LIVE – War in Ukraine: Putin will host Erdogan in Sochi, Russia on Monday

Russian President Vladimir Putin will receive his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Sochi, southwest Russia, on Monday as he tries to renew an agreement abandoned by Moscow in mid-July that allowed Ukrainian grain exports via the Black Sea. .

“Negotiations will be held in Sochi on Monday at noon,” Russian presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov announced during a press conference.

According to Odessa regional MP Oleksiy Goncharenko, two new ships left a port near the southern Ukrainian resort town on Friday. Thus he evokes the Liberian bulk carrier Filia Glory and the Marshall Islands Ocean Honor. First you have to go to Varna, Bulgaria. The second route is not yet available in online ship tracking tools.

Ukraine says drone attack on Russia’s Pskov airport

Speaking at a business forum in Italy, Volodymyr Zelensky believes there can be no “lasting peace” in Ukraine if his country is unable to recover the occupied territories.

“Without Crimea, without Donbass, without the occupied territories, there will be no permanent peace in Ukraine, and therefore never in the European space,” he said. And to continue: “Look what happened to Crimea: Is there civilization? Is there jobs? Is there tourism?”.

More than 3.6 million Ukrainian children, including 400,000 displaced abroad, returned to school on Friday, the second since the war launched by Russia, according to figures provided by the Ukrainian president’s office.

“The second September 1 after the full-scale invasion. The Russians are trying to do everything to destroy our country … the country has preserved the opportunity for children to go to Ukrainian schools,” congratulated the head of the Ukrainian presidential administration. , Andriï Yermak, on Friday’s Telegram.

At the start of this school year, he noted, “3,623,169 children are studying in our schools”, 400,000 are from overseas and “continuing in our education system”. 44.9% students are offered face-to-face courses. He described distance for 24.4% of them and mixed method for 30.7%.

The governor of the Vinnytsia region in central Ukraine announces that the Russians attacked a business with a long-range cruise missile. “Unfortunately, there are victims and they are getting all the help they need,” the Ukrainian official said. According to the Ukrainian Air Force, two missiles were launched by Russia, and only one of the two was shot down by Kiev over the Kirovohrad region (central Ukraine).

This Friday, at LCI, General Mikhail Yakovlev believes “the Russians are not far from exploding.” “If the Ukrainians can break through the 2nd line, it can go very quickly,” says the former deputy chief of NATO’s SHAPE staff. He also asserts that “I never believe in a lightning strike that leaves rocks in three days.”

Russian Civil Aviation said the capital’s airports had their traffic “restricted” for several minutes after a new Ukrainian attack in the Moscow region.

“This morning, flights from Vnukovo, Domodedovo and Zhukovsky airports were temporarily banned to ensure the safety of civilian aircraft. Due to restrictions on the use of airspace, 14 flights departed for other airports,” said Rosaviatsiya.

According to Britain’s Ministry of Defence, Russia has set up an “underwater barrier” to protect the Crimean bridge crossing the Kerch Strait. “As of August 29, 2023, footage confirms that Russia has developed an underwater barrier consisting of submerged ships and control booms to deter naval drone attacks,” UK Defense said on Friday.

For London, this “passive defense” is necessary due to the importance of the bridge in the context of “military logistical support to Russian forces” currently in the Kherson and Zaporizhia region.

On Thursday, August 31, during a meeting in Spain, the Ukrainian Foreign Minister was angry with his European counterparts. A drone was shot down in the Moscow region early Friday morning. Here are the highlights from the last 24 hours.

According to the governor of Russia’s Kursk region, a drone attack was carried out on Kurchatov on Friday morning. An administration building and a house were damaged, according to Governor Roman Starvoit.

Russia on Friday foiled a new nighttime drone attack in the Moscow region, the mayor of the Russian capital said, with no casualties or damage reported.

On Friday, “Air defense forces near Loubertsy (east of Moscow, Moscow region, editor’s note) foiled a new attempt to launch a drone against Moscow,” Sergey Sobyanin said in a Telegram.

“Initial reports indicate no injuries or damage,” the elected official added, adding that emergency services were on site.

Drone strikes against the Crimean peninsula, annexed by Russia in 2014, have escalated in recent weeks, particularly in the wake of a counteroffensive from Kiev that began in early June, targeting the Russian capital.

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