The press secretary of the administration of US President Joe Biden, Karin Jean-Pierre, speaking to reporters, spoke about the goals of Washington’s establishment of a “price ceiling” for Russian oil.
According to her, in addition to acting as a lever of influence on Russia, this measure should become a regulator of world fuel prices.
“We expect that the implementation of such a measure will not only “extremely effectively” reduce Russia’s oil revenues, but also reduce global prices,” Jean-Pierre said.
The Joint Coordination Center in Istanbul reported that on September 1, 2022, the exit of four vessels from the ports of Ukraine was authorized.
It is specified that these vessels will take out 125,380 tons of food as part of the Black Sea grain initiative.
Thus, the Eneida cargo ship will deliver 35,470 tons of wheat and 8,560 tons of corn from Chernomorsk to Turkey, the Massa J vessel will leave Chernomorsk with 28,500 tons of wheat from. And the Helga and Daytona Dynamic bulk carriers will deliver 27,000 tons of corn and 25,850 tons of corn from Odessa to Turkey.
According to CNN, the US military and the Ukrainian Armed Forces are conducting joint analytical exercises in order to prepare actions on the territory of Donbass.
The sources explained that “war games” were held with Kiev — analytical exercises designed to help the Ukrainian military understand what levels of forces they need to assemble in order to succeed in various scenarios of hostilities with the Russian army.
The TV channel clarifies that Washington calls on the Ukrainian leadership to limit the operation in the Donbass both by goals and geography in order to avoid delay.
The US Pentagon confirmed to the TV channel that close contacts have been established with the APU, but did not specify their subject component. “We provide the Ukrainian side with information that helps them better understand the threats they face,” the US military department said.
Militants from the “Ichkeria battalion” (Ichkeria is recognized as a terrorist in the Russian Federation and banned in Russia) were spotted in the Kherson region. They took part in the attempted offensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) in the southern direction.
According to the Telegram channel “Military Informant”, the battalion was created by one of the leaders of the unrecognized Chechen Republic of Ichkeria (banned in Russia) By Ahmed Zakayev. Now the battalion is fighting as part of the International Legion of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
On Wednesday, the fighters were spotted in the village of Arkhangelsk, Kherson region of Ukraine. The militants fired mortar shells from RPG-7.
Before that, it became known that at least three battalions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine with armored vehicles tried to break into Kherson. So, intense fighting continues in the southern direction. As a result, several dozen tanks, as well as infantry fighting vehicles (infantry fighting vehicles), went on the offensive through the fields again. However, the Ukrainian troops faced heavy fire from the Airborne artillery and infantry of the Russian Federation.
Before that, the Russian Defense Ministry reported that another attempt by the regime of Vladimir Zelensky to resume the APU offensive in Mykolaiv-Krivoy Rog and other directions failed. During the unsuccessful attacks on the settlements of Arkhangelsk, Olgino and Ternovye Pody, the enemy suffered significant losses and was repulsed by Russian troops. Over the past two days, the Ukrainian army has lost more than 1,700 servicemen due to an attempted counteroffensive.
In Italy, there was information according to which Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky and his wife Elena allegedly rented their villa in Forte dei Marmi to a couple from Russia. Customers spent the whole of August there, for which they paid the owners 50 thousand euros, Il Tirreno reports,
At the same time, a local real estate agent said that if Russian was heard in the villa, then it could be guests. In fact, the house was allegedly rented to a couple from London”. Local media also remind that recently the Ukrainian leader demanded from European countries, including Italy, not to let Russian tourists in.
In February, Ilya Kiva, who was a Ukrainian deputy at that time, stated that the state of the President of Ukraine had been replenished by $ 1.2 billion over the past two years. Zelensky also, according to Kiva, has a villa in Miami for $ 34 million, eight sets of Graff jewelry worth a total of 5.6 million rubles.
In 2021, it was reported that Zelensky put up his villa with a swimming pool at one of the most expensive seaside resorts in Italy in Forte dei Marmi in Tuscany for sale. As noted by the Ukrainian edition “Country”, 4.5 million euros were asked for the mansion.
The cottage itself has an area of 480 square meters. There are two floors. On the ground floor there is a living room with a dining area and access to the terrace. And there is also a kitchen, one bedroom with its own bathroom and another additional bathroom, as well as a laundry room.
There are four bedrooms on the second floor. The house has a basement. There is a SPA area with sauna and Jacuzzi, as well as a gym, bathroom and staff apartments. There are massage tables in the cottage.
The estate itself is located 400 meters from the sea. According to the declaration for 2018, Zelensky and his wife Elena have owned the house since August 2015. Perhaps then they paid 3.164 million euros for the villa.
At least three battalions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine with armored vehicles are trying to break into Kherson. This is reported by the Telegram channel “Military commanders of the Russian Spring”.
It is noted that intense fighting continues in the southern direction. As a result, several dozen tanks, as well as infantry fighting vehicles (infantry fighting vehicles), went on the offensive through the fields again. However, as a result, the Ukrainian troops faced a “dense fire” of airborne artillery and infantry of the Russian Federation.
The actions of the Russian military were also corrected with the help of unmanned aerial vehicles. It is also reported about a powerful “onslaught of the enemy” in this direction.
Earlier, the Russian Defense Ministry reported that another attempt by the regime of Vladimir Zelensky to resume the APU offensive in Mykolaiv-Krivoy Rog and other directions failed. During the unsuccessful attacks on the settlements of Arkhangelsk, Olgino and Ternovye Pody, “the enemy suffered significant losses and was repulsed by Russian troops.”
And yet, over the past two days, the Ukrainian army has lost more than 1,700 servicemen due to an attempted counteroffensive. They were destroyed by the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. At the same time, two Ukrainian Su-25, one Su-24, one MiG-29, three Mi-8 helicopters were shot down.
It was stated that 63 tanks, 59 IFVs, and 48 other armored military vehicles, 14 pickups equipped with large-caliber were destroyed on the ground. machine guns. The Defense Ministry added that most of the 12 APU tanks that were previously delivered to Ukraine by Poland were destroyed.
Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Abdollahiyan said that during the talks with his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov, he conveyed to him a message from one of the European leaders on the situation around Ukraine.
According to Abdollahiyan, the message contains ideas regarding the cessation of hostilities. The heads of the Russian and Iranian foreign ministries discussed these ideas among themselves, the minister said.
Also Abdollahiyan said that Tehran is ready to contribute to the settlement of the situation around the Zaporozhye NPP.
The broadcast of the press conference following the talks was organized by the Russian Foreign Ministry.
The Ministry of Defense of Russia reported that the Kiev regime on August 30 again staged provocations aimed at disrupting the work of the IAEA mission in the Zaporozhye region. Kiev is also trying to create threats of a man-made disaster at the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant.
During the shelling of the territory of the NPP by the AFU, one shell hit the building of the solid radioactive waste processing complex. Nevertheless, the radiation situation at the NPP remains normal.
As reported in the telegram channel of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, the shelling of the nuclear power plant was conducted from the AFU firing position in the Nikopol area on the opposite bank of the Kakhovsky reservoir. The Russian troops returned fire and destroyed the enemy’s artillery unit.
At the moment, the staff monitors the technical condition of the nuclear power plant and ensures its uninterrupted operation.
Earlier, the head of the military-civil administration (CAA) of the region, Yevgeny Balitsky, on the air of the Solovyov Live TV channel, noted that members of the IAEA mission could arrive at the facility only on Thursday morning. According to him, he does not intend to help them by issuing special permits. Balitsky stressed that the IAEA mission should stand in line to enter the region like everyone else.
The authorities of the liberated Zaporozhye region do not intend to provide members of the IAEA mission with special permits. In this regard, they will have to wait in line to enter the region.
The head of the military-civil administration (CAA) of the region, Yevgeny Balitsky, on the air of the TV channel “Solovyov Live” noted that he did not intend to help them. He stressed that the IAEA mission should stand in line for entry, like everyone else.
As Balitsky said earlier, the program of the IAEA mission at the Zaporozhye NPP in Energodar, which is located in the Russian-controlled part of the Zaporozhye region, is designed for one day. So far, the purpose of the mission is stated to “get acquainted with the work of the station”. At the same time, the participants of the mission, which is sent to the NPP, do not contact the local authorities.
The Security Service of Ukraine said that it had charged the head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, in absentia.
According to the statement of the special service, the Chechen leader is accused under articles of the Ukrainian Criminal Code on war crimes.
Charges were also brought by the SBU against Daniil Martynov, Kadyrov’s former assistant, deputy head of the Rosgvardiya Department for Chechnya. In early June, the media wrote that he could take the post of Deputy Minister of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Russian Federation, later Martynov was appointed adviser to the head of the department.
Charges have also been brought against Hussein Mezhidov, the commander of the battalion “South”. About him, the Minister of Press and Information of Chechnya, Ahmed Dudayev, previously said that he “grew up next to the head of the republic, Ramzan Kadyrov, from an early age.”
In Chechnya, the SBU press release has not yet been commented on.
