Heavy casualties for Russia – More than 49,000 soldiers killed

+++ 22:17: The Ukrainian army destroyed a ferry crossing used by Russian forces across the Dnipro River in the south of the country, according to CNN. Missile and artillery units “carried out effective attacks on the ferry crossing near the village of Lvove [Distrikt Beryslav] and two areas where enemy forces were concentrated, “the Army Southern Command is reported to have. Another Russian ammunition depot was destroyed in the Beryslav district of the city of Kherson and a Russian Su-25 fighter was shot down in the same area.

+++ 14:05: According to Ukrainian intelligence, Russia can only send 300,000 to 350,000 troops to Ukraine. According to Vadym Skibitsky, representative of the intelligence directorate of the Ukrainian Defense Ministry, Russia suffers from a shortage of troops since the beginning of the war.

News on the war in Ukraine: six ammunition depots destroyed

+++ 13:20: The anti-aircraft missile unit of the Ukrainian aviation has a cartographic drone [die russische Aufklärungsdrohne – Anm. d. Red.] shot down, which belongs to the family of the Ptero multipurpose drone complex. Which brings back the Ukrainska Pravda. As a result, the drone was shot down on September 2 at around 9am over Mykolaiv Oblast.

+++ 10:50: The Ukrainian armed forces claim to have destroyed six ammunition depots in the south of the country occupied by Russian troops. Five ammunition depots were destroyed in the Kherson region, the “Southern” command of the Ukrainian army announced on its Facebook page on Friday. Furthermore, a deposit is said to have been destroyed in the town of Melitopol in the Zaporizhia region. The information cannot be independently verified.

Update from Friday 2 September, 06:25: How The Independent of Kiev reports, the Ukrainian general staff reports: Ukrainian troops repel Russian attacks in four directions in the Donbas.

According to the Ukrainian general staff, Russian advances near Sloviansk, Bakhmut, Avdivka and Novopavlivka in the Donetsk region were rejected.

News on war in Ukraine: heavy losses – Heavy counter-offensive in the region occupied by Russia

+++ 19:00: According to reports from Kiev, after the start of a counter-offensive in the Russian-occupied Cherson region of Ukraine, “heavy fighting” is now underway in the area. There have been “loud explosions all day and all night,” President Volodymyr Zelensky’s office said. The armed forces had launched “offensives in different directions”. Ammunition depots and all major bridges over the Dnipro River, which Russian troops use for supplies, have been destroyed, the European Views website reports.

+++ 14:00: Russia has it BBCAccording to reports, 151 members of the “GRU” special forces lost, including nearly one in four officers, as well as 245 members of the Russian National Guard, including members of the special forces. About 67 Russian military pilots died, 2 a significant loss considering that the training of a single sniper pilot can take 15 to 17 years and cost between 12 and 14 million dollars. According to BBC Russian units of the combined forces were not prepared for offensive operations. Reports are not independently verifiable.

News on the war in Ukraine: the “Southern” Task Force reports the successes in the counter-offensive

First reportage on Thursday 1 September, 6:30 am: Ukraine’s counter-offensive in the south increases Russian losses in troops and equipment. The news portal reports it Independent Kiev. The “Southern” Task Force reports that the Ukrainian Armed Forces destroyed 201 Russian soldiers, 12 T-72 tanks, 18 armored vehicles, more than a dozen different artillery units and 6 ammunition depots.

Ukrainian air forces also attacked several Russian command and control posts in the region, Ukrainian defense officials said. (lm / mse / ktho with dpa / AFP)

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