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23:59The head of the Nikolaev OVA, Vitaly Kim, said that the Russian invaders are so frightened by the successful counteroffensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine that they are already preparing their escape routes in the Kherson region. According to him, even before the counter-offensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, there were not so many troops among the enemies.
They draw up documents, delays, try to be on the left bank of the Dnieper. That is, the number of military men who are not in the trenches there, but serve the Russian occupying army on the left side, increases, and decreases on the right. They all really want to be on the other side and are in no hurry to come here,” said Vitaly Kim.
23:11According to media reports, the United States may announce a new package of military assistance to Ukraine in the coming days. It could be $600 million. The relevant information was reported on September 13 by White House national security spokesman John Kirby.
Also, two American generals and the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine held telephone conversations.General Cavoli and General Milli, in turn, praised the actions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and assured of the continued support of the United States for the further provision of military assistance to Ukraine, Zaluzhny assured.
23:08 The IAEA reported that Ukrainian engineers have resumed work 3 backup power lines to the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant. All 3 backup power lines can operate.
It should be recalled that all 6 ZNPP reactors are in a cold shutdown state. However, they require electrical power to maintain the necessary safety features.
22:02 Vladimir Zelensky wrote down a new appeal to the Ukrainians. In it, the president noted that:
- in Balakliya and Grakov, the issuance of pensions immediately for five months of Russian occupation has already begun;
- more than 4 thousand square kilometers of Ukrainian territory have already been liberated and cleared . On approximately the same liberated territory, stabilization continues;
- presented a package of recommendations from an international group led by Andrey Yermak and Anders Fogh Rasmussen. The state is working to ensure that the strongest countries of the world become guarantors of Ukraine's security;
- 153 combatants were awarded state awards, 12 of them posthumously.
21:47 The head of the Luhansk OVA Serhiy Gaidai said that the occupiers in the region understand that there will be an offensive in the Svatovo-Troitsky area. There they burrow and prepare for defense. The Russian military is not in a special mood now.
21:26The invaders flee from Melitopol towards the temporarily occupied Crimea. Columns of military equipment were seen at the checkpoint in Chongar. This was announced by the mayor of the temporarily occupied city, Ivan Fedorov.
20:23 The President of Ukraine assembled the Headquarters of the Commander-in-Chief. Traditionally, it was attended by senior military leaders. We talked about the situation at the front. He reported that 4 thousand square kilometers were liberated from the invaders.
20:18 German Chancellor Olaf Scholz spoke with Putin on September 13. The topic of conversation was the war in Ukraine. Scholz once again called on the dictator to withdraw troops from our state. They also talked about the prisoners and the ZNPP, the food crisis.
20:00 On September 13, the Government approved the draft State Budget for 2023. Already on September 14, the document must be registered in the Verkhovna Rada. Deputies can submit their proposals until October 1. It is planned to vote in the first reading by October 20. In the State Budget:
- the projected GDP for 2023 is set at UAH 6,371.3 billion.
- GDP growth is +2.5% compared to 2022 (where the projected decline is -33.1%)
- Inflation +30%;
- The minimum wage and the cost of living remain unchanged: UAH 6,700 and 2,589
- Budget revenues – 1.28 trillion.
- Expenses – 2.57 trillion.
- Monthly deficit – 3 billion dollars or 1.29 trillion hryvnia per year.
- The exchange rate is 42 hryvnia to the dollar.
< p>19:48Odesa OVA Speaker Sergei Bratchuk announced positive news from Kherson regarding the counteroffensive.
19:30 The President met with Danish Defense Minister Morten Bedskoe and Estonian Defense Minister Hanno Pevkuru. He thanked them for the support of our state from their countries.
19:27Advisor to the mayor of Mariupol, Petr Andryushchenko, said that the Mariupol underground continues to organize resistance actions against the Russian occupation of the city. During one of them, an enemy patrol blew up on a stretch when it wanted to catch up with its participants.
19:00 On the evening of September 13, the Armed Forces of Ukraine repelled enemy attacks near 8 more settlements. The defense forces successfully repelled enemy attacks in the areas of the settlements of Zaitsevo, Odradovka, Bakhmut, Bakhmutskoye, Veselaia Dolina, Avdeevka, Bezymyanny and Novogrigorievka.
18:31Natalya Gumenyuk, head of the joint coordinating headquarters of the Yug press center, said that the possibilities of the occupiers in the South have been reduced to zero. The bridges are under the fire control of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. What the occupiers load at the crossings does not reach the other side.
18:26 President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky announced that the International Monetary Fund allocated $1.4 billion in additional support to Ukraine .
18:25 Ukrainian defenders continue to destroy the invaders and their equipment on our land. This time they landed two Russian “sushki” in two hours.
In the Kherson region, soldiers of the 160th anti-aircraft missile brigade of the Odessa air command “South” destroyed a Russian Su-24 bomber. invaders.
18:13 Another enemy agents were detained by the Security Service of Ukraine of the Nikolaev region. Their task was to track HIMARS.
17:42In the Kherson region, Russian invaders continue to attack the de-occupied territories. They fire at settlements from aircraft and artillery. We are talking about those whose de-occupation was confirmed by the General Staff.
17:31 The Mariupol City Council reported that there is a shortage of food in the occupied city. People are forced to line up in long lines for free bread. However, it is completely inedible.
17:07The SBU intercepted the conversation, where the occupier tells his wife that in the Kharkiv region they are loading their 200s and saying goodbye to their relatives. The invaders are desperate. They complain that they don't even have weapons.
16:46 Ukrainian defenders liberated three more settlements from the invaders. They were de-occupied by the 247th separate battalion of the 127th separate brigade. During a successful offensive operation, the defenders liberated the settlements of Liptsy, Glubokoe and Strelechya.
16:35Kyrylo Tymoshenko said that structural units of the Ministry of Internal Affairs are starting to work in the de-occupied territories of the Kharkiv region: the national police, pyrotechnicians of the State Emergency Service and others.
The liberated communities of Kharkiv region are already receiving the first humanitarian supplies.
As of today the number of damaged critical infrastructure and housing facilities:
- Sumy region – 2,845 objects
- Kharkiv region – 10,890 objects
- Chernihiv region – 7 274 objects.
16:30Operational command “South” reported that our units of missile forces and artillery worked out 110 fire missions in areas of concentration of manpower and military equipment, in air defense and electronic warfare units of the enemy. They also maintained fire control over crossings and logistics centers in the occupied territory.
Now, 15 enemy casualties have been confirmed. A tank, a BTR-82A, a 122-caliber howitzer, a 120-caliber mortar, and an unmanned enemy reconnaissance vehicle were destroyed.
16:21 Near Balakleya, our defenders found the remains of Su-34 RF-95808, 24 “red” from the 47th Aviation Regiment (Voronezh). The discovery can be seen in the published photos.
15:50 The Armed Forces of Ukraine have already liberated 3,800 square kilometers of Kharkiv region from Russian troops. The number of de-occupied towns and villages has reached 300.
15:35The European Commission has prepared a draft regulation to address the energy crisis in the EU. However, it does not mention setting a price limit for Russian gas or for any imported gas.
15:13 Our intelligence officers have information that living conditions for prisoners in the Yelenovka colony have been improved. This is done ahead of the UN mission's trip there, which is due to take place in the near future.
14:57 Intelligence reports that Russian invaders are urgently evacuating their families from Crimea and southern Ukraine. They resettle them in Russia.
14:41 Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Denmark, Belgium and the Netherlands do not issue tourist visas for Russians. At the same time, Italy, Spain, Greece, France, Hungary and Cyprus, in particular, keep their doors open for tourism for Russian citizens. In addition, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland from September 19 will introduce a ban on the entry of Russians with any Schengen. Exceptions will be for a limited circle of people, for example, for truckers and those who travel to Kaliningrad.
14:36 In the temporarily occupied Melitopol, three loud explosions thundered in the area of the airfield, where the occupiers set up one of the military bases.
14:29 On the afternoon of September 13 in the temporarily occupied Kherson, a series of explosions thundered. Local residents reported 10 explosions.
14:24Recommendations on security guarantees for Ukraine, developed on behalf of President Volodymyr Zelensky, were presented in Kyiv. They call for a Kyiv Security Treaty.
The proposed recommendations provide the following:
- Ukraine's strongest security guarantee is its ability to defend itself against an aggressor in accordance with Article 51 of the Charter UN. To do this, Ukraine needs resources to maintain a powerful Armed Forces capable of resisting the armed forces and other paramilitary formations of Russia.
- This requires years of stable investment in Ukraine's defense industrial base, scalable arms transfers and intelligence support from allies, intensive training missions and joint exercises under the auspices of the European Union and NATO.
- Security assurances must be affirmative and clearly articulated; they will outline a series of commitments made by the group of guarantors together with Ukraine. The guarantees should be politically and legally binding on the basis of bilateral agreements, but consolidated under a joint strategic partnership document called the Kyiv Security Treaty.
- The treaty will bring together the core group of allied countries and Ukraine. This group of guarantor states may include the United States, Great Britain, Canada, Poland, Italy, Germany, France, Australia, Turkey, as well as the countries of Northern and Baltic, Central and Eastern Europe.
- The package of guarantees contains both preventive measures of a military, financial, infrastructural, technical, informational nature to prevent new aggression, as well as measures that must be taken without delay in the event of a new encroachment on the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine. In addition, the structure of the Kyiv Security Treaty provides for a full-fledged sanctions package against the aggressor country, and may also contain additional components, such as agreements on providing Ukraine with modern air defense/missile defense systems, regional agreements on security in the Black Sea, and the like.
- Security guarantees do not replace Ukraine's desire to join NATO. This aspiration is enshrined in the Ukrainian Constitution and is a sovereign decision of Ukraine. Ukraine is also heading towards EU membership. By acquiring it, she will be able to enjoy the provisions on mutual defense. Membership in NATO and the European Union will significantly enhance Ukraine's security in the long term. The guarantees outlined today do not in any way undermine this goal, but are aimed at providing opportunities to deter an armed attack or act of aggression, and in the event of an attack, to protect sovereignty, territorial integrity and security in all circumstances.
< p>14:08 Intelligence has reported that ZNPP is not the only energy facility that an enemy state could use for nuclear terrorism. The Russians can also fire at other nuclear power plants.
13:45In the liberated Bogorodichny and Svyatogorsk, Donetsk region, stabilization measures continue. Law enforcement and intelligence agencies are looking for collaborators and restore local authorities. In addition, humanitarian assistance is being provided to local residents.
13:37 The Russian invaders are now trying to break through the defense line of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Bakhmut and Avdeevsky directions. It is there that the most tense situation is now.
13:09Mikhail Podolyak noted that the liberation of Luhansk or Donetsk would cause a domino effect and lead to political destabilization in Russia. That is why Ukraine needs more weapons.
13:13 The National Guards have published a touching video where they are met by residents of the de-occupied Kharkiv region. People said that they had been waiting for the Armed Forces of Ukraine for 200 days.
How the Ukrainian military is met in the Kharkiv region: a poignant video
13 :00 The Atlantic published a powerful article by American journalist and Pulitzer Prize winner Anne Applebaum about Ukraine's victory in the war. Against the background of the successful counter-offensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the media worker called on the world to already work out a plan of action after Kyiv's victory in the war.
12:45 President Volodymyr Zelenskyy spoke with Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi. The politicians discussed the demilitarization of the ZNPP, the situation at the front and the importance of strengthening defense cooperation.
12:18 US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken commented on the counteroffensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. He intriguingly noted that “everything is just beginning.”
12:15 According to media reports, the Ukrainian military in the Kharkiv region captured about a thousand Russian soldiers. There are officers among them.
12:02 In the occupied Energodar, the Russians launched an “advertisement” about evacuation to Russia. They call on collaborators to travel to the territory of the aggressor state. So the enemy wants to replenish the labor force in Russia.
11:06The Russian invaders left Kremennaya in the Lugansk region, and the Ukrainian partisans have already raised the blue and yellow flag and are waiting for the Armed Forces of Ukraine. At the same time, the occupiers are trying to create a defensive line in the area of the settlements of Svatovo and Troitskoye.
10:53 Near Kupyansk, the Armed Forces of Ukraine, probably for the first time, destroyed a drone that Iran provided to Russia. We are talking about a long-range kamikaze UAV Shahed-136.
10:46 A 71-year-old victim of rocket attacks on the suburbs of the Dnieper died in the hospital. Doctors fought for the life of the victim for 2 days.
10:22 The head of European diplomacy, Josep Borrell, called Foreign Minister Dmitry Kuleba to express his admiration and respect for the Armed Forces of Ukraine. He assured that EU support would continue uninterrupted. At the same time, Kuleba asked the diplomat for financial assistance for Ukraine.
10:00 Another 7 vessels left Odessa ports as part of the “grain initiative”. According to the Ministry of Infrastructure, they transport a total of 151.5 thousand tons of agricultural products.
09:57Ukrainian border guards reported that Volchansk, located under the border with Russia, was already under the control of Kyiv. The fighters published a powerful video showing the burning of the Russian tricolor and tearing down the banners of the invaders.
Volchansk is Ukraine again: a vivid video
09:30 Head of the Sumy OVA Dmitry Zhivitsky spoke about the night in the region:
- after midnight, the Russians launched 8 mines on the Esman community;
- in the morning, the enemy fired from cannon artillery on the Khotyn community.
09:16 The White House said that it is becoming difficult for Vladimir Putin to hide the scale of losses in Ukraine from the Russian population.
09:08 Since the beginning of a full-scale war in Ukraine, the Russian the army has already lost 53,300 soldiers. Over the past day, the Armed Forces of Ukraine inflicted the greatest losses on the enemy in the Kharkov and Donetsk directions. They destroyed:
- 350 fighters,
- 7 tanks,
- 22 armored fighting vehicles,
- 10 artillery systems,< /li>
- 3 air defense systems,
- aircraft,
- drone,
- 17 cruise missiles,
- 6 vehicles.
- at night, Russian shells hit the education facility in Lozova and a fire broke out there;
- during the day, the invaders massively shelled Kharkov, as well as Kharkov, Chuguevsky and Kupyansky districts;
- as a result of the actions of the Russians in Kharkov, 1 person was killed, and another 6 were injured. Also, one resident of the Izyumsky district, 2 – of the Kharkiv region, suffered. There are 2 dead in the Kupyansky district.
- Bogorodichne;
- Arrows;
- Recruitment;
- Ternovaya;
- Varvarovka;
- Izbitskoye;
- Staritsa.
- 59 soldiers;
- tank;
- 5 howitzers;
- command vehicle;
- control vehicle;
- 12 units of other armored vehicles.
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08:46 The head of the Kharkiv OVA Oleg Sinegubov told how the day passed in the Kharkiv region:
08:07 According to the General Staff, the Russian military leadership decided not to pay money to the occupiers, who are now being treated. This decision was approved in order to “improve combat readiness”.
07:53 The head of the Dnipropetrovsk OVA, Valentin Reznichenko, said that at night the Russians shelled the Nikopol region 6 times. They fired from Hurricanes, Grads and heavy artillery. 16 multi-storey and private houses, a stadium, outbuildings and gas pipelines were damaged. Fortunately, none of the local residents were hurt.
07:35 ISW analysts have established that the occupiers cannot strengthen the new front line after the liberation of the east of the Kharkiv region by Ukraine. Therefore, they simply flee from this area to the quasi-republic in the Lugansk region.
06:50Forbes calculated that during the week of the counter-offensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the Russian army lost military equipment worth $670 million.
06:32 The Ukrainian military said that during the counter-offensive in the Kharkiv region, one of the most difficult the tasks were to capture the enemy position “Moscow”. It was the left flank of the invaders, covering the entire group in Shchurovka, Novaya Gusarovka and Bayrak. The battle was fierce.
05:56The civilian population also wants to liberate their settlements from the invaders as soon as possible. So, in Kazachya Lopan, local residents themselves hung the flag of Ukraine and set fire to a Russian checkpoint while the enemy was still in the village. The resistance movement was facilitated by the headman of the village, Lyudmila Vakulenko, who did not agree to work for the invaders.
05:29 Vladimir Putin's speaker, Dmitry Peskov, cynically stated that Russia was not going to withdraw its troops from the territory of Zaporozhye NUCLEAR POWER STATION. The IAEA has previously called for this.
04:00 During the night, air raid alerts were issued in most of the southern, central, and eastern regions. During it, explosions thundered in the Nikolaev and Kharkov regions. Residents of the second region reported “arrivals” in the Lozovsky district.
03:32 The Ministry of Internal Affairs said that in a day the Ukrainian military liberated 8 settlements in the Kharkiv region from occupation. We are talking about:
Currently, a cleansing operation is underway in the de-occupied territories – disguised occupiers are being discovered. In addition, more than 40 war crimes have already been recorded there.
02:17 Over the past day, our rocket and artillery units have completed about 300 fire missions in southern Ukraine. They hit 3 areas of concentration of weapons and equipment of the enemy, 2 command posts, as well as an electronic warfare station. As a result, the Russian army lost:
01:19 Journalists asked US President Joe Biden, how he assesses the further success of the counter-offensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The politician's answer was clear and concise – he raised his thumb.
How Biden reacted to the question about the UAF counteroffensive: video
