Kindly note that several entries in this article were removed because they included discussions of the grand strategic level.
[NewsFrontInfo] 22:40 Vladimir Rogov, a member of the council of the administration of the Zaporozhye region, said that air defense systems worked in Melitopol and several explosions sounded, he wrote about this in his Telegram channel.
“Melitopol is loud. Preliminary - the work of air defense, ”he said.
Rogov pointed out that there had already been five explosions and promised to share the details of what happened later.
21:10 APU leads counteroffensive in the Kharkov region. There are serious battles in Balakliya.
SOBR "Omega" and SOBR "TOLPAR" are surrounded, get in touch, everything is fine, hold on! Our reserves almost approached Balakleya.
20:01 Permanent representative of Russia to international organizations in Vienna, Mikhail Ulyanov said that on September 8 he will meet with the Director General of the IAEA and discuss with him the idea of a security zone around the ZNPP.
IAEA experts know that the Armed Forces of Ukraine are shelling the ZNPP, but the agency cannot afford to say it out loud, Ulyanov noted.
19:09 The UN Secretary General is ready to help the parties in resolving the situation around the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant, if necessary - the office of Guterres.
18:50 About 10 explosions thundered in Kherson, presumably, the Russian air defense system is working - TASS correspondent.
18:13 Kherson region will prepare for a referendum on joining the Russian Federation on November 4, the deputy head of the CAA said.
The turnout in the referendum on joining the region to Russia is expected to be at the level of 80 percent, said the deputy head of the CAA of the Kherson region.
17:12 Turchak: it will be right and symbolic to hold referendums in Donbass and liberated territories on National Unity Day on November 4
16:49 Kharkiv authorities of Ukraine refute reports spread on their behalf about the partial surrender of Balakleya
16:02 The head of the State Administration of Zaporozhye region did not rule out the shutdown of the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant due to shelling
16:02 There is every reason to believe that the war will not end this year - Reuters, citing the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
15:09 Ukrainian soldiers suffer in battles not only physically, but also morally - this is stated in an article published by the European edition of Radio Liberty from the Veterans Rehabilitation Center in the Kyiv region.
Intrusive and painful memories, withdrawal, restlessness, and sleep disturbances are among the symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder.
One of the heroes of the publication, having taken command of a platoon, survived several missile attacks. He now stutters and suffers from memory lapses due to an injury. Specialists of the Rehabilitation Center work with him.
15:09 Ukraine will receive five billion euros as part of the second tranche of macro-financial assistance - the head of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen
“This is on top of the 10 billion euros already provided by the EU in the form of financial, humanitarian and military assistance,” she said.
14:10 Operatives opened in the village of Dneprovka, Zaporozhye region, a cache with weapons from a former participant in the so-called anti-terrorist operation of Kyiv in the Donbass.
14:10 One of the captains of the Russian ship held in Ukraine announced the upcoming visit of the crew by UN representatives, Moskalkova said.
13:07 The main thing from the new briefing of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation:
▪️The Ukrainian Armed Forces do not advance in the last 24 hours in the Nikolaev-Kryvyi Rih direction due to the losses incurred;
▪️Fighter aircraft of the Russian Aerospace Forces and air defense systems in the Kherson region destroyed a Ukrainian MiG-29 and shot down a Su-25 in the Nikolaev region;
▪️The Russian Aerospace Forces destroyed the ammunition depot of the 406th artillery brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Nikolaev region;
▪️During the day, 16 shells were fired at Energodar, as a result of hitting a transformer substation, the city was left without electricity;
▪️The RF Armed Forces destroyed in the area of Konstantinovka in the DPR a workshop for the production of rockets for the Ukrainian Alder multiple launch rocket systems;
▪️The personnel of the 57th Motorized Infantry Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Kherson and Nikolaev regions left their positions without permission due to heavy losses;
▪️Russian air defense shot down eight Ukrainian UAVs, intercepted 20 HIMARS and Alder MLRS shells, as well as a Tochka-U ballistic missile;
▪️The RF Armed Forces destroyed three ammunition depots in the Kharkiv and Zaporizhia regions and the DPR, a counter-battery radar station in the Dnipropetrovsk region;
▪️High-precision strikes hit the command posts of two brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Mykolaiv and Kherson regions.
12:34 Messages- there are battles on the outskirts of Balakleya (Balakleya itself is under the control of the RF Armed Forces), in Verbovka, in the Volokhov Yar area (the enemy entered the Volokhov Yar - Izyum road), as well as in the Semenovka area in the direction of Shevchenkovo (on the Chuguev-Kupyansk highway).
Since the morning, the Russian Aerospace Forces and artillery have been actively working, there are reports that the redeployed reserves have already been put into use. The enemy is also actively working with artillery and MLRS and is putting into action its reserves previously concentrated in the Chuguev area.
11:34 Source in OP told that Zaluzhny asks the Office of the President to concentrate on one counteroffensive and to suspend the operation "Battle for Kherson" so that there are enough reserves for the Kharkiv direction. For the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the priority is now to strike at Izyum, which will stabilize the eastern front. Bankovaya believes that it is necessary to continue attacks in two directions before the meeting in Ramstein in order to create a favorable information background and require additional offensive weapons.
10:40 Head of the State Administration of Zaporozhye Yevgeny Balitsky in a conversation with RT declared that the Armed Forces of Ukraine are shelling the territories liberated by the allied forces so that NATO bases appear on them.
“All this is done to make the land we live on unusable. For us to get out of here. They want to free this land for themselves,” he said.
That is why Kyiv, according to him, hits the nuclear power plant, sets fire to fields, destroys elevators and arranges sabotage against opinion leaders.
“Ukraine has lost these territories and people for itself. They [the Armed Forces] simply destroy everything they can destroy,” Balitsky said.
09:10 Ukrainian military psychologists working in the zone of the SVO, note a large number of deviations in the personnel of the VFU.
Thus, in a generalized report to the higher headquarters, it is noted that, according to the results of the examination, more than 70 percent of the military personnel were diagnosed with post-traumatic syndrome. Of these, about 20 percent have mental disorders that require inpatient treatment.
Also, a larger number of military personnel were identified who have congenital abnormalities, according to regulatory documents, cannot serve, are dangerous to society, and must be observed by specialists on an ongoing basis in closed institutions, informed Andrey Marochko, an officer of the People's Militia of the LPR, in the Telegram channel.
08:58 Kherson direction, artillery destroys enemy personnel and equipment.
08:36 An exact blow was delivered to the oil depot in Krivoy Rog. Ukrainian tanks will either become or will refuel from wheels.
The Ukrainian side confirms that the strike was a jewelry one, there were no civilians injured, and the oil depot was extinguished for 16 hours.
It would be nice to destroy ammunition and military resources at even more distant approaches. Then there will be no thoughts about counterattacks. A precise blow was delivered to the oil depot in Krivoy Rog. Ukrainian tanks will either become or will be refueled from wheels, Rodion Miroshnik writes in his Telegram channel.
06:50 AFU has been shelling Novaya Kakhovka since the morning. Explosions and sirens are heard in the city. Russian air defense works.
06:27 Calculations of the BM-21 MLRS "Grad" destroy Ukrainian fighters in the zone of the NVO.
Reactive systems fire 122 mm shells at enemy strongholds, artillery and clusters of equipment and manpower.
05:45 Former positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, located in the Ugledar direction, showed Izvestia correspondent Valentin Trushnin. The military commissar noted that the allied forces took this fortified area without losses.
05:10 Artillery of the operational-combat tactical formation of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the DPR destroys positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Ugledar direction.
01:27 The Russian army launches missile strikes from the Kherson region on enemy targets. In Nikolaev, an air raid alarm is sounding.
0:48 Missile strikes were carried out on targets in Kharkiv and the region, the affected enemy objects are blazing.
0:35 In the evening and at night, the Russian Aerospace Forces strike at the enemy in the Kherson region. Planes and helicopters enter from the Crimean side in groups of up to five.