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Belarus holds military drills at borders with Ukraine, Poland -- Over half of Kherson Oblast residents have evacuated -- China buys Russian gas at 50% discount until the end of the year -- Ukrainians hit more than 400 Russian targets with HIMARS -- and more

Russia returns body of British aid worker with signs of torture -- Ukrainian official says 2.5 million people have been forcibly deported to Russia -- Ukraine destroys barge with Russian troops, equipment in Kherson Oblast -- Ukraine retakes 400 sq km of ground in opportunistic Kharkiv Oblast counteroffensive -- Russia increasingly uses outdated Soviet weapons in Ukraine -- and more

IAEA says Russian military equipment present inside Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant, calls for safe zone -- Ukraine repels Russian attacks in Donbas, strikes key targets -- Analysts say partisan activity increases in temporarily-occupied southern Ukraine -- Hungary threatens to block EU sanctions renewal if 3 Russian oligarchs not exempted -- and more

Russia shells Nikopol overnight on Sept. 6, dozens of residential buildings damaged -- Russia launches 40 missiles, 25 airstrikes on Ukraine in 24 hours -- Ukrainian forces destroy Russian ammunition depot that contained missiles used to bomb Kharkiv -- Russian forces place equipment in churches, kindergartens -- Russia is buying artillery from North Korea -- and more

Russia reports it had forcibly kidnapped about 3 million Ukrainians from the occupied regions, including 600,000 children -- Russian soldiers face morale, discipline issues, often go unpaid -- Ukraine shoots down up to 70% of Russian missiles -- Russian military blocks humanitarian aid to occupied Enerhodar -- and more

Continued IAEA presence at Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant is necessary -- Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant once again loses connection to power grid -- Suspected Russian informant detained in Kyiv -- 40% of military equipment of Russia’s newly created 3rd Army Corps not combat ready -- and more

Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant's integrity violated several times -- Russia’s Gazprom lies about equipment issues at Nord Stream 1 pipeline -- Russian officials, proxies, bloggers pushing false narratives around Ukraine's southern counteroffensive -- White House says Russia weaponizing energy -- Russia’s war has killed over 7,000 civilians, injured 5,500 since Feb. 24 -- and more

Russian forces forcibly move Ukrainians to Russia -- Russia’s war has damaged third of Ukrainian forests since Feb. 24 -- Lithuania suggests sending UN Police to Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant -- Russian forces have kidnapped 309 people in Kherson Oblast since Feb. 24 -- and more

Russia likely to face acute shortage of weapons by end of 2022 -- Kharkiv hit with air defence S-300 rockets -- US conducted 'war games' with Kyiv before Kherson counteroffensive -- Cluster munition kills 17-year-old in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast -- and more

Translation from Deutsche Welle article: Heavy flamethrower system may be responsible for explosion at Olenivka POW camp. The Prosecutor General’s Office said that, based on open-source information, Russia likely used a thermobaric munition at Olenivka. Over 50 Ukrainian prisoners of war were killed in the Olenivka prison camp on July 28

UN nuclear watchdog group leaves Kyiv for Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant -- Russian forces shell corridors needed for IAEA mission to reach Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant -- Ukraine’s military reports hitting bridges near occupied Kherson, again. Operational Command “South” reported on Aug. 30 that the Ukrainian artillery hit Antonivsky bridges -- Heavy flamethrower system may be responsible for explosion at Olenivka POW camp -- and more

Russian defense minister side-lined within Russian leadership -- Ukrainian forces liberate 4 villages on Kherson front -- Ukraine's counteroffensive forces Russians to pull sources from the east -- Russian's 12 missile strike on Mykolaiv kills 2, injures 24 -- and more