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Sweden will provide Ukraine with “some important and valuable tools” needed by Ukrainian defenders on the front line. Defense Minister Oleksiy Reznikov announced on Twitter, Ukrinform reports. “Great news of a new military assistance package from Sweden, which my friend and colleague, Minister for Defence Peter Hultqvist, confirmed today,” he wrote. Without revealing details, he noted that Ukrainian troops on the front line would be provided with "some important and valuable tools." As reported by Ukrinform, Denmark’s draft budget for the next year lists Ukraine as a top-priority recipient of financial and military assistance. iy

U.S. President Joe Biden's administration will soon announce additional security assistance for Ukraine. White House national security spokesman John Kirby said this on Wednesday, August 31, according to an Ukrinform correspondent. "There will be announcements of future security assistance in coming days," he said. Read also: Pentagon places order to produce NASAMS for Ukraine On August 24, Biden said that Washington was sending almost $3 billion in new military aid to Ukraine. The total amount of U.S. assistance to Ukraine has reached about $13 billion since the Russian invasion began in late February.

The Ukrainian military has killed 201 Russian invaders and destroyed 12 T-72 tanks, 18 armored and motor vehicles and six ammunition depots on the southern axis over the past 24 hours. Ukraine's Operational Command South said this in a Facebook post, Ukrinform reports. "The situation in our operational area remains difficult, but it is controlled by the defense forces. Enemy forces continue to conduct hostilities without significant changes in the composition and position of their units. In order to protect themselves from the actions of our units, they remotely mine routes leading to their positions," the report said. It added…

President Volodymyr Zelensky held a meeting of the Staff of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief. “I held a meeting of the Staff of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief. All relevant leaders were there: Zaluzhny, Monastyrskyi, Budanov, Maliuk, Danilov and others. I think it is obvious what issues we considered. The military reported on the situation on the frontline, on the development of the situation. I will not reveal the details now. I will say only one thing: on behalf of our intelligence, I want to thank all our people who support us very strongly in the south of our country, and especially in Crimea.…

On August 31, the Russian military attacked three districts of Dnipropetrovsk region. "During the day, the aggressor has been striking Kryvyi Rih, Synelnykove, and Nikopol districts of Dnipropetrovsk region. A boy died due to careless handling of munitions," the Dnipropetrovsk Regional Military Administration posted on Telegram. Zelenodolsk community in Kryvyi Rih district came under enemy attack, a residential building was damaged. People were not injured. In Synelnykove district, the enemy hit Velykomykhaylivka community. In Nikopol district, Nikopol town and Chervonohryhorivka community were struck. No casualties have been reported so far. The information about the destruction is being clarified. As reported,…

The territory of the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) should be demilitarized after an upcoming visit by a team of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). According to Ukrinform, Ukraine's National Nuclear Energy Generating Company Energoatom said this on Telegram. Energoatom also noted that Russian troops and equipment and Rosatom employees should leave the plant. The Zaporizhia NPP must return to Ukraine's control. The staff of Energoatom and ZNPP support the mission and will make every effort to prevent the Russians from hiding the facts of nuclear terrorism and violations of nuclear safety at Europe's largest nuclear power plant, the…

The reputation of Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation Sergei Shoigu among the soldiers and officers of the Russian army is at an extremely low level. The UK Ministry of Defense said this in its latest intelligence update on the situation in Ukraine, Ukrinform reports. “Recent independent Russian media reports have claimed that due to the problems Russia is facing in its war against Ukraine, Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu is now being side-lined within the Russian leadership, with operational commanders briefing President Putin directly on the course of the war,” the report says. According to the British ministry,…

In the evening of August 28, 2022, Russian aircrafts entered the air space of the Republic of Belarus from Russia and fired at least five missile strikes at the territory of Ukraine. The relevant statement was made by the Belaruski Hajun monitoring team on Telegram, an Ukrinform correspondent reports. At 07:14 p.m., at least five Russian aircrafts, including Tu-22M bombers, came from Russia via Mstsislaw, Mogilev Region. Then, the Russian aviation flew via Rahachow to Akciabrski District, Gomel Region. The first missile was launched at 07:29 p.m. over Akciabrski District in the south-western direction. After that missiles were fired every…

Loud explosions and gunfire were heard in Melitopol, a southern Ukrainian city temporarily occupied by Russian forces. Melitopol Mayor Ivan Fedorov said this in a Telegram post, Ukrinform reports. "Right now, enemy gunfire and explosions [are being heard] in the northern part of Melitopol, near vocational school No. 24. They are so loud that they can be heard even in the neighboring villages of Tambovka and Myrne," Fedorov wrote. He noted that, according to preliminary reports, the enemy has been unsuccessfully trying to shoot down a Ukrainian drone for 30 minutes. Earlier reports said that one of the largest enemy…

In the captured City of Mariupol, the Russians are hastily "reconstructing" the Drama Theater, which they bombed in March, in order to hide the traces of their crime. That’s according to Petro Andriushchenko, an advisor to the city mayor, Ukrinform reports. "The occupiers are hiding their own war crime – the mass murder of about 600 civilians in the Mariupol Drama Theater. They are in a hurry to eliminate all traces and evidence through the ‘reconstruction,’” the mayor's advisor wrote. Read also: Russia to run fake story on Mariupol Drama Theater bombing - intelligence He noted that the invaders explained…