Ukraine’s counteroffensive continues. President Zelenskyi reaffirms the goal of recapturing Crimea. The news ticker on September 5th.
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- Editor’s note: All news about Ukraine conflict read this News ticker. The information comes partly from warring parties in the Ukraine war and cannot be directly verified independently.
Update from September 5, 06:20: According to Ukrainian media reports, Ukrainian troops have recaptured a Russian-held town in the Donetsk region. This information could not be verified independently. In a video, President Selenskyj also reiterated the goal of recapturing the Black Sea peninsula of Crimea. “I believe that the Ukrainian flag and free life will return to Crimea. We are liberating our entire earth, all our people,” said Zelenskyy.
Ukraine News: Bad pay? The soldiers’ lack of morale is a problem for Russia
+++10:01 p.m.: According to information from Kyiv, the Ukrainian armed forces have liberated the village of Vysokopillya from the Russian occupation in the Kherson region. The deputy head of the presidential office, Kyrylo Tymoshenko, published a photo of the hoisted flag on his Telegram news service blog on Sunday. However, as early as June there were reports of the recapture of this town in the northern part of the region.
News about the Ukraine war: Denys Schmyhal wants Leopard 2 main battle tanks
+++ 8:22 p.m.: The Leopard 2 main battle tanks are “the modern tanks that Ukraine needs on the battlefield”. That’s what Denys Schmyhal said recently dpa. Now the Ukrainian Prime Minister was a guest of Olaf Scholz (SPD) in Berlin, where he made concrete proposals to the Chancellor for the delivery of the battle tanks. So far, the NATO countries have not provided Ukraine with any western-style battle tanks. The German head of government has also blocked himself so far, not wanting the Federal Republic to go it alone on this issue.
“We talked about the subject. We even suggested how Germany could supply Ukraine with these tanks,” Schmyhal told journalists on Sunday (September 4) after his talks with Scholz in the Chancellery. He could “not disclose all the agreements and all the details of the conversation”. “But we discussed all these questions about the tanks and other military systems for Ukraine in an absolutely constructive manner,” said Schmyhal. When asked if he was optimistic that the main battle tanks would eventually be delivered, he said, “I’m always optimistic.”
News about the Ukraine war: Video is said to show rocket launches from Zaporizhia
+++4:28 p.m.: According to information from Moscow, Russian troops attacked four command posts of the Ukrainian army during the Ukraine war. The attacks on bases near Kharkiv in the east of the country and Nikolske had taken place in the past 24 hours, the Russian Defense Ministry said.
+++ 2 p.m.: The situation around the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant in southern Ukraine, which is occupied by Russia, remains unclear. Both sides accuse each other of being militarily active there despite the current presence of international nuclear experts. Now the independent Russian news site insider posted a video, which is said to have been recorded on Saturday night. There you can see Russia firing rockets from the site of the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant. The video appears to confirm that Russia is using the site for offensive military strikes across the Dnipro River, as previously claimed by Ukraine. The footage cannot be independently verified.
News about the Ukraine war: a lack of combat morale is causing problems for Russia
+++ 12.00 p.m.: According to estimates by British secret services, the lack of morale among Russian troops in Ukraine may also be due to poor pay. In addition to the high number of victims and increasing combat fatigue, the salary is one of the greatest abuses, it said in one Short report from the British Ministry of Defence. Usually, the wages of Russian soldiers consist of a basic salary, which is supplemented by various allowances and bonus payments according to a complex system.
According to the British, there are likely to be significant problems with the payment of these bonuses in Ukraine. This is presumably due to an inefficient military bureaucracy, the unclear legal status of the “military operation” and, to a certain extent, corruption among the commanders. According to the secret services, there are also problems with the provision of suitable uniforms, weapons and other supplies. This certainly also contributes to the fragile morale in the troops.
Update from Sunday, September 4th, 06:15: The Russian Defense Ministry on Saturday accused the Ukrainian army of wanting to recapture the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant despite the presence of international nuclear experts. 250 soldiers and “foreign mercenaries” were involved in the operation. The Russian army claims to have repelled the attack and destroyed several boats. The Ukrainian military in turn accused Russia of carrying out attacks in the direction of Zaporizhia on Saturday night. Details were not given in the management report.
News about the Ukraine war: Mykhailo Podoliak talks about the end of the war
+++ 2.15 p.m.: The Ukrainian Presidential Advisor Mykhailo Podoliak spoke via Twitter on the possible end of the Ukraine war. He made it clear that not Russia, but Ukraine would decide on this – and that when they had completed the liberation of their territories and demanded reparations from Russia.
+++ 12.30 p.m.: According to British secret services, Ukraine is currently forcing a broad advance on three axes west of the Dnipro River in its counter-offensive in the Cherson region in the south of the country. Russia was probably tactically surprised by the attack, it said Intelligence Update September 3rd. The Ukrainian armed forces are taking advantage of the Russian army’s “poor logistics, administration and leadership” in their sustained advance, which only pursues limited immediate objectives. Russian commanders would now have to decide which region to focus on for supplies and reserve troops.
Update from Saturday, September 03, 06:15: According to Western sources, Ukrainian troops have pushed back Russian forces at several points around Kherson. According to this, around 20,000 Russian troops are said to be in the pocket of the southern region. However, it is too early to determine whether Ukraine’s counter-offensive is working.
News about the Ukraine war: Russian artillery positions fired on at Zaporizhia nuclear power plant
+++ 8.05 p.m.: The demilitarization of the Zaporizhia nuclear facility is now the most important thing that needs to happen, said the Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in his evening video address on Friday (September 2). It is “unfortunate that we have not yet heard the relevant messages from the IAEA,” he criticized. He spoke about it on Tuesday at a meeting with IAEA boss Grossi in Kyiv.
“That was the key, the key! The security aspect of our agreements: demilitarization and full control by our nuclear workers,” Zelenskyy said. UN Secretary-General António Guterres is also demanding the demilitarization of the nuclear power plant. The Zaporizhia nuclear power plant is located in southern Ukraine on the Dnipro River and is therefore directly on the front line.
Meanwhile, the Russian energy supplier announced Gazprom announced that it would not resume gas supplies to Germany for the time being. The European Commission accused the state-owned company of stopping the flow of gas via the Nord Stream 1 Baltic Sea pipeline under false pretenses. Power games against the background of the Ukraine war are suspected.
News about the Ukraine war: “We expect Leopard 2 from Germany”
First report from Friday, September 2nd, 4.45 p.m.: Kyiv – Before his visit to Germany, the Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Schmyhal asked the German government to use battle tanks to defend against Russia in the Ukraine war. “We need a change in the philosophy of arms deliveries. By that I mean: modern battle tanks should also be supplied,” said Schmyhal in an interview with German Press Agency (dpa).
“We expect from them United Statesthat they will send us their Abrams tanks, and we expect Leopard 2 from Germany. These are the modern tanks, the Ukraine on the battlefield,” Schmyhal continues. He also called on the federal government to provide more air defense systems and additional financial aid, new sanctions against Russia and classification of Russian war crimes as genocide.
News on the situation in the Ukraine war – Ukrainian Prime Minister travels to Berlin
The federal government had promised Ukraine a total of weapons worth 724 million euros, most of which have already been delivered – including ten heavy artillery pieces of the Panzerhaubitze 2000 type, 15 anti-aircraft tanks, three multiple rocket launchers and three armored recovery vehicles. Schmyhal thanked them for this, but also said they wanted to get “more weapons and equipment” as quickly as possible.
The direct delivery of battle tanks and armored personnel carriers is for Chancellors Olaf Scholz (SPD) still a taboo. Neither does anyone else Nato-The state has so far offered Ukraine such weapon systems. However, Schmyhal has such Leopard 2 tanks from Germany in mind. Schmyhal is expected in Berlin on Saturday (September 3rd). On Sunday he is to be received by Chancellor Scholz in the Chancellery. It is the highest-ranking Ukrainian politician who has been visiting Berlin since the start of the Russian war of aggression a good six months ago. (na/chw/cs/dpa)