Night air attack, 187 combat clashes, battles in the Pokrovsk and Kurakhovsky directions, losses of the occupiers, enemy shelling.
Consequences of the shelling of Sumy region
This night, Russia struck Kharkov several times. First, around midnight, the strikes hit the forest belt of the Shevchenkovsky district, reported the chairman of the OVA Oleg Sinegubov and the mayor Igor Terekhov. After that, the Russians opened fire at about 4:50.
The enemy struck for the second time with three KABs. One of the “arrivals” is between the school and kindergarten in the Industrial District.
“The second KAB hit the depot in the Saltovsky district of the city. As in the first case, windows in houses were knocked out. There are no casualties. The survey of the impact site is ongoing. The third KAB fell in the suburbs,” he said.
On the night of September 19, Ukrainian air defense forces shot down 42 Russian-launched attack drones and one guided air missile.
In total, during the night, the Air Force's radio-technical troops detected and accompanied 46 enemy air attack vehicles. The occupiers struck the Kharkiv region with three S-300/S-400 anti-aircraft guided missiles from the Belgorod region, one Kh-59/69 guided air missile from the airspace of the Zaporizhia region, and 42 Shahed-type attack UAVs from Primorsk and Kursk, which are in the Russian Federation.
Air defense was in effect in the Dnipropetrovsk, Kyiv, Vinnytsia, Zhitomir, Rivne, Cherkasy, Kirovohrad, Nikolaev and Kherson regions.
Meanwhile, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reports that 187 combat clashes occurred over the past 24 hours. Russia launched three missile strikes (five missiles), 79 airstrikes (127 air strikes), and carried out more than 4,580 attacks (154 from multiple launch rocket systems).
In the Pokrovsk direction, the defenders stopped 46 attacks by the occupiers towards the settlements of Vozdvizhenka, Novoaleksandrivka, Krasny Yar, Grodovka, Novogrodovka, Marinovka, Mirolyubovka and Mikhaylovka.
In the Kurakhovsk directionrepelled 40 attacks. The Russians were most active in trying to advance in the areas of the settlements of Konstantinovka and Georgievka. The enemy attacked in the direction of Tsukurino, Ukrainskoye, Dalnoye and Zhelaemoye Pervye.
The next operation of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Kursk region continues, in this direction the enemy's aviation continues to raze its own villages and cities to the ground,” said Andrey Kovalev, a representative of the General Staff, on the air of the telethon.
More details about the operational situation are in the news.
Gazshtab also reports that over the past 24 hours, the Defense Forces have eliminated another 1,130 soldiers. Since the beginning of the invasion, Ukrainian defenders have eliminated about 638,140 occupiers.
Other enemy losses are in the news.
At night, the Russians struck the Kamyshevskaya and Novoaleksandrivskaya communities at least four times. A 74-year-old woman was killed, two 67-year-olds were wounded, said Ivan Fedorov, head of the Zaporizhzhya OV.
Private homes and property were damaged by the blast wave and debris.
Over the past 24 hours, the occupiers shelled 12 settlements in the Zaporizhia region 161 times.
The Verkhovna Rada adopted a resolution on renaming more than 300 settlements and districts. 281 deputies voted in favor, as was reported by Oleksiy Goncharenko's broadcast.
The resolution renames 327 settlements. The resolution excluded the change of name for Pavlograd, Sinelnykove, Yuzhny, Yuzhnoukrainsk, and Pervomaysk.
Next week, US President Joe Biden will address the UN General Assembly, White House adviser John Kirby said.
“I think you can expect President Biden to talk about the contemporary crises that are before us now. And of course, Ukraine and Gaza are the two most important (topics – ed.) in this regard,” Kirby said.
In particular, Biden will talk about the importance of maintaining American leadership and building a coalition of states.
Recall that on September 24, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky will speak at a meeting of the UN Security Council.
US presidential candidate Donald Trump announced a possible meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, The Guardian writes.
Bloomberg writes about Zelensky's trip to the States and a possible meeting with another presidential candidate, Kamala Harris.
Recall that on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly, which will be held from September 24 to 30, Zelensky is scheduled to meet with his American counterpart Joe Biden. He is going to present him with the so-called victory plan – his own vision and list of needs of what is needed to force Russia to end the war.
The success of the plan will depend on the support of the allies.
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