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Current information on the situation on the front line on September 4 (updated)
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[NewsFront] 18:04 Footage released show destruction of a point for preparing and launching long-range UAVs of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Chernihiv region.

17:27 Calculations of FPV drones of the Rubicon Center rammed high-altitude unmanned aerial vehicles of the Ukrainian Armed Forces of the aircraft type, and also destroyed automobile and armored vehicles, elements of communication and electronic warfare systems, dugouts, temporary deployment points and enemy manpower.

FPV drone crews of the 44th Army Corps of the North Forces Group destroyed equipment and manpower of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Khar'kov direction.

Servicemen from special forces units of the Southern group of forces overtook a vehicle and a dugout containing enemy personnel in the Donetsk People's Republic.

Servicemen of the "East" military grouping hit an M-198 howitzer of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Dnipropetrovsk region.

17:25 Pokrovskoe (Dnepropetrovsk) direction

The units of the Guards Forces "East" continue their offensive in the direction of Velikomikhailovka, liberated the settlement of Novoselovka and took full control of Alexandrograd, pushing the enemy back to the west and driving them out of the fortified area north to the Volchya River.

Operational information is coming in that our units have taken control of the settlement of Khorosheye south of Novoselovka and are fighting in the Dibrovsky forest to the west, advancing toward Velikomikhailovka.

The troops of the Guards Forces "East" cleared the territory north of Iskra up to the Volchya River.

The enemy is attempting to counterattack in the Iskra area and from Ivanovka in the direction of Zeleny Gai.

Fierce counter-battles took place to the south, in the Novonikolaevka-Ternovoye-Sosnovka area, and also to the west of Temirovka.

16:35 Russian troops have driven the enemy out of the south of the DPR, –MAP.

15:03 In the Khar'kov region, FPV Severyan crews destroyed Ukrainian Armed Forces equipment, –video.

14:18 Footage of destruction of a sabotage and reconnaissance group of the Ukrainian Armed Forces that attempted to land in the island zone of the Dnieper.

13:50 Russian missilemen launched a series of strikes on Ukrainian Armed Forces positions south of Yunakovka, –video.

13:26 Calculation of the 122mm D-30 howitzer of the Tula airborne artillerymen destroyed stronghold of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in Sumy Oblast.

12:15 Summary of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on the progress of the special military operation as of September 4, 2025.

The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue to conduct a special military operation.

Units of the North group of forces improved their tactical position. Formations of two mechanized brigades, an assault regiment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, a territorial defense brigade, a border detachment of the Border Service of Ukraine and a regiment of the National Guard were defeated in the areas of the settlements of Chernatskoye, Alekseyevka, Yunakovka, Khrapovshchina, Kondratovka and Varachino in Sumy Oblast.

In the Khar'kov direction, units of the motorized infantry brigade and assault regiment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were defeated in the areas of the settlements of Melove and Volchansk in the Khar'kov region.

The enemy lost up to 180 servicemen, an armored combat vehicle, 12 cars and two field artillery guns. Three warehouses of materiel were destroyed.

Units of the "West" group of forces have taken up more advantageous lines and positions. The manpower and equipment of the mechanized, assault brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the territorial defense brigade were defeated in the areas of the settlements of Maleyevka, Olgovka, Kupyansk in the Khar'kov region, Petrovskoye in the Luhansk People's Republic and Kirovsk in the Donetsk People's Republic.

The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost over 220 servicemen, two combat armored vehicles, 15 cars and five artillery pieces, including three Western-made ones. Five electronic warfare stations and two ammunition depots were destroyed.

The units of the "Southern" group of forces improved their tactical position. The formations of the mechanized, airmobile brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the National Guard brigade were defeated in the areas of the settlements of Stepanovka, Vasyukovka, Chervone, Minkovka, Seversk, Berestok, Pereyezdnoye, Markovo, Fedorovka and Konstantinovka of the Donetsk People's Republic.

The enemy lost up to 220 servicemen, four combat armored vehicles and eight cars. Three electronic warfare stations, an ammunition depot and five supply depots were destroyed.

Units of the "Center" group of forces have taken up more advantageous lines and positions. The manpower and equipment of three mechanized, airborne assault brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, a territorial defense brigade and a national guard brigade were defeated in the areas of the settlements of Toretskoye, Udachnoye, Gruzskoye, Sukhoi Yar, Annovka, Dimitrov, Rodinskoye, Krasnoarmeysk and Krasny Liman of the Donetsk People's Republic.

The losses of the Ukrainian armed forces amounted to 440 servicemen, two combat armored vehicles, six cars and four field artillery pieces.

Units of the "East" group of forces advanced deep into the enemy's defenses and established control over the settlement of Novoselivka in the Zaporizhia region.

In addition, the liberation of the territory of the Donetsk People's Republic in the area of ​​operations of the "East" group of forces has been fully completed.

Formations of two mechanized brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and a naval infantry brigade were defeated in the areas of the settlements of Gavrilovka, Novopavlovka in the Dnipropetrovsk region, Poltavka, Uspenovka and Novoivanovka in the Zaporizhia region.

The enemy lost over 240 servicemen, 13 vehicles and a counter-battery radar station.

Units of the Dnepr group of forces inflicted losses on the manpower and equipment of the mechanized brigade, the coastal defense brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and the territorial defense brigade in the areas of the settlements of Belogorie, Mala Tokmachka in the Zaporizhia region, Sadovoe, Tyaginka and Antonovka in the Kherson region.

The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost over 70 servicemen, 11 vehicles, six electronic warfare stations and an ammunition depot.

12:06 Units of the "East" group of forces advanced into the depths of the enemy's defense and established control over the settlement of Novoselovka in the Zaporizhia region.

In addition, the liberation of the territory of the Donetsk People's Republic in the area of ​​operations of the "East" group of forces has been fully completed.

10:47 Dobropolskoye direction. Our fighters are trying to advance between the villages of Volnoye and Novoye Shakhovo, while the enemy is attacking Nikanorovka, trying to recapture the village completely. Fighting for Vladimirovka also continues –MAP

10:29 FPV drones of the 124th Separate Motorized Rifle Brigade of the Russian Armed Forces are sequentially destroying Ukrainian sabotage and reconnaissance group during an attempt to advance towards the Dnieper island zone.

08:42 Servicemen of the sniper unit of the 2nd Guards Combined Arms Army of the Center group of forces destroyed more than 100 heavy attack drones of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Krasnoarmeysk direction.

07:56 Around 6:00 Moscow time by air defense systems on duty intercepted four Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles of the airplane type over the territory of the Volgograd region.

07:31 Changes to map over the past 24 hours:

Adjustment of the control zone in favor of our forces south of Pokrovsk
Advance in Kupyansk➡️
Yanvarskoye in Dnepropetrovsk region liberated,
Russian Armed Forces entered Novoselovka
Advance in the Mirny area
Enemy is present in the southern part of Stepova Novoselovka

07:13 From midnight to 06:00 Moscow time, air defense systems on duty intercepted and destroyed 46 Ukrainian aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles:

24 – over the territory of the Rostov region,▫️
16 – over the Black Sea,
Four – over the territory of Krasnodar Krai,
Two – over the territory of the Volgograd region.

07:06 Crews of the latest 152mm self-propelled artillery units 2S44 "Giatsint-K" of the artillery unit of the 8th Guards Combined Arms Army of the "Center" group of forces destroyed a camouflaged drone control points and Ukrainian Armed Forces strongholds in the Krasnoarmeysk direction.

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Deserter is an enemy of Ukraine. Kyiv realized the approach to a planned catastrophe
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
by Denis Davydov

[REGNUM] They decided not to coddle deserters from the Ukrainian Armed Forces any more: the Verkhovna Rada adopted in the first reading a bill on the resumption of criminal liability for unauthorized abandonment of a unit, and in the harshest version.

For military personnel who leave their place of service, the punishment is from five to 10 years of imprisonment. But before that, the authorities consoled themselves with the hope that those mobilized would be prudent: the rule that responsibility can be avoided if you voluntarily return to service was extended several times.

The deadline for the voluntary return of the military expired on August 30, and there will be no more such opportunity — there is no point. According to the State Bureau of Investigation (SBI), from November 2024 to August 2025, only 29 thousand Ukrainian servicemen returned to their (or other) units.

At the same time, as the people's deputy, member of the parliamentary committee on defense issues Roman Kostenko claims, the TCC mobilizes 30 thousand people monthly, after which 16-19 thousand run home. And these are only official figures.

Overall, as the Prosecutor General's Office reported in response to a press request, from March 2022 to July 2025, more than 200 thousand cases were opened in Ukraine for unauthorized abandonment of a unit and more than 50 thousand cases under the article "Desertion".

In just seven months of 2025, 110,511 new cases were registered. But suspicion, due to the loyal attitude towards fugitives until now, was declared only to 15 thousand military personnel.

This is how it looked in previous years as well. For example, in 2023, out of 24.3 thousand criminal proceedings against fugitives, suspicion was reported in only 2410 proceedings, that is, in less than 10% of cases. And even fewer were sent to court - 2035 cases.

Now, realizing the full depth of the catastrophe, which the Regnum news agency reported on at the beginning of last year, the government has decided to tighten the grip on deserters' freedom by adopting bill No. 13 260. And for desertion, imprisonment for up to 12 years is provided - and in fact, the line between the two military crimes is very thin.

SZCh, as it is called in Ukraine, is considered a temporary departure from the place of service without permission or valid reasons and as a failure to appear at the place of service. Desertion is "deliberate abandonment of the unit with the intent to evade service."

Although it is clear to everyone that in reality almost all “SZ” members are, in fact, deserters.

If now someone suddenly decides to crawl out of the attic and return to the military unit, this means an automatic criminal case will be initiated and considered in court.

At the same time, the transitional provisions of the Criminal Code will be supplemented by a new clause defining the grounds for exemption from liability if a serviceman "got on skis" for the first time and voluntarily returned or is already serving. Or if there are other grounds for exemption.

“If, at the time of the adoption of this law, a person who has voluntarily left a military unit has contacted investigative bodies or commanders with documents and his case is under consideration, then he will avoid criminal liability,” Oleksandr Fedienko, a deputy from the Servant of the People party, told journalists.

Well, and to avoid getting up twice, military personnel will be given significantly higher fines for “negligent attitude” to service, as well as damage to military property. “Which will undoubtedly greatly improve the morale in the Armed Forces of Ukraine,” commentators joke.

It is characteristic that the explanatory note to the bill begins with a pompous reference to Article 17 of the constitution, which states that the protection of the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine is the business of the entire Ukrainian people. For representatives of the Ukrainian government, the basic law usually works only in those places where there are obligations of citizens.

And the most important norm embedded in it, that no one is obliged to carry out obviously criminal orders and instructions, has somehow been forgotten. That is, the commander is always right, and the soldier has a simple choice: either carry out any order at all, or prison for a very long time.

Secondly, the most important problem of rotation of the forward units has not been solved in any way, since out of the million people declared on paper in the Defense Forces (which includes all the security forces in general), at least two thirds are in the rear and have no intention of leaving.

The level of emotional intensity was perfectly demonstrated last year by the 24-year-old “skier” from the 56th separate motorized infantry Mariupol brigade, Sergei Gnezdilov, who was caught by the State Bureau of Investigations.

"Military service and the defense of Ukraine is the duty of every citizen. But without clear terms (of military service. - Ed.) it turns into serfdom. I am ready to return to service if the Ministry of Defense submits a bill on clear terms. If not, in addition to fighting for my freedom, I will use other methods of influence, preventive measures," he said in court.

And other deserters, whose comments periodically make it into the press, motivate their actions even more simply: "I'm going on vacation, bars, cafes, restaurants - everything is full. Why are we dying at the front, when everyone else is sitting in pubs?"

So far, along with the stick, the authorities have only managed to give birth to a very small carrot for such dissatisfied people - from September 1 of this year, mandatory 15 days of vacation for the military have been introduced. That is, the number of those who will see calm people in drinking establishments will only increase.

At the same time, more and more disgusting stories about fictitious service of various public figures are spreading on the air. And they themselves are often “exposed”, as did the people's deputy Mykola Kniazhytsky, who was grieving for Andriy Parubiy, who was killed in Lviv, a well-known media manager in the past and a member of the National Council on TV and Radio Broadcasting.

He told a tearful story about how his faction comrade Parubiy served in the 206th separate battalion of the Troops in the spring of 2022 together with the son of his future killer, Mikhail-Viktor Stselnikov :

"I saw Mikhail himself, " Knyazhitsky writes on his social network page. " He and a group of Lviv residents came to 206 battalion as volunteers. The battalion was formed at our party headquarters on Lavrska. All of us, EU deputies, signed up there at the beginning. Andriy Parubiy was there too. His photo in uniform with a weapon at checkpoints has been since then.

Andrey, Mikhail, and his mother Elena are patriots of Ukraine. As is Kristina Parubiy, Andrey's niece, who has presented a book about Lemberg (Scelnikov's call sign. - Ed.) and events in his honor on Espresso more than once. And so - she and Andrey Parubiy were together in the same unit at the beginning of the war."

At the same time, people who actually served in the 206th battalion confirm that neither Parubiy, nor Knyazhitsky, nor other people's deputies from the "European Solidarity" faction were ever listed among them.

But in February-March 2022, when the unit's only property was a desk in the military registration and enlistment office, Petro Poroshenko *, in exchange for providing premises for the formation of a battalion, registered a bunch of his people there for fictitious service, including those with general ranks, for whom a "special company" was even formed on paper.

During the three months that the 206th battalion was in his office, anyone and everyone had access to the armory and warehouse - that's where the heroic photo of Parubiy with a machine gun comes from, which is how his participation ended.

That is, the anger of the father of the deceased Stselnikov is entirely righteous: his son took the oath, received a weapon and went to the front, where he died. And the jackals, pretending to serve their homeland, took selfies and went to drink aromatic coffee in Lviv, being listed in the same unit for a small bribe. And to this day they tell everywhere how they "drove the orcs": Parubiy, unexpectedly for everyone, also turned out to be the liberator of Irpen, Bucha and Gostomel.

Perhaps Mikhail told his dad that, in theory, all these formidable warriors were supposed to die with him in the ruins of Artemovsk. As it turned out, they maintained relationships and communicated normally.

So the servicemen of the Armed Forces of Ukraine may be people without rights, but they are not stupid. And the real state of affairs is energetically chewed over by the former MP and now sergeant-instructor of the 190th training center Igor Lutsenko.

"The figure of 19 thousand deserters and those who left their unit without permission is definitely understated. Practices that prevent a more complete assessment of this phenomenon continue. Firstly, due to the large amount of unnecessary paperwork, military units cannot process all the cases of SZCh that they have had, and therefore cannot properly form reports for law enforcement.

"Secondly, even if the report on the SZCh is properly completed and sent to the State Bureau of Investigation, it is still very often not registered there, as required by the Criminal Procedure Code. It even gets to the point that out of ten SZCh in certain units, criminal proceedings are registered only for two. That is, in a specific unit there are five times more real deserters from the army than shown in official statistics!" he says in an interview with the popular newspaper Fakty.

Therefore, Lutsenko sums up, at this rate, “in another two years there will be no one left at the front.” Although such a period is a rather optimistic scenario.

The real "reserve" of men aged 18-60 in Ukraine does not exceed 2.3 million people. The state does not see almost a million of them - they did not update the data in the registers, and it is these guys that are screwed on the streets of the TCC. There remain 1.3 million, the lion's share of whom have a reservation or are unfit for service.

Therefore, the actions of the authorities, for whom the continuation of the war is a guarantee of their own survival, are quite logical. Tightening the penalties for illegal border crossings, which we wrote about in detail. Strengthening the protection of this border. Permission to leave for young men under the age of 22, which will most likely be followed by a reduction in the age of mobilization from 25 to 23.

But since it is unlikely that any threats can be more terrible than a stupid and senseless death at the front, desertion rates are unlikely to decrease - rather, they will increase. So the real time reserve is no more than six months - if peace is not concluded during this time, a completely logical, programmed catastrophe will occur for the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

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Breakthrough recorded: Russian Armed Forces have captured the most important facilities in Kupyansk
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
by Sergey Adamov

[REGNUM] The main frontline news of the last few days was the Defense Ministry's briefing on the situation in the Kupyansk direction. Units of the "West" group of troops operating in the Kharkov region have established control over a significant part of the city of Kupyansk, taking control of a number of neighborhoods on the western bank of the Oskol River.

“The video shows Russian military personnel in the city center, as well as in the areas of the most important administrative and industrial buildings,” the Defense Ministry’s publication says.

In particular, our military has secured a position near the building of the Kupyansk district administration and in the area of ​​the Spartak stadium. The fighters are taking up positions on Energeticheskaya Street and are operating in the area of ​​the TV tower at the intersection between Pervomayskaya Street and Konstitutsii Avenue.

The capture of control over the northwestern districts of Kupyansk was the result of an offensive that Russian troops have been conducting over the past months.

The forces of the "West" group crossed the Oskol River north of Kupyansk and then created a bridgehead on its right bank. Over the past months, assault units have been engaged in fierce battles, consistently depriving the enemy group in Kupyansk of supplies.

During the summer battles, the road leading from Kupyansk to the north, to Volchansk, was cut off, after which Russian troops rushed to the H-26 highway connecting Kupyansk and Kharkov. Thus, the enemy's defensive positions on the approaches to Kupyansk were stretched.

This allowed the advanced units of the Russian army to penetrate the enemy's defense and occupy part of the urban development. At the same time, the Ukrainian Armed Forces do not have the opportunity to impose heavy urban battles based on the industrial zone, as previously in Avdiivka or Mariupol.

The city's industrial zone is located on the low, left bank of the Oskol River (Zaoskolye district), while residential buildings and administrative buildings are on the right. Further advancement of Russian troops in the development may lead to the bridges over the Oskol River being captured, and the Ukrainian Armed Forces group in Zaoskolye being completely surrounded.

The Ukrainian Defense Ministry, in its usual manner, traditionally "denied" the information about the loss of control over part of Kupyansk, despite objective data from the ground. The Kiev analytical portal DeepState, which, as a rule, criticizes the statements of its military, admits that the situation in Kupyansk for the Ukrainian Armed Forces is "close to critical."

Units of the Russian army are developing an offensive on the western bank of the Oskol River, completing the blockade of the city, moving in the direction of the settlements of Sadovoye and Osinovo, as well as in the direction of Blagodatovka.

KRASNOARMEYSKOYE DIRECTION: ADVANCE TO THE NORTH
On the front line in the north and northwest of the DPR, our soldiers continue the operation to fragment and encircle the enemy's largest fortified area in the northern part of Donbass - the Slavyansk agglomeration. Last week, confirmation of information appeared about the liberation of the villages of Rusin Yar and Poltavka, located between the cities of Konstantinovka and Krasnoarmeyskoye (Pokrovsk in Ukrainian terminology).

Units of the Russian army continue their offensive in the north, along the Poltavka River, gradually outflanking the enemy positions in Konstantinovka and the city of Druzhkovka, located to the northwest, from the west.

Both cities are located in the southern part of the Slavyansk-Kramatorsk fortification region, and the enemy has turned urban development and industrial zones into continuous defensive lines.

Currently, Russian troops are on the eastern outskirts of Konstantinovka, so encircling the city from the west could lead to the complete encirclement of the city.

Sources on the ground note that the enemy is facing a shortage of forces in this direction. It is reported that the last significant reserves of the Ukrainian Armed Forces have been transferred to the Kupyansk area, to Krasnoarmeysk and further south - to the border area between the Dnipropetrovsk region and the territory of the DPR, where the front is gradually beginning to "sag".

FAR WEST OF THE DPR: "FINAL CLEANUP COMPLETED"
The Russian army's offensive also continues on the border between the DPR and the Dnepropetrovsk region.

Building on their previous successes, the assault units of the Vostok group drove the enemy out of the village of Kamyshevakha. This is the last settlement in this western region of the DPR that remained under enemy control.

The Ukrainian command tried to maintain control over the village until the very end, using numerous swamps and small rivers as a defensive line.

However, Russian troops were able to bypass the enemy's fortified area, thereby forcing it to begin a retreat, a front-line source told IA Regnum.

“As we said, the fate of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in Kamyshevakha was decided after we occupied the villages of Novogeorgievka and Zaporozhskoye, thus creating conditions for encircling the enemy’s positions,” the source explained.

As it usually happens, the enemy command gave the order to retreat too late, and as a result the enemy suffered more losses during the retreat, our source noted. According to his assessment, "thus, we can say that the task of final cleaning of this part of Donbass has been completed."

DNEPROPETROVSK "BUFFER": EXTRACTION OF "DRAGON'S TEETH"
Continuing to advance along the administrative border of the DPR and Dnipropetrovsk region, fighters of the 36th motorized rifle brigade of the "Vostok" group of forces took the village of Novosyolovka. This is already the sixth settlement in Dnipropetrovsk region that has come under the control of Russian troops.

To the south, Russian troops began an assault on a powerful fortified area of ​​the enemy at the junction of the borders of the DPR, Dnepropetrovsk and Zaporozhye regions in the area of ​​the settlement of Berezovoe.

Active work is being carried out in the area of ​​the nearby villages of Ternovoye and Novonikolayevka. A continuous front line has been created between the "inhabitants", reinforced by minefields, barbed wire and "dragon's teeth".

The fortification area has been under construction for the last few months, when the enemy has exhausted its ability to maintain control over the territory of Donbass. According to information from the field, the fortification node in the Berezove area is one of the largest under the control of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

The offensive continues simultaneously from the villages of Zaporozhskoye and Novogeorgievka, which were occupied by our military at the end of August. Success in this direction will allow us to secure the rear of the Russian troop group in the area of ​​Velikaya Novosyolka and the village of Komar, depriving the enemy of the opportunity to counterattack.

Despite the end of the calendar summer, the Russian Armed Forces continue to push back the enemy everywhere, preventing them from launching a counterattack. Forecasters predict that rains will come to Donbass closer to mid-autumn. This deprives the Ukrainian Armed Forces command of its last hope for stabilizing the gradually sagging front line.

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Two Ukrainian Armed Forces commanders sentenced to life in absentia for attack on Kursk region
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[Regnum] A military court sentenced in absentia to life imprisonment Ukrainian Armed Forces Colonels Yevgeny Bulatsik and Rostislav Karpusha, accused of a missile strike on the deployment of the Russian army in the Kursk region. This was reported on September 4 by the press service of the Main Military Prosecutor's Office of the Russian Federation.

The court found that in November 2024, on the orders of Bulatsik and Karpusha, a combined missile strike was carried out with 11 ATACMS missiles and four Storm Shadow cruise missiles. The target of the attack was the location of Russian military personnel and military equipment in one of the districts of the Kursk region, which resulted in human casualties and significant material damage.

The commanders of the Ukrainian Armed Forces were found guilty under paragraph “b” of Part 3 of Article 205 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (“Commission by a group of persons by prior conspiracy of a terrorist act resulting in the death of a person”).”

“The court sentenced each of the convicted persons in absentia to life imprisonment, with Bulatsik serving the first 10 years in prison, Karpushev the first 9 years in prison, and both the remainder of their sentences in a special regime penal colony,” the release states.

The prosecutor's office noted that Bulatsik and Karpusha have been placed on the international wanted list.

In addition, in June of this year, Karpusha was sentenced in absentia to life imprisonment for committing two similar terrorist missile attacks on two areas where Russian military personnel and military equipment were deployed, as well as on one civilian facility in the Kursk region.

In April 2024, the court sentenced Bulatsik in absentia to 18 years in prison. It was established that on April 30, 2022, Bulatsik and other senior officials of the Armed Forces of Ukraine illegally ordered the crew of Su-24M frontline bombers to attack an oil station in Bryansk with aerial bombs.

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Russian 'East' group of forces completes the liberation of the DPR in its zone of operations
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[Regnum] The Russian military group "East" has completed the liberation of the Donetsk People's Republic from the Armed Forces of Ukraine in its zone of operations. This was reported on September 4 by the press service of the Russian Defense Ministry.

“The liberation of the territory of the Donetsk People’s Republic in the area of ​​operations of the East group of forces has been fully completed,” the department’s report says.

In addition, over the past 24 hours, Vostok units continued their offensive deep into the Ukrainian military's defenses and liberated the town of Novoselivka in the Dnepropetrovsk region.

On September 3, the Russian Defense Ministry published a video confirming that Russian fighters control the center of Kupyansk in the Kharkiv region. The battle for the complete liberation of the city continues.

On September 3, Russian President Vladimir Putin reported that all military groups of the Russian army are successfully advancing in all directions in the special operation zone. The Ukrainian Armed Forces command has to constantly close the gaps, transferring the most combat-ready units to critical sections of the front.

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