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[Korrespondent] 21:38 The Economist writes that Zelensky will visit New York this month, where on the sidelines of the UN conference he will try for the last time to convince the Biden administration to allow the use of long-range missiles on Russian territory. The decision will then be up to the administration of the new US president.
20:47 The number of victims as a result of today's shelling of Nikopol in the Dnipropetrovsk region has increased to four, reported the head of the OVA, Serhiy Lysak.
20:15 The upper house of the Romanian parliament - the Senate - approved the government bill on the transfer of the Patriot air defense system to Ukraine. Now the document must be approved by the Chamber of Deputies, after which the system can be delivered to Ukraine.
19:34 In Kharkiv, the number of victims as a result of today's attack has increased to 13, reported the head of the OVA Oleg Sinegubov. The Russians also struck the city of Kupyansk, one person was killed.
19:28 Zelensky said that the Ukrainian Armed Forces operation in the Kursk region is fulfilling its tasks and is going according to plan. "As for the difficulties in the Pokrovsky and Toretsky directions, we believe that the Kursk operation can also affect this. There may be a decrease in the escalation due to the reduction in the number of Russian troops. But for now it is difficult there," the president admitted.
19:16 Iran will supply Russia with ballistic missiles in the coming days, Bloomberg writes, citing sources among European officials. However, they did not provide exact data on the type, volume and timing of deliveries.
18:55 Defense Minister Rustem Umerov reported that he had a meeting with his French counterpart Sebastien Lecornu: they discussed weapons supplies, including air defense systems and missiles for them, as well as the creation of joint ventures and co-financing of production. "We have specific projects, an action plan and deadlines. Our teams are already actively working on this," Umerov said.
18:21 Ukraine already produces many long-range drones and is developing a missile program, but it lacks funds to scale up production, Zelensky said. According to the president, Kiev is currently working to get more funds for these needs. He also recalled that work is underway with Western partners to grant permission to strike Russian territory with its long-range weapons. "Usually, everything is a little later than when it is really necessary. Unfortunately," Zelensky said and specified that the relevant decisions should be made by the United States, Great Britain, France and Germany.
17:43 Putin arrived in the capital Ulaanbaatar at the invitation of Mongolia. Mongolia recognizes the jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court and theoretically should have arrested Putin, but instead he was solemnly met by an honor guard.
17:32 The number of victims in Kharkiv as a result of today's strikes has increased to 11, reported the head of the OVA Oleg Sinegubov. The hit was recorded on the territory of one of the universities. In addition, two enemy KABs hit a garage cooperative located near residential buildings in the Kievsky district. Kharkiv Mayor Igor Terekhov added that a sports infrastructure facility was also damaged.
17:25 Zelensky reported that he was visiting Zaporizhia today, where he attended the first thematic lesson at one of the educational institutions together with the Prime Minister of the Netherlands Dick Schoof. The President also discussed with the Prime Minister of the Netherlands the strengthening of air defense, new air defense systems, missiles for them, F-16 for Ukraine, and the necessary weapons for the Armed Forces of Ukraine. In addition, they talked about the Netherlands taking patronage over Zaporizhia: this is infrastructure, protection of normal life, humanitarian issues.
16:58 The Netherlands is providing Ukraine with a new aid package worth more than 200 million euros, Prime Minister Dick Schoof said during a visit to Zaporizhia. The package is aimed at protecting and repairing energy infrastructure and includes additional funding for humanitarian aid.
16:07 Russians hit Russkaya Lozovaya in Kharkiv Oblast with a KAB - according to preliminary data, one person was injured, said OVA head Oleg Sinegubov. Also in Kharkiv, a hit was recorded in the Kievsky district, as of this minute, five people are known to have been injured.
15:26 Russian troops attacked Kindiyka in the Kherson region, three people were injured, OVA reported.
15:02 The Russian army fired artillery at Nikopol in the Dnipropetrovsk region, two people were injured, reported the head of the OVA, Serhiy Lysak.
14:31 There are about 30 thousand residents left in Pokrovsk, Donetsk region, more than half have already been evacuated, said the head of the GVA, Sergei Dobryak. At the same time, the pace of evacuation has increased: two weeks ago, 600 people left the area daily, now - about 2000 per day. According to him, there are 1365 children left in the city, and a total of 2279 children in the community. All children were evacuated from the settlements of the community located near the front line.
Dobryak also said that several lines of defense have been built from the front line to the city of Pokrovsk, which began to be built back in 2022, and now local authorities have been tasked with building fortifications in some areas of the city and are working on this.
13:39 The Romanian government has approved a bill allowing the Patriot air defense system to be donated to Ukraine and has sent it to parliament for consideration. Once the document is adopted by parliament, the system can be quickly transferred to Ukraine.
13:25 Kharkiv Mayor Igor Terekhov said that on August 31, Russians used the Grom-E1, a hybrid missile and guided air bomb, against the city for the first time. He added that the enemy's targets, as always, were civilian objects and peaceful people.
12:59 The Defense Forces used the Ukrainian long-range drone missile Palyanitsa for the first time against a military target in Crimea in August of this year, Ukrainska Pravda writes, citing sources.
11:51 Lavrov said that Turkey allegedly tried to renew agreements on protecting seaborne food supplies in the spring, and Russia was ready for this. According to the head of the Russian Foreign Ministry, during negotiations with Turkey on the safety of commercial shipping, Kiev proposed including a clause on the safety of nuclear power plants in the document, but later itself rejected it, while Moscow was allegedly ready to agree to this proposal.
11:38 Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski said Poland and other countries bordering Ukraine have an "obligation" to shoot down Russian missiles before they enter their airspace: "I believe that when enemy missiles are heading towards our airspace, shooting them down would be legitimate self-defense, because once they cross our airspace, the risk of someone being injured by debris is significant."
11:17 In Kiev, as a result of a missile attack on the first day of the new school year, windows were damaged in two schools in the Shevchenkivsky and Svyatoshinsky districts. Utility workers are quickly eliminating the damage, and the educational process has begun in these schools, said the capital's mayor Vitali Klitschko.
11:12 Putin called the Ukrainian Armed Forces operation in the Kursk region an attempt to stop Russia's offensive in Donbass, but, according to him, this was not possible. He also said that Moscow has never refused peace talks, but "we need to deal with the bandits" who have penetrated the country's territory. According to the head of the Kremlin, the current Ukrainian authorities are allegedly not interested in ending the fighting because they do not want to hold presidential elections.
10:31 The number of victims as a result of today's attack on Kiev has increased to three, reported the head of the Kyiv State Air Defense Forces, Sergei Popko.
10:08 In the Kherson region, over the past day, two people were wounded as a result of Russian shelling, reported the head of the OVA, Oleksandr Prokudin.
09:59 Five people were killed in Donetsk Oblast as a result of Russian shelling on September 1: four in Kurakhovo and one in Petrovka. Another 11 people were injured in the region in the past 24 hours, including ten in Kurakhovo, said OVA head Vadim Filashkin.
09:57 Military journalist Andrey Tsaplienko visited the Kursk region and in his report told what is happening in the territory controlled by Ukraine. According to him, the Russian army is killing its own citizens with KABs in the territory of Sudzha and other settlements of the region that are under the control of the Ukrainian military. The Ukrainian commandant's office is perceived by locals as an authority, and some local residents no longer want to return to Russia.
09:33 At night, Russia launched a missile attack on the Kiev, Sumy and Kharkov regions, using ballistic, cruise and anti-aircraft guided missiles, and also attacked with Shahed-type attack UAVs, the Air Force reported. A total of 58 air targets were recorded - 35 missiles of various types and 23 attack UAVs:
- 16 Iskander-M/KN-23 ballistic missiles;
- 14 X-101 cruise missiles;
- four S-300/S-400 anti-aircraft guided missiles;
- one missile of unspecified type;
- 23 Shahed-131/136 attack UAVs.
The air defense forces shot down nine Iskander-M/KN-23 ballistic missiles, as well as 13 Kh-101 cruise missiles and 20 attack drones. In addition, "as a result of active counteraction," one Kh-101 cruise missile and three UAVs did not reach their targets and were lost. The information is being clarified. Air defense operated in the Kyiv, Kharkov, Dnipropetrovsk, Poltava, Nikolaev and Zaporizhia regions.
09:27 In Kharkiv, as a result of yesterday's Russian attack using four Iskander missiles and three S-300, 50 people were injured, including seven children, two medics and two rescuers, said OVA head Oleg Sinegubov. A shopping center, public places, and the Sports Palace were damaged.
Also during the day on September 1, as a result of Russian shelling, three people were injured in the city of Lyubotin, two in Kupyansk and two more in the village of Stary Merchik in the Bogodukhov district. One person died this morning as a result of enemy shelling in the city of Kupyansk.
08:56 At night, Russians attacked the Poltava region with drones, and the administrative and production building of one of the industrial enterprises was damaged by debris, said the head of the OVA, Filipp Pronin.
08:45 As a result of today's missile strike on Kiev, the building of the Islamic Cultural Center of the Spiritual Administration of Muslims of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea (the mosque on Nivki) was significantly damaged, reported the head of the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar people Refat Chubarov. No one was hurt.
08:34 On the evening of September 1, the enemy launched a missile attack on an orphanage located in a residential area of ​​the city of Sumy, the prosecutor's office reported. At that time, there were no children in the institution, but 18 residents of nearby houses were injured, including six children. Six multi-story buildings and the regional center for the social and psychological rehabilitation of children were damaged.
07:27 The General Staff announced the estimated losses of the Russian Federation as of the morning of September 2:
- personnel - about 617,600 (+1300) people,
- tanks - 8601 (+9),
- combat armored vehicles - 16,786 (+26),
- artillery systems - 17,646 (+10),
- MLRS - 1177 (+1),
- air defense systems - 940 (+0),
- aircraft - 368 (+0),
- helicopters - 328 (+0),
- Operational-tactical level UAVs - 14,537 (+30),
- cruise missiles - 2557 (+0),
- ships/boats - 28 (+0),
- submarines - 1 (+0),
- automotive equipment and tank trucks - 23,925 (+44),
- special equipment - 2993 (+2).
07:09 At night, Russians struck a UAV at the Kievsky district of Kharkov, one person was injured, reported the head of the OVA Oleg Sinegubov. In the morning, the enemy carried out more strikes at the Industrial district of Kharkov, without casualties.
06:48 As of 06:25, two people sought medical help in Kyiv, one of them was hospitalized, Mayor Vitali Klitschko reported. According to preliminary information, four cars were burning at one of the sites of the debris fall in Svyatoshinsky district, the fire has been extinguished. There was also a fire in a two-story non-residential building. Small architectural forms near the Svyatoshin metro station, as well as the windows of the metro station building, were damaged. The station is operating. In the Goloseevsky district, the boiler house was damaged, the fire was extinguished, in Shevchenkivske, a fire occurred on the territory of one of the enterprises.
06:43 At night, Russian troops launched another missile attack on Kiev. The attack was combined - with cruise and ballistic missiles, said the head of the Kyiv City Defense Army, Sergei Popko. He specified that this was probably about the Kh-101 cruise missiles, as well as the KN-24/Iskander-M ballistic missiles. The enemy also attacked with one strike UAV. The air defense forces destroyed more than ten cruise missiles, about ten ballistic missiles, and a strike drone in the capital's airspace.
Falling debris was recorded in the Goloseevsky, Svyatoshinsky, Dniprovsky and Shevchenkovsky districts. Preliminary, there are car fires and damage to non-residential premises. Data on damage and victims is being clarified.
00:58 Ukrainian OSINT project DeepState reports that the enemy has occupied Dolinovka in the Novogrodovsk community of the Pokrovsky district of the Donetsk region, and has also advanced near Makeyevka and in Toretsk. At the same time, according to analysts, the Ukrainian military has cleared the territory of enemy soldiers along the line of the villages of Malaya Loknya - Pogrebki in the Kursk region.