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An explosion occurs in St. Petersburg, Russia. Ukraine’s Defense Minister Reznikov has been officially dismissed. News ticker about the war.
- weight losses to Russia: Kyiv publishes current figures
- allegations put it in: Kiev’s counterattack is said to have failed
- The information processed here comes from the international media and news agencies, but also from the warring parties Russia and Ukraine and their allies. In particular, information about the losses incurred by the armies participating in the war in Ukraine cannot be independently verified.
Update from Sept. 5, 4:45 p.m.: A bomb exploded in front of the recruitment office of the Russian army in St. Petersburg. According to the Russian news site Fontanka With reference to witnesses. Local residents also reported hearing explosions near the recruitment office.
Authorities then cordoned off a nearby abandoned air-raid shelter, which Fontanka said had sustained „minor damage.” The authorities seem to believe that the explosion took place in an underground passage leading to the abandoned bunker, just meters from the recruitment office. According to initial reports, no one was injured in the accident. Meanwhile, alleged recordings of the explosion are circulating on X (formerly Twitter), from Russia’s Telegram channel Baza It should have been published.
In the midst of the Ukrainian war: Zelensky’s defense minister has now been officially dismissed
Update from Sept. 5, 3:10 p.m.: As expected, the Verkhovna Rada officially dismissed Defense Minister Oleksiy Reznikov. A large majority of deputies voted in favor of the decision on Tuesday. On Sunday, President Volodymyr Zelensky announced the minister’s dismissal. Resnikov has held the position since November 2021. The arms handover by the Western allies, which took place more than 18 months ago after the Russian invasion, is also credited to the lawyer’s negotiating skills.
Scandals surrounding corruption in army supplies and in military replacement offices are said to have contributed to his dismissal. Resnikov has always denied the accusations against him. The designated successor is the former head of the State Asset Fund, Rustam Omeru. He is expected to be appointed on Wednesday.
Casualties in the Ukraine War: Russia Pins on Ukrainian Casualties
Update from Sept. 5, 1:15 p.m.: And now Russia is also providing figures on the opponent’s losses. Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu announced that more than 66,000 servicemen have died since the start of Kiev’s counter-offensive on Ukraine. In addition, about 7,600 weapon systems were lost, Shoigu said during a videoconference of the Ministry of Defense on Tuesday (September 5).
Shoigu went on to claim that the Ukrainian military had suffered „heavy losses” during its offensive efforts and was now trying to fake successes in the West in order to get more weapons aid. But he warned that doing so would only prolong the conflict. He also stressed that in Ukraine the bombing of civilian targets was celebrated in Russia as a military success.
With regard to information, it should be noted that the information provided by the parties to the conflict cannot be independently verified. Often both sides tend to exaggerate the opponent’s losses.
Offensive in the Ukraine war: „Ukrainian armed forces have not achieved their goals on any front”
Update from Sept. 5, 12:30 p.m.: Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu described the Ukrainian counterattack as completely unsuccessful. At the same time, however, he admitted that the situation in part of the occupied Zaporizhia region of southern Ukraine was tense. „The Armed Forces of Ukraine have not achieved their goals on any front,” Shoigu said.
„The most tense situation is on the Zaporizhia front,” he said. The enemy had deployed there brigades from its strategic reserve, whose soldiers were trained by Western trainers. On the other hand, Ukraine recently announced progress in its offensive in the south.
In the midst of the Ukrainian war: „General Armageddon” seems to have re-emerged in Russia
Update from Sept. 5, 10:55 a.m.: Russian general Sergei Surovikin, who appears to have fallen out of favor after Wagner’s mercenary revolt in June, is said to have been seen again for the first time. This is what the news agency reported Reuters Apart from Ukraine’s war over the so-called „General Armageddon”.
Popular TV presenter Ksenia Sobchak posted a photo purporting to show the general on Monday (September 4) with the caption: “General Sergei Surovikin is out of the country. Alive, healthy, at home, with his family, in Moscow. The picture was taken today.”
Prominent journalist Alexei Venediktov wrote on the SMS service Telegram: “General Surovikin is at home with his family. He’s on leave and available to the Department of Defense.” Reuters was unable to verify this information. Sergey Surovikin is also known as „General Armageddon”.
Germany supplies Kiev with ammunition for anti-aircraft tanks in the Ukraine war
Update from Sept. 5, 10:45 a.m.: The German Ministry of Defense announced in Berlin that Germany had supplied Ukraine with ammunition for the Gibbard anti-aircraft tank. The first „delivery of a five-digit number of cartridges” took place only a few months after the corresponding agreement. „The establishment of a production line to manufacture ammunition was previously successful within ambitious timetables,” the ministry said.
„The war in Ukraine reminds us almost every day that air defense and sufficient ammunition are what counts in the defense of our country,” Minister Boris Pistorius was quoted as saying. “With the resumption of production of Cheetah ammunition, we are focusing specifically on these two critical aspects.”
Russia’s Casualties in the Ukraine War: Kiev Publishes Current Figures
Update from Sept. 5, 9:05 a.m.: The General Staff of the Ukrainian Army has published the latest figures on the losses of the Russian Armed Forces. According to this, about 560 Russian soldiers were killed or wounded within 24 hours. In addition, tanks and other artillery systems were said to have been destroyed. The information cannot be independently verified.
- Soldiers: 265,680 (+560 the day before)
- tank: 4489 (+9)
- Armored combat vehicles: 8670 (+7)
- artillery systems: 5649 (+38)
- air defense systems: 504 (+1)
- Multiple missile launcher: 747 (+6)
- Vehicles and carriers: 8175 (+26)
- Combat and reconnaissance drones: 4512 (+31)
- Source: data of the General Staff of Ukraine as of September 5, 2023
- NB: According to independent Russian media accounts as of early July 2023, about 47,000 Russian servicemen have been killed in the Ukraine war so far. These figures differ significantly from those published by the Ukrainian side. On the other hand, British intelligence puts figures in the middle of these claims.
Attacks in the Ukraine War: Downing Drones Approaching Moscow
Update from Sept. 5, 6:10 a.m.: According to the authorities, Russian air defense systems shot down three drones in the west of the country on Tuesday morning. The capital’s mayor, Sergei Sobyanin, said on the Telegram online service that anti-aircraft defense „destroyed drones that were trying to attack Moscow.” According to preliminary information, „there were no casualties.”
Russia’s defense ministry said on the Telegram app that a drone had flown over the Kaluga region, southwest of Moscow. A second drone was intercepted northwest of the capital, over the Istrinsky district. A third drone was shot down northwest of Moscow, in the Tver region. The ministry did not provide any information about whether the drones were heading to Moscow.
Zelensky on soldiers in the Ukraine war: „I’m proud of them all”
The first report: KIEV/MOSCOW – On Monday (September 4), Ukrainian President Zelensky visited Donetsk and Zaporizhia regions near the front line and praised the army’s „heroic” battle to liberate the country. In a video message recorded on the train late Monday (September 4), Zelensky said he spent the whole day with the soldiers and visited different units. “Everyone is strong. I am proud of them all.” He did not name specific locations.
During his visit to the forces, the shortage of personnel in some combat units and the shortage of certain types of ammunition were also discussed. In addition, it was about the need for drones and weapons to defend against enemy drones in addition to the logistical aspects.
In the Zaporizhia region, Zelensky met the command echelon of forces that had recently overwhelmed the Russian defences, including Brigadier General Oleksandr Tarnavsky. The officer had said in an interview that the armed forces had penetrated the first and most secure Russian defense line and are now moving towards the second line.
Putin: Ukraine’s counterattack 'failed’
The Ukrainian armed forces continue their fight to liberate regions in the east and south of the country. Recently, Russian military bloggers have been talking about the problems that Russian forces are facing at the front. On the other hand, Kremlin President Putin claimed again on Monday that the Ukrainian counter-attack had „failed”. (with agency materials)
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The head of Polish intelligence warns: Russia is preparing military operations against the eastern flank of NATO. Putin denies the attack plans.
WARSAW – Fears are growing of a Russian attack on NATO’s eastern flank. After the Baltic countries sounded the alarm for some time and feared for their security, Poland is now also drawing up the terrifying scenario of a Russian attack on NATO territory. Although a significant portion of the Russian armed forces usually stationed on NATO’s borders have currently been transferred to Ukraine, Russia intends to renew its army in order to… NATOThreatening borders while maintaining and expanding covert and hybrid operations.
Vladimir Putin Jaroslaw Strusek, head of Poland’s military counterintelligence service, told the Polish daily that troops were already preparing for a small operation against one of the Baltic states. Gazeta Pravna. He added that the Russian president is ready „to invade the famous border town of Narva on the Estonian-Russian border or to land on one of the Swedish islands.”
Putin: The attack on NATO territory is „complete nonsense”
Last March, Putin said… BBC Aggression on NATO territory was excluded. He added that the idea that his country, which has one of the largest nuclear arsenals in the world, Poland, would attack the Baltic states, all of which, unlike Ukraine, are members of NATO, is “complete nonsense.” But he warned that if Ukraine deployed Western F-16 fighter jets from airfields in other countries, they would become „legitimate targets wherever they are.”
NATO countries are currently scrambling to restore full defense capability after the Western military alliance looked back on a decade-long phase of low-intensity conflict. Kiev’s Western partners could not keep up with the demands of a modern all-out war, especially due to the lack of sufficient artillery and air defense resources.
The largest NATO exercise since the Cold War on the sidelines of the Ukrainian war
Strusek believes that the Kremlin’s imperial goals have already slowed somewhat. “What the West is doing together to support Ukraine shows that in the event of an attack on NATO, the Western reaction will be greater,” the intelligence chief said. The German federal government is also currently trying to send strong signals about the defense capacity of NATO and Europe.
“In an emergency, Germany will defend every centimeter of NATO territory,” Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) said during a visit to Lithuania on Monday, May 6, as reported by Das newspaper. RND. The German Army participated in the largest NATO exercise since the end of the Cold War: Steadfast Defender. Germany wants to establish a brigade in Lithuania outside its territory for the first time by 2027. “An attack on you would be an attack on all of us,” Schulz told his fellow Lithuanians.
“War has returned to Europe” – SPD committed to a strong NATO
Defense Minister Boris Pistoros (SPD) also expressed his strong commitment to the Western Defense Alliance during his visit to the United States. “NATO is essential to our security and we do not take it for granted,” he said loudly. dpa. “We realize that times have changed again. War is back in Europe and the time for peace dividends is over. That’s why we’re doing our part. Germany will spend more money on defense this year than ever before in the history of the Bundeswehr.”
He pointed out that the 2% goal set by NATO will be achieved, „and we cannot stop there.” Within NATO, a growing number of members are calling for increased investments. For example, British Foreign Secretary David Cameron is vocal about NATO countries France Press agency Increase military spending to 2.5% of GDP. At the next NATO summit in July, it should be clear that all allies will soon meet the 2% target, according to previously published excerpts of Cameron’s speech scheduled for Thursday, May 9, at the National Cyber Security Center in London. He continues: „Then we have to quickly introduce 2.5% as a target.” (Lahema)
„Praktyk żywieniowy. Guru bekonu. Irytująco pokorny entuzjasta zombie. Uczeń totalny”.
He presses
The head of Polish intelligence warns: Russia is preparing military operations against the eastern flank of NATO. Putin denies the attack plans.
WARSAW – Fears are growing of a Russian attack on NATO’s eastern flank. After the Baltic countries sounded the alarm for some time and feared for their security, Poland is now also drawing up the terrifying scenario of a Russian attack on NATO territory. Although a significant portion of the Russian armed forces usually stationed on NATO’s borders have currently been transferred to Ukraine, Russia intends to renew its army in order to… NATOThreatening borders while maintaining and expanding covert and hybrid operations.
Vladimir Putin Jaroslaw Strusek, head of Poland’s military counterintelligence service, told the Polish daily that troops were already preparing for a small operation against one of the Baltic states. Gazeta Pravna. He added that the Russian president is ready „to invade the famous border town of Narva on the Estonian-Russian border or to land on one of the Swedish islands.”
Putin: The attack on NATO territory is „complete nonsense”
Last March, Putin said… BBC Aggression on NATO territory was excluded. He added that the idea that his country, which has one of the largest nuclear arsenals in the world, Poland, would attack the Baltic states, all of which, unlike Ukraine, are members of NATO, is “complete nonsense.” But he warned that if Ukraine deployed Western F-16 fighter jets from airfields in other countries, they would become „legitimate targets wherever they are.”
NATO countries are currently scrambling to restore full defense capability after the Western military alliance looked back on a decade-long phase of low-intensity conflict. Kiev’s Western partners could not keep up with the demands of a modern all-out war, especially due to the lack of sufficient artillery and air defense resources.
The largest NATO exercise since the Cold War on the sidelines of the Ukrainian war
Strusek believes that the Kremlin’s imperial goals have already slowed somewhat. “What the West is doing together to support Ukraine shows that in the event of an attack on NATO, the Western reaction will be greater,” the intelligence chief said. The German federal government is also currently trying to send strong signals about the defense capacity of NATO and Europe.
“In an emergency, Germany will defend every centimeter of NATO territory,” Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) said during a visit to Lithuania on Monday, May 6, as reported by Das newspaper. RND. The German Army participated in the largest NATO exercise since the end of the Cold War: Steadfast Defender. Germany wants to establish a brigade in Lithuania outside its territory for the first time by 2027. “An attack on you would be an attack on all of us,” Schulz told his fellow Lithuanians.
“War has returned to Europe” – SPD committed to a strong NATO
Defense Minister Boris Pistoros (SPD) also expressed his strong commitment to the Western Defense Alliance during his visit to the United States. “NATO is essential to our security and we do not take it for granted,” he said loudly. dpa. “We realize that times have changed again. War is back in Europe and the time for peace dividends is over. That’s why we’re doing our part. Germany will spend more money on defense this year than ever before in the history of the Bundeswehr.”
He pointed out that the 2% goal set by NATO will be achieved, „and we cannot stop there.” Within NATO, a growing number of members are calling for increased investments. For example, British Foreign Secretary David Cameron is vocal about NATO countries France Press agency Increase military spending to 2.5% of GDP. At the next NATO summit in July, it should be clear that all allies will soon meet the 2% target, according to previously published excerpts of Cameron’s speech scheduled for Thursday, May 9, at the National Cyber Security Center in London. He continues: „Then we have to quickly introduce 2.5% as a target.” (Lahema)
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Biden is concerned about a “specific operation” that he does not believe is capable of defeating the Islamist Hamas movement. “No one has been more supportive of Israel than Joe Biden,” Sullivan said. Biden made clear that he would continue to ensure that Israel has what it needs to defend itself.
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Israel opens a new crossing into Gaza for humanitarian aid
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Israel: A leading member of Hamas was killed
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Hamas corrects the death toll figures back and forth
3:27 pm: The only figures for casualties in Gaza come from the Hamas-controlled health authority. There has been criticism of them for a long time. Now the authority itself is causing confusion. Here you can read more about it.
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