The town of Krasny Liman under the control of the allied pro-Russian forces // Electricity and water are cut off in Kharkov

1 Donbass «The town of ’Krasny Liman’ is controlled by the pro-Russian forces» — the DPR’s People’s Militia reported on the Telegram. «The city is under the complete control of the pro-Russian forces. Our fighters are at their combat posts. They are successfully repel all the enemy attacks. The locals thank their defenders for defending the town» — the report stated. The head of the DPR, Denis Pushilin, reported that the situation in the town of Krasny Liman is «rather difficult», just like in some other settlements in the north of the DPR — the RIA NEWS reported.

2 Russia The spokesman of the Russian president, Dmitry Peskov, told to the reporters on 12th of September that Vladimir Putin is receiving reports on the progress of the special military operation, including the reports about the regrouping of Russian forces. «Everything that happens, any action that the Russian military take during the special military operation, is reported to the supreme commander» — the Kremlin spokesman replied on a question about how Putin reacted to the regrouping. He added that «the president is in a round-the-clock communication with the minister of defense and with all other military officials. Naturally, it can’t be otherwise in the course of the special military operation» — end of quote.

3 Ukraine The mayor of the city of Kharkov, Igor Terehov, reported on the Telegram channel that there is no electricity and water supply in the city. «The critical infrastructure facilities have been put out of action. The power has been cut off in Kharkov. The water supply has been cut off as well» — he stated. The Kharkov metro stopped working as well. The RIA NEWS reported that there are internet outages as well.

4 The USA — Ukraine The USA plans to transfer several medium-range anti-aircraft missile systems ’NASAMS’, developed by Norway and the USA, to Ukraine. The delivery of the first few missile systems is expected in autumn of 2022. The USA plans to deliver most of missile systems by 2024. The plans of the US authorities to transfer the ’NASAMS’ to Ukraine became known in June 2022. According to the US mass media — Ukraine will receive NASAMS with new AMRAAM-ER missiles that can hit air targets at a distance of up to 50 kilometers.

5 Ukraine The Ukrainian Defense Minister, Aleksiy Reznikov, stated that in order to establish peace in Ukraine, the country’s authorities are ready to sign a document with specific security guarantees — the RIA NEWS reported. “We have learned a lot. We have learned not to trust the attempts to help us get a peace in Ukraine. Unfortunately, in 2014 there were such attempts from our partners. Those tools and those agreements do not work today» — he explained. A video with his statements was published on the Ukrainian TV channel ICTV. Recently, Vladimir Zelensky stated that he isn’t ready to negotiate with Russia right now. The spokesman of the Russian president, Dmitry Peskov, recently stated that Russia is ready and is willing to resolve the situation in Ukraine via diplomacy on the Russian terms. The subject of conversation between Russia and Kiev could be how exactly the Russian conditions will be met. Dmitry Peskov noted that the Russian conditions remain the same.

6 Russia — Latvia The Russian company ’’Gazprom’’ has resumed the deliveries of gas to Latvia. Earlier, Latvia, driven by hostile intentions, refused to pay for the Russian gas in rubles. The gas supplies have been suspended since 30th of July. Recently, the Latvian authorities, together with their neighbors in the region, announced the imposition of sanctions against the Russian citizens, and their refusal to let the Russians into their territory via Schengen visas, regardless of the country of the issue. At the same time, the Latvian authorities found out that their gas storage facilities were only half full. They have nowhere to buy gas, even at higher prices, aside from Russia. Latvia decided to return to the purchases, and make payments in rubles, as Russia proposed back in spring. Constantine Reztsov, specially for the ANNA NEWS