Russia said it shot down three Ukrainian naval drones in the Black Sea overnight that it said were targeting the Crimean bridge. “At approximately 02:20 Moscow time on September 2, the third unmanned Ukrainian semi-submersible, sent by the Kiev regime to carry out a terrorist attack on the Crimean Bridge, was destroyed in the Black Sea,” the ministry said. of Russian Defense on Telegram.
The USA will send controversial armor-piercing ammunition containing depleted uranium to Ukraine for the first time. Portal reports this, citing a document separately confirmed by two Biden administration officials. The projectiles, which could help destroy Russian tanks, are part of a new military aid package for Ukraine to be unveiled next week. The ammunition can be fired from US Abrams tanks, which are expected to be delivered to Ukraine in the coming weeks.
One person died and two others were injured in a Russian airstrike today in the Beryslav district of the Kherson region, the head of the regional military administration, Oleksandr Prokudin, wrote on Telegram. He states that Russian forces fired targeted aerial bombs in Odradokamyantsi, which hit some houses. A 43-year-old man died in the attack. Another man was taken to hospital in serious conditions, while a third – 57 years old – suffered shrapnel wounds.
Volodymyr Zelensky claims the success of the Kiev forces’ counteroffensive. He explained that contrary to what everyone says, they are “making progress” in recapturing parts of Russian-occupied territory. “We’re moving,” he wrote on X-Twitter. In recent days, Ukrainian forces announced that they had broken through the first Russian defense line in the south.
Russian forces killed at least 115 soldiers of the Ukrainian armed forces in the Zaporozhye direction. This was announced by the Russian Ministry of Defense. In addition to the soldiers killed, the report said, “two armored fighting vehicles, four vehicles, two M-777 artillery systems and one U.S.-made M-119 cannon, as well as two Msta-B and D-20 howitzers destroyed.” .
Ukrainian Armed Forces will be able to attack targets on the territory of Russia at a distance of up to 1,500 km. This was stated by Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council Oleksiy Danilov on Ukrainian radio, quoted by UNIAN. According to Danilov, this is possible thanks to two projects developed internally by the Ukrainians, a rocket and a drone. “The nationality of weapons used on the territory of the Russian Federation is Ukrainian. There are two areas that are being worked on for a certain period of time: a missile program approved already in 2020 to develop Ukraine’s own missiles and the use of drones, which is developing very strongly in our country today, attracting a large number of private companies “said the secretary of the National Security and Defense Council.
US Ambassador to Russia from 2011 to 2014, Michael McFaul, believes that Russian President Vladimir Putin is very afraid of losing Crimea. Speaking to the Ukrainian channel “Espresso TV”, the diplomat said that Putin “is afraid of transferring the war to Crimea, to your country, not to his own. This is what he fears most because it would undermine the legitimacy of his war in Russia.” McFaul added that Putin’s failure to control Crimea would be a “threatening consequence for his regime.” The former ambassador pointed to Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov’s participation in the BRICS summit in Putin’s place, saying it showed that he was afraid of appearing before the International Criminal Court if arrested. “We don’t see a brave man challenging the West, we see a coward who is afraid of the West. We don’t have to be afraid of Putin, we can boldly challenge him and ultimately drive him out.”