The five hundred and fifty-fifth day (555) of the large-scale armed aggression by the russian against our continues. 

Northern oblasts

Kyiv

Kyiv war veterans will be helped to start their own businesses so that they can better adapt to civilian life after the front. In particular, it is planned to help them with financing for business development, as well as with legal and economic advice.

Kyiv Oblast

Today, explosive ordnance was destroyed in the Bila Tserkva Raion.

The National Police has identified six russian servicemen who shot a family near the village of Motyzhyn in the Kyiv Oblast on March 3, 2022.

The restored Sytniaky lyceum has been opened in the Makariv community. The educational institution was overhauled after being damaged by a russian airstrike.

Zhytomyr Oblast

Military exercises of the Collective Security Treaty Organization have started in Belarus and will last until September 6. Ukrainian border guards and the military have strengthened the defense of the state border of Ukraine.

Bomb techs of the special purpose police company from the Zhytomyr Oblast have been clearing the de-occupied territories of the Kharkiv Oblast of dangerous objects for more than a month.

In Zhytomyr, the amount of compensation for housing destroyed as a result of hostilities was approved based on 15 applications from citizens. The largest amount of compensation is 1.6 million hryvnias.

Chernihiv Oblast

On August 31, russian troops shelled the border areas of the Chernihiv Oblast six times. Border guards recorded 28 explosions. There were no reports of casualties.

Sumy Oblast

Over the past 24 hours, the russian army conducted 205 attacks on the territory of the Sumy Oblast. The shelling damaged two private residential buildings, a power plant, a tractor, a truck, and a high-voltage power line.

At night and in the morning of September 1, the russian army shelled three communities of the Sumy Oblast. 29 explosions were recorded.

On the afternoon of September 1, russians shelled Seredyna-Buda in the Sumy Oblast. 16 apartment buildings, 12 private households, a critical infrastructure facility, 5 administrative buildings and institutions, 3 educational institutions, shops, and several cars were damaged.

Eastern oblasts

Kharkiv Oblast

The occupiers continue to attack the border areas of the Kharkiv Oblast, namely: the Kupiansk, Chuhuiv, Izium, Bohodukhiv, and Kharkiv raions.

During the day, the enemy used guided aerial bombs and MLRS against the civilian population.

The village of Cherneshchyna in the Borova community was shelled by enemy guided aerial bombs. The building, warehouses and workshop of an agricultural company were damaged.

The enemy bombarded the central part of Kupiansk with multiple rocket launchers – the territory of the bus station and the central market. Two residential buildings, administrative buildings and non-residential premises were damaged. A 61-year-old man sustained a blast injury and shrapnel wounds, his condition is moderately severe.

In the village of Kopanky, Borova community, 2 residential buildings were damaged by guided aerial bombs, and a 49-year-old man sustained a blast injury.

In the village of Zapadne of the Dvorichna community, a residential building was on fire due to shelling by the occupiers. There were no casualties.

During the day, pyrotechnics of the State Emergency Service surveyed 6.22 hectares of the oblast, where they neutralized 73 explosive devices. The effort involved 33 bomb squads of the State Emergency Service - 162 people and 66 pieces of equipment.

Donetsk Oblast

On August 31, russians killed 1 resident of the Donetsk Oblast — in Myrne. One more person in the oblast was wounded over the last 24 hours.

Since the beginning of the full-scale war, russian weapons have taken the lives of 1,676 civilians of the Donetsk Oblast and wounded another 4,061 people. The number of casualties in Mariupol and Volnovakha is currently unknown.

Over the past year and a half, the russians have destroyed 158 educational institutions in the Donetsk Oblast and damaged another 609, however, on September 1, more than 92,000 students went to 275 schools in the oblast.

Kramatorsk and Kramatorsk Raion

In the Lysychansk sector, a person was wounded in Zarichne, Lyman community.

One house was destroyed and 4 more were damaged in Pereizne of the Zvanivka community.

In Siversk, a residential building was destroyed as a result of russian shelling.

Pokrovsk and Pokrovsk Raion

In the Donetsk sector, a house was damaged in Novooleksandrivka of the Hrodivka community. In Memryk of Novohrodivka community, a religious building was ruined. During the night, the outskirts of Kurakhove were shelled.

In the morning, 5 streets of Avdiivka were under fire of tanks and artillery. Shelling of Krasnohorivka and the outskirts of the Ocheretyne community was recorded.

About 2,500 windows will be installed in the damaged houses of the Pokrovsk community with the support of the GEM charity organization. This is an unprecedented case in the Donetsk Oblast where philanthropists have been involved in the restoration of damaged property. In addition, local residents received generators for critical infrastructure and food packages from the American partners.

Bakhmut and Bakhmut Raion

In the Horlivka sector, the Dovha Balka settlement of the Illinivka community was shelled.

Two houses were damaged in Shcherbynivka of the Toretsk community, and two more houses were damaged in the Chasiv Yar community

Volnovakha and Volnovakha Raion

In the Volnovakha direction, the russians carried out an airstrike on Velyka Novosilka, shelled Vuhledar and Novoukrainka. There were no casualties.

Mariupol

The invaders are preparing for the upcoming "elections" in the temporarily occupied Mariupol. They will be held for three days - from September 8 to 10. In fake elections, people will be able to vote if they have only a passport of the russian federation. There are no voter lists, so one person can vote several times. The invaders also announced a "mobile voter" function, where every resident can submit an application for voting at their place of residence. In order to increase turnout, residents are automatically entered into the system regardless of their wishes. At the same time, the people of Mariupol are preparing to riot.

Luhansk Oblast

The vast majority of enemy assaults are concentrated on Novoiehorivka. Sometimes the russians attack 10-12 times a day.

Nevske, Bilohorivka and Tverdokhlibove came under russian artillery fire.

Early voting will begin tomorrow in the so-called "Luhansk people's republic" - a week before the day of the "first elections". It will take place in those settlements and raions where polling stations have not been set up and the electorate has not been introduced to the candidates. That is, anywhere, at the will of the organizers of this involuntary manifestation. This procedure will last almost a week. Members of commissions with boxes will go to addresses and look for interested parties.

Southern Oblasts

Mykolayiv Oblast

Yesterday, August 31, the enemy fired artillery at the water area of the Ochakiv community. There were no casualties.

In Mykolaiv, Pervomaisk, Voznesensk and Bashtanka raions, the day and night passed relatively calmly.

Zaporizhzhia Oblast

On August 31, the russian army carried out 95 attacks on towns and villages of the Zaporizhzhia Oblast. Almost 20 settlements, including those near the front, came under fire.

Yesterday, as a result of artillery attacks on Huliaipole, an elderly woman and man were injured. A 59-year-old man who came under artillery fire in Orichiv was also injured.

In the oblast, Air Defense Forces shot down a russian drone of the "Shahed-136" type.

The Armed Forces of Ukraine were successful in the Novodanylivka-Novoprokopivka direction. The russian military conducted unsuccessful offensive operations in the Verbove Raion of the Zaporizhzhia Oblast.

Odesa Oblast

The families of the crews of the boats "Sloviansk" and "Stanislav" sunk by the russians held an action with a photo exhibition in Odesa to draw attention to the missing sailors.

The two war-blocked vessels ANNA-THERESA (Liberia flag) and OCEAN COURTESY (Marshall Islands) have left Port "Pivdennyi" and are heading towards the Bosphorus. There are 56,000 tons of pig iron and 172,000 tons of iron ore concentrate on board. Both ships were in the "Pivdennyi" port before the full-scale invasion.

At night, 13 settlements in the Odesa Oblast remained without electricity due to bad weather.

Kherson Oblast

The russian army dropped aerial bombs on Olhivka and Mykolaivka of the Beryslav Raion. Stanislav, Poniativka, Veletenske and Antonivka were shelled with artillery and mortars.

In total, on August 31, russian troops shelled the Kherson Oblast 61 times. 14 shells were fired in Kherson, aimed at residential areas. One person died, another was injured.

In the morning, the russian army dropped guided aerial bombs on Tiahinka and Vesele. There is destruction, information about the victims is being clarified.

This afternoon, the russian army shelled Kherson with mortars. A private house was hit, a man died, information about the injured is being clarified.

A nurse from Kherson will be tried for treason. She told the representative of the russian FSB (federal security service) about Ukrainian defenders who were being treated in a medical institution. It also provided data on the deployment, armament and movement of military equipment of units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

With the support of Latvia, drinking water purification equipment was installed in Komyshany. Its capacity is about five thousand liters. The station can purify water from a lake or a well connected to a generator.

Today, about 25,000 schoolchildren started their studies in the Kherson community. Education will take place in a distance format in 52 schools. Due to the full-scale russian invasion of Ukraine, one school and two kindergartens were destroyed in the community. Many of them have broken windows and damaged roofs and walls. Since the beginning of the war, two children have died, 26 have been injured.

Central Oblasts

Dnipropetrovsk Oblast

On the night of September 1, a power line was damaged as a result of shelling of the Velykomykhailivka community, the Synelnykove Raion. The same community was also attacked in the morning. The Nikopol Raion was also attacked with artillery. The consequences of the attacks are being clarified. Previously, there were no casualties or injuries.

The Council for Internally Displaced Persons was created by the city sub-executive committee in Pavlohrad, the Dnipropetrovsk Oblast. It was created to help ensure and protect the rights and interests of IDPs, their adaptation and integration.

503 paper airplanes in memory of children killed since the beginning of the full-scale invasion were hung on the Day of Knowledge in Dnipro. The commemoration event was held on Heroes' Maidan Square. Children's toys were also brought there.

Kirovohrad Oblast

During the morning alert, a cruise missile was shot down over the Kirovohrad Oblast. There was no damage, no casualties or injuries.

A modular house from Kropyvnytskyi was handed over to a family of pensioners from Kherson. As a result of russian troops blowing up the Kakhovka hydroelectric plant, the couple was left without their own home. Vladyslav Hrechka, a resident of Kropyvnytskyi, arranged temporary housing for Kherson people. He made it from a thermal booth. For this, he initiated the collection of money in social networks and collected UAH 70,000. Therefore, the man bought a 15-square-meter thermal booth, changed the floor myself, painted the walls, installed a stove for heating, and installed furniture.

Poltava Oblast

Poltava Oblast suffered more than 20 new missile attacks by russians in six months. During the Great War, 75 missile attacks were recorded in the Poltava Oblast, which are being investigated by law enforcement officers. Work continues in two villages in the Kherson Oblast, which are under the protection of the Poltava Oblast. 68 builders are currently working in 76 households. They are repairing roofs, replacing windows and doors. 36 houses in Chkalove and Pravdyne have already been restored. The Poltava Oblast will help rebuild four more villages in the Kherson Oblast.

27 ambulances were received by emergency medical aid teams of the Poltava Oblast from the Ministry of Health of Ukraine. These are all-wheel drive cars of class B, equipped with the necessary equipment. They will serve the residents of the Oblast.

Vinnytsia Oblast

During the night attack, the russians fired two missiles. One anti-aircraft missile was destroyed, one hit an enterprise in the Vinnytsia Oblast. Eight people were injured by glass broken by the blast wave. They are provided with medical assistance.

There are broken slate, windows, broken doors, damaged roof and destroyed partitions in one of the villages of the Kalynivka community. Debris and an explosive wave damaged eight houses.

Western oblasts

Volyn Oblast

President Zelenskyi presented the Golden Star order and a certificate of awarding the title of Hero of Ukraine to the family of the deceased intelligence officer Serhiy Suchkov from Volodymyr, who saved a group of soldiers subordinate to him at the cost of his own life.

Lviv Oblast

In one of the Lviv schools, students learn to fly drones. The new format is being tested as part of the subject "Defense of Ukraine" and it can be distributed to all schools.

Khmelnytskyi Oblast

In Lysohirka of the Medzhybik community, 95% of the damaged houses were closed. This village suffered the greatest destruction as a result of the russian shelling on August 19. Volunteer crews are currently repairing the roofs on utility premises.

In Khmelnytskyi, the campaign "Donate instead of a bouquet" took place, during which pupils, parents and teachers donated to the Armed Forces of Ukraine. With the collected funds, the volunteers plan to purchase a quadcopter for the soldiers of the 79th border detachment and autonomous lighting.

Chernivtsi Oblast

Oleksandr Pylypko, a soldier from the village of Vaslovivtsi, was awarded the Golden Cross badge of honor.

In Bukovyna Lyceum of Novodnistrovsk, a memorial plaque was solemnly opened in honor of a graduate of this institution, Vladyslav Klischuk, who died in the russian-Ukrainian war.

Artists of the Andriy Kushnirenko Honored Academic Bukovyna Song and Dance Ensemble performed a concert for wounded defenders.

Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast

Thanks to the efforts of young residents of the mountain village of Velykyi Rozhyn, from now on the soldiers of the 74th battalion of the 102nd separate brigade of the territorial defense forces have an ambulance. During the summer holidays, children painted large-caliber casings and tubes from anti-tank missiles. Their works were handed over to British volunteers by fellow villagers living in London. And the British made a gift. They brought a car to Ukraine.

Zakarpattia Oblast

47 servicemen were posthumously awarded the title of "Honorary Citizen of the City of Uzhhorod". The title was awarded for courage and bravery during the defense of state sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine.

Last year, the Uzhhorod City Council helped about 100,000 displaced people. Among the difficulties, there is an insufficient number of residential premises for resettlement, a decrease in the amount of humanitarian aid from donors, restrictions on receiving aid at the place of legal registration.

17,188 pupils will start the new academic year in Uzhhorod, 1,107 of them are displaced ones. Elementary school children will study face-to-face, the rest - in a mixed format.

36 backpacks with school supplies were distributed to children by employees of the International Humanitarian Organization "People in Need Slovak Republic" in the Turya-Remetivska community. Pupils of grades 1-9 received such packages. A total of 330 kits were purchased. They were distributed to various communities in the Zakarpattia, Ivano-Frankivsk, and Chernivtsi oblasts.