EMERGENCY ONLINE Shelling near the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant: Ukrainian soldiers allegedly took control of the town of Vysokopilja – Topky.sk

Live from Ukraine The war in Ukraine has been going on for 193 days ONLINE 22:00 Today’s online ends at 21:50 In Russian schools, on Monday, they taught the first lessons on “patriotism”, which became part of the curriculum from the beginning of the 2022/23 school year. On Monday, the Russian section of the British station BBC reported about it. Methodological instructions for the first lesson from the series of topics called “Conversations about the important” are published on the website of the Russian Ministry of Education. However, the manuals for the next lessons have “disappeared” from the Ministry’s website in the meantime. According to the original plan, the next hour – September 12 – was to be devoted to the ongoing war in Ukraine. 21:42 Russian President Vladimir Putin today approved a new foreign policy doctrine, which advocates the defense of the so-called Russian world. Conservative ideologues use this term, among other things, to justify interventions whose declared goal is to protect the Russian-speaking population abroad, Reuters reported. Photo gallery (10) Russian President Vladimir Putin during a meeting with the Hungarian Prime Minister
Source: SITA/Yuri Kochetkov/Pool Photo via AP 21:40 Ukrainian forces shot down 3 Russian drones. The Ukrainian army reportedly shot down two Orlan-10 drones over the Kharkiv region and one in the Vinnytsia region in the last 24 hours. Russian forces are using unmanned aerial vehicles in Ukraine for aerial reconnaissance and fire control. 21:31 Ukraine aims to fulfill all conditions for starting accession negotiations with the European Union by the end of this year. This was stated by Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhaľ in Brussels on Monday after the end of the 8th session of the EU-Ukraine Association Council. The aim of Monday’s meeting was to discuss the bilateral agenda between the EU and Ukraine, especially the implementation of the association agreement and the current state of cooperation between the two parties. 21:04 A fire broke out in a fuel warehouse in the Dnepropetrovsk region as a result of Russian strikes. The emergency service of the Dnepropetrovsk region said that Russian forces fired two rockets at a fuel depot in the Kryvorizkyi region. Additional information is not yet available. 20:32 Bulgaria increases visa prices for Russians. Russians will now have to pay 80 euros instead of 35 euros to enter the country. Such a decision was made in connection with #European agreements on restrictions for tourists from Russia in the EU. 20:16 Russia launched 40 missiles, 25 airstrikes against Ukraine in 24 hours. On September 5, the Ukrainian General Staff reported that Ukrainian forces repelled Russian attacks near nine settlements and pushed Russian forces out of their positions in the Donetsk region. 19:50 The European Union must be cautious and must not build strategic dependencies. This was stated on Monday by the Chief of the General Staff of the Army of the Czech Republic, Karel Řehka, who also warned that Russia is keeping the EU in check with energy supplies. Major General Řehka’s remarks were made at the inter-parliamentary conference on the EU’s common foreign, security and defense policy, reports TASR in Prague. “It is necessary to realize that we are now building the same dependence on China as far as telecommunications are concerned,” Řehka warned politicians, saying that Europe should learn from its mistakes. 19:01 Propagandists report new shelling of the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant in Energodar. 18:36 A Russian attack on the Dnepropetrovsk region killed an elderly woman and injured 3 others. According to the governor of Dnepropetrovsk region, Valentyn Reznichenko, Russian forces struck the region with multiple Uragan missile systems on September 5. 18:35 Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyi had phone calls with outgoing British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and French President Emmanuel Macron on Monday. The British station BBC reported about it. Photo gallery (10) 18:20 Ukraine attacks Russian bases in occupied Kamianka-Dniprovska, Zaporozhye region. Ukraine’s intelligence service reported an explosion inside a warehouse where ballots for a staged “referendum” were stored, saying that all “paper materials” had been burned. 18:01 On Monday, Russia banned another 25 American citizens from entering its territory, including Hollywood actors Ben Stiller and Sean Penn. It is a retaliatory reaction to the latest sanctions by the United States, reports AFP. 17:30 The European Commission (EC) and Ukraine signed an aid agreement in Brussels on Monday in the amount of 500 million euros, which is intended for housing and education for displaced people, as well as to support Ukrainian agriculture. This happened within the 8th session of the EU-Ukraine Association Council. 17:01 At the Zaporizhia Nuclear Power Plant (ZAES) in southeastern Ukraine, the last functioning reactor was disconnected from the national power grid on Monday. This happened as a result of a fire caused by shelling of the object, according to the statement of the operator of ZAES — the company Enerhoatom, published in the Telegram application and monitored by the AFP agency. Photo Gallery (10) Recent damage to the roof of a building adjacent to several nuclear reactors at the Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant, which is occupied by the Russian military in southern Ukraine, Monday, Aug. 29, 2022, in a Maxar Technologies satellite image.
Source: TASR/Maxar Technologies via AP 16:32 Pope Francis announced on Monday that he cannot yet travel to the intended visit to Kyiv and Moscow because his doctor did not recommend it. The agency ANSA informs about it. The Pope has expressed his desire to travel to these metropolises several times in an effort to help establish peace between Russia and Ukraine. 16:04 The Russian court canceled the activity of the independent media Novaya Gazeta. On September 5, the court revoked Novaya Gazeta’s media license and banned it from operating in the country. Editor-in-chief Dmitry Muratov said the verdict was “a political intervention without the slightest legal basis.” 15:32 The former Russian journalist Ivan Safronov was sentenced to 22 years in prison by the city court in Moscow on Monday. Earlier, the court found him guilty of treason, AFP reported. 15:05 Volodymyr Zelenskyy had an hour and a half conversation with French President Emmanuel Macron. During the conversation, the parties exchanged assessments of the results of the #IAEA mission in #ZNPP and also discussed the general situation at the front. 14:24 The deputy head of the self-government appointed by Russia in the Kherson region, Kirill Stremousov, said on Monday that plans to hold a referendum on joining this Ukrainian region to Russia are on hold. The reason is the security situation. The agency informs about it. Reuters, which refers to the Russian state agency TASS. 13:43 Two soldiers are accused of mishandling weapons at the arms exhibition in Chernihiv. On Sept. 3, one of the soldiers allowed the child to pick up an anti-tank rocket launcher and pull the trigger, the State Bureau of Investigation said. 13:25 It is expected that two experts from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) will remain permanently at the Zaporizhia Nuclear Power Plant (ZAES). This was announced on Monday by the Ukrainian company Enerhoatom, which operates the power plant. TASR informs about it based on a Reuters report. “Today, four of the six representatives of the IAEA inspection team completed their work at the Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant and left the plant site… Two experts are expected to continue their work on a permanent basis,” Enerhoatom said on the Telegram social network. The presence of two experts was also confirmed by the representative of the self-government installed by the Russians in the occupied part of the Zaporozhye region, Vladimir Rogov. However, he did not specify the exact length of their stay at the power plant. “The members of the IAEA mission left the Zaproža power plant. Currently, two people remain there as observers,” Rogov said on Monday. 13:05 The Ambassador of the European Union to Russia Markus Ederer left Moscow after completing his diplomatic work. The information for TASR was confirmed by the spokesperson of the European External Action Service (EEAS) Peter Stano. As part of the planned exchange, he will be replaced by the current French ambassador to Malaysia, Roland Galharague. “On September 1, his (Ederer’s) mandate ended and he was replaced as part of the planned rotation, which we announced on June 8,” Stano stated. 12:45 The President of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe, Leendert Verbeek, on Monday supported the previous statement of the Commissioner for Human Rights of the Council of Europe (CoE), Dunje Mijatovic, and condemned the Russian authorities for the kidnapping and detention of Ukrainian local elected representatives in the territory occupied by the Russian army. The TASR reporter informs about it. 12:10 This is how Antonovský most looks like after yesterday’s AFU attack. The photo was published by local Telegram channels. Yesterday, the AFU again encountered the Antonovsky Bridge, which the occupiers used as a main channel for the supply of weapons and personnel. 11:55 Western sanctions are to blame for the complete shutdown of the Nord Stream 1 gas pipeline between Russia and Germany. This was announced by Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov in a conference call with journalists on Monday. TASR took the report from AFP and Reuters. Peskov said the sanctions were “causing chaos” in maintenance work on the pipeline and rejected claims that Russia had halted supplies to Europe as a political move. 11:35 The independent Russian newspaper Novaya Gazeta (NG) announced on Monday that a Moscow court had revoked its license. TASR informs about it based on the AFP report. “The court of Moscow’s Basman district canceled the certificate of registration of the print version of Novaya Gazeta,” NG said in a post on the social network. The Russian investigative newspaper suspended its operations in March after Russian authorities said media that called Russia’s “special military operation” in Ukraine a war would be fined or shut down. 11:15 Britain has extended the training of Ukrainian soldiers for another two weeks. The duration of the combat course was extended from three to five weeks. 10:30 a.m. The police in Kabul reported that a suicide bomber blew himself up at the gate of the Russian embassy. There is no information on the number of victims. 9:50 a.m. 3,464 people from Ukraine crossed border crossings to Slovakia on Sunday (September 4). 35 applicants applied for temporary shelter. 3302 persons crossed from Slovakia to Ukraine. TASR was informed about this by the press department of the Ministry of the Interior (MV) of the Slovak Republic. “From the point of view of the arrival and departure of emigrants from Ukraine, the situation has been stable for a longer period of time without significant changes,” they added, adding that the ministry monitors events related to the war in Ukraine and its impact on Slovakia on a daily basis. The total number of persons who have entered the territory of the Slovak Republic since the outbreak of the war in Ukraine is 770,112. Temporary refuge was granted to 92,295 applicants. 537,860 people crossed from Slovakia to Ukraine.