Here are the main developments as the war enters its 923rd day.
Here is the situation as of Thursday, September 5, 2024.
fighting
- At least seven people, including three children, were killed in Russian missile and drone attacks on the western Ukrainian city of Lviv, bordering Poland. Four of the dead were from the same family. At least 40 people were injured and schools, medical facilities and other city centre buildings were damaged, the prosecutor’s office said.
- Poland sent fighter jets to ensure its safety during the attack on Lviv.
- At least five people were injured when debris from a downed Russian missile fell in the city of Kryvyi Rih, damaging a hotel, Ukrainian emergency services reported.
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Ukraine’s air force said it had shot down seven of 13 missiles and 22 of 29 drones that Russia had deployed to attack energy facilities and critical infrastructure in nine Ukrainian regions.
- At least one person was killed and three injured when Russian forces shelled a residential area in the eastern Ukrainian city of Kostiantynivka, located northeast of Pokrovsk, a strategically important city that Russia is trying to capture.
- Russia’s Defence Ministry said its forces had taken control of the settlements of Prechistivka and Karlivka, about 30 kilometres (19 miles) from Pokrovsk.
- Belgorod regional governor Vyacheslav Gladkov said three people were killed and two wounded when Ukraine shelled a village in the Russian border region.
- Russia’s defense ministry admitted it attacked a military educational institution and hospital in Poltava. Ukraine said at least 51 people were killed and 271 injured in the attack on Tuesday. Russia claimed the attack targeted soldiers, foreign trainers and drone operators.
Politics and diplomacy
- President Volodymyr Zelensky said he had ordered a major reshuffle of the government because Ukraine needed “new energy”. A total of six ministers submitted their resignations and parliament accepted four of them. Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba was among those who resigned, but parliament did not formally approve it.
- German Chancellor Olaf Scholz reiterated Germany’s political and military support for Ukraine. “Germany’s support for Ukraine will not stop. We have made provisions, strikes [defence] “We completed the deal on time and secured the financing, so that Ukraine can fully rely on us in the future,” Scholz said.
- The Swiss government said it would provide protection to Ukrainian refugees until at least 2026, as the situation there is not expected to change in the near future.
- The Kremlin said Russia was adjusting its nuclear doctrine because the United States was “stirring tensions” and promoting a “hot war in Ukraine” with its allies and ignoring Moscow’s legitimate security interests. Moscow launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.
- Belarus’ state-owned All-National TV network said a suspected Japanese spy had been detained. The channel said the alleged agent was caught filming military infrastructure and had tried to uncover details of Chinese investment in Belarus, as well as the situation on the border between Belarus and Ukraine. There was no official statement from Minsk on the arrest.
