Timeline of war: day 198 of russia's war in Ukraine
Key events of the day
Successes of the Ukrainian Armed Forces
📌 Now it's official: the Armed Forces of Ukraine released Balaklia! In total, the Ukrainian military has already de-occupied more than 20 settlements in the Kharkiv region.
In three days, the Ukrainian military advanced almost 50 km in the Kharkiv direction!
📌 The counteroffensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine is still in the early stages, but progress is steady, said American General Mark Milley. He noted that Ukrainians carry out very targeted offensive attacks. He added that the Armed Forces hit about 400 targets with the help of HIMARS.
📌 The Ukrainian military can liberate Kupiansk in the Kharkiv region within the next 72 hours, the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) believes. The loss of the city and other areas of the enemy's rear will not allow russia to conduct offensive operations and defend itself.
🇺🇦 Not even 12 hours have passed since that statement, as ours is already near Kupiansk! Also, the Armed Forces of Ukraine blew up the bridge across Oskol, thus cutting off the russists in Kupiansk from the possibility of receiving reinforcements.
🇺🇦 Volokhiv Yar, the Kharkiv region, was also liberated from the russian occupiers by the Ukrainian military. The National Guard published a video of the Ukrainian flag being raised over the village.
📌 Military experts compare the actions of the Armed Forces with the strategy developed by Israel — the cascade destruction of defenses. When the offensive is carried out practically on the shoulders of the fleeing enemy. The speed of the offensive is such that the enemy does not have time to stop somewhere and build a new line of defense. This is how the Armed Forces of Ukraine are currently operating.
📌 During the 10 days of the counteroffensive, the Ukrainian Armed Forces issued tickets "to the Kobzon concert" to more than four thousand occupiers.
📌 Since February 24, Ukraine has captured 257 enemy tanks. In other words, the russians "gifted" to the Armed Forces almost half of the number of tanks that Ukraine received from its partners since the beginning of the full-scale war.
📌 Over the past day, our aviation struck 6, and missile and artillery units — 266 times. 3 Uragan multiple rocket systems, 6 artillery installations, a T-72 tank, and 6 units of armored vehicles were destroyed. As well as 6 warehouses of BC, 2 bases and the headquarters of the russists.
📌 And in Vasylivka, Zaporizhzhia region, the Armed Forces of Ukraine destroyed the Moskva-1 EW complex worth $57 million. "Following the ship" set off the enemy barges in Hola Prystan, the Kherson region.
📌 The Ukrainian military captured another valuable trophy — the occupiers' R-149AKSH-1 command and staff vehicle. Its task is establishing communication through closed Internet channels and carrying out topographic references through various satellite systems. Now, this P-149AKSH-1 will work against the invaders.
🇺🇦 Ukrainian defenders raised our flag over Blahodativka, the Kherson Region. Vysokopilla was also liberated. And judging by the photo above, Chkalovske, the Kharkiv region, has also returned home!
📌 "Over 1000 sq. km freed from the occupier in the last few days. It is very difficult for us, but we are moving forward. We are grateful to fellow citizens who are helping and waiting for us," said the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Valerii Zaluzhnyi. And we are grateful to the Ukrainian Armed Forces!
📌 Chief Directorate of Intelligence informs: The population of so-called Transnistria refuses to sign contracts with the russian army, and there is mass desertion in the "operational group of troops."
📌 Meanwhile, the russian federation began to withdraw military equipment from occupied Mariupol. Even the one that was dug up before. The equipment is moving towards Berdyansk.
📌 And this is a captured russian general shamefully kneeling in front of Ukrainian infantry. This historical photo will be symbolic until the end of the war and until the end of russia's existence.
russia's attacks
📌 Defense Minister of Ukraine Reznikov presented NATO Secretary General with a fragment of a russian missile aimed at Kyiv.
📌 At night, the occupiers shelled the Saltiv district of Kharkiv. One of the higher education institutions was damaged. Chuhuiv region also suffered. One woman died. In total, in one day, 4 civilians were killed and 10 wounded in the Kharkiv region.
📌 In the afternoon, russian troops shelled Kharkiv for the second time. Kindergarten was hit. 14 people were injured, three of them are children. Children's house of creativity, a school, and a sports infrastructure facility were also shelled. Kharkiv has been under russian shelling for 198 days.
📌 The enemy once again shelled Nikopol from barrel artillery. Mutilated country houses, farm buildings, and cars. There are no casualties among the civilian population.
📌 There is unrest in the Sumy region in the Krasnopil and Velikopysariv communities. At night, for about 2 hours, the russians fired mortars — 8 attacks, fortunately, without victims and destruction.
📌 In the Mykolaiv region, the Shevchenkivska, Shirokivska, Inhulska and Bashtanska communities were under fire. There were no casualties, but two communities were cut off due to the shelling.
📌 In Zaporizhzhia, 5 settlements of the Polohiv district came under fire. A woman was killed due to shelling in Orihiv.
📌 On September 8, the russians killed 9 civilians of the Donetsk region: 5 in Bakhmut, 2 in Zaitsevo, 1 in New York, and 1 in Fedorivka. Another 23 people were injured.
📌 In the Kherson region, russists use the residents of the village of Velyka Oleksandrivka as "human shields." The village is currently closed for entry and exit.
📌 At noon, the occupiers carried out an airstrike on a hospital in the Sumy region, Velykopysariv community. People were injured, and the details of the event are being established.
📌 In Melitopol, the occupiers turned 5 schools into military bases and barracks. And to block Ukrainian distance learning, the occupiers are carrying out hacker attacks on educational sites in Melitopol.
📌 Remains of people tortured by russists continue to be found in the Kyiv region. In the village of Moschun, on a plot of land near the forest, the police found a skull sprinkled with earth. It has damage that may indicate that the person was executed.
📌 A ship of the Romanian Navy hit a drifting mine in the Black Sea, which it tried to neutralize during bad weather. Since February 24, Turkey, Romania, Bulgaria, and Ukraine have destroyed 28 mines of the russian federation.
📌 In the Kherson region, an agent of the russian federation tried to commit sabotage by detonating ammunition of the Armed Forces. The occupiers promised their accomplice a "reward" of UAH 30,000 for committing sabotage. "30 pieces of silver" did not bring happiness to the traitor. The SSU exposed a russian agent.
Life in the conditions of war
📌 In honor of the 100,000th passenger of the "Stefania" train, the station in Kalush got a stylish pink panama, which has already become legendary thanks to the "Kalush" band.
📌 For kindergartens in Zhytomyr, an algorithm of actions during air alarm signals was developed. They conducted training and briefings with the employees of the institutions and worked out evacuation plans and traffic routes for each age group separately.
📌 A bear from the Donetsk region was delivered to the "Domazhyr" bear shelter in the Lviv region. He was abandoned in a private house in the city of Bakhmut, where hostilities are currently ongoing. The bear was named "Bahmut."
Solutions for the victory
Foreign partners assistance
💡 The Estonian combat robot "TheMIS" was presented in Kyiv. Its purpose is to take wounded soldiers out of shelling. The platform is equipped with cameras that detect dangerous areas without risking the lives of military personnel.
💡 The historical event took place in the Zhytomyr region. In the border town of Ovruch, Estonia will build a modular kindergarten for Ukrainian children. Today it is the first object in Ukraine that will be rebuilt with the help of financing from the Government of a foreign state.
💡 The Pentagon disclosed the details of a new $675 million aid package to Ukraine. It included:
- additional ammunition for HIMARS;
- four 105-mm howitzers and 36,000 105-mm artillery shells;
- additional high-speed anti-radar missiles (HARM);
- 100 armored high-mobility multipurpose wheeled vehicles (HMMWV);
- 1.5 million cartridges for small arms;
- more than 5,000 anti-tank systems;
- 1,000 155-mm RAAM shells*;
- additional grenade launchers and small arms, as well as night vision devices and other field equipment;
- 50 armored medical vehicles.
💡 According to the head of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, the European Union will be able to abandon russian energy resources in 6-7 months.
💡 Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki arrived in Kyiv. He has several meetings scheduled to discuss the geopolitical situation, the energy market, and energy and military security issues.
💡 In addition, the Polish Ministry of Defense offered allies to buy Krab self-propelled guns for Ukraine from Warsaw.
💡 And in the evening, Latvian President Egils Levits unexpectedly arrived in Kyiv. "Today, I am in Kyiv to assure Volodymyr Zelensky of Latvia's constant support for Ukraine until victory in this war. Latvia is your defender. Latvia will help in reconstruction. Glory to Ukraine!" he wrote.
💡 Odesa Regional Eye Hospital received an ambulance from Lodz Voivodeship, Poland.
💡 The EU decided to allocate 5 billion euros to Ukraine. The aid will go to ensure the operation of Ukraine's critical infrastructure and the day-to-day activities of state institutions.
Ukrainians, unite!
💡 Mykola Taran, an ultramarathoner from Prykarpattia, ran 250 kilometers to raise funds for a bus for the Armed Forces of Ukraine. In 6 days, the athlete managed to collect 15,000 hryvnias and 250 dollars from the required 3,000 dollars. The man still plans to earn money for the army by running.
💡 In one of the front-line villages of the Mykolaiv district, the village council that was destroyed by enemy shelling began to be rebuilt. Both residents and volunteers are working on the restoration of the administration building. The renovated part of the building is planned to be opened on September 12.
💡 On September 10, a charity screening of the film "Why I'm Alive" will be held in Odesa. All funds collected during the show will go to support the children of resettlers.
