The threat from Moscow: "A great global storm is starting"

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Kiev, "today the Russians carried out over 15 air strikes"

The General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces provided today's Russian raid bulletin, stating that Moscow has launched 14 missiles and carried out more than 15 air strikes on Ukraine. The same source added that the Ukrainian armed forces repelled Russian raids on 8 settlements. "In particular, civil infrastructures have been damaged in the areas of the settlements of Kharkiv, Mykolaiv, Voznesensk, Ochakiv, Sukhy Stavok", reads the bulletin, published by Ukrainska Pravda. "The units of the Ukrainian armed forces have successfully repelled enemy attacks in the areas of Krasnopillya, Bakhmutske, Bakhmut, Mayorsk, Zaitseve, Kodema, Soledar and Pervomaiske," the statement continues.

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US Ambassador Sullivan ends office in Moscow

US Ambassador to Russia John Sullivan left Moscow today after completing his term. This was announced by the diplomatic mission in a note. "Ambassador to the Russian Federation John J. Sullivan completed his term as US representative and left Moscow today," the embassy said. Sullivan was appointed ambassador to Moscow in December 2019. "After his departure, he will end his career in public service which will last four decades and under five American presidents," the diplomatic office added. Sullivan, 62, a native of Boston, Massachusetts was notably assistant to the secretary of state under the presidency of Donald Trump and has held various senior positions in the ministries of justice, defense and commerce in the United States.

Another embassy member, Elizabeth Rood, will take on the role of chargé d'affaires until Sullivan's successor arrives, the embassy recalled, without giving further details.

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13 ships with grain departed from Ukraine

Thirteen ships, the largest caravan of ships since the start of the Ukrainian grain export agreement, have departed from the ports of Odessa, Chornomorsk and Pivdenny. This was announced by the Ministry of Infrastructure, according to Ukrainska Pravda.

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Peskov: "A great global storm is starting"

Kremlin spokesman Dmitri Peskov says a "great global storm" stemming from the actions of the West is starting. This is what Tass reports. Russia, Peskov adds, "will be able to preserve macrostability in the midst of this storm".

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Kremlin: "Serious retaliation for EU visa restrictions"

"The Russian Federation's response to EU visa restrictions can be asymmetrical and symmetrical". Thus the Kremlin spokesman Dmitri Peskov, according to what Ria Novosti reports, to the hypothesis of EU restrictions on visas for Russians. "It would be extremely unfortunate, unprecedented and would require serious retaliation from the Russian Federation," Peskov added.

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Read: "From Salvini irresponsible phrases in freedom"

From Matteo Salvini arrive "free phrases in the electoral campaign that risk causing very heavy damage to Italy, to our reliability and to our role in Europe": said the secretary of the Democratic Party, Enrico Letta, arriving at the Ambrosetti Forum in Cernobbio . According to Letta "this way of campaigning on the skin of the country's reliability is irresponsible".

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Tajani: "Sanctions on Russia are inevitable"

"Salvini's is an opinion and we can discuss it. I believe that sanctions are inevitable and that we must continue to inflict them." Thus the coordinator of Forza Italia, Antonio Tajani, arriving at the Ambrosetti Forum in Cernobbio, on the doubts expressed by the leader of the League on the effectiveness of the sanctions. "Any choice to change the position - he concluded - can only be taken at a European and NATO level".

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United Kingdom: "Low morale and indiscipline among Russian troops"

"Problems of morale and discipline" are afflicting Russian troops fighting in Ukraine, adding to the high losses and fatigue, according to the British Ministry of Defense in its daily bulletin on the basis of intelligence information. Among the troops in Moscow there is discontent about the wages and the high possibility that the "substantial bonuses for the fighters" will not be paid in the end, according to what London writes, adding that a certain "corruption" among the officers also plays their part. Russians and the "inefficient military bureaucracy". According to the MoD bulletin, the Russian armed forces continue to fail to provide troops with the necessary equipment, including appropriate uniforms and weapons, as well as adequate food rations and wages - all of which contribute to the "fragile morale" of Russian soldiers.

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Kiev: "Drones destroy Russian material worth 26 million dollars"

The Ukrainian Armed Forces, using Turkish Bayraktar combat drones, destroyed Russian military equipment worth at least $ 26.5 million in just three days, between August 31 and September 2, according to the commander-in-chief of the armed forces of Kiev, Valery Zaluzhnyi, quoted by the Kyiv Independent. The drones would destroy 8 T-72 tanks, an infantry combat vehicle and many howitzer-type artillery pieces.

(Unioneonline)