Russia-Ukraine war live: Zelenskiy discusses grain corridor and security in Odesa with Macron – as it happened
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Zelenskiy discussed 'functioning of a sea corridor' for safe ship passage with Macron
Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, and his French counterpart, Emmanuel Macron, spoke on Sunday, discussing the “functioning” of a sea corridor set up by Kyiv for safe navigation of ships after Moscow exited a landmark grain deal in July.
The phone call came on the eve of a summit in Russia between Russia’s president, Vladimir Putin, and his Turkish counterpart, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, who wants to revive the grain deal (see earlier post at 12.47), AFP reports.
“We also discussed ways to ensure the functioning of the grain corridor and enhance the security of the Odesa region,” Zelenskiy said on social media after a phone call with Macron.
I thanked France for its support, including crucial military aid. We discussed the next packages.
We agreed that France and French companies will take part in Ukraine’s upcoming Defense Industries Forum.
We also discussed ways to…— Володимир Зеленський (@ZelenskyyUa) September 3, 2023
Ukraine this week said four more ships had gone through its temporary maritime corridor in the Black Sea, which it set up last month to ensure safe navigation.
Updated at 16.10 BST
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Zelenskiy discussed 'functioning of a sea corridor' for safe ship passage with Macron
Erdogan's Russia visit vital for grain deal, Turkish president's chief aide suggests
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Russia exploiting foreigners in recruitment drive amid mounting war casualties, says UK MoD
Two injured as Russia attacks Odesa infrastructure with 25 drones
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It is now approaching 8pm in Kyiv and the blog is now closing. Here is a wrap-up of the main stories from today:
Russia is exploiting foreign nationals in its effort to acquire more personnel for its war effort in the face of mounting casualties, and probably views millions of migrants from central Asia as potential recruits, according to the UK’s Ministry of Defence.
Russian drones hit Danube River port infrastructure that is critical to Ukraine’s grain exports, injuring at least two people in the attack on southern parts of the Odesa region on Sunday, Ukrainian officials said. Ukraine’s South military command said at least two civilians were injured in the early morning attack on what it called “civil infrastructure of the Danube”. The Ukrainian air force said air defence systems shot down 22 of the 25 Iranian-made Shahed drones launched by Russia. The Russian defence ministry was quoted by Interfax as saying that a group of Russian drones successfully struck fuel depots at the Reni port used by the Ukrainian military.
Ukrainian forces have decisively breached Russia’s first defensive line near Zaporizhzhia after weeks of painstaking mine clearance, and expect faster gains as they press the weaker second line, the general leading the southern counteroffensive has told the Observer. Brig Gen Oleksandr Tarnavskiy estimated Russia had devoted 60% of its time and resources into building the first defensive line and only 20% each into the second and third lines because Moscow had not expected Ukrainian forces to get through.
Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, and his French counterpart, Emmanuel Macron, spoke on Sunday, discussing the “functioning” of a sea corridor set up by Kyiv for safe navigation of ships after Moscow exited a landmark grain deal in July.
*Ukraineexpects a boom in drone production as early as this autumn, according to its defence minister.
Updated at 17.56 BST
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Ukraine expects a boom in drone production as early as this autumn, according to its defence minister.
According to Reuters, Oleksii Reznikov told the state-run Ukrinform news agency on Sunday: “I think this autumn there will be a boom in the production of various Ukrainian drones: flying, floating, crawling, etc, and this will continue to grow in volume.”
He said one reason for the growth of production was that authorities had reduced various regulations and laws.
Ukraine has been conducting more frequent drone attacks on Russian territory.
Updated at 17.16 BST
Safi Bugel
Russian troops have attacked 10 regions of Ukraine with drones, artillery and mortars over the last 24 hours, Euromaidan Press has reported.
According to regional military administrations, more than 92 explosions have been heard in the Chernihiv region, which borders Russia, but no casualties have been reported.
Russian mortar fire on Sumy killed one and injured six civilians. A local building, cars and objects of critical infrastructure were damaged in the attack.
In Donetsk, houses, cars and local cemetery were damaged, two civilians were killed and two were injured.
Four civilians were reportedly injured and one man was killed in Kherson oblast.
These claims have not yet been independently verified.
Updated at 16.42 BST
There has been more reaction to the reports of Russian drones targeting Ukraine’s southern Odesa region in the early hours of Sunday (see earlier post at 07.14).
The Russian army said it had targeted “fuel storage” facilities in the Ukrainian port of Reni, which lies on the Danube River that separates Ukraine from Romania.
Bucharest’s defence ministry said the attacks were “unjustified and in deep contradiction with the rules of international humanitarian law”.
It also stressed that the Moscow drone attacks did not “generate any direct military threat to the national territory or territorial waters of Romania”.
Updated at 16.10 BST
Zelenskiy discussed 'functioning of a sea corridor' for safe ship passage with Macron
Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, and his French counterpart, Emmanuel Macron, spoke on Sunday, discussing the “functioning” of a sea corridor set up by Kyiv for safe navigation of ships after Moscow exited a landmark grain deal in July.
The phone call came on the eve of a summit in Russia between Russia’s president, Vladimir Putin, and his Turkish counterpart, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, who wants to revive the grain deal (see earlier post at 12.47), AFP reports.
“We also discussed ways to ensure the functioning of the grain corridor and enhance the security of the Odesa region,” Zelenskiy said on social media after a phone call with Macron.
I thanked France for its support, including crucial military aid. We discussed the next packages.
We agreed that France and French companies will take part in Ukraine’s upcoming Defense Industries Forum.
We also discussed ways to…— Володимир Зеленський (@ZelenskyyUa) September 3, 2023
Ukraine this week said four more ships had gone through its temporary maritime corridor in the Black Sea, which it set up last month to ensure safe navigation.
Updated at 16.10 BST
In this post from Ukraine’s defence ministry a Ukrainian tanker shares his impressions of using a British Challenger 2 tank in battle.
I tell you this tank is like a sniper rifle … it undoubtedly set a world record when it hit a T-55 from a distance of more than five kilometres. […] When you’re driving in a T-80 [a main battle tank (MBT) manufactured in Russia] and you’re not sure if you’ll even make one shot because the loading mechanism might malfunction or some sensor won’t work. I mean you’re basically scaring the [Russians] with the sound of the engine, so it’s a slightly different feeling. It’s advantage is that it has a long range, it is very precise. […] If used correctly it will just, I don’t know, death and horror for them, that’s all.
"A sniper rifle among tanks" - A Ukrainian tanker shares impressions of using a British Challenger 2 tank in battle. - "We could use a few more companies in Ukraine. russian tanks would be too scared to come out." pic.twitter.com/18tcMMIRuj— Defense of Ukraine (@DefenceU) September 3, 2023
Updated at 16.07 BST
Ukraine’s defence ministry has confirmed the attack on Ukraine’s port infrastructure, saying 22 combat drones out of 25 were shot down. It says a fire that broke out after a hit was “quickly contained”, but two port employees were injured.
Today, russian terrorists once again struck Ukraine's port infrastructure. Out of 25 launched Shahed-136/131 combat drones, 22 were shot down. There were hits, and a fire broke out, which was quickly contained. Unfortunately, two port employees were injured.
Updated at 16.06 BST
Armenia’s prime minister has said it would be a strategic mistake for his country to solely rely on Russia to guarantee its security.
In an interview with the Italian newspaper La Repubblica published on Sunday, Nikol Pashinyan accused Russia of failing to ensure Armenia’s security in the face of what he said was aggression from neighbouring Azerbaijan over the breakaway Nagorno-Karabakh region. Pashinyan suggested that Moscow, which has a defence pact with Armenia and a military base there, did not regard his country as sufficiently pro-Russian and said he believed Russia was in the process of leaving the wider south Caucasus. Yerevan was therefore trying to diversify its security arrangements, he said, an apparent reference to its ties with the EU and the US and its attempts to forge closer ties with other countries in the region. “Armenia’s security architecture was 99.999% linked to Russia, including when it came to the procurement of arms and ammunition,” Pashinyan told La Repubblica. “But today we see that Russia itself is in need of weapons, arms and ammunition [for the war in Ukraine] and in this situation it’s understandable that even if it wishes so, the Russian federation cannot meet Armenia’s security needs. “This example should demonstrate to us that dependence on just one partner in security matters is a strategic mistake.” His words underscore resentment inside Armenia about what many there see as a failure by Russia to defend their interests.
Updated at 14.31 BST
Erdogan's Russia visit vital for grain deal, Turkish president's chief aide suggests
The Turkish president, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, and Vladimir Putin will focus on the Black Sea grain deal during their meeting on Monday, as Turkey seeks to bring Moscow back to the deal, Erdoğan’s chief foreign policy adviser has suggested.
Akif Çağatay Kılıç said during an interview on the A Haber television channel:
We play a leading role here. We see strong support from all around the world for the realisation of the grain corridor. The current status [of the grain deal] will be discussed at the summit on Monday. We are cautious, but we hope to achieve success because this is a situation that affects the entire world.
Russian drones hit Danube River port infrastructure that is critical to Ukraine’s grain exports, injuring at least two people in the attack on southern parts of the Odesa region on Sunday, Ukrainian officials said.
The Danube has become Ukraine’s main route for exporting grain since July, when Russia quit a UN and Turkey-brokered deal that had given safe passage to Kyiv’s exports of grains, oilseeds and vegetable oils via the Black Sea.
You can read more about why the Black Sea grain deal collapsed here:
What was the Black Sea grain deal and why did it collapse?
Updated at 14.33 BST
Summary of the day so far.
Russia is exploiting foreign nationals in its effort to acquire more personnel for its war effort in the face of mounting casualties, and probably views millions of migrants from central Asia as potential recruits, according to the UK’s Ministry of Defence.
Russian drones hit Danube River port infrastructure that is critical to Ukraine’s grain exports, injuring at least two people in the attack on southern parts of the Odesa region on Sunday, Ukrainian officials said. Ukraine’s South Military Command said at least two civilians were injured in the early morning attack on what it called “civil infrastructure of the Danube”. The Ukrainian air force said air defence systems shot down 22 of the 25 Iranian-made Shahed drones launched by Russia. The Russian defence ministry was quoted by Interfax as saying that a group of Russian drones successfully struck fuel depots at the Reni port used by the Ukrainian military.
*Ukrainian forces have decisively breached Russia’s first defensive linenear Zaporizhzhia after weeks of painstaking mine clearance, and expect faster gains as they press the weaker second line, the general leading the southern counteroffensive has told the Observer. Brig Gen Oleksandr Tarnavskiy estimated Russia had devoted 60% of its time and resources into building the first defensive line and only 20% each into the second and third lines because Moscow had not expected Ukrainian forces to get through.
Updated at 12.30 BST
Moldova’s president, Maia Sandu, has condemned the Russian drone attack reported to have hit southern parts of the Odesa region on Sunday.
I strongly condemn Russia's brutal attack on port infrastructure in Odesa region. Russia must be held accountable for every piece of infrastructure destroyed. My thoughts are with all those affected. Moldova stands firmly with Ukraine.— Maia Sandu (@sandumaiamd) September 3, 2023
Moldova, like Ukraine, applied to join the EU last year shortly after the Russian invasion, which sent many Ukrainian refugees into the country, and hit the economy.
Relations between Russia and Moldova – once part of the Soviet Union – reached new lows this year after Sandu strongly condemned Moscow’s invasion of neighbouring Ukraine and accused Russia of plotting to overthrow her.
In May, the EU announced the opening of a civilian mission in Chișinău during a visit by European leaders, in a show of solidarity in the face of the threat from Russia.
Updated at 11.57 BST
Secret security information on British military and intelligence sites has been leaked online by hackers linked to Russia, the Daily Mirror reports.
They released thousands of pages of data which could help criminals get into the HMNB Clyde nuclear submarine base, the Porton Down chemical weapon lab and a GCHQ listening post. Information about high-security prisons and a military site key to our cyber defences was also stolen in the raid by group LockBit. Hackers targeted the databases of Zaun, a firm which makes fences for maximum security sites. The information was then placed onto the internet’s dark web, which can be accessed using special software… We can reveal the information was stolen last month in a major attack on West Midlands-based Zaun, which makes fences and perimeter security measures for high-risk sites and provided security barriers at the London 2012 Olympics.
Updated at 11.43 BST
The Russian gas firm Gazprom said it would ship 41.5m cubic metres of gas to Europe via Ukraine on Sunday, a volume reportedly in line with recent days.
Gazprom’s natural gas exports, mainly to Europe, almost halved last year after the west responded with economic sanctions after Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine, and blasts on the Nord Stream gas pipelines under the Baltic Sea.- http://sandteennackt.wikidot.com/blog:2
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