Cover image: A Russian policeman equipped with an antidrone weapon, at the Porokhovskoye cemetery during the funeral of Yevgeny Prigojine, in Saint Petersburg, Russia, August 29, 2023. Dmitry Lovetsky/AP
- The Ukrainian army claims new territorial gains on the southern front. “Ukrainian forces have recorded successes in the direction of Novoprokopivka and Verbove”two localities located in the Zaporizhia region, Andriï Kovaliov said on a public channel on Tuesday.
- The Ukrainian authorities are ordering the evacuation of children from five localities in the Zaporizhia region. The localities in question are Houlyaipole, Stepnohirsk, Preobrajenka, Yehorivka and Novopavlivka.
- A drone attack targeted Pskov airport overnight from Tuesday to Wednesday, in northwestern Russia, regional governor Mikhail Vedernikov announced, saying on Telegram that the defense ministry was pushing it back.
- France will support Ukraine “as long as necessary”repeated on Tuesday Catherine Colonna, the French Foreign Minister, on the occasion of a joint press conference with her Ukrainian counterpart, Dmytro Kuleba, guest of honor at the 29e edition of the Annual Conference of French Ambassadors.
- The farewell ceremony for former Wagner leader Yevgeny Prigozhin was held in private, announced the Wagner Group on Tuesday, on Telegram. “Persons wishing to say goodbye can go to the Porokhovskoye cemetery [à Saint-Pétersbourg] »said the press service of the Prigozhin company.
- A Ukrainian bombardment killed three people in Horlivka, in territory occupied by Russian forces, according to the mayor. Ukrainian shelling claimed the lives of three civilians in Horlivka, in the Russian-occupied part of Donetsk Oblast, Ivan Prikhodko announced on Tuesday on Telegram.
- Unicef is concerned about the education of young Ukrainians. Relentless attacks and low school enrollment among young refugees in host countries have left a majority of the 6.7 million Ukrainians between the ages of 3 and 18 unable to learn, says Regina De Dominicis, director UNICEF Regional Office for Europe and Central Asia, back from Ukraine.
- Nearly 10,000 civilians killed in Ukraine since the start of the Russian offensive, according to the UN. At least 9,511 civilians have been killed and 17,206 injured in Ukraine since the start of the Russian offensive, reports the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), in its last report dated August 28.
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