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[NewsFrontInfo] 21:53 Special operation, September 4th. The main thing:
▪️Russian Aerospace Forces eliminated up to 50 foreign mercenaries in the Kurakhovo region in the DPR, the Ministry of Defense reported
▪️The military of the Russian Federation hit the headquarters of the Ukrainian national formation "Kraken" in the Kharkov region, said in the Defense Ministry
▪️During the day, Ukrainian troops lost 11 tanks and more than 150 people in the Nikolaev-Krivoy Rog direction
▪️The Russian Ministry of Defense reported about Ukrainian and Western journalists who tried to join the IAEA motorcade when traveling to the ZNPP: according to the agency, if the station was captured on September 1, they had to inform the world community about the transition of the station to Kyiv
▪️Representatives of Ukrainian or other media who were supposed to accompany IAEA experts to the ZNPP from the territory controlled by the Kyiv regime on September 1 were not on the agreed lists
▪️There were no shellings of Zaporizhzhya NPP and Energodar during the night and Sunday morning, IAEA specialists will continue to work at the station until at least September 5, the regional administration reported
20:51 Electricity and water supply restored in Kherson, RIA Novosti correspondent reports
20:51 Electricity has been supplied to Melitopol, power supply is gradually being restored in the districts of the Zaporozhye region - authorities
19:05 Most of the liberated territory of the Zaporozhye region was left without electricity, Rogov said.
18:05 The power supply is turned off in part of Kherson and the Kherson region, our correspondent reports. Power engineers are reconnecting damaged electrical networks.
17:13 The threats of Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine Irina Vereshchuk will not affect the decision of residents of the liberated regions of Donbass to participate in the referendum, said the leader of the Liberal Democratic Party and the head of the Duma Committee on International Affairs Leonid Slutsky.
"Vereshchuk seriously thinks her threats will stop them?" Slutsky said.
16:20 Enemy continues offensive attempts between Nikolaev and Kherson, the Armed Forces of Ukraine threw large forces, trying to recapture Vysokopolye
▪️Ukrainian militants occupied the hospital and the western part of Vysokopolye in the Beryslavsky district of the Kherson region.
As you can see in the photo, the militants of the Armed Forces of Ukraine raised the flag over the hospital in the part of the village they occupied, they were being hit by artillery of the Airborne Forces, and smoke from the strikes on the outskirts was visible in the background.
From the fighters from the front line:
Our fighters from the field report that the enemy has thrown a large force with armored vehicles.
Fierce urban battles are going on in the village, the Russian army is repelling an attempt by the enemy to attack.
We will soon release a detailed summary with data from the field.
15:13 The main thing from the new briefing of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation:
▪️The Armed Forces of Ukraine lost more than 150 soldiers per day during unsuccessful attempts to gain a foothold in certain sections of the Nikolaev-Kryvyi Rih direction;
▪️The Russian Aerospace Forces shot down a Ukrainian Su-25 in the Mykolaiv region;
▪️Aviation and artillery hit four command posts in a day, including the headquarters of the Kraken national formation;
▪️Aviation and artillery destroyed three ammunition depots in the DPR and the Zaporozhye region;
▪️The Russian Armed Forces liquidated 110 militants of the 30th Mechanized and 95th Air Assault brigades in the Kharkiv region and the DPR;
▪️On September 3, the Armed Forces of Ukraine used eight UAVs with suspended ammunition to strike at the territory of the nuclear power plant, they were blocked by means of the EW of the Russian Federation;
▪️The Russian Aerospace Forces eliminated up to 50 foreign fighters with strikes on two mercenary deployment points in the DPR;
▪️The Russian Aerospace Forces liquidated more than 120 Ukrainian nationalists with strikes on the points of deployment of the 80th Airborne Battalion and the warehouse of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the DPR;
▪️Russian air defense shot down five Ukrainian UAVs, and also intercepted three HARM anti-radar missiles and seven HIMARS and Alder MLRS shells.
14:25 11 Ukrainian tanks, 17 infantry fighting vehicles, including four US-made Bradley infantry fighting vehicles, 10 other armored fighting vehicles, five pickup trucks with heavy machine guns and more than 150 military personnel were destroyed per day - Russian Defense Ministry
14:25 Kyiv regime lost more than 150 servicemen in unsuccessful attempts to gain a foothold in the Nikolaev-Krivoy Rog direction - Russian Defense Ministry
14:25 On September 3, Ukrainian troops used eight drones to strike at the territory of the Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant, they were blocked by Russian electronic warfare equipment - Russian Defense Ministry
13:52 Residents of Dniprorudny were delivered electric stoves
Volunteers of the “We are with Russia” headquarters continue to provide targeted assistance to residents of the city who find themselves in a difficult life situation.
13:30 The members of the IAEA mission remaining at the ZNPP plan to leave on September 6, but they can extend their stay at the station, Vladimir Rogov said.
13:30 In Odessa, residents this mornings on won one of the residential buildings there are Russian flags and inscriptions: “Odessa is a Russian city”
12:19 The Russian army is delivering artillery and missile strikes along the entire line of contact - the main thing from the enemy report of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine:
▪️Russia continues to focus its efforts on establishing full control over the territory of the Donetsk region, holding the areas of Kherson, Kharkov, Zaporozhye and Mykolaiv regions.
▪️Offensive operations of the RF Armed Forces continue in the Artyomovsky and Avdeevsky directions, active aerial reconnaissance is being carried out with the help of UAVs.
▪️Over the past day, the RF Armed Forces have carried out more than 10 missile and more than 24 air strikes on military facilities of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
▪️The Russian army conducted assault operations in the areas of Bogorodichny, Apiary, Dolina, Artemovsk, Pokrovsky, Bakhmutsky, Pesok, Pervomaisky.
11:19 To Kherson again loudly
This time, the locals heard about 10 explosions near the Antonovsky bridge.
10:20 Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine Irina Vereshchuk said that citizens of Ukraine could face up to 12 years in prison if they participate in referendums in Russian-controlled territories of Ukraine. According to her, it is better for citizens not to go to referendums if there is no way to leave the region.
09:35 Deliver fuel regardless of shelling and time of day: how combat work service of fuels and lubricants during the SVO.
06:54 MO RF showed personnel damaged equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Nikolaev-Krivoy Rog direction.
The militants made an attempt to break through the defense, but met with resistance. The attempt was unsuccessful - their equipment was destroyed.
06:49 Zelensky's nuclear terrorism: During the shelling, one of the shells hit the ZNPP power unit. This was announced by the head of the military-civilian administration of Energodar Alexander Volga. The representative of the administration stressed that the facility was in a non-working condition. There is no threat to the population of the city, since the security system of power units cannot be violated with a single hit. Volga did not specify when exactly the hit occurred.
06:21 In the early morning in Ukraine, a large-scale air raid.
05:07 The bridge in the area of the Kakhovskaya hydroelectric power station received significant damage as a result of a series of missile attacks on it by the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
04:05 The Ukrainian authorities are constantly blackmailing teachers in Energodar and sending them threats, the head of the military-civilian administration of the city of Alexander Volga, located in the Zaporozhye region, said.
02:43 Rocket strikes are delivered on targets in Nikolaev, powerful explosions are thundering in the city.
02:10 Tank of the 100th Brigade with indirect fire struck strengthening of the Armed Forces
Tankers of the 100th Brigade destroyed the fortification of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Pervomaisky area, firing indirect fire, which was corrected with the help of UAVs.
0:21 A missile attack is being carried out on targets in Kharkiv, a series of explosions in the city. Smoke hit enemy targets.