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• The total combat losses of the enemy from 24.02.2022 to 06.09.2023 Ukraine MOD 06 Sep 2023
• Russian Missile Strike Kills At Least 17 In East Ukraine, Overshadowing Blinken Visit RFE/RL 06 Sep 2023 -- Ukrainian officials said at least 17 people were killed and many others wounded in a Russian missile strike on a busy market in the eastern city of Kostyantynivka, sparking immediate condemnation from President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, the United Nations, and Kyiv's allies.
• Breakthrough. Bridgehead. Salient. Glimmers Of Progress, And Hope, In Ukraine's Advances RFE/RL 06 Sep 2023 -- The landscape between the Ukrainian villages of Robotyne and Verbove, in Ukraine's southern Zaporizhzhya region, is open and flat, rectangular farm fields now pocked with blackened artillery craters and lined by shrapnel-shredded trees that provide spotty cover. Scratched into the fields are rows of man-made trenches, tunnels, triangular concrete blocks called dragons' teeth, and an impossible number of anti-tank and anti-soldier land mines.
• 17 Killed in Russian Attack on Shopping Area in Eastern Ukraine City VOA 06 Sep 2023 -- At least 17 people were killed and nearly three dozen more injured in a Russian assault Wednesday on the central market in the eastern Ukraine city of Kostiantynivka, Ukrainian officials reported.

Ukraine

• Zelenskyy's New Defense Minister Known as Skilled, Tough Negotiator VOA 06 Sep 2023 -- At a critical moment in Ukraine's counteroffensive, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has ordered a changing of the guard, naming Rustem Umerov as the country's new defense minister.
• Ukrainian Foreign Ministry Rebukes Putin For Latest Anti-Semitic Comments RFE/RL 06 Sep 2023 -- The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry has said the latest statements by Russian President Vladimir Putin about Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy's Jewish roots are "another manifestation of deep-rooted anti-Semitism of the Russian elites."
• Every manifestation of the world's consolidation really helps save lives - address of President of Ukraine President of Ukraine 06 Sep 2023
• Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Antony Blinken discuss further support for Ukraine President of Ukraine 06 Sep 2023
• Restrictions against Ukrainian exports now are scaling up of destruction caused by Russian terrorists - address of the President of Ukraine to participants of the Summit of the Three Seas Initiative President of Ukraine 06 Sep 2023
• No one can be left alone with war and its consequences in mind and soul - speech of President of Ukraine at third Summit of First Ladies and Gentlemen President of Ukraine 06 Sep 2023
• Security of the whole of Europe will depend on how strong cooperation between Ukraine and Denmark will be - Volodymyr Zelenskyy after meeting with Mette Frederiksen President of Ukraine 06 Sep 2023
• President on Russia's attack on Kostiantynivka: Defeating Russian terror is a joint task for everyone in the world President of Ukraine 06 Sep 2023
• Andriy Yermak communicates with director of National Security Office under President of Korea President of Ukraine 06 Sep 2023
• Take care of country, take care of our soldiers' lives - President gives epaulettes of generals to servicemen of Ukraine's defense forces, law enforcers President of Ukraine 06 Sep 2023

Russia

• Foreign Ministry statement on the grain deal Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 06 Sep 2023
• Statement by Russian Defence Ministry Russia MoD 06 Sep 2023 -- On 5 September at about 23:30 Moscow time, an attempt by the Kiev regime to carry out a terrorist attack by a fixed-wing UAV against facilities on the territory of the Russian Federation was foiled.
• Russia destroys drones in Kaluga, Moscow regions: defense ministry People's Daily 06 Sep 2023 -- Russian air defense forces have destroyed Ukrainian drones in the Kaluga and Moscow regions, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Tuesday.
• Russian air defense shots down Ukrainian drone over Bryansk region Press TV 06 Sep 2023 -- Russian Governor of the Bryansk region has said that the air defense systems defending the region successfully downed a Ukrainian drone flying over its airspace, foiling another "terrorist" attack by Kiev.
• Ukraine Loses Up to 285 Military in Donetsk Direction in Past Day Sputnik 06 Sep 2023 -- Ukraine has lost up to 285 military in the Donetsk direction over the past 24 hours, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Wednesday.
• Russia's Air Defenses Down Ukrainian Drone Over Bryansk Region Sputnik 06 Sep 2023 -- Russian air defenses have thwarted Kiev's attack by destroying a Ukrainian drone over the Navlinsky district of the Bryansk region, Governor Alexander Bogomaz said early Wednesday.
• Russian Troops Kill Up to 30 Azov Battalion Militants Near Krasny Liman Sputnik 06 Sep 2023 -- Russian troops fired at militants of Ukraine's Azov battalion* near the Serebryanskoye forestry, Alexander Savchuk, the head of the press center of Russia's Center Group of Forces, told Sputnik.

United States

• Fact Sheet on U.S. Security Assistance to Ukraine - September 06, 2023 DOD
• Biden Administration Announces Additional Security Assistance for Ukraine DoD 06 Sep 2023 -- Today, the Department of Defense (DoD) announced additional security assistance to meet Ukraine's critical security and defense needs. This announcement is the Biden Administration's forty-sixth tranche of equipment to be provided from DoD inventories for Ukraine since August 2021.
• DOD Announces $175M in Additional Security Assistance for Ukraine DoD News 06 Sep 2023 -- The Defense Department announced today an additional security assistance package valued at up to $175 million to help Ukraine counter Russia's unprovoked invasion.
• Blinken visits Ukraine, says Washington ready to fund war to 'last Ukrainian' Press TV 06 Sep 2023 -- US Secretary of State Antony Blinken says Kiev needs a "strong deterrent" in its war with Russia, stressing that the United States is ready to fund the ex-Soviet republic to "the last Ukrainian."
• Top U.S. Diplomat Arrives In Kyiv Just Hours After Russian Air Attacks RFE/RL 06 Sep 2023 -- U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken has met with top Ukrainian officials in an unannounced trip to Kyiv as he pledged U.S. support for Ukraine's ongoing counteroffensive and "what it needs for the long term."
• Blinken Meets With Danish Prime Minister on Way to Kiev to Discuss F-16s Sputnik 06 Sep 2023 -- US Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen on Wednesday on his way to Kiev to thank the country for donating F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine, the State Department said.
• Blinken Overnights in Kyiv Amid Russian Airstrikes VOA 06 Sep 2023 -- U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is in Kyiv on an unannounced two-day visit, his fourth to Ukraine since Russia invaded the country in February 2022. It is the first time he and his entourage are spending the night in the country.
• Secretary Blinken's Travel to Ukraine US Dept. of State 06 Sep 2023 -- Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken visited Kyiv on September 6, where he met with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal, and Minister of Foreign Affairs Dmytro Kuleba to underscore unwavering U.S. support for Ukraine's defense of its sovereign territory and the people of Ukraine against Russia's ongoing aggression.
• Secretary Antony J. Blinken and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy Before Their Meeting US Dept. of State 06 Sep 2023
• Secretary Antony J. Blinken at a Meet and Greet with Embassy Kyiv US Dept. of State 06 Sep 2023
• Secretary Antony J. Blinken and Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal Before Their Meeting US Dept. of State 06 Sep 2023
• Secretary Blinken's Meeting with Ukrainian Prime Minister Shmyhal US Dept. of State 06 Sep 2023
• Secretary Antony J. Blinken And Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba Before Their Meeting US Dept. of State 06 Sep 2023
• Secretary Antony J. Blinken and Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba at a Joint Press Availability US Dept. of State 06 Sep 2023
• Secretary Blinken's Travel to Ukraine US Dept. of State 06 Sep 2023

NATO

United Nations

• Every attack etches lasting wounds deeper into the collective mental wellbeing of Ukraine's children UNICEF 06 Sep 2023 -- "Once again, Ukraine's children have today been subjected to another horrific attack. This time, a market area in Kostiantynivka, in the Donetsk region of eastern Ukraine, has come under fire during the middle of the day. There are reports of at least one child among those killed. The number of casualties is likely to rise. In Zaporizhizhia, a school and homes were reportedly damaged in further attacks.
• Ukraine: Latest Russian attack 'another example' of civilian suffering UN News 06 Sep 2023 -- The top UN humanitarian official in Ukraine on Wednesday strongly condemned Russian attacks, including on a busy market in the town of Kostiantynivka in the Donetsk region, that reportedly caused dozens of civilian deaths and injuries, including children.

Foreign Reactions

• Russia/Ukraine: Statement by the Spokesperson on continued atrocities and attacks on civilian targets European External Action Service (EEAS) 06 Sep 2023 -- Russia continues terrorising Ukraine's civilian population. Today's heinous and barbaric missile attack on a market area in Kostyantynivka in Donetsk region killed at least 16 people, including a child and injured dozens others.
• Comment by Foreign Minister Margus Tsahkna on the suspected drone debris found on Romanian territory Estonia MFA 06 Sep 2023
• UK Confirms Challenger 2 Tank's Destruction, Says Not Planning to Send Replacement Sputnik 06 Sep 2023 -- UK Defense Secretary Grant Shapps confirmed on Wednesday that a UK Challenger 2 battle tank had been destroyed by Russian forces in the military operation zone, adding that London is not going to send a new tank as a replacement.

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