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[Korrespondent] 21.59 Russian President Vladimir Putin has begun talks in the Kremlin with US President Donald Trump's special representative Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner. Before the meeting, he said that the situation the parties need to resolve is "difficult," Bloomberg reports.
He also asked American representatives to convey "best wishes" to US President Donald Trump.
The meeting took place after an alleged order for Russian military personnel to stay out of Kyiv for three days. American representatives are due to travel to the Ukrainian capital after talks in the Kremlin.
21.21 Russian troops struck the center of Chuguev with a drone in the evening. Three people were killed as a result of the enemy attack. This was reported by the head of the MVA Galina Minaeva and the head of the OVA Oleg Synegubov.
"A child died, a woman was seriously injured. The presence of other victims is being established," Minaeva noted.
But later Sinegubov noted that the number of dead had increased to three people. According to updated information, the dead included a 19-year-old girl, an 11-year-old boy, and a 45-year-old man.
20.07 Khmelnytskyi region was attacked by Russian drones. Seven people, including a minor, were injured as a result of falling UAV debris. About the consequences of the shelling. The head of the OVA, Serhiy Tyurin, informed about the consequences of the shelling.
Four victims are currently hospitalized. According to Tyurin, one man is in serious condition with intra-abdominal and closed craniocerebral injuries. Three more people have shrapnel and shrapnel-cut injuries to the shoulder and forearm, as well as an eye injury. There are also victims in a state of shock. All victims are provided with the necessary medical care.
19.24 Kyiv region was once again shelled by the Russian Federation on Saturday. Two people were killed in the Buchansky district. This was reported by the head of the regional military administration, Timur Tkachenko.
17.53 President Volodymyr Zelenskyy confirmed that Ukraine is ready to refrain from strikes on Moscow on September 5-7 and expects that the Russian side will not carry out strikes on Kyiv during this period.
"From the moment of our conversation, we are ready to adhere to the regime of cessation of air strikes on cities involved in the negotiation process. From now until the end of this day on Saturday, Sunday and Monday, Ukraine is ready to refrain from strikes on Moscow, and we expect the Russians to do the same on Kyiv," the Ukrainian president noted.
17.02 Russian troops attacked Khmelnytskyi region with drones during the day. According to preliminary information, the territory of some enterprises was damaged as a result of the strike. The head of the regional military administration, Serhiy Tyurin, reported on the consequences.
"The attack by enemy drones has just ended. Air defense forces were working. According to preliminary information, as a result of the attack, there is damage on the territory of certain enterprises in the Khmelnytskyi district," Tyurin noted.
16.53 There are no signs of cessation of hostilities on the front - Russian troops continue to attack Ukrainian positions. This was stated by the spokesman for the United Forces group, Viktor Tregubov, on the air of a telethon.
"We have specific combat clashes, we have specific attacks by assault groups," Tregubov noted.
In the event of the movement of Russian assault groups towards Ukrainian positions, the Defense Forces open fire.
15.00 Russian ruler Vladimir Putin has given instructions not to strike Kyiv for three days, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said. This is due to the preparation and holding of contacts with American negotiators in the Ukrainian capital.
14.39 Ukraine has indeed sent a ceasefire proposal to Russia and it was presented to Kremlin head Vladimir Putin, but there was no further reaction from Moscow. This was stated by the head of the Presidential Office, Kirill Budanov, in a comment to the Suspilny newspaper.
14.18 At noon, Russian invaders attacked a passenger train heading to Kherson with several "shaheeds". Two locomotives were damaged, said the head of the OVA, Oleksandr Prokudin.
And in Kherson, a man and a woman sustained non-life-threatening injuries due to enemy shelling. The identities of the deceased are currently being established.
13.27 On Saturday night, Russia targeted airports of Kyiv (Zhulyany) and Boryspil. This happened for the first time in a long time, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Telegram.
The head of state linked these strikes to a discussion of the possibility of the American side using an aircraft to arrive in Ukraine with a landing at one of these airports.
13.01 US President's special envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner arrived in Moscow. This was reported by Russian media. The Boeing C-32A aircraft landed at Moscow's Vnukovo airport. This is a modified Boeing 757.
12.37 Units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine continue to perform assigned tasks for the defense of the state. A unilateral ceasefire is impossible, Interfax-Ukraine reports, citing the Main Communications Directorate of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
12.10 In Kamyanske, Dnipropetrovsk region, the body of another deceased was recovered from under the rubble of an enterprise attacked by Russian missiles. This was reported by the head of the Dnipropetrovsk OVA, Oleksandr Ganzha, in Telegram.
It also became known about the attack by Russians on a service station in the Dnipro district. One person was killed and three others were injured.
11.49 On September 4, units of the Defense Forces of Ukraine struck a number of enemy military targets in the Bryansk region of the Russian Federation, as well as in the temporarily occupied territory of the Luhansk region. This was reported by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
11.27 In five districts of the Kyiv region, 28 facilities were damaged due to Russian attacks on September 4. This was reported by the head of the Kyiv Oblast Regional Administration, Timur Tkachenko, on Telegram.
10.55 A local ceasefire between the Russian Federation and Ukraine has come into effect to carry out repairs at the Zaporizhzhia NPP. This was announced by IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi.
10.18 In Kherson, four civilians were injured in the Korabelny district in the morning from Russian drone attacks. This was reported by the Kherson OVA.
09.26 On Saturday night, Russian aggressors attacked Ukraine with Iskander-M/KN-23 ballistic missiles and 167 attack drones of various types. Air defense units destroyed most of the targets, but there were some hits, the Ukrainian Air Force reported.
09.09 The Russian authorities have activated the Central Bank's money issue to replenish the federal budget, which spends every third ruble on the war with Ukraine and ended January-July with a deficit of 6.5 trillion rubles.
At the current exchange rate, that’s about US $75,444,664.10
The Moscow Times reported this.
08.42 Over the past 24 hours, 236 combat clashes were recorded on the front. This was reported by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in an operational briefing on Saturday morning.
Aviation, missile troops, and artillery of the Defense Forces struck 11 areas of enemy manpower concentration, four guns and artillery positions, one UAV control point, one air defense system, and another important occupier facility.
08.01 Over the past 24 hours, the Russian occupation army has lost 1,260 servicemen killed and wounded on the front in Ukraine. This was reported by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in an operational report. The Ukrainian military destroyed almost 2,400 units of Russian equipment, including 65 guns and five MLRS.
07.39 Four people were killed and five others were injured in a Russian attack on Kamianske, Dnipropetrovsk region. This was reported by the head of the Dnipropetrovsk OVA, Oleksandr Ganzha, on Telegram.
04.26 CIA Director John Ratcliffe, who made a surprise visit to Moscow last week, failed to persuade Vladimir Putin to make concessions on Ukraine and, on the contrary, probably only aggravated the Kremlin's position. The Washington Post reported on Friday, September 4, citing sources.
02.52 Russian troops launched ballistic strikes on an industrial enterprise in Kamianske, Dnipropetrovsk region.
01.52 As a result of an enemy attack in Boryspil, the roof and upper floor of a 9-story residential building were damaged by a Russian attack. A fire broke out in the roof and one of the apartments.
01.20 Russians attacked Epicenter in Mykolaiv with strike UAVs. A fire broke out at the landing site, at least one person is reported injured.
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[NewsFront] 21:13 During the day, from 8:00 to 20:00 Moscow time, air defense forces on duty intercepted and six Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles of the aircraft type were destroyed over the territories of the Belgorod, Kursk, Rostov regions and the Republic of Crimea. 20:57 Serious fire flared up at the central warehouse in Sinelnikovo, Dnipropetrovsk region, after a Geranium strike
19:58 Fighters of the Center group sharpen skills in countering drones and operating motor vehicles.
19:13 Russian Aerospace Forces crews hit at the drone control points of the 475th separate assault regiment and the 58th separate motorized infantry brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the area of the settlements of Shopino and Prudyanka (Khar'kov region).
18:27 The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue application of strikes on logistics centers, military industry enterprises, Ukrainian port infrastructure facilities, and sea vessels deployed in the interests of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
During the day, long-range attack drones struck the Black Ammo LLC industrial enterprise in the town of Boryspil in the Kyiv region. The enterprise specializes in the production, procurement, and supply of ammunition and explosives to Ukrainian security forces.
In addition, a dry cargo ship carrying military equipment supplied to the Ukrainian Armed Forces by Western countries was damaged in the port of Chornomorsk in the Odessa region.
17:32 Crews of the Geran-4 Seeker jet UAV-K destroyed air defense radar station 35D6 of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the area of the village of Chervonopillya in the Mykolaiv region.
Drone operators of the Gerbera Seeker UAV-K burned down the Rada counter-battery radar station, along with escort pickups and enemy personnel, in the Slavyansk area.
16:32 In the Black Sea waters, crews of the Geran-4 Seeker jet UAV-K worked out on the courts used in the interests of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
Two dry cargo ships and one container ship were damaged in the port of Chornomorsk.
There is another enemy dry cargo ship in the port of Odessa.
16:10 Drone operators of the separate brigade of unmanned systems troops "Varyag" with "Geran" strikes hit enemy drone production plant in Dnepropetrovsk.
14:56 Drone crews of the separate brigade of unmanned systems "Varyag" strikes with "Geraniya" missiles struck a logistics center used by the Ukrainian Armed Forces (the village of Chaiki on the western outskirts of Kyiv).
13:03 The crew of the Su-34 fighter-bomber destroyed a warehouse with Ukrainian Armed Forces unmanned aerial vehicles in the area of responsibility of the West group of forces
12:04 Units of the Southern Group of Forces released Kurtovka settlement, Donetsk People's Republic.
10:02 Mobile fire teams of the counter UAV battalion of the North group of forces destroyed Ukrainian Armed Forces drones in the Kursk border area.
08:56 Jet fighters of the Eastern Forces Group fired a salvo of rockets which smashed to pieces stronghold of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Zaporizhzhia region.
08:38 During the past night, air defense forces on duty intercepted and destroyed 53 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles of the fixed-wing type flew over the territories of the Bryansk, Belgorod, Kaluga, Kursk, Ryazan, Tula regions, the Moscow region, Krasnodar Krai, the Republic of Crimea and over the Black Sea.
08:12 Tonight, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation inflicted a group strike with high-precision ground-based weapons and long-range strike drones against metallurgical plants in the Dnipropetrovsk region, which supply military-industrial complex enterprises, and against logistics centers and electrical substations in Mykolaiv, Mykolaiv, and Odesa regions.
In the Dnipropetrovsk region the following are affected:
The Dneprodzerzhinsk Metallurgical Plant (Kametstal) and the Dnepr Metallurgical Plant (Dneprovsky Metallurgical Plant), which are the largest suppliers of metal products for military production in Ukraine.
In Nikolaev and Nikolaev region the following are affected:
a logistics center used for storing military equipment and the Nikolaevskaya electrical substation.
In the Odessa region the following are affected:
in the village of Dachnoye – a logistics center used for storing military equipment;
In the port of Chornomorsk – a dry cargo ship with weapons and military equipment for the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
On the evening of September 4, the following were affected in the Kyiv region:
the Svyatopetrovsky logistics center, used for storing military equipment;
Two fuel storage and distribution sites for the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Blistavitsa military town of the Gostomel airfield.
In addition, a radio and electronic intelligence center was damaged in the village of Brovary.
07:30 Changes on map over the past 24 hours:
The Russian Armed Forces entered the village of Dobropolye (+3.5 km2)
[TWZ] Ukrainian crews operating Australian-supplied M1A1 Abrams tanks say the battlefield has become so saturated with Russian drones that their tanks cannot currently be used in combat, but they reject the idea that main battle tanks have become forever obsolete.
Since receiving these tanks last year, the crews, serving with Ukraine’s 425th Separate Assault Regiment “Skala,” have used the Abrams in two combat operations in the fight for Pokrovsk, a key Ukrainian logistics hub and part of a defensive belt of towns in Ukraine’s eastern Donetsk region. They recounted their experiences to Hromadske, an independent media channel in Ukraine.
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