Meanwhile, the Ukrainian Armed Forces continue their offensive operation in the Melitopol and Berdyansk directions. They are consolidating their positions at the achieved frontlines and conducting counter-battery measures.
The Moscow regime continues its illegal integration of temporarily occupied Ukrainian territories into its socio-political sphere. For instance, in the settlement of Svatove in Luhansk Oblast, Russian troops demand that representatives of local administration and village councils voluntarily resign from their positions to change the leadership in local self-government bodies. They plan to create so-called “municipalities,” which will be led by local collaborators based on the results of pseudo-elections in the captured territories on the same voting day in Russia on September 10.
During the day, the aviation of the Armed Forces of Ukraine carried out 1 strike on a command post, 7 strikes on personnel concentration areas, armament, and military equipment storage areas, and 3 strikes on Russian anti-aircraft missile systems.
Additionally, Ukrainian troops successfully destroyed Russian attack helicopter Ka-52.
Source: The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
See also: General Staff operational report August 13, 2023 on the Russian invasion of Ukraine
