193rd day of war: Zelensky says Russia is likely to have an emergency energy strike | Abroad
Main September 4, 11:30:
– Arestovich: the counteroffensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine is a methodical operation;
– The Armed Forces of Ukraine destroyed a public transport warehouse in the Bashtansky district and hit a ferry crossing near Berislav;
– Zelensky: Russia is likely to emergency energy strike on Europe;
– Military weapons went off in the center of Chernihiv.
A detailed overview of events is provided below.
Arestovich: the counteroffensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine is a methodical operation
Ukrainian officials said on Saturday that the UAF counter-offensive in southern Ukraine is a retaliatory methodical operation to weaken Russian troops and harass their logistics, and it is not about the immediate return of a large territory.
Aleksey Arestovich, an adviser to the office of the President of Ukraine, told the Wall Street Journal on Saturday that the current goal of the Armed Forces of Ukraine eliminates the systemic stop of Putin’s army and Ukrainian troops to slowly and systematically eliminate the operational logistics system for supplying the Russian army with artillery strikes and precision weapons. Arestovich’s statement is consistent with the assessment of the American think tank Institute for the Study of War (ISW). Experts believe that the ongoing counter-offensive is unlikely to affect immediate success, and that the Ukrainian fallout is leading to major key logistical hubs fueling increased activity in the south and undermining Russian military capabilities.
ISW also reports that Ukrainian troops are leading positional battles on the Kherson-Nikolaev front line. Their attention is focused on hitting transport routes, concentrations of equipment and personnel, and command posts.
Footage from various networks testifies to Ukrainian strikes in the western and central parts of the Kherson region, the Liga portal reports.
Ukrainian forces are also likely to conduct local operations along the line of movement in the western Zaporozhye region in order to pin down Russian troops and prevent their deployment.
Armed Forces of Ukraine destroyed public transport warehouses in the Bashtansky district and hit a ferry crossing near Berislav
Over the past 24 hours, Ukrainian aviation has arrived at strongholds, the area of concentration of forces and equipment, command posts and transport routes of Russian troops, the operational command “South” reported. The Armed Forces of Ukraine destroyed 138 soldiers, 9 tanks, the Msta-B howitzer, the Uragan multiple launch rocket system, the S-300 launcher, a 152-caliber howitzer, and 18 armored vehicles.
In addition, the Armed Forces of Ukraine destroyed a public transport warehouse in the Bashtansky district and hit a ferry crossing near Berislav.
Zelensky: Russia is likely to be an extreme energy blow to Europe.
The President of Ukraine, in his video message on the evening of September 3, said that Russia is likely to have a strong energy impact on all Europeans this winter: This is its own pressure on Russia.
Zelensky recalled that in recent days, Russia has been trying to further increase energy pressure in Europe – the pumping of gas through the Nord Stream is fully directed.
“Why are they doing this? Russia wants to destroy the normal life of every European – in all countries of our continent. It wants to weaken and intimidate the whole of Europe, every state. It wants to spread chaos where it cannot hit with missiles yet,” Zelensky believes.
He is convinced that in order to protect Europe from all this, even more unities, even more misfortunes, even more help to each other are needed.
A White House Homeland Security spokesman also said on Friday that “unfortunately, it is not surprising that Russia continues to use energy as a weapon against European consumers.”
“One is not enough to see, and we continue to work together to solve the alarming energy situation in Europe,” he added.
Military weapons went off in the center of Chernihiv
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky in his video message also mentioned the explosion that occurred on Saturday in Chernihiv.
On the afternoon of September 3, military weapons went off at the exhibition in the infected parts of Chernihiv, as a result of which 4 children were injured. Among the sick is a two-year-old boy, he is in serious condition.
Zelensky assured that all those responsible for the explosion in the center of Chernihiv were to be punished, and the external authorities did not allow cases to arise.
Assessment of the Ukrainian side of the loss of the Russian army
According to the assessment of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, published on September 4, the masses of Russian troops were affected by:
- approximately 49,500 troops
- 2049 tanks
- 4430 infantry fighting vehicles
- 236 aircraft
- 206 helicopters
- 1147 artillery systems
- 294 multiple launch rocket systems
- 156 air defense systems
- 864 drones
- 203 cruise missiles
- 3276 vehicles
- 15 ships/boats
- 106special equipment sales
Ukraine does not affect data on its losses.