise missiles - 2587 (+7),
ships/boats - 28 (+0),
submarines - 1 (+0),
automotive equipment and tank trucks - 24,044 (+37),
special equipment - 3024 (+10).
07:29 Naval surface drones of the Ukrainian Armed Forces attacked Novorossiysk in the Krasnodar region at night. The city's mayor, Andrei Kravchenko, asked residents of the coastline not to go near windows or be in open spaces near the sea. Explosions and gunfire were heard in the city. In the morning, the Russian Defense Ministry announced the destruction of two unmanned boats in the northeastern part of the Black Sea.
04:37 Russia is again attacking Ukraine with attack drones, several of which have flown into Belarus, writes the monitoring group Belaruski Gayun. According to analysts, the aircraft of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Belarus were used to destroy the "shahids". The work of the air defense was heard, in particular, in the Gomel region.
04:24 Zelensky met with Deputy National Security Advisor John Finer, who arrived in Kyiv with a delegation, on Wednesday, September 4. The discussion focused on priorities in the war with Russia before Biden's term ends, Reuters reports. The White House called the discussion "productive and substantive." Finer also held a meeting with Ukraine's military leadership, during which they discussed the situation at the front and strategic issues, including the progress of the Kursk operation.
01:55 The US believes that ATACMS will not be able to hit Russian aircraft, since they are based outside the range of these missiles, said John Kirby, coordinator for strategic communications for the White House National Security Council. "The idea that if we give Ukraine long-range ATACMs, they will be able to hit air bases and most of the aircraft that are shelling Ukraine is incorrect," he explained. According to Kirby, 90% of the aircraft for bombing are based outside the 300-kilometer zone from the borders of Ukraine.
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[Korrespondent] 22:15 Syrsky called the Kursk operation a success in an interview with CNN. According to him, there were several reasons for it: to prevent Russia from advancing from there, to pull Russian forces from other directions, to prevent shelling of the border area, and to raise the morale of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and Ukrainians. According to the commander-in-chief, the Russian Federation transferred "tens of thousands" of troops to Kursk, including some of its best airborne assault troops. And before the Ukrainian operation, the Russian Federation planned to launch an offensive on Ukraine from the Kursk region.
18:41 Ukraine has achieved "a lot" in the Kursk operation, but the further course of events is difficult to predict, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said. According to him, Ukraine "managed to take control of Russian territory, inflict damage on Russian troops and demonstrate its ability to act."
13:32 Zelensky said in an interview with NBC News that it was the "lack of long-range capability" that forced Ukraine to launch the operation in the Kursk region: "We expected long-range weapons, they were in a small configuration. We did not have enough of these means. And we had an understanding from our research that Russia was planning to create this "buffer zone"... And then we realized that we needed to conduct a corresponding operation. So that we, not they, would create the "buffer zone" here."
The President explained that the Russians could have broken through the border in the Sumy region. If this had happened, Ukraine would have had to stop the enemy for a long time, so a decision was made to launch a preemptive strike. According to Zelensky, the operation went well, so Ukraine used plan "A". He added that the breakthrough in the Kursk region is only part of the operation.
11:05 Putin called regaining control over the Kursk region a "sacred duty" of the Russian army. According to him, the situation in the Russian region "has already stabilized" and the Russians "have begun to gradually squeeze out" Ukrainian forces.
According to Putin, by attacking Kursk, Ukraine "wanted to make Russia fuss and get nervous, to stop the offensive in Donbass." But, according to him, "nothing worked out," and "the offensive of the Russian army accelerated." The second goal of the Ukrainian Armed Forces near Kursk, according to Putin, is "to destabilize the domestic political situation in Russia." He assured that this "did not work out, society consolidated."
The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue the special military operation.
[EngMilRu] In Volchansk and Liptsy directions, units of the Sever Group of Forces inflicted losses on formations of the 92nd Assault Brigade of the AFU, 36th Marine Brigade, and 103rd Territorial Defence Brigade near Malye Prokhody, Liptsy, and Volchanskiye Khutora (Kharkov region).
The AFU losses amounted to up to 125 troops, one armoured fighting vehicle, four motor vehicles, one U.S.-made 155mm M-777 howitzer, two 152mm D-20 guns, and one field ammunition depot.
Units of the Zapad Group of Forces improved the tactical situation and inflicted losses on manpower and hardware of the 43rd, 44th, 66th, 115th Mechanised brigades, 3rd Assault Brigade of the AFU, 110th, 117th Territorial Defence brigades, and the 12th Azov Special Operations Brigade near Kovsharovka, Petropavlovka, Glushkovka, Kruglyakovka (Kharkov region), Novoyegorovka, Makeyevka (Lugansk People's Republic), Torskoye (Donetsk People's Republic), and Serebryansky forestry. Two counterattacks launched by assault detachments of the AFU 14th and 116th Mechanised brigades were repelled.
The AFU losses amounted to more than 500 troops, one tank, two U.S.-made M-113 armoured personnel carriers, seven motor vehicles, one U.S.-made 155mm M-198 howitzer, one 152mm Msta-B howitzer, one 152mm D-20 howitzer, two 122mm D-30 howitzers, and UK-made 105mm L-119 and U.S.-made M-101 howitzers.
One Anklav-N electronic warfare station, one U.S.-made AN/TPQ-50 counter-battery radar, and five ammunition depots were destroyed.
Units of the Yug Group of Forces continued to advance to the depth of the enemy's defences and inflicted losses on formations of the 30th, 54th, 93rd Mechanised brigades, 143rd, 144th Infantry brigades, 46th Airmobile Brigade, 10th, 80th Assault brigades of the AFU, 114th, and 116th Territorial Defence brigades near Verkhnekamenskoye, Pereyezdnoye, Chasov Yar, Stupochki, Predtechino, Maksimilyanovka, and Katerinovka (Donetsk People's Republic).
The AFU losses amounted to up to 745 troops, three pickup trucks, two 152mm D-20 guns, two 122mm D-30 howitzers, three UK-made 105mm L-119 howitzers, two electronic warfare stations, and three field ammunition depots.
As a result of active actions, units of the Tsentr Group of Forces liberated Zavetnoye (Donetsk People's Republic).
Losses were inflicted on manpower and hardware of the AFU 23rd, 24th, 47th, 100th Mechanised brigades, 59th Motorised Infantry Brigade, 142nd Infantry Brigade, and 25th Airborne Brigade near Dzerzhinsk, Krasnoarmeysk, Shcherbinovka, Grodovka, Zhuravka, Mikhailovka, Selidovo, and Memrik (Donetsk People's Republic). Eight counterattacks launched by assault detachments of the 53rd, 150th Mechanised brigades, 71st Jaeger Brigade, 95th Air Assault Brigade of the AFU, 14th, 15th National Guard brigades, and the Lyut Brigade of the National Police of Ukraine were repelled.
The AFU losses amounted to up to 530 troops, two tanks, one armoured personnel carrier, three motor vehicles, one French-made 155mm CAESAR self-propelled artillery system, one 152mm Msta-B howitzer, two 152mm D-20 howitzers, three 122mm D-30 howitzers, and one 100mm Rapira anti-tank gun.
Units of the Vostok Group of Forces took more advantageous lines and positions as well as inflicted losses on formations of the AFU 61st, 72nd Mechanised brigades, 58th Motorised Infantry Brigade of the AFU, and 128th Territorial Defence Brigade near Vodyanoye, Dobrovolye, Ugledar, Novoukrainka, and Velikaya Novosyolka (Donetsk People's Republic).
The AFU losses amounted to up to 110 troops, one tank, seven motor vehicles, and one Polish-made 155mm Krab self-propelled artillery system.
Units of the Dnepr Group of Forces inflicted losses on manpower and hardware of the 31st Mechanised Brigade, 128th Mountain Assault Brigade of the AFU, and the 123rd Territorial Defence Brigade near Orekhov (Zaporozhye region), Dneprovskoye (Kherson region), and Kherson.
The AFU losses amounted to up to 75 troops, four motor vehicles, and one 152mm D-20 gun.
Operational-Tactical Aviation, unmanned aerial vehicles, Missile Troops and Artillery of the Russian Groups of Forces wiped out one ammunition factory, one uncrewed surface vehicle depot, one temporary deployment point of foreign mercenaries, as well as engaged AFU manpower and hardware in 136 areas.
Air defence units shot down three U.S.-made ATACMS operational-tactical missiles, five French-made Hammer guided aerial bombs, one Olkha MLRS projectile, and 27 unmanned aerial vehicles.
Units of the Black Sea Fleet destroyed 11 AFU uncrewed surface vehicles.
In total, 642 airplanes and 283 helicopters, 31,044 unmanned aerial vehicles, 575 air defence missile systems, 17,822 tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles, 1,435 combat vehicles equipped with MLRS, 14,091 field artillery guns and mortars, as well as 25,584 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 enemy assault detachments in the direction of Matveyevka, Olgovka, Malaya Loknya and Cherkasskoye Porechnoye. Moreover, the enemy's attempts to launch attacks in the direction of Borki, Kamyshevka, and Maryevka were foiled.
The AFU losses included up to 40 troops killed and wounded. Russian units eliminated a U.S.-made Stryker armoured personnel carrier, three infantry fighting vehicles, and five motor vehicles.
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.
Aviation, artillery, and actions of troops inflicted losses on manpower and hardware of 22nd, 61st Mechanised brigades, 80th and 82nd Air Assault brigades, 92nd Assault Brigade, 152nd Jaeger Brigade, 1004th Security and Service Brigade near Apanasovka, Borki, Vishnyovka, Viktorovka, Gordeyevka, Guevo, Ivashkovsky, Kositsa, Lyubimovka, Martynovka, Malaya Loknya, Novoivanovka, Novoya Sorochina, Orlovka, Obukhovka, Snagost, and Yuzhny.
Operational-Tactical Aviation and Missile Troops delivered strikes in Sumy region at concentration areas of reserve manpower and military hardware of the 21st, 22nd, 115th Mechanised brigades, 80th, 82nd, 95th Air Assault brigades, 92nd Assault Brigade of the AFU, the 1st and 17th National Guard brigades, 103rd, 106th, and 129th Territorial Defence brigades near Belopolye, Boyaro Lezhachi, Vorozhba, Gritsenkovo, Glukhov, Glybnoye, Kruzhok, Linovo, Mirpolye, Orlovka, Obody, Pisarevka, Sumy, Starye Virki, Yunakovka, and Yampol.
The AFU losses for the past 24 hours were up to 370 troops and 17 armoured vehicles, including two infantry fighting vehicles, two armoured personnel carriers, 13 armoured fighting vehicles as well as two artillery guns, two launchers of U.S.-made M-270 MLRS system, an EW station, and 12 motor vehicles.
Since the beginning of hostilities in Kursk region, the AFU losses have amounted to over 10,100 troops, 81 tanks, 41 infantry fighting vehicles, 72 armoured personnel carriers, 589 armoured fighting vehicles, 325 motor vehicles, 74 artillery guns, 24 multiple-launch rocket system launchers, including seven of M142 HIMARS MLRS and five of M270 MLRS systems manufactured by the USA, eight SAM launchers, two transport-loading vehicles, 17 EW stations, seven counter-battery radars, two air defence radars, eight engineering vehicles as well as 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 09/05/2024 to 00:00 09/06/2024
A total of 23 cases of armed attacks by the Ukrainian Armed Forces were recorded by the DPR Representative Office in the JCCC over the past 24 hours.
There were reports of one civilian being killed and six injured.
DAMAGED:
One car,
Eight residential buildings.
Five artillery attack s in the Donetsk direction,
A total of 18 artillery attack s in the Gorlovka direction.
A total of 64 units of various ammunition were fired.
21:04 A serviceman with the call sign "Smoke" from the 238th Artillery Brigade of the Russian Armed Forces, together with the 944th Self-Propelled Artillery Regiment, using 152mm 2A65 "Msta-B" and 155m 2S5 "Giatsint-S" guns, successfully destroyed a 122mm D-30 artillery gun of Ukrainian nationalists in the village of Maksimilyanovka.
19:40 Footage of objective control of the defeat of positions and launch points of Ukrainian Armed Forces UAVs in the Khar'kov region.
During reconnaissance operations in the area of one of the settlements in the Khar'kov region, servicemen of the North group of troops used a drone to uncover the activities of Ukrainian Armed Forces UAV crews that were launching kamikaze drones.
All identified enemy kamikaze drone launch points were successfully destroyed.
18:55 The Buk-M3 air defense missile system crew covers motorized rifle units in the Avdeevka direction.
Anti-aircraft gunners of the Center group of forces organized reliable air cover for the forward units from enemy air attacks.
During combat duty, the crew detected and captured an air target approaching the positions of Russian troops. After making a decision to destroy the target, the crew launched a SAM and hit it at a considerable distance.
18:30 An explosion occurred in the Darnitsky district of Kyiv, local media reported
18:15 A crew of the Vasilek automatic mortar of the Dnepr group of forces destroyed up to 10 Ukrainian Armed Forces militants in the Zaporizhia region.
17:38 South Donetsk direction - after the improvement of the positions of the Russian Armed Forces north of Novomayorskoye, according to information from Ukrainian channels, the main forces of the Ukrainian Armed Forces left Zolotaya Niva, and the settlement is currently being cleared.
17:25 In the Kupyansk direction, the Russian Armed Forces are consolidating their positions in the Sinkovka area on the eastern bank of the Oskol River.
16:44 A powerful explosion thundered in the suburbs of Khar'kov.
16:37 Footage of the battle for Prechistovka, liberated through the joint efforts of Kamchatka marines and soldiers from Buryatia.
16:11 Russian military are moving forward and “squeezing out” the enemy in the Svatovsky direction – video .
15:55 Russian attack aircraft broke through the defense of Ukrainian forces in the area of the village of Kleshcheyevka in the Artemovsk direction in the DPR, security forces reported.
In recent weeks, the Ukrainian Armed Forces have suffered heavy losses in this section of the front.
15:15 Disruption of the rotation of the Ukrainian Armed Forces by drone operators of the 24th Motorized Rifle Brigade of the Russian Armed Forces – video.
14:58 Russian troops are “driving out” Ukrainian Armed Forces militants from Zolotaya Niva, where they fled from liberated Prechistovka.
14:31 Soldiers of the 18th Combined Arms Army hit cell phone towers on the right bank of the Dnieper.
14:10 Russian Armed Forces "knocked out" the enemy beyond the Seversky Donets Canal, near Kleshcheyevka
14:05 Footage of the 11th Air Force and Air Defense Army in action in the Ugledar direction. A temporary deployment point of the Ukrainian Armed Forces on the territory of the ventilation shaft of the Yuzhnodonbasskaya No. 3 mine was hit.
13:49 Russian fighters are “cleaning up” enemy strongholds in the Ugledar direction in the Prechistovka area.
13:35 Scouts of the “Southern” group of troops disrupted the enemy’s rotation in the Donetsk direction – video.
12:54 Donbasskiy Partizan reported about the strike of the Russian Armed Forces on the MGM-140 ATACMS service point in the Odessa region.
Yesterday, September 4, at about 19:40, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation attacked the MGM-140 ATACMS maintenance and storage facility located on the territory of an agricultural enterprise in the village of Gribovka (Odessa region).
According to preliminary information, the strike was carried out using the Iskander-M operational-tactical missile system. Afterwards, a strong fire was recorded at the facility.
The enemy, together with Western military instructors, organized a maintenance and storage point for high-precision long-range ATACMS missiles on the territory of an agricultural enterprise. These missiles pose a fairly serious threat, since their range reaches 300 km, which allows them to hit strategically important objects at a significant distance.
12:04 Summary of the Russian Ministry of Defense on the progress of the special military operation (as of September 5, 2024)
Units of the North group of forces in the Volchansk and Liptsov directions inflicted losses on formations of the 92nd Assault Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the 36th Naval Infantry Brigade and the 103rd Territorial Defense Brigade in the areas of the settlements of Malye Prokhody, Liptsy and Volchanskie Khutor in the Khar'kov region.
The fighters of the West group of forces improved their tactical position, defeated the manpower and equipment of the 43rd, 44th, 66th, 115th Mechanized, 3rd Assault Brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, the 110th, 117th Territorial Defense brigades and the 12th Special Forces Brigade "Azov" in the areas of the settlements of Kovsharovka, Petrovpavlovka, Glushkovka, Kruglyakovka in the Khar'kov region, Novoyegorovka, Makeyevka in the Luhansk People's Republic, Torskoye in the Donetsk People's Republic, as well as the Serebryanskoye forestry. They repelled two counterattacks by assault groups of the 14th and 116th Mechanized brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. The Anklav-N electronic warfare station, the AN/TPQ-50 counter-battery radar station made in the USA and five field ammunition depots were destroyed.
Units of the "Southern" group of forces continued to advance into the depths of the enemy's defense, inflicting defeat on the formations of the 30th, 54th, 93rd Mechanized, 143rd, 144th Infantry, 46th Airmobile, 10th, 80th Assault brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the 114th and 116th territorial defense brigades in the areas of the settlements of Verkhnekamenskoye, Pereyezdnoye, Chasov Yar, Stupochki, Predtechino, Maksimilyanovka and Katerinovka of the Donetsk People's Republic.
As a result of active actions by units of the "Center" group of forces, the settlement of Zavetnoye of the Donetsk People's Republic was liberated. The manpower and equipment of the 23rd, 24th, 47th, 100th Mechanized, 59th Motorized Infantry, 142nd Infantry and 25th Airborne brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were defeated in the areas of the settlements of Dzerzhinsk, Krasnoarmeysk, Shcherbinovka, Grodovka, Zhuravka, Mikhailovka, Selidovo and Memrik of the Donetsk People's Republic. Eight counterattacks of assault groups of the 53rd, 150th Mechanized, 71st Jaeger, 95th Airborne Assault brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the 14th, 15th brigades of the National Guard and the "Lyut" assault brigade of the National Police of Ukraine were repelled.
Units of the "East" group of forces occupied more advantageous lines and positions, inflicted defeat on the formations of the 61st, 72nd Mechanized, 58th Motorized infantry brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the 128th Territorial Defense Brigade in the areas of the settlements of Vodyanoye, Dobrovolye, Ugledar, Novoukrainka and Velyka Novosyolka of the Donetsk People's Republic.
Within 24 hours, operational-tactical aviation, unmanned aerial vehicles, missile forces and artillery of the Russian Armed Forces groups struck: an ammunition production plant, a warehouse for unmanned boats, a temporary deployment point for foreign mercenaries, as well as concentrations of manpower and military equipment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in 136 districts.
Air defense systems shot down three US-made ATACMS operational-tactical missiles, five French-made Hammer guided air bombs, an Olkha rocket, and 27 unmanned aerial vehicles.
The Black Sea Fleet destroyed 11 unmanned boats of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
11:51 Assault units of the "East" group of forces captured strongholds and captured Ukrainian Armed Forces soldiers in the South Donetsk direction of the North Military District
11:22 Footage of combat work by UAV operators of the 392nd Motorized Rifle Regiment to destroy enemy positions in the Zaporizhia direction.
11:51 Assault units of the "East" group of forces captured strongholds and captured Ukrainian Armed Forces soldiers in the South Donetsk direction of the North Military District
11:22 Footage of combat work by UAV operators of the 392nd Motorized Rifle Regiment to destroy enemy positions in the Zaporizhia direction.
10:42 Russian military prevented the Ukrainian Armed Forces from bringing reinforcements into the Kursk region at night, Alaudinov reported. The commander of the special forces "Akhmat" noted that the Ukrainian military began "actively digging in."
10:34 Explosions occurred again in the Kyiv-controlled city of Kherson, the Ukrainian publication "Public. News" reported.
09:50 The Russian Armed Forces have almost completely liberated the village of Zolotaya Niva in the Ugledar direction. The settlement is being cleared, Sh?pot Fronta reported.
09:34 Russian forces have taken fire control of one of the roads leading to Seversk in the DPR, which was used to supply units of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the city, military expert Andrei Marochko reported.
09:14 In the morning, the enemy admits the loss of Pereyezdnoye (Seversky salient) and the advance of the Russian Armed Forces in the area of Novogrodovka and Ukrainsk.
08:48 Explosions in the outskirts of Zhitomir.
08:27 Explosions are heard in Kherson occupied by the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
08:14 A Mi-28NM helicopter destroyed personnel and armored vehicles of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the border area of the Kursk region.
08:09 Iskander-M "worked" on the US-made M270 MLRS, auxiliary equipment and Ukrainian Armed Forces militants: footage from Sumy Oblast
08:04 Ukrainian channels reported that the Ukrainian Armed Forces left the village of Zolotaya Niva in the Ugledar direction.
08:00 122mm BM-21 Grad MLRS crews destroyed a concentration of Ukrainian Armed Forces infantry in the border area of Kursk Oblast.
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[Regnum] The American authorities “have reached a new level”: having introduced yet another round of sanctions against Russian media, they were unable to voice the measures they had taken, Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova said on September 5 on the sidelines of the Eastern Economic Forum.
“They have outdone themselves, because, unlike previous attacks on Russian journalists and editors-in-chief of media corporations, this time something amazing happened: even the American authorities were unable to fully announce the measures that were taken,” Zakharova said.
As reported by the Regnum news agency, the US imposed sanctions on the RT TV channel and its editor-in-chief Margarita Simonyan on September 4. Sanctions were also imposed on RIA Novosti, Sputnik and the Rossiya Segodnya media group. The basis for the sanctions was alleged interference in the US presidential elections.
The US Justice Department also charged two RT employees with conspiracy to launder money and violating the Foreign Agent Registration Act by allegedly working with US online commentators and internet personalities to disseminate information to US audiences.
Commenting on the introduction of new sanctions against Russian media, Russian Ambassador to the United States Anatoly Antonov stated that the American authorities are trying to shift responsibility for their own mistakes made during the electoral struggle onto Moscow.
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[Regnum] US authorities have charged six Russians with cyberattacks against Ukraine and NATO countries. The US Department of Justice reported this on September 5.
It is alleged that five officers of the Main Intelligence Directorate (GRU) of the Russian Ministry of Defense and a civilian assistant participated in hacker attacks on critical infrastructure in Ukraine.
The US Department of Justice believes that these same people could later attack government systems in NATO countries.
"The Department of Justice will use all available tools to stop this type of malicious cyber activity and bring those responsible to justice," the statement said.
As reported by the Regnum news agency, Russian Ambassador to the United States Anatoly Antonov said on May 4 that the US State Department's claims that the Russian Federation and Russian intelligence services are allegedly involved in cyberattacks in Europe are false propaganda, confirming Washington's refusal to engage in constructive dialogue. He noted that it was the West that had embarked on the path of militarization of the information space, regularly resorting to cyberattacks. As statistics show, the overwhelming majority of hacker attacks in the world occur from US territory, the diplomat emphasized.
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. by Kirill Velesov
[REGNUM] A scandal is unfolding in the West, clearly connected to the upcoming presidential elections in the United States in November, to which, just as in 2016, they are trying to implicate a “Russian trace” and the “hand of Moscow,” allegedly pushing Donald Trump toward the White House.
On September 5, leading American and British television channels and publications, from the Associated Press to the Daily Mail, simultaneously reported on the “sensational indictment” released by the US Department of Justice.
"Here they called from 2016 and demanded all their hackneyed cliches back. There are three inevitable things in life: death, taxes, and "RT's interference in the American elections"... Somewhere, Secretary of State Clinton is sad that this time it's not all because of her."
The document stated that employees of the Russian media holding RT, Konstantin Kalashnikov and Elena Afanasyeva, were accused by the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York of "implementing" a certain "plan" that allegedly consisted of paying $8.7 million to an unnamed company ("Company 1") from the state of Tennessee so that it would release videos "in line with the Kremlin's interests" in exacerbating internal discord in the United States.
It is alleged that Company 1 spent the said $10 million on publishing videos in support of Moscow’s agenda, including in the Ukrainian conflict.
According to the US Department of Justice, the content was allegedly “seeded” onto all known platforms, including TikTok, X (formerly Twitter), Instagram* and YouTube.
Since November, the company has published more than 2,000 videos that have been viewed more than 16 million times on YouTube, according to the indictment, National Public Radio reported. The publication, by the way, is accompanied by a photo of U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland against the backdrop of a Ukrainian flag, which the attorney general hung out in solidarity with Kiev.
The "sensation" about a conspiracy against American democracy was leaked simultaneously with the US Treasury's decision to impose sanctions against RT, its editor-in-chief Margarita Simonyan, the Rossiya Segodnya media group, and the RIA Novosti and Sputnik agencies. The wording was "for carrying out a disinformation campaign related to the elections."
CNN, which is clearly playing on the side of the Joe Biden administration and is more zealous than others in promoting “RT-gate,” has released its “leak”:
“CNN has independently confirmed that Company 1 is Tenet Media, a platform for independent content creators. It describes itself as “a network of unorthodox commentators who focus on Western political and cultural issues,” according to its website, which matches the language in the newly unsealed indictment."
CNN's publications, which were picked up by other media outlets, emphasize that among the popular video bloggers and podcast hosts who worked with Tenet Media (and therefore were involved in "Russian propaganda") are well-known "right-wing personalities" - Benny Johnson and Tim Poole.
“Both have millions of subscribers on YouTube and other platforms,” CNN points out, making the appropriate point: Poole interviewed Trump on his podcast in May.
The Daily Mail adds a third suspect: Dave Rubin, the author of a popular X blog.
Tenet Media is real and based in Tennessee. The “Free Voices Are Here” outlet is indeed home to Benny Johnson (2.7 million subscribers), Tim Poole (2.1 million), and Dave Rubin (1.5 million subscribers).
All three are called "influencers," that is, well-known figures whose opinions matter to large groups of people. All three are working for the same, conventionally Trumpist, audience.
That is, people living in the “Bible Belt,” for example, in Tennessee, people who are traditionalist (at least in terms of family life and “gender issues”) and who do not trust the federal government and especially the current Democratic administration.
But the main thing is the Republicans who will vote for Trump in November.
The major American and British press, spinning the scandal, particularly emphasized that among the latest heroes of the Tenet videos was Lara Trump, the presidential candidate’s daughter-in-law and co-chair of the Republican National Committee.
Other prominent Trump associates gave interviews to the “suspicious” influencers. In particular, former presidential candidate, Indian-born businessman Vivek Ramaswamy (an ardent supporter of the “Mexican wall,” who withdrew his candidacy in favor of Trump back in January), as well as journalist and politician Carey Lake, who calls herself the Republican candidate’s “chief cheerleader.”
The conclusion being pushed by Biden's appointed Attorney General Garland, the Justice Department, and the mainstream media is simple and follows a well-worn pattern: Moscow allegedly helped Trump defeat Hillary Clinton in 2016, and it intends to do the same in 2024 by launching "propaganda" through conservative media.
Back then, I remember, the topic of Russian influence through social networks was also being discussed – Facebook* and Instagram, which are blocked in our country.
The conclusion is the same as in 2016-2017. “The message from the Department of Justice is clear: We will not tolerate authoritarian regimes attempting to exploit our democratic systems of government,” Attorney General Garland now declared.
But just like seven or eight years ago, the Democratic Party did not bother to present any clear evidence. Let us recall that the “Russiagate” investigation led by Special Counsel Robert Mueller, which lasted two years (2017–2019), ultimately did not come to the required conclusions.
As a result, the next special prosecutor, John Durham, in 2023 published a conclusion : the FBI had unreasonably suspected the 45th President Donald Trump of “collusion” with Russia.
RT, which has been sanctioned, has taken an ironic approach to the latest edition of "Russiagate". When Reuters asked for a comment on the accusations, the Russian media holding responded as follows:
"Here they called from 2016 and demanded all their hackneyed cliches back. There are three inevitable things in life: death, taxes, and "RT's interference in the American elections"... Somewhere, Secretary of State Clinton is sad that this time it's not all because of her."
Now, in place of Secretary of State Clinton, who wants to defeat Trump at any cost, is Vice President Kamala Harris, but the essence of the matter does not change.
But the conservative influencers themselves who have come under suspicion are in no mood for jokes. Johnson, Poole, and Rubin are forced to make a long-winded defense, repeating that they were “used.”
"If these allegations are true, I, like other activists and commentators, will be the deceived party and the victims," said Tim Poole.
Dave Rubin wrote that he had "absolutely no knowledge of this fraudulent activity" and that the Justice Department's charges demonstrated that "I and other columnists were victims of this scheme."
The behavior of bloggers is quite understandable.
The Biden administration is ready to leave influencers in the status of victims of a “Russian intrigue” rather than conscious conductors of the Kremlin’s will. The fact that “Company 1” allegedly kept the plan’s executors in the dark about the sources of funding is stated in a statement by Merrick Garland.
The only (and most important) thing that the US authorities deny to conservative bloggers with millions of followers is, in fact, the status of people who have the right to dissent.
According to the logic of the US Department of Justice, speaking out against LGBT** propaganda, against transgender transitions among teenagers, and criticizing the failed policies of the Biden administration is only possible for money. And for money “from the Kremlin.”
It is clear that the "Company 1" case became another way to sink Trump in the November elections. But it is significant who exactly was the target of the political and media attack - the publicists who deviated maximally from the liberal general line.
It seems that the monopoly on common sense is vested solely in the Democratic Party, while the famous First Amendment to the Constitution, which guarantees the right to free speech, remains on paper.
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