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23:04 The Russians fired a mortar at the Seredino-Budskaya community of the Sumy region: the administrative building, the library and the private residential building were damaged, three people were injured, the OVA reported.
22:38 The Russian army shelled Toretsk, Donetsk region - probably using cluster munitions of the MLRS Uragan. One person died and three more were injured. Damaged private and multi-apartment residential buildings, the prosecutor's office said.
22:25 Podolyak said that "today there is an absolute consensus, identical to the number of countries that support us, that we can destroy everything Russian in the occupied territory." According to the adviser to the head of the Presidential Office, the number of "unidentified drones" in Crimea will increase.
22:17 In Ukraine, an additional conscription to the Armed Forces of Ukraine may be announced in the near future. About how many people need to be mobilized - in the material New wave of mobilization .
21:44 Zelensky announced two tasks for the next meeting of the Stavka: "First: a report on preparations for winter. Various aspects, including security. Second: a program to prepare for the use of new combat aircraft. Politically, everything has already been done. There are agreements. The key is now is to prepare the infrastructure quickly and efficiently. And this is already a military task."
21:31 Zelensky said in an evening video message that he held a separate meeting today on Ukrainian weapons production: "Guns made in Ukraine. Shells made in Ukraine. Drones, missiles, armored vehicles. We are maximizing production volumes. Ukraine can do it. There is funding. Our defense industry will produce greater results."
21:20 A major corruption scandal has flared up in Ukraine. And again, we are talking about the purchases of the Ministry of Defense, to which special attention is riveted during the war. For more details, see the material of the Ministry of Defense and the purchase of jackets .
20:48 Pope Francis addressed the participants of the X All-Russian Day of Catholic Youth: "Never forget about the heritage. You are the descendants of great Russia: great Russia of saints, rulers, great Russia of Peter I, Catherine II, that empire - great, educated, great culture and great humanity. Never give up this heritage. You are the descendants of the great Mother Russia, step forward with it. And thank you - thank you for your way of being, for your way of being Russian."
Oleg Nikolenko, spokesman for the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry, said that it is precisely with such imperialist propaganda and "spiritual bonds" that the Kremlin justifies the murders of thousands of Ukrainians and the destruction of hundreds of Ukrainian cities and villages. "It is very unfortunate that Russian great-power ideas, which, in fact, are the cause of Russia's chronic aggressiveness, consciously or unconsciously, come from the lips of the Pope, whose mission, in our understanding, is precisely to open the eyes of Russian youth to the destructive course of the current Russian leadership," Nikolenko stressed.
20:19 Reznikov said that there is no critical situation with the mobilization reserve of the Armed Forces of Ukraine now, the mobilization plan approved by the Verkhovna Rada has not yet been implemented. "We do not need to announce a new mobilization to increase the number, we still have a resource ... I do not think that in the coming months there will be a question of increasing the mobilization bar," the minister said.
19:42 Reznikov said that the Russian army has some successes near Kupyansk, but it can get into the boiler there if the Armed Forces of Ukraine advance in the Bakhmut direction. According to him, this is a logical move of the enemy - "to divert our attention by attacking there so that we can take troops from the south and east."
"But General Syrsky, who is in command of the Khortytsya grouping of troops, simultaneously holds the defense in that direction and counterattacks in the Bakhmut direction. The Russians seem to be advancing a little there, but if we advance, then they will fall into the cauldron," the minister explained.
18:48 The Russians fired artillery at the Marganets community of the Nikopol district of the Dnipropetrovsk region, and Nikopol itself was attacked by a kamikaze drone. Four people were injured in the regional center, the administrative building was damaged, said the head of the regional police department Serhiy Lysak.
18:19 Zelensky announced that he had held a meeting of the Headquarters of the Supreme Commander. The main issue is the offensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the provision of the front with weapons and everything necessary. In addition, the participants of the meeting discussed the protection of critical energy infrastructure, preparation for winter, the program for the transition to modern aircraft. The report on the inspection of military medical commissions will be considered at the next meeting of the National Security and Defense Council.
17:37 PMC Wagner was an illegal armed formation and will cease to exist, said Russian State Duma deputy Viktor Sobolev. According to him, the mercenaries will be able to go into civilian life or sign a contract with the Russian Defense Ministry. "This is an illegal armed formation. There should not be any armed people in the state who are not subordinate to the state. As a result, this led to a rebellion. We were on the verge of a civil war," Sobolev said. At the same time, he added that only those mercenaries who did not participate in the rebellion will be able to sign a contract with the Russian Defense Ministry.
16:58 Erdogan is going to visit Russia on September 8, Bloomberg reports citing Turkish officials.
16:45 In Energodar, an explosion occurred at the headquarters of the Russian Guard unit Omon Akhmat-1, which was located in a building on the street. Builders in the former branch of one of the Ukrainian banks. According to the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense, the explosion occurred on the morning of August 28. As a result, the personnel of the Kadyrovites suffered, the number of killed and wounded is being specified. There are no casualties or casualties among the civilian population.
After a series of explosions in the city, the invaders urgently evacuated the local military-civilian administration. Energodar is currently undergoing checks and limited access to the Internet.
16:21 Ukraine will hold an international Defense Forum for arms manufacturers, Kuleba said during a visit to the Czech Republic: "Ukraine has increased the production of weapons several times. This autumn, the first Defense Forum will take place. Hundreds of world arms manufacturers are invited to participate. Ukrainian companies will take part. I invite Czech companies to join as well." The minister added that Ukraine is interested not only in foreign weapons, but also in their joint production.
16:06 The head of the Polish Ministry of Internal Affairs, Mariusz Kaminski, in the presence of colleagues from Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia, demanded from Minsk that the Wagner PMC mercenaries leave the territory of Belarus. According to him, the situation on the border has worsened in recent months, first with migratory pressure, and then with the appearance of several thousand mercenaries. He also demanded to remove illegal migrants from the border area, stating that they were "pulled there by Belarusian services." In any "critical situation" Kaminsky promised to take "immediate response measures."
15:34 On the ninth day of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Putin demanded that Scholz and Macron recognize Crimea as a territory of the Russian Federation, as well as recognize the independence of the LDNR, Bild reports, citing the transcripts of the negotiations between Scholz and Macron. At the same time, according to the German chancellor, Putin told him on the phone about "demilitarization and denazification," but did not touch on the topic of sanctions at all. Scholz said that initially Putin was ready for negotiations, but only with him and Macron - without the participation of Zelensky and without a cessation of hostilities.
15:18 Germany turned to Greece with a proposal to transfer 100 Greek Leopard 1A5s to Ukraine, and in return to receive modernized armored vehicles, Flight reports. The only requirement from Germany is the transfer of serviceable tanks, since the Greek Leopard 1A5 has not been modernized for more than three decades.
14:31 Podolyak believes that the war will end as quickly as it began: “It won’t be easy, but it’s very naive to believe that Ukraine will have to return territories, reclaiming every kilometer with blood. As Ukrainian forces advance in the South and reach the administrative border with Crimea, events will take on a different look. In the end, everything will end quickly and in one moment - just as it began."
13:53 The Biden administration is considering several new options for increasing Western military support for Ukraine, as it sees the likelihood that the war will continue next year, writes The Washington Post. In particular, according to the publication, there is growing support in Washington for the transfer of longer-range cluster munitions to Kyiv. At the same time, the Pentagon continues to oppose the provision of ATACMS missiles to Ukraine due to fears that the United States does not have enough of them and this could undermine its combat readiness for a possible future conflict with China.
13:21 On the eve of the autumn-winter period, Russia is conducting reconnaissance to determine the objects of the energy system of Ukraine, is working on different approaches to the use of missiles and attack UAVs, is looking for routes to bypass air defense, Vadim Skibitsky, a spokesman for the Main Intelligence Directorate, said. At the same time, he believes that such massive attacks, as was the case last autumn and winter, when they fired 70-100 rockets at the same time, most likely will not happen again: "The Russians realize that they may not achieve their goal, but will only deplete their reserves, as they did last year."
12:40 In the occupied territory of the Zaporozhye region, thanks to the resistance movement, which is coordinated by the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense, a number of enemy facilities were destroyed last week. In particular, on August 24 in the city of Kamenka-Dneprovskaya, Vasilyevsky district, at about 6:00 am, a Ukrainian kamikaze drone hit the window of the premises of the "deputy head" of the occupation administration, Alexander Reimer. The wounded collaborator was evacuated to the hospital.
And on August 23, at about 19:00, there was a powerful explosion at the headquarters of the FSB department in Energodar, where an event was held for the personnel of the Russian troops. After the start of the evacuation, another blow was dealt to the parking area near the building, which additionally destroyed the personnel of the occupiers. The bodies of those killed by several military Urals were taken away in the direction of Melitopol.
12:22 The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation stated that air defense systems allegedly destroyed a Ukrainian cruise missile in the air off the coast of Crimea, as well as two aircraft-type drones.
12:16 The Russians fired on the village of Sadovoe, Kherson region - one person died, another was hospitalized in serious condition, said the head of the OVA, Alexander Prokudin.
12:13 British intelligence writes that Russia most likely canceled the West-2023 joint military exercises with Belarus, which were supposed to take place in September. Analysts believe that the reason for the cancellation was the insufficient number of troops and equipment available to participate in the exercises. The intelligence also notes that another reason could be criticism within the Russian Federation due to the conduct of such exercises in wartime.
11:54 The final stage of assembling the "shaheeds" is already taking place on the territory of Russia, and Moscow has planned to produce 1,300 drones under the Geran-2 brand in the second half of this year. For them, it is planned to use components of both foreign and domestic production, said Vadim Skibitsky, a representative of the GUR. However, according to him, preliminary intelligence data indicate that in reality Russia today is not capable of producing such a number of UAVs.
11:35 The defense forces ousted the enemy from their positions in the areas to the east and in the central part of Klescheevka, Donetsk region, Anna Malyar reported. The vacated area in the Bakhmut direction is 44 square meters. km, including last week - 1 sq. km. km. In the South, the Armed Forces of Ukraine were successful in the direction southeast of Rabotino and south of Malaya Tokmachka, Zaporozhye region, and are being fixed on the achieved lines.
11:02 F-16 fighters may appear in Ukraine in the spring of 2024, Reznikov said in an interview with Bild. Training courses for pilots, engineers and technicians have already begun, he said, and preparing the infrastructure for the use of aircraft in Ukraine will take at least six months or "a little more."
The Minister is convinced that the appearance of fighters on the frontline can be a game changer: "We must end Russia's dominance in the skies, outside the battlefield. F-16 aircraft will become part of air defense. We can strengthen our capabilities in the skies to protect airspace, then of our cities. For us, this would be a big breakthrough. A very big one."
10:56 The main problem of training the Ukrainian military in Western countries has become the lack of competent translators, writes the Financial Times. We are talking about the translation of specific terminology that is not used in everyday life, said Martin Bonn, deputy head of the EU training mission for Ukrainians. Also, knowledge of the language has become a problem in training Ukrainian pilots on the F-16. The Danish military said the training was delayed due to pilots' security clearance, language skills and health checks.
10:44 Russian publics write that Ukraine tried to attack a military airfield in the Bryansk region at night. According to preliminary information, three kamikaze drones were allegedly launched from Ukraine, they were destroyed by air defense forces. As a result of the fall of debris on the territory of the airfield, grass caught fire, people and equipment were not injured.
10:15 Russia now has at least 585 missiles (excluding Kh-22) with a range of more than 500 km, Vadim Skibitsky, deputy head of the Main Intelligence Directorate, said. Intelligence estimates the stocks of Iskanders in the Russian Federation at about 270 units, Calibers - 140, Daggers - 75, as well as a total of about 100 Kh-101, Kh-555 and Kh-55 missiles with a warhead.
According to Skibitsky, Russia began to use X-101 missiles less frequently due to problems with production and the desire to stockpile them. At the same time, in general, the Russian Federation was able to increase the production of its missiles. So, in August, the Russians can fire about 118 missiles: six Kinzhals, 30 Iskander-M, 12 Iskander-K, 20 Caliber, 40 Kh-101 and ten modified Kh-22 (Kh-32).
09:38 Zelensky said in an interview with 1 + 1 that the United States will provide Ukraine with security guarantees according to the Israeli model: "With the United States, we will probably have such an Israeli model, where there will be weapons, and technologies, and training, and finances, and so on Further". The President explained that Western countries do not want "to be drawn into the war in Ukraine with their personnel." At the same time, he assured that the guarantees from the United States would also apply in the event of a change of the American president, since such a decision is voted by Congress.
08:54 The Office of the President clarified that the Russians launched a missile attack on the village of Gogolevo, Mirgorodsky district, Poltava region. As a result of the explosion, a fire broke out in the oil mill room. Currently, it is known about the death of two people and five victims - these are employees of the enterprise who worked on the night shift.
08:52 In the Kherson region over the past day, as a result of Russian shelling, one person was killed, two were injured, the OVA reported.
08:49 As a result of yesterday's shelling from MLRS with. Odnorobovka, Bogodukhovsky district, Kharkiv region, one person died, and a 16-year-old girl was also injured, Oleg Sinegubov, head of the OVA, said.
08:36 The defense forces have liberated Rabotino, Zaporozhye region, and are advancing towards Novoprokopovka and Ocheretovaty, "despite the fierce resistance of the enemy," Deputy Defense Minister Anna Malyar said.
08:27 As a result of a Russian missile hitting an industrial facility in the Poltava region, two people were killed, two were injured, the location of two more is unknown. Search work and removal of rubble continues. The production shop was completely destroyed, said the head of the OVA, Dmitry Lunin.
08:24 At night, air defense destroyed two of the four enemy Caliber cruise missiles and two of the two X-59 guided air missiles, the Air Force command reported. In particular, four Caliber were launched from a frigate from the Black Sea near Feodosia, and two Kh-59 guided air missiles were launched from two Su-34 aircraft. The enemy sent them towards Krivoy Rog from the airspace of the occupied Kherson region. There is a hit in a civilian industrial facility in the Poltava region.
08:20 The General Staff announced the approximate losses of the Russian Federation as of the morning of August 28:
personnel - about 261,310 (+490) people,
tanks - 4400 (+4),
armored combat vehicles - 8562 (+8),
artillery systems - 5425 (+22),
MLRS - 730 (+2),
air defense systems - 499 (+1),
aircraft - 315 (+0),
helicopters - 316 (+0),
UAV operational-tactical level - 4383 (+5),
cruise missiles - 1415 (+4),
ships/boats - 18 (+0),
automotive equipment and tankers - 7866 (+12),
special equipment - 809 (+1).
07:43 In the morning, the Russian army fired rockets at Krivoy Rog, two country houses were destroyed, five more were damaged. People were not injured, said the head of the Dnipropetrovsk OVA Serhiy Lysak.
07:32 During the day, there were 34 combat clashes at the front, the General Staff said in the morning report. In particular, the Russians unsuccessfully tried to advance in the Novogorovka area of ​​the Lugansk region, Kleshcheevka and Maryinka in the Donetsk region.
04:39 The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation stated that the air defense allegedly destroyed a drone over the territory of the Lyubertsy district of the Moscow region, two more drones were shot down over the territory of the Bryansk region. More than 15 flights are delayed at Moscow airports.