[Korrespondent] 23:15 UNESCO stated that it supports Ukraine's application for the inclusion of the center of Odessa in the World Heritage List. The organization said it had mobilized experts to support Ukraine so that the nomination could be considered as a matter of urgency.
23:12 "Referendums" in the occupied territories are being organized by Putin's First Deputy Chief of Staff Sergei Kiriyenko, said Vedant Patel, First Deputy Representative of the US State Department: "Kiriyenko is responsible for controlling the Russian-controlled territories before attempting to annex them to Russia, which if carried out would be illegal ".
22:39 The Armed Forces of Ukraine again attacked the Antonovsky bridge in the Kherson region, said the deputy of the Kherson Regional Council Serhiy Khlan: "Kherson region. Again, the arrival on the Antonovsky bridge! It seems that this is the final chord."
22:37 Zelensky said in an evening video message that the Russian military command was instructed to seize the Donetsk region by the end of August: "The end of August is already tomorrow. And in the Donbass - the Ukrainian flag and Ukrainian heroes."
22:03 Zelensky addressed the residents of Crimea in an evening video message: "Please stay as far away from Russian military installations as possible, stay away from Russian bases and military airfields and report to the special services of Ukraine all the information you know about the occupiers so that the liberation of Crimea happens faster" .
The President also stressed that the Russian army does not and will not have any safe base throughout the temporarily occupied territory of Ukraine: “Our defenders will destroy all warehouses and headquarters of the occupiers, their equipment, wherever they are located. Near Sevastopol means, near Sevastopol. Near Luhansk means near Luhansk. This is Ukrainian land, and the occupiers can do only two things: escape or surrender. We leave them no other options."
21:59 The program of the IAEA mission at the Zaporozhye NPP is designed for one day, said the "head of the interim administration" of the occupied part of the Zaporozhye region Yevgeny Balitsky: "They must see the work of the plant in one day. Those elements that they say can be seen in the process. For now stated - to get acquainted with the work of the station.
21:54 Washington confirms that Iran delivered drones to Russia , White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said: "According to our assessment, Russia received Mohajer-6 and Shahed series UAVs from Iran in a few days in August. On Russian transport aircraft loaded UAV equipment at an airfield in Iran, then they flew from Iran to Russia. We see this, these are our estimates."
21:37 In August, Ukraine received a record monthly amount of foreign financial assistance - $4.6 billion, Finance Minister Serhiy Marchenko said on the air of the telethon. This amount included $3 billion in grant funds provided by the United States through the World Bank. "We expect to receive $1.5 billion in grant assistance from the US in September - this is the last tranche, and we also expect to receive macro-financial assistance from the EU in September and early October," Marchenko added.
20:51 The Biden administration has been helping the Ukrainian military prepare for a counter-offensive in the south over the past two months by granting their specific requests for military assistance, CNN reports, citing a White House official. In particular, Washington granted Kyiv's requests for additional ammunition, artillery and Javelin anti-tank missile systems.
20:41 The Ministry of Defense of Ukraine and the Armed Forces of Ukraine published recommendations for covering hostilities:
20:13 The IAEA mission, consisting of 14 people, will arrive at the Zaporozhye NPP on Wednesday, August 31, reports The New York Times.
19:59 The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the evening report reported on the unsuccessful attempts of the Russian offensive in a number of areas, and also stressed that only military officials can comment on the situation at the front.
19:42 Russian military aviation does not fly into the zone of destruction of Ukrainian air defense systems for more than three months, Yuriy Ignat, speaker of the command of the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, said on the air of the telethon.
19:31 Since the beginning of Russia's full-scale invasion, international partners have allocated $17.5 billion to Ukraine, Shmyhal said. According to him, another 8 billion euros of macro-financial assistance from the EU is expected in the coming months.
18:58 IAEA experts arrived in Ukraine to visit the ZNPP, which is under shelling. About what their main task is and what to expect from this mission - in the material Mission Possible?
18:29 Zelensky met in Kiev with IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi. The President said that Ukraine is interested in the IAEA mission getting to the Zaporizhzhya NPP, and stressed the need for complete demilitarization of the station.
18:27 EU defense ministers agreed to begin work on the creation of a training mission for the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Borrell said after an informal meeting in Prague: "All member states have agreed to start the work that is necessary to determine the parameters of the EU military assistance mission for Ukraine."
18:12 In the south of Ukraine, on the night of Tuesday, August 30, the Armed Forces of Ukraine destroyed about 160 Russian invaders, 60 units of enemy equipment, and also attacked three bridges in the Kherson region, the Operational Command Pivden reports.
18:07 Zelensky, during an appeal to the Movement of French Enterprises, said that the restoration of Ukraine after the end of the war would cost about 600-800 billion dollars. Right now, we should focus on restoring infrastructure, the president stressed.
18:04 Reznikov announced that he had taken part in a meeting of EU defense ministers. The issues of cooperation, the situation at the front and the priorities of the Ukrainian army for the complete liberation of the Ukrainian land were discussed.
18:00 Ukrainian authorities are developing evacuation routes for Crimeans , Podolyak said: “It is clear that for Ukraine the lives of citizens are an absolute priority. Therefore, we are already developing evacuation routes for residents of the occupied Crimea who want to leave the peninsula during active de-occupation. For now, we ask everyone to hold on as far as possible from military installations and check shelters."
17:51 In the Zaporozhye region, the Russians shot an evacuation column. As the mayor of Melitopol Ivan Fedorov said on the air of the telethon, on Monday, August 29, the occupiers released a large number of civilian cars from the captured Vasilyevka, who tried to evacuate to Zaporozhye. But as soon as the cars were in the gray zone, the Russians opened fire on them. The shelling was carried out from a distance of 50-100 meters. According to Fedorov, the occupiers are doing everything so that people do not want to leave the occupied territories in order to use them as hostages.
17:45 After the announcement of the counter-offensive in the South, Ukrainian officials and speakers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine called for informational silence and non-disclosure of the details of the operation. A day has passed, and, according to CNN, the Ukrainian military has already liberated four villages in the southern direction near Kherson from the invaders and broke through the Russian defense line in three places. About what else is happening - in the material Offensive in the South .
17:34 The Russians form large columns of equipment in the Crimea and send them towards the Kherson region, deputy of the Kherson Regional Council Sergey Khlan said: "It is important that this equipment is not transferred to the front line. And now we are seeing - again clear arrivals along the Antonovsky bridge."
17:26 German Defense Minister Christine Lambrecht said that soon the supply of weapons to Ukraine from the warehouses of the Bundeswehr will become impossible: "I must admit, as Minister of Defense, that we are reaching the limit of what we can transfer from the Bundeswehr." She explained that the Bundeswehr must be able to guarantee national and NATO defenses, and as Minister of Defense she will ensure that this continues. At the same time, Lambrecht said that an exchange with Greece in support of Ukraine could take place in the near future, and she is "very optimistic" about this.
17:02 EU defense ministers reiterated their readiness to send as much assistance to Kiev as needed, and for as long as necessary, Borrell said.
16:47 Germany is suspending the visa facilitation agreement with Russia, Foreign Minister Annalena Burbock said.
16:36 Deputy head of the "People's Militia of the DPR" Eduard Basurin explained the slow advance of the militants in the Donbass: "During offensive operations, the superiority in manpower (according to military science) should be from 3.5 to 5 times. Our offensive operations take place in relation to the enemy less than 1. We are already making military history at the moment, so there is a delay in this."
16:10 The "authorities" of the occupied Nova Kakhovka say that about 100 Ukrainian rockets allegedly hit the city over the past two days. In particular, today Ukrainian troops allegedly launched a missile attack on the private sector from HIMARS, there are wounded, one person died.
15:59 Kharkiv Mayor Igor Terekhov reported on the shelling of the Kiev region, which started a fire in a multi-storey building.
15:37 Mayor of Nikolaev Alexander Senkevich reported that as a result of today's attacks of the city one person was lost, one is wounded.
15:18 Security measures will be tightened in Uman from September 19 to September 30, as Russia can use the traditional arrival of pilgrims to the city to celebrate Rosh Hashanah for provocations, said the head of the Cherkasy OVA, Igor Taburets. In particular, during this period, any mass events, the sale of alcoholic (including low-alcohol) drinks and pyrotechnic products will be prohibited in the city. Access control and control over the movement of citizens will also be strengthened, access to places of pilgrimage will be limited.
14:47 According to the military intelligence of Ukraine, there are about 4500-5000 militants of private military companies in the occupied territories, primarily Wagner PMCs. They work in certain directions as assault detachments operating in the first line of offensive troops. According to the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, covert mobilization in the central and southeastern regions of the Russian Federation is failing, so the Russian Defense Ministry decided to increase the number of PMC mercenaries participating in hostilities on the territory of Ukraine.
14:13 Iran, despite assurances, has sent combat drones of its own production to Russia for use in the war against Ukraine, American media write. The Russian army received two types of Iranian UAVs: Mohajer and Shahed. These drones are considered capable of both reconnaissance and strike missions. However, some of them turned out to be wrong. About whether they can change something at the front - in the material Against HIMARS .
13:48 This night, Zelensky had an off-the-record conversation with Macron, presidential spokesman Sergei Nikiforov said. The leaders of the two countries discussed the IAEA mission, its chronology, logistics and especially security issues. Nikiforov said that in the afternoon, Zelensky could hold a meeting with IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi, depending on when the mission leaves for the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant.
13:44 Today, Russia hit the Shevchenkovsky district of Kharkov from the Pion large-caliber artillery system, said Dmitry Chubenko, spokesman for the Kharkov region prosecutor's office.
13:36 Podolyak explained why the Russians are shelling Energodar and its environs: “Everything is predictable. Russia is deliberately shelling the corridors through which the IAEA mission should reach the ZNPP. territory of Ukraine. Demilitarization of the nuclear power plant. Immediate withdrawal of Russian troops. There are only Ukrainian personnel at the plant."
13:14 The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation stated that in Krivoy Rog, the production workshops of the Intervzryvprom plant, where "explosives and other products for Ukrainian troops were produced," were allegedly destroyed by a missile attack.
12:51 Peskov, commenting on the publication of The Washington Post about the receipt of Iranian drones by Russia, said that "this publication has been publishing a lot of stuff lately."
12:36 Ukrainians are creating false MLRS made of wood, which, through the lens of Russian drones, cannot be distinguished from a real artillery battery. In a few weeks, the enemy fired at least ten Kalibr-type cruise missiles at such MLRS, writes The Washington Post, citing US and Ukrainian officials and evidence in the form of photographs. The destruction of the wooden spears may partly explain the Russians' excitement over the defeat of Western artillery, in particular HIMARS, experts say.
Similar camouflage tactics were used in other wars, the publication recalls. The Russians procured inflatable imitation MiG-31s, and Slobodan Milosevic's Yugoslav forces used mock tanks and decoys against NATO forces during the Kosovo War.
12:19 According to CNN, the IAEA mission consisting of 14 experts arrived in Kiev.
12:12 In the Kherson region, against the backdrop of the activities of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the region, the occupiers have strengthened security measures in key settlements, warned the first deputy head of the regional council, Yuriy Sobolevsky. In particular, the number of patrols and checks of documents and contents of smartphones has increased.
12:09 In Slavyansk, Donetsk region, the invaders fired at the base of the evacuation detachment of the Ukrainian Red Cross, Taras Logginov, commander of the rapid response detachment of the Red Cross Society of Ukraine, said. According to him, as a result of shelling the building was destroyed, three cars were damaged. He stressed that this place is marked on all maps as the residence of the Red Cross, the Russian command knew about it. There were no military installations either at the base itself or in the neighborhood.
12:06 The Office of the Prosecutor General believes that ammunition from a flamethrower could have exploded in the colony in Yelenovka. This is stated in the response of the UCP to the DW request. In particular, based on the results of the analysis of freely available video recordings, the experts concluded that a thermobaric munition could have exploded, namely, a capsule with a combustible mixture of a thermobaric explosion of flamethrowers such as Shmel, Shmel-M, Lynx.
11:51 Serbia and Russia are discussing the transfer to Moscow of the former head of the Main Directorate of Internal Security of the SBU Andrey Naumov, who is in jail, in exchange for his testimony against Zelensky, writes The Insider. According to the publication, the Kremlin wants to hold a staged "trial" of the Ukrainian president. Law enforcers suspect that before the invasion of the Russian Federation on February 24, Naumov could transfer secret data about the Chernobyl nuclear power plant to the enemy.
11:18 The French gas network operator Engie announced that Gazprom informed the company about the reduction in gas supplies "due to disagreements between the parties on the application of contracts."
11:00 The death toll as a result of today's shelling of the central part of Kharkov has previously reached four people, at least nine more were injured, Oleg Sinegubov, head of the OVA, said. According to Mayor Igor Terekhov, there was a blow next to a five-story residential building, as well as a preschool educational institution. After the shelling, a fire broke out in a residential building in the city center, according to rescuers, there are also victims there - thus their number is growing.
10:29 In Kherson, the car of the "chief" of the local duty department of the traffic police was blown up. The policeman himself, as well as his wife and seven-year-old daughter, were in the car, Russian Telegram channels write. As a result of the explosion, the car was damaged, but none of the passengers were injured.
10:25 A delegation of the Czech Armed Forces headed by Chief of the General Staff Major General Karel Rzhegki paid an official visit to Ukraine, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported. Rzegki during the visit said that the example of Ukraine in the war with Russia is an invaluable experience for the NATO countries.
10:21 Kharkiv Mayor Igor Terekhov announced the shelling of the central part of the city. Information about the victims and injured is being specified.
10:19 Borrell said at a meeting of EU foreign ministers in Prague that the situation in the war zone in Ukraine remains very difficult, the country needs new assistance. He stressed that the decline in the volume of EU military supplies to Ukraine this summer is temporary and is associated with the exhaustion of stocks of free weapons, but the EU intends to continue helping Kyiv. The EU defense ministers will discuss the expansion of arms supplies to Ukraine and the creation of a training mission to train the Ukrainian military.
10:06 Residents of Kherson report strong explosions, the "authorities" of the city say that this is the work of air defense.
09:53 Serbia will be able to do without energy resources from the Russian Federation, President Aleksandar Vucic said: "We must pay the price of a war on European soil and take oil in Iraq. I will also try to talk with Venezuela. We can take from anywhere. We do not disdain."
09:30 In the morning, residents of Kherson heard the sounds of shooting. "Deputy head of administration" of the occupied Kherson region Kirill Stremousov said that the Ukrainian DRG was allegedly liquidated in the city.
09:28 Germany and France offer EU countries to launch an information initiative for Russians and Russian speakers "to combat Putin's propaganda," writes Bloomberg. So, soon it is planned to launch an Internet campaign to counter propaganda on YouTube, Facebook and TikTok.
09:24 The General Staff announced the approximate losses of the enemy on the morning of August 30th. The enemy suffered the greatest losses in the Donetsk and Kurakhov directions.
- personnel - about 47,550 (+450) people liquidated,
- tanks - 1954 (+7),
- armored combat vehicles - 4294 (+25),
- artillery systems - 1079 (+19),
- MLRS - 282 (+3),
- air defense systems - 151 (+2),
- aircraft - 234 (+0),
- helicopters - 204 (+1),
- UAV operational-tactical level - 847 (+3),
- cruise missiles - 196 (+0),
- ships/boats - 15 (+0),
- automotive equipment and tankers - 3217 (+29),
- special equipment - 103 (+2).
09:08 British intelligence writes that it is not yet possible to confirm the scale of Ukrainian achievements in the south. Since the beginning of August, Russia has made significant efforts to reinforce its forces on the western bank of the Dnieper in the Kherson region. The 49th Combined Arms Army of the Southern Military District was most likely reinforced with components of the 35th Combined Arms Army of the Eastern Military District. Most units around Kherson are likely undermanned and dependent on fragile supply lines via ferry crossings and pontoon bridges across the Dnieper, analysts say.
Intelligence also states that the integration of units of the Southern Military District and the Air Military District implies a significant reorganization of Russian forces in Ukraine. There is a real possibility that Russia has taken steps to rationalize several semi-independent operational commands that contributed to its ineffective performance at the start of the invasion. If Ukraine succeeds in sustained offensive operations, the cohesion of this structure is likely to be a key factor in the sustainability of Russian defense in the south.
08:53 The Washington Post and CNN write, citing unnamed representatives of the Biden administration, that Russia has already received Iranian drones for the war in Ukraine. Moscow now has Mohajer-6 drones (a reconnaissance capable of carrying ammunition) and two varieties of Shahid - Shahed-129 (reconnaissance with ammunition) and Shahed-191 (strike missile UAV). Washington believes that Russia intends to import hundreds of such drones.
At the same time, US intelligence officials note that many of the Iranian drones that Russia has purchased have already begun to break down during testing, so it is not clear how much they will change the rules of the game in Ukraine.
08:42 In the Dnipropetrovsk region, Russian troops attacked three districts at night - Nikopol, Dneprovsky and Krivoy Rog. One person was wounded in the Krasnogrigoryevsk community, said the head of the OVA, Valentin Reznichenko. The enemy launched rocket attacks on the Krivoy Rog and Dnieper regions, the extent of the destruction is being clarified.
08:24 In the Donetsk region over the past day, as a result of enemy shelling, two civilians were killed - in Razdolny and Severny. Four more people were injured, Pavel Kirilenko, head of the OVA, said.
08:00 Russian troops tried to conduct assault operations in several directions at once in the Donetsk region, but none of the enemy's attempts were successful, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reports in the morning summary . In particular, the occupiers stepped up assault operations in the areas of Bakhmut and Avdiivka.
07:41 In Melitopol, Ukrainian forces blew up an enemy ammunition depot. The night before, the mayor of the city, Ivan Fedorov, announced a "hot night for the occupiers." And this morning, the head of the Zaporizhia OVA, Oleksandr Starukh, said that the occupiers went to see the fire in the warehouses, when "suddenly there was an explosion." "We are being informed and asked to 'congratulate' the Melitopol occupiers on the unsuccessful viewing of the film about flaming BCs... The resistance movement invites the occupiers who missed the screening to watch the next time," Starukh wrote.
07:15 The American Institute for the Study of War (ISW) notes that Russia is trying to maintain the appearance of significant military successes in Ukraine. So, the Russian Defense Ministry on the evening of August 29 stated that the Ukrainian counteroffensive in the Kherson region was limited and unsuccessful. Russian bloggers have claimed that reports of a Ukrainian counter-offensive have been exaggerated or fake, and that Ukrainian forces are unable to break through Russian defenses. As ISW notes, "These insulting statements indicate that the Kremlin is keen to maintain a façade of Russia's significant military successes in Ukraine."
05:04 Tonight, the enemy launched a missile attack on Zaporozhye. According to preliminary information, there were no casualties, no significant damage was recorded at infrastructure facilities, said Alexander Starukh, head of the OVA.
04:09 "Deputy head of administration" of the occupied Kherson region, Kirill Stremousov, said that the region "does not threaten anything", several lines have been built to protect against possible "encroachments" from Ukraine. He also stressed that "the more the region is shelled, the more its inhabitants demand a referendum."
00:51 US National Security Council communications coordinator John Kirby called for a "controlled shutdown" of the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant. According to him, this can become a guarantee of her safety in the short term.