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Finnish President Alexander Stubb announced on Tuesday, September 2, that progress had been made on security guarantees for Ukraine, but added that a peace agreement must be reached before such measures could be implemented. This was reported by Reuters, according to Ukrinform. "We need to coordinate the security arrangements with the United States, which essentially will provide the backstop for this ... We're focusing on these issues with our chiefs of defence, which are drawing the concrete plans of what this type of operation might look like. We're making progress on this, and hopefully we'll get a solution soon," Stubb…

A fragment of an enemy aerial target was found in central Kyiv, in the Holosiivskyi district. This was reported by Kyiv Mayor Vitaliy Klytschko on Telegram, according to Ukrinform. “According to preliminary information, a fragment of an aerial target was found in the Holosiivskyi district, on one of the streets in the city center. There is no damage to nearby buildings,” Klytschko wrote. He noted that emergency services are working at the site. Read also: Two women killed in Russian shelling of Kupiansk As reported, fragments of a downed enemy drone were found on the territory of a kindergarten in…

Two women were killed in Russian shelling in Kupiansk on September 2. This was reported by the Main Directorate of the National Police in the Kharkiv region, according to Ukrinform. It is noted that the son of one of the women called the 102 hotline today with this information. The police added that they died on the spot from their injuries. Investigators opened a criminal case under Part 2 of Article 438 (war crimes) of the Criminal Code of Ukraine. Read also: Large fire breaks out in Sumy following drone attack, child among injured As reported, on August 31, a…

The Russian military launched an artillery strike on the village of Zelenivka in the Kherson region, wounding a woman. According to Ukrinform, this was reported by the Kherson Regional Military Administration. “The Russian military launched an artillery strike on Zelenivka,” the report said. It is noted that a 38-year-old resident who was at home was injured as a result of the attack. She suffered an explosive injury and a broken arm. The victim was taken to the hospital for medical assistance. Read also: Russian army loses nearly 73 artillery divisions in August - Ministry of Defense As reported by Ukrinform,…

In its first month of operation, the DOT-Chain Defence system has delivered 5,600 drones to Ukraine’s frontlines, totaling UAH 216 million. Ukrinform reports this citing Defense Minister Denys Shmyhal on Telegram. “Through DOT-Chain Defence, combat brigades can directly order various types of UAVs. Currently, 12 brigades are participating in the project on the Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia, Kherson, and Kharkiv fronts,” Shmyhal said. He added that military personnel have praised the platform’s convenience and speed, which allow them to select drones themselves and receive them in days rather than months. Since the first order on July 31, the system has demonstrated several…

Russian forces carried out two targeted FPV drone strikes on civilian infrastructure in the town of Kostiantynivka, Donetsk region, wounding three municipal workers and damaging equipment. Serhii Horbunov, Head of the Kostiantynivka Town Military Administration, reported the attack on Facebook, Ukrinform writes. “On September 2, Russian troops conducted two targeted strikes on the town’s civilian infrastructure using strike FPV drones. The first attack occurred shortly after 7:00, when an enemy drone hit a municipal enterprise bus transporting workers to their jobs. As a result, three civilians were injured,” Horbunov said. The wounded were immediately taken to a hospital in Druzhkivka.…

Around 2,000 North Korean troops sent to Russia to fight in the war against Ukraine have been killed, according to estimates from South Korea’s National Intelligence Service (NIS). The figures were disclosed during a closed-door briefing to the parliamentary intelligence committee, Ukrinform reports, citing Yonhap. “North Korea revealed it sustained around 350 deaths in the first and second rounds of deployment, while the NIS reported at least 600 deaths in a briefing to the parliamentary intelligence committee in April," lawmaker Lee Sung-kwon told reporters, noting that the NIS has increased its estimate of the death toll to 2,000 after a…

The Defense Forces of Ukraine have liberated the settlement of Udachne in Donetsk region, driving out Russian troops and raising the Ukrainian flag over the community. The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine shared a video of the operation on Facebook, Ukrinform reports. "Clearing the settlement of Udachne in Donetsk region and raising the flag. Pokrovsk direction," the statement reads. Read also: General Staff: Russia’s spring–summer military campaign in Ukraine ends in failure Earlier, assault units of the 425th Skelia Regiment recaptured the settlement of Novoekonomichne in Donetsk region, where they also raised the national. Illustrative photo

In the Kharkiv region, three civilians were injured and four fires broke out as a result of Russian shelling over the past day. This was reported by the Main Directorate of the National Police in the Kharkiv region on Telegram, according to Ukrinform. “In the Izium district, a UAV strike caused a fire. A private house was damaged. A woman born in 1960 was injured. On the road between the villages of Vyshnivka and Husynka, an FPV drone hit a bus. A 61-year-old driver was injured,” the report said. Also, on the Kupiansk-Kharkiv highway, a UAV hit a Renault car,…

The Russian army lost 1,304 artillery systems in the war against Ukraine in August, which is roughly equivalent to nearly 73 artillery divisions. This was reported by the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, according to Ukrinform. “Throughout August, the enemy tried to put pressure on the Ukrainian defense in various areas of the front, sacrificing a large number of its infantry. As a result, on August 31, the Russian army suffered 28,790 personnel losses, including fatalities and casualties. This is equivalent to more than two divisions,” the report said. In addition, according to information from the General Staff of the…