Live from Ukraine 191st day of war in Ukraine ONLINE Load new news 16:05 “Russia has threatened the world. Ensuring nuclear safety and security is crucial: the continued presence of the IAEA at the plant is essential,” said European Council President Charles Michel. 15:44 Russian President Vladimir Putin awarded a medal for courage to a convicted five-time murderer who joined Wagner’s private army and died in battles near Bakhmut in eastern Ukraine at the beginning of August. The investigative portals Insider and Gulagu.net inform about it. 15:05 Ukrainian soldiers at the front. 14:26 Ukraine wants to offer Germany electricity produced in its nuclear power plants, and thus help the country on its way from dependence on supplies of Russian energy raw materials. Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said this before his trip to Berlin, DPA reported. 14:20 Turkey is ready to become a mediator in the situation with the Zaporozhye power plant occupied by Russian troops, President Erdogan said in a telephone conversation with Putin. The implementation of the “cereals agreement” is also being discussed. 13:27 The Armed Forces of Ukraine, with the help of Bayraktar, destroyed $26.5 million worth of Russian equipment in three days. This was announced by the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Valery Zaluzhny. The information was brought by Nexta. 13:13 Russia attacked Mykolaiv, injured 1 civilian. The mayor of Mykolaiv, Oleksandr Sienkevych, said the city was hit at 11:30 a.m. on September 3. He did not specify whether it was shelling or a rocket attack. One woman was injured and the garage for cars caught fire, Sienkevyč said. 12:44 Kyiv claims that at least 380 children have been killed in Ukraine since the beginning of the Russian invasion. The Ukrainian General Prosecutor’s Office announced this on the Telegram platform on Saturday, DPA reports.
At least another 737 children were injured during the invasion. In this regard, the prosecutor’s office emphasized that these are preliminary figures. At the same time, she pointed out that it is difficult to obtain such data from areas occupied by Russia or from those where there is currently fighting. So far, the most injured children, at least 388, were recorded in the Donetsk region in eastern Ukraine. It is followed by Kharkiv region with 204 injured children. 11:43 Ukraine shot down a Russian helicopter and a drone in the Donetsk region. According to the Ukrainian Air Force, a Russian Ka-52 “Alligator” attack helicopter along with a “Forpost” drone was shot down in the Donetsk region on September 3 at 10:30 am. The information was brought by The Kyiv Independent. 10:44 Russia shelled the Sumy region with mortars. According to the governor of the Sumy region, Dmytro Žyvycký, on the morning of September 3, Russian forces shelled the village of Velykopysarivska in the Sumy region five times with mortars. There were no casualties, the official said. The information was brought by The Kyiv Independent. 9:41 Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán traveled to Moscow on Saturday, where he will attend the funeral of the last Soviet leader, Mikhail Gorbachev. His spokesman Bertalan Havasi informed the MTI agency about it. Orbán is accompanied by a delegation that includes Member of the European Parliament for the Fidesz party Tamás Deutsch, historian Mária Schmidtová, State Secretary of the Government Office Balázs Orbán and lawyer Imre Kónya. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Orbán has no plans to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin. “As far as we know, he will fly only to say goodbye to Gorbachev. There was no talk of a meeting,” Peskov’s RIA Novosti agency quotes. 8:33 AM These are indicative estimates of Russia’s combat losses as of September 3, according to the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The information was brought by The Kyiv Independent. 7:43 a.m. In the Dnepropetrovsk region, all five cruise missiles intended by the Russian occupiers to hit the Dnieper were shot down. It informs Next. 6:52 a.m. Ukrainian Air Force conducted more than 40 sorties on September 2. According to the General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, the combat flights destroyed Russian checkpoints and ammunition depots. It was reported by The Kyiv Independent. 6:00 A Russian rocket flies past a school in Kharkiv. The mayor of Kharkiv, Ihor Terekhov, reported that a rocket fired at Kharkiv on the night of September 3 broke the windows of the school. No casualties were reported. It was reported by The Kyiv Independent. Emergency spending package The latest aid for Ukraine should complement the $40 billion approved earlier in the year. According to the government, three-quarters of this package of military and budgetary support has already been paid or earmarked for payment. In connection with the war in Ukraine, the White House is also asking for another two billion dollars to ensure domestic energy needs. This is uranium for US nuclear reactors in the event of a decline in Russian supplies and the creation of strategic reserves of the United States. The request comes after the August recess of Congress, with Congressmen having until September 30 to approve the continuation of funding for federal institutions. Otherwise, they would face closure, the so-called shutdown. Photo gallery (2) Source: Facebook/President Joe Biden The new aid for Ukraine is part of a broader package of extraordinary expenditures totaling $47.1 billion. The rest of this money is intended for the fight against COVID-19 and monkeypox, as well as for relief after natural disasters in several US states. The United States has provided about $13 billion in military aid to Ukraine since the Russian invasion began on February 24, a National Security Council official told CNN. Another seven billion went to direct budget support and over 1.5 billion to humanitarian aid to Ukraine and Ukrainian refugees.