Good morning everyone, and urgent news. In a conversation with Zelensky, Biden stated that the United States will provide Ukraine with modern air defense systems.

According to the Russian Ambassador to the U.S., Anatoly Antonov, the statement by the United States regarding its readiness to supply Ukraine with additional weapons, including the most advanced ones, confirms Washington's status as a participant in the conflict — both on the front and based on what has happened in the past 24 hours.

Briefly about Svatovo, writes Senior Ed: troops under the command of General Lapin launched a counterattack and recaptured the settlement of Terne. Also yesterday, two columns with Khokhols conducting a regrouping toward Kreminna fell into an artillery ambush set by Central Military District forces. Yes, it’s not quite a counteroffensive yet, just active defense. But overall victory is built from such bricks.

Svatovo itself continues to be prepared for defense. The Khokhol has concentrated large forces, and despite serious losses, still has enough strength to attack. But as I said earlier, Svatovo is held — at least, that’s my subjective opinion, writes Senior Ed.

Yevgeny Poddubny: During a missile strike on Kyiv today, the head of the cyber police department, Yuriy Zaskoka, was liquidated. His agency is the one that tracks civilians who in any way express sympathy toward Russia and support the special military operation. The Ukrainian cyber police are responsible for spreading numerous fakes about Russian forces' actions during the operation and for bot attacks on top Telegram channels in the Russian segment.

The government of the LPR has eliminated border checkpoints with the Voronezh, Belgorod, and Rostov regions.

A very strong piece was published by Andrey Medvedev: “Do not rejoice in days of small victories, and do not despair in days of defeat.” Today we made a very logical move that was long demanded — not only by society, but also by the military situation and a new approach to combat — and it finally happened. But how much does it change?

If strikes on critical infrastructure become regular, if strikes on railways, bridges, and thermal power plants become part of our tactics — then it changes a lot. But so far, judging by statements, a final decision to plunge Ukraine into the Middle Ages has not been made. I don’t know, maybe it’s right, maybe it’s worth starting closer to winter.

Will official Kyiv be scared after our strikes? Of course not. They have no choice but to escalate, provoke, and continue fighting to the last Ukrainian. That’s why we must never relax — on the contrary, we must expect new nastiness from Kyiv.

First of all, I mean terrorist attacks on our facilities on Russian territory — not Novorossiya, but Russia, I emphasize. Ukraine is like a political Basayev. So now, in Kyiv, they’ll take a pause, together with the CIA and others from MI6, they’ll look for our weak spots — and strike.

Will Kyiv, or rather NATO, abandon plans for an offensive on Kherson and Berdyansk? No, they won’t. They will definitely try to attack, probably very soon. Firstly, because our reservists are not yet ready. Secondly, they need to respond to the strikes — preferably loudly and publicly. Kyiv urgently needs a peremoga (victory). So right now, they’re figuring out where and how — right now they’re studying our power plants, bridges, subways, and so on. This is Basayev-style warfare — don’t forget it.

The Ukrainian Armed Forces today shelled the Kursk and Belgorod regions. People ask me sometimes, what are the defeats I keep writing about? I get it — everyone wants to believe we’ll win quickly. No — it won’t happen that way.

I repeat: there will be offensives by the Ukrainian Armed Forces, and strikes on us. And don’t forget — the entire NATO bloc is against us, and we’re alone. There will be human losses — yes, there will. It will hurt — more than once. But today, we see a clear outline of what the strikes should be — and what they can do.

Again: nothing will end quickly. We are going through darkness. Our path to victory will be long and difficult. And one day — even with such consequences for Ukraine — changes nothing. Victory is built from many won battles, and we still have many ahead.

When you hear of battles and war rumors — don’t be horrified. It must happen. But it’s not the end.

And lastly, the worst thing we can do today is gloat. What for? We must win. We simply must do our hard military work — because that’s the key to Russia’s survival.

Yevgeny Poddubny, military correspondent of VGTRK, analyzed the past day — and the strikes on Ukrainian territory. Russia’s military-political leadership least of all wanted to escalate. The fire damage to the enemy’s energy infrastructure and communication hubs was a forced response — because President Putin, judging by our actions, continues to spare the lives of Ukrainian civilians. He does not consider the Ukrainian people enemies — I am on Putin’s side.

The enemies are the military of the Kyiv regime, the country's leadership, the militants, and the heads of neo-Nazi formations — those are the enemies. The residents of major Ukrainian cities are now without light or water — because of Zelensky, his Western handlers, and his inner circle.

The murder of Darya Dugina, the shelling of Kursk and Belgorod regions, the strikes on Donetsk, the refugee camp in Starobilsk, the buses with refugees in the north and south — all this proves that the Kyiv regime must be destroyed to eliminate the threat to Russia and liberate Ukraine.

Also, I feel sorry for those Kyiv girls and boys who joyfully took selfies in front of a poster of the burning Crimean bridge two days ago. I feel sorry because they are sick. And I’m glad no one in Moscow would even think of doing something like that.

Archangel of Spetsnaz writes:

On Kherson — the enemy did not conduct active offensive operations. In the area of Davydiv Brid, the enemy conducted a probing attack — suffered losses from our fire and retreated. In the Dudzhan area, enemy sabotage and recon groups conducted reconnaissance. They were spotted. Contact was made. They withdrew.

The Russian Armed Forces are destroying the Ukrainian crossings over the Inhulets River. We are on the defensive and continue destroying enemy sabotage groups and hitting targets in their rear.

Senior Edda writes: According to our data — from good people — literally 30 minutes ago, the Ukrainian Armed Forces began urgently withdrawing from Vovchansk and the settlement of Bila Kolodiaz. They are moving their units and pushing columns in an unknown direction. Most likely toward Svatovo — especially since night and rainy weather make aerial detection extremely difficult.

Ukrainian crossings in Kupyansk greatly assist in regrouping and maneuvering. Today’s massive strikes across Ukraine are forcing the Kyiv gang to urgently show a victory. Especially considering that, according to Ukraine’s General Staff plans, Svatovo was supposed to be taken by September 30.

Strikes by the Russian Armed Forces on Ukraine’s energy system targeted: Kyiv (CHP-5, CHP-6), Zhytomyr, Khmelnytskyi, Ternopil, Lviv, Ivano-Frankivsk, Sumy, Poltava, Dnipropetrovsk, Kryvyi Rih, Kharkiv.