Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 1,288

Here is however things basal connected Thursday, September 4:

Fighting

• Russian forces launched 408 attacks connected Ukraine’s Zaporizhia region, sidesplitting a 62-year-old antheral successful the Polohy district, Regional Governor Ivan Fedorov said.
• A antheral was killed successful a Russian onslaught connected the Khmelnytskyi portion successful occidental Ukraine, the region’s governor, Serhii Tiurin, said.
• Russian attacks injured astatine slightest 35 radical crossed Ukraine connected Wednesday, including 14 radical successful the Donetsk country and 14 radical successful the Kherson region, section officials said, according to the Kyiv Independent quality outlet.
• Russia’s Ministry of Defence said that its forces changeable down 170 Ukrainian drones, 5 guided aerial bombs and 2 rockets successful a 24-hour period, according to Russia’s state-run TASS quality agency.
• Ukraine’s aerial unit said it changeable down 430 Russian drones and 21 missiles, the Kyiv Independent reported.
• A Ukrainian drone onslaught killed a 52-year-old antheral successful the colony of Belitsa, successful Russia’s Kursk region, the region’s governor, Alexander Khinshtein, said.
• A Russian drone onslaught successful Ukraine’s Chernihiv portion near astir 30,000 homes without power, Governor Viacheslav Chaus said.
• Russia’s Defence Ministry claimed its troops person captured “about half” of the metropolis of Kupiansk successful Ukraine’s northeastern Kharkiv region. Ukraine’s 10th Army Corps rejected that assertion successful a station connected Telegram, saying: “All specified attempts by the Russian occupiers to usage localities arsenic a decoration for propaganda videos are doomed to fail.”

France’s President Emmanuel Macron, centre, attends a gathering with Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, not pictured, astatine the Elysee Palace, successful Paris, France, connected Wednesday [Teresa Suarez/Pool via AP Photo]

Peace deal

• Russian President Vladimir Putin said helium was open to meeting Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy connected Russian soil: “Donald [Trump] asked maine for specified a meeting, I said: ‘Yes, it’s possible, fto Zelenskyy travel to Moscow’,” Putin said successful Beijing connected Wednesday.
• Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha responded to Putin’s invitation, saying the Russian person “continues to messiness around” by “making knowingly unacceptable proposals”.
• Putin made his connection adjacent though helium knows determination are “serious proposals” from 7 countries to big a gathering betwixt the 2 leaders, which Zelenskyy was acceptable for astatine “any constituent successful time”, Sybiha said.

• French President Emmanuel Macron said that “preparatory work” connected post-war information guarantees for Ukraine was complete, and that European allies are “ready” to connection specified guarantees “the time a bid woody is signed” with Russia.

• Macron hosted Zelenskyy astatine the Elysee Palace successful Paris connected the eve of a gathering of leaders of the “coalition of the willing” radical of nations that enactment Kyiv.

Regional security

• North Korean person Kim Jong Un said his state would proceed to “fully support” Russia and its service arsenic a “fraternal duty” of its defence pact with Moscow, the country’s authorities media KCNA reported connected Thursday.
• President Donald Trump said the United States could summation its unit presence successful Poland and pledged to unafraid the country’s defence during a White House gathering with its blimpish nationalist president, Karol Nawrocki.

Source:

Al Jazeera and quality agencies