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• The total combat losses of the enemy from 24.02 to 07.09 Ukraine MOD 07 Sep 2022
• Ukraine Claims 'Some Success' In Counteroffensive, Putin Defends Invasion As Necessary RFE/RL 07 Sep 2022 -- Ukraine's military says private mercenary forces fighting for Russia are suffering especially high casualty rates as battles rage in the northeast of the country around Kharkiv.
• Ukraine Takes Credit For Missile Strikes On Russian Military Bases In Crimea RFE/RL 07 Sep 2022 -- The Ukrainian military has for the first time admitted that it carried out missile strikes that hit Russian military bases in Crimea.
• Zelenskiy Confirms Recapture Of Towns In Northeast As Referendum Rescheduled In Occupied Southern Regions RFE/RL 07 Sep 2022 -- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy says Ukrainian troops have recaptured several settlements in the Kharkiv region in the country's northeast.
• Ukraine Urges Residents Near Nuclear Plant to Evacuate VOA 07 Sep 2022 -- Ukraine on Wednesday urged residents living in Russian-occupied areas near the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant to flee for their own safety.

Ukraine

• Head of State made a decision to terminate the Ukrainian citizenship of persons subject to sanctions whose foreign citizenship was exposed President of Ukraine 07 Sep 2022
• This week we have good news from the Kharkiv region; I think every citizen feels proud of our warriors - address by the President of Ukraine President of Ukraine 07 Sep 2022
• Military intelligence of Ukraine is one of the most professional in the world, intelligence officers prove it every day in battles for our state - Volodymyr Zelenskyy President of Ukraine 07 Sep 2022
• Ukraine Says Shutdown Eyed For Nuclear Plant, Seeks Peacekeepers After IAEA Report RFE/RL 07 Sep 2022 -- Ukrainian nuclear operator Enerhoatom has said that officials are considering the possibility of shutting down the Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant in war-torn southeastern Ukraine, and they further suggested deploying a possible peacekeeping contingent there.
• VOA Interview: Ukraine Security Chief on What's at Stake at Nuclear Plant VOA 07 Sep 2022 -- Oleksiy Danilov, the secretary of Ukraine's National Security and Defense Council, voiced frustration that Russia remains in control of his nation's Zaporizhzhia nuclear power station in an interview with VOA's Ukrainian Service. He also warned of the risk of a nuclear catastrophe similar to the Chernobyl nuclear accident in April 1986 that killed dozens of people and forced more than 100,000 to evacuate their homes.

Russia

• Putin Hints At 'Changing Routes' For Ukrainian Grain Exports, Warns Of Food 'Catastrophe' RFE/RL 07 Sep 2022 -- Russian President Vladimir Putin has criticized grain exports from Ukraine under a UN-brokered deal, claiming that they are failing to reach poorer countries as intended, and he warned that the current food crisis could intensify into a "humanitarian catastrophe."
• Putin: Ukraine Threatens Nuclear Security by Shelling Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant Sputnik 07 Sep 2022 -- The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) released a report on Tuesday on the security situation at the massive Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant, summarizing "preliminary nuclear safety and security findings" from an expert mission.

United States

• Contact Group Meeting Signals Long-Term Support for Ukraine DoD News 07 Sep 2022 -- The meeting of the Ukraine Defense Contact Group tomorrow will signal to Russian President Vladimir V. Putin that nations around the world are ready to support Ukraine for the long haul, senior defense officials told reporters traveling with Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III today.

NATO

United Nations

• Update 99 - IAEA Director General Statement on Situation in Ukraine IAEA 07 Sep 2022 -- Renewed shelling has damaged a back-up power line between Ukraine's Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) and a nearby thermal power station, further underlining significant nuclear safety risks at the facility, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) learnt at the site.
• UN Security Council: IAEA Grossi Calls for Establishment of Nuclear Safety and Security Protection Zone at Zaporizhzhya NPP IAEA 07 Sep 2022 -- The establishment of a Nuclear Safety and Security Protection Zone at the Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) in Ukraine is urgently needed to ensure that the physical integrity of the plant is not compromised, Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi told the UN Security Council yesterday. Zaporizhzya NPP has been controlled by Russian forces since March but is operated by its Ukrainian staff.
• IAEA: Grossi Launches Consultations on Protection Zone at Zaporozhye NPP Sputnik 07 Sep 2022 -- Rafael Grossi, the director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), has begun consultations on the establishment of a nuclear safety and security protection zone at the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant (ZNPP) due to multiple shelling of the facility, the IAEA said on Wednesday.
• Security Council hears top concerns of displacement, global security and civilians in Ukraine UN News 07 Sep 2022 -- As the war in Ukraine "continues to rage," the UN political and peacebuilding chief updated the Security Council, saying on Wednesday that 5,718 people have been killed, including 372 children.
• UN Concerned by Russia's 'Filtration' of Ukrainian Civilians VOA 07 Sep 2022 -- A senior U.N. human rights official said Wednesday that her office has verified that Russian soldiers and affiliated groups subject Ukrainian civilians to an invasive process called "filtration," and called for access to those being detained by Russia.
• IAEA calls for safety zone around Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant People's Daily 07 Sep 2022 -- The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) on Tuesday called for establishing a "nuclear safety and security protection zone" around the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in Ukraine, whose safety has raised international concerns amid recent shelling.

Foreign Reactions

• Belgium announces priorities as FSC Chair amidst Russia's war against Ukraine OSCE 07 Sep 2022 -- The OSCE Forum for Security Co-operation remains the forum in which to discuss security issues, despite Russia's ongoing war against Ukraine emphasised Deputy Permanent Representative Fiel Vanthemsche as he outlined Belgium's priorities as FSC Chair during today's opening session.
• European Commission proposes second €5 billion tranche of macro-financial assistance to Ukraine European Commission 07 Sep 2022 -- The European Commission has today proposed a further €5 billion in macro-financial assistance (MFA) loans to Ukraine as the second part of the exceptional MFA package of up to €9 billion announced in the Commission's communication of 18 May 2022 and endorsed by the European Council of 23-24 June 2022
• Ministry of the Interior assesses situation of Ukrainians who have fled war: One in three Ukrainians wants to stay in Finland while many are uncertain about the future Finnish Government 07 Sep 2022 -- In June-July, the Ministry of the Interior conducted an online survey to assess the situation and need for different services of Ukrainians who have fled to Finland. A total of 2,136 people responded to the survey.
• Germany Has Reached Limit in Weapons Supplies to Kiev, Defense Minister Says Sputnik 07 Sep 2022 -- Germany has given "unbelievably a lot" of weapons to Ukraine from its reserves, but reached its limit and is now trying other ways to support Kiev, Defense Minister Christine Lambrecht said on Wednesday.
• Emerging evidence of further potential Russian violations and abuses of international law in Ukraine: UK statement at UN Security Council UK FCDO 07 Sep 2022 -- Statement by Ambassador Barbara Woodward at the Security Council briefing on Ukraine
• Russia has yet to achieve any of its strategic objectives in Ukraine: UK statement to the OSCE UK FCDO 07 Sep 2022 -- UK Ambassador Bush thanks Belgium as incoming Forum for Security Co-operation chair for their planned focus on Russia's unprovoked, premeditated and barbaric attack on Ukraine.

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