Friday, September 1, 2023
1:01 p.m
SARMAT MISSILES
According to the Russian space agency Roscosmos, Sarmat intercontinental ballistic missiles were deployed on Ukrainian soil. Roscomos does not specify when and where these ICBMs were deployed.
Vladimir Putin had been saying for months that Russia would deploy the Sarmatians there “soon.”
12:04
RUSSIA-Turkiye
Russian President Vladimir Putin will host his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Monday in Sochi, southwest Russia, as he seeks to revive an agreement abandoned by Moscow in mid-July that allowed Ukrainian grain to be exported across the Black Sea.
“The talks will take place on Monday afternoon in Sochi,” Dmitry Peskov, spokesman for the Russian presidency, announced during a press conference.
11:58
Loads
Ukraine’s infrastructure minister confirms the departure of two cargo ships from a port in the south of the country. They are currently sailing in the Black Sea. “The bulk carriers have left the port of Pivdennyi and are using the established corridor. They are transporting 56,000 tons of pig iron and 172,000 tons of iron ore concentrate,” specifies the Ukrainian minister.
11:38
BACK TO SCHOOL
Kiev police report bomb threats in schools as many students return to school this Friday.
11:22
ODESSA
According to Odessa region deputy Oleksiy Goncharenko, two new ships left a port near the southern Ukrainian resort on Friday. He is reminiscent of the Liberian bulk carrier Filia Glory and the Ocean Courtesy of the Marshall Islands. The first must go to Bulgaria, to Varna. The itinerary of the second is not yet available in online ship tracking tools.
11:08
UKRAINIAN ATTACK
According to Ukraine, the drone attack on Russia’s Pskov airport was launched from Russian territory.
10:42
NO “PEACE” WITHOUT CRIMEA
During a speech at an economic forum in Italy, Volodymyr Zelensky believes that there can be no “lasting peace” in Ukraine if his country fails to regain the occupied territories.
“Without Crimea, without Donbass, without the occupied territories, there will be no lasting peace in Ukraine and therefore never in Europe,” he said. And to continue: “Look what happened to Crimea: is there civilization? Are there jobs? Is there tourism?”
10:16
RETURN TO UKRAINE
More than 3.6 million Ukrainian children, including 400,000 children displaced abroad, returned to school on Friday, the second since Russia began the war, according to the Ukrainian presidency.
“The second September 1 after the large-scale invasion. The Russians are trying everything to destroy our nation (…) The nation has preserved the opportunity for children to attend Ukrainian schools,” he said. congratulated the head of the Presidential Administration of Ukraine Andriï Iermak on Telegram on Friday.
At the start of the school year, “3,623,169 children are learning in our schools,” including 400,000 abroad and who “remain in our education system,” he said. Classes are held face-to-face for 44.9% of students, at a distance for 24.4% of them and in a mixed system for 30.7%, he explained.
09:12
Strikes in central Ukraine
The governor of the Vinnytsia region in central Ukraine announces that the Russians have attacked a company with a long-range cruise missile. “Unfortunately, there are victims who are receiving all the necessary help,” the Ukrainian official said. According to the Ukrainian Air Force, two missiles were fired by Russia and only one of the two was shot down by Kiev over the Kirovohrad region (central Ukraine).
09:08
08:45
COUNTER-OFFENSIVE
This Friday on LCI, General Michel Jakowleff believes that “the Russians are not far from collapse.” “If the Ukrainians manage to break through the second line, it could happen very quickly,” adds the former deputy chief of staff of NATO Shape. “I never believed in the lightning offensive, where everything changes in three days,” he also affirms.
08:36
RUSSIA
After a new Ukrainian attack on the Moscow region, traffic at the capital’s airports was “restricted” for a few moments, Russian Civil Aviation reports.
“This morning, flights from Vnukovo, Domodedovo and Zhukovsky airports were temporarily restricted to ensure the safety of civilian aircraft. Due to the restriction of airspace use, 14 planes flew to other airports,” says Rosaviatsiya.
08:28
CRIMEA
According to the British Ministry of Defense, Russia has built an “underwater barrier” to protect the Crimean Bridge spanning the Kerch Strait. “As of August 29, 2023, images confirm that Russia has established an underwater barrier consisting of submerged ships and containment booms to deter attacks from naval drones,” British Defense said on Friday.
For London, these “passive defense measures” are necessary due to the importance of the bridge in the context of “military-logistical support to Russian forces” currently located in the Kherson and Zaporizhzhia regions.
08:15
UPDATE ON THE SITUATION
On Thursday, August 31, Ukraine’s foreign minister lost his temper with his European counterparts during a meeting in Spain. A drone was shot down in the Moscow region early Friday. Here are the notable events of the past 24 hours.
International
Published today at 7:56 am.
07:36
Kursk
According to the governor of the Russian region of Kursk, there was a drone attack on Kurchatov on Friday morning. An administration building and a house were damaged, reports Governor Roman Starovoit.
07:23
MOSCOW
Russia foiled a new nighttime drone attack in the Moscow region on Friday, said the mayor of the Russian capital, who reported no casualties or damage.
On Friday, “air defense forces near Lyubertsy (east of Moscow, in the Moscow region, editor’s note) foiled a new attempt to direct a drone against Moscow,” Sergei Sobyanin said in Telegram.
“According to initial information, there were no injuries or damage,” the elected official added, adding that emergency services were on the scene.
Drone attacks on Russian territory and the Crimean peninsula, annexed in 2014, have increased in recent weeks, particularly against the Russian capital, against the backdrop of a counteroffensive by Kiev that began in early June.
06:51
WELCOME TO THIS LIVE
Hello everyone, welcome to this new live broadcast dedicated to monitoring the war in Ukraine as the 555th day of the conflict begins.