Cover image: A car drives past a fragment of a Russian missile after an attack in Kramatorsk, Donetsk region, Ukraine, Saturday, September 2, 2023. LIBKOS / AP
- Ukrainian army announces breakthrough of Russian first line of defense near Zaporizhia, in the south-east of Ukraine. According to Ukrainian General Oleksandr Tarnavsky, in charge of this counter-offensive, the advance was allowed after weeks of mine clearance. He added that the progress of the Ukrainian troops should be faster now because, according to him, the Russian forces have devoted the majority of their resources to the construction of the first line.
- According to the Donetsk regional prosecutor’s office, two people were killed and two others injured on Saturday in a bombardment on the town of Vouhledarin eastern Ukraine.
- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Saturday that the “Ukrainian forces advance”. “Despite all that can be said, we are moving forward”writes the Ukrainian president, in a message on X (ex-Twitter) illustrated with several shots of Ukrainian soldiers, before affirming that “That’s the most important thing.”
- The Nobel Foundation announced on Saturday that it was giving up inviting the Russian ambassador to the Nobel Prize ceremony in Stockholm in December., following the wave of indignation caused the day before by his invitation. This decision has been described as “victory of humanism” by Ukrainian Foreign Ministry spokesman Oleg Nikolenko.
- A Ukrainian court on Saturday ordered the two-month detention of businessman Ihor Kolomoisky, accused of fraud and money launderinga spectacular decision against one of the most powerful businessmen in the country.
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