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• The total combat losses of the enemy from 24.02.2022 to 08.09.2023 Ukraine MOD 08 Sep 2023
• Russian Forces Shell Several Ukrainian Regions; Kyiv Claims Successes Near Bakhmut RFE/RL 08 Sep 2023 -- At least four people were killed and dozens of others wounded in Russian attacks across Ukraine on September 8, as Kyiv claimed "partial success" near the battle-scarred city of Bakhmut.
• Russian Missile Strike Hits Zelenskyy's Hometown, Killing One Police Officer VOA 08 Sep 2023 -- A Russian missile strike hit the central Ukraine town of Kryvyi Rih, killing a police officer and wounding dozens more, Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko said. Kryvyi Rih is Ukrainian President Volodomyr Zelenskyy's hometown.

Ukraine

• Kyiv Decries Russia's Elections In Occupied Ukrainian Territories As 'Fake' RFE/RL 08 Sep 2023 -- Russian authorities are holding local elections in occupied parts of Ukraine in an effort to tighten their grip on territories Moscow illegally annexed a year ago in a vote Kyiv and the West have condemned as "fake" and a "propaganda exercise."
• Zelenskiy Says Slower Arms Shipments Are Hurting Counteroffensive RFE/RL 08 Sep 2023 -- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy says that "slower" arms shipments from Western countries are threatening the counteroffensive and called for a renewed drive to impose further sanctions on Moscow.
• Kolomoyskiy Arrest Seen As A 'Key Test' Of Zelenskiy's Anti-Corruption Campaign RFE/RL 08 Sep 2023 -- For right or wrong, Ukrainian tycoon Ihor Kolomoyskiy has come to epitomize for many in Washington and Brussels the endemic corruption that has held Ukraine back economically and politically since its independence more than three decades ago.
• Ukraine Reacts Angrily To Revelation That Musk Blocked Attack On Russia's Black Sea Fleet RFE/RL 08 Sep 2023 -- Tech billionaire Elon Musk says he prevented a Ukrainian attack on a Russian Navy base last year by declining Kyiv's request to activate Internet access in the Black Sea near Moscow-annexed Crimea.
• Oleksiy Kuleba meets with delegation of deputies of France's National Assembly President of Ukraine 08 Sep 2023
• Ukraine is becoming an influential state, and sports must be an integral part of this influence - President at meeting with students of sports educational institutions President of Ukraine 08 Sep 2023
• Ukrainian Peace Formula is not just about ending the war, but about preventing wars in the future - Andriy Yermak at the Yalta European Strategy meeting President of Ukraine 08 Sep 2023
• The world's sanctions offensive must resume - address of President of Ukraine President of Ukraine 08 Sep 2023
• President: Engaging as many countries as possible in the implementation of the Ukrainian Peace Formula will cause real isolation of Russia President of Ukraine 08 Sep 2023
• Volodymyr Zelenskyy: Ukraine's steps in the counteroffensive are probably faster than new sanctions packages today President of Ukraine 08 Sep 2023
• For many in the world, Ukraine is now a personal moral choice - President's speech at the Yalta European Strategy Forum President of Ukraine 08 Sep 2023
• Oleksiy Kuleba met with the newly appointed Head of Cooperation Programs of the EU Delegation to Ukraine President of Ukraine 08 Sep 2023
• Representatives of the President's Office told German parliamentarians about Ukrainian children abducted by Russia in the framework of the Bring Kids Back UA project presentation President of Ukraine 08 Sep 2023
• Andriy Yermak and Michael McFaul talked to students of the Institute of International Relations of Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv President of Ukraine 08 Sep 2023

Russia

• Video address on the occasion of the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Donbass President of Russia 08 Sep 2023
• Russian Forces Eliminate Ukrainian Reconnaissance Unit in Donbass Sputnik 08 Sep 2023 -- Russian armed forces have eliminated a Ukrainian reconnaissance unit in the South Donetsk direction, taking one of the enemy soldiers prisoner, spokesman for Russia's Vostok troops grouping Oleg Chekhov told Sputnik.
• Blinken's Remarks on Success of Kiev's Counteroffensive 'Fiction' - Zaporozhye Official Sputnik 08 Sep 2023 -- US Secretary of State Antony Blinken's remarks about the success of the Ukrainian counteroffensive are nothing but false claims, while Kiev is succeeding only in wasting the lives of its citizens, Vladimir Rogov, a senior official of the Zaporozhye regional administration, told Sputnik on Friday.
• Russian Embassy Blasts US for 'Meddling' in Domestic Affairs Ahead of Elections in New Regions Sputnik 08 Sep 2023 -- The Russian Embassy in the United States on Thursday blasted Washington's recent statements about the legitimacy of elections in Russia's new regions as interference in its internal affairs.

United States

• US to pour another $600 million worth of weapons into Ukraine war Press TV 08 Sep 2023 -- The United States has announced that it will provide an additional $600 in weapons aid for Ukraine, deepening its involvement in the war in defiance of repeated warnings by Russia.

NATO

United Nations

• Update 182 - IAEA Director General Statement on Situation in Ukraine IAEA 08 Sep 2023 -- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) experts based at Ukraine's Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) have reported hearing numerous explosions over the past week, in a possible sign of increased military activity in the region that could also pose a potential threat to nuclear safety and security at the site, Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi said today.
• Education on Hold: Almost half of school-aged refugee children from Ukraine missing out on formal education UNHCR 08 Sep 2023 -- As the new school year commences across Europe, UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is warning that refugee children and youth from Ukraine now face their third year of disrupted education, following the full-scale invasion in February 2022.
• No legal grounds for Russian 'so-called elections' in occupied Ukraine: UN official UN News 08 Sep 2023 -- The so-called elections held by Russia in occupied areas of Ukraine "have no legal grounds", a senior political affairs official said on Friday, reiterating UN's commitment to the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine.
• UN Offers Incentives for Russia's Return to Black Sea Grain Deal VOA 08 Sep 2023 -- U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres told Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in a letter last month that Russia would be eligible to apply for membership and access to the SWIFT banking system for food and fertilizer transactions.
• UN: 'Elections' in Russian-Occupied Areas of Ukraine Have 'No Legal Ground' VOA 08 Sep 2023 -- The United Nations expressed concern Friday over Russia's holding of "elections" in areas of Ukraine currently under Moscow's military control and condemned any actions that could further heighten tensions.

Foreign Reactions

• Human rights violations in Ukraine : EU sanctions six individuals under Global Sanctions Regime EC/CEU 08 Sep 2023 -- The Council decided today to impose restrictive measures on six individuals responsible for serious human rights violations in the Russian Federation and in the territories of Ukraine that Russia has temporarily occupied, including violations of freedom of opinion and expression.
• EU Statement -- UN Security Council: Maintenance of Peace and Security of Ukraine European External Action Service (EEAS) 08 Sep 2023 -- Statement on behalf of the European Union delivered by H.E. Ambassador Olof Skoog, Delegation of the European Union to the United Nations, on Maintenance of Peace and Security of Ukraine
• New EU project on competition and state aid in Ukraine: kick off event outlines main results to achieve European External Action Service (EEAS) 08 Sep 2023 -- On September 8, a new EU-funded "Competition and State Aid Rules Alignment with EU Acquis" (COMPASA) Project was officially launched to bolster competition and State aid regulations in Ukraine. This three-year initiative will help the Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine (AMCU) to align Ukraine's legal framework with the EU standards.
• The Kremlin has pre-determined the results of sham elections across sovereign Ukrainian territory: UK statement at the Security Council UK FCDO 08 Sep 2023 -- Statement by Ambassador Barbara Woodward at the UN Security Council meeting on Ukraine.
• Russia's illegitimate "elections" convince nobody: UK Statement to the OSCE UK FCDO 08 Sep 2023 -- Ambassador Neil Holland says that Russia is using violence and aggression to try and rewrite the rules, redraw borders and ignore the will of the Ukrainian people.
• Sending Taurus missiles to Ukraine can't be done 'quickly': Germany Press TV 08 Sep 2023 -- Germany has reportedly held back on supplying Ukraine with long-range Taurus cruise missiles, saying that the delivery of the weapon is "not something that can be done quickly."
• German Foreign Minister Says Taurus Missile Deliveries to Kiev Challenging Sputnik 08 Sep 2023 -- German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock said on Friday that the supply of long-range Taurus cruise missiles to Ukraine is challenging as it takes time to agree on every detail.

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