That's just over 1 in 5 isn't it. The figure I saw was that Mariupol had 500,000 people living in it.
ISW Key Takeaways
Ukrainian forces continued counteroffensive operations with ground assaults and strikes against Russian GLOCs across the Dnipro River. Ukrainian forces made gains on the ground and have begun striking pontoon ferries across the river.
Russian President Vladimir Putin is likely setting legal and social conditions for the coerced cultural assimilation of displaced Ukrainians in Russia to erase their Ukrainian cultural identity.
Russian forces conducted a limited ground attack north of Kharkiv City.
Russian forces conducted limited ground attacks southwest of Izyum, south of Bakhmut, and near the western outskirts of Donetsk City.
Russian forces conducted a limited ground attack in northern Kherson Oblast.
An anonymous senior US military official stated that the US believes that Russia is firing artillery from positions around and in the vicinity of the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant.
Russian occupation authorities are continuing efforts to forcibly-integrate schools in occupied Ukraine into the Russian educational system and extending methods of social control.
Russian forces are continuing to move military equipment into Crimea.
Russian federal subjects (regions) are continuing to recruit and deploy volunteer battalions.
Russian occupation authorities are taking measures to forcibly-integrate Ukrainian schools into the Russian education space in preparation for the approaching school year.
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⚡️Investigation: Germany raids network of companies suspected of selling precursor chemicals to Russia.
The key German company, Riol Chemie GmbH, had made more than 30 shipments of chemicals and laboratory equipment to Russia's Chimmed Group, a wholesaler, over the past 3.5 years without the necessary export permits, according to an investigation by Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP) and its media partners published on Aug. 30.
Russian procurement records acquired by OCCRP show that the Chimmed Group was contracted by the Russian intelligence agency FSB Criminalistics Institute in 2016. It is accused of attempting to use Novichok poison to kill the now-imprisoned Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny in 2020..
⚡️Zelensky signs law on 'customs visa-free regime' with EU.
President Volodymyr Zelensky said in an evening address on Aug. 30 that he had signed an agreement to the accession of Ukraine to the Convention on a Common Transit procedure. Earlier in June, the EU signed an agreement to allow Ukraine into the bloc's Convention on Common Transit Procedure for a "visa-free" road freight transportation shortly after the war-torn country had been granted an EU candidacy status.
⚡️EU gas reserves at 80% storage capacity.
⚡️UNESCO supports Ukraine's bid to include Odesa on its World Heritage List.
⚡️Russia’s Gazprom says it will halt gas supplies to France’s major utility Engie. France's Energy Transition Minister Agnes Pannier-Runacher accused Russia of using gas as a weapon of war and said, "we must prepare for the worst case scenario of a complete interruption of supplies."
⚡️Turkish media: Baykar presents new drone that will be manufactured in Ukraine.
On Aug. 30, the Turkish manufacturer of the Bayraktar drone unveiled the second prototype of the new Bayraktar Kizilelma (“Red Apple”) at Turkey’s aerospace and technology festival Teknofest. The Bayraktar Kizilelma has very aggressive maneuverability and uses the latest unmanned aerial vehicle technology.
In an earlier interview with Come Back Alive Foundation, Baykar's CEO said the new Bayraktar Kizilelma is planned to be produced in Ukraine. Baykar is currently in the process of building its Ukrainian factory.
⚡️UN nuclear watchdog group leaves Kyiv for Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant.
⚡️Minister: Ukraine received record foreign aid in August.
Finance Minister Serhiy Marchenko announced on air on Aug. 30 that Ukraine received a record-breaking $4.6 billion of foreign aid in August, Interfax reports. Of those, the U.S. provided $3 billion in grant funds through the World Bank. Marchenko adds that Ukraine expects to receive an estimated $30 billion of foreign aid by the end of the year, $17 billion of which has already been received.
🔎 China forgot about Putin and began to save Europe from the energy crisis, – Nikkei Asia
China, traditionally the world's largest LNG buyer, is selling surplus LNG this year as weak econ
This provided additional supply in the spot market, which Europe wanted to take advantage of.
⛔️ The Netherlands supports the idea of a complete ban on the entry of Russian citizens into the EU
This was stated by Minister of Foreign Affairs Wopke Hoekstra.
🖇 The administration of US President Biden has been transferring weapons to Ukraine for the last few months, intended for the de-occupation of the southern regions of the country. This is reported by CNN, citing a White House spokesman.
According to the official, Ukraine has requested weapons from Washington for a planned counteroffensive in the south of the country.
He added that the US has granted some of those requests, including more ammunition, artillery and javelins, in several aid packages handed over over the past two months.
📍 On September 1, Russia will begin joint large-scale military exercises with China "Vostok-2022". They will last a week at military training grounds in Eastern Siberia and the Far East, as well as in the Sea of Japan.
🔺 Nord Stream gas supplies to Europe have been suspended