At least 5 killed in Russian attacks on Ukraine as US envoys visit Moscow

Ukrainian armed forces were ordered to follow a three-day ceasefire as US envoys visit Moscow, before trip to Kyiv.

A Ukrainian rescuer works to extinguish a fire at the site of a Russian air attack in the Odesa region, amid Russian's war on Ukraine [State Emergency Service of Ukraine via AFP]

Russia has attacked the city of Kamianske in southeastern Ukraine’s Dnipropetrovsk region, killing five people and injuring five others, according to Governor Oleksandr Hanzha.

The attack came on Saturday morning, hours after several Ukrainian armed forces were reportedly ordered to follow a three-day ceasefire as United States special envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner travel to Kyiv on Sunday and Moscow on Saturday with a proposal to “end the war”.

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A separate local ceasefire was reportedly brokered ⁠by ⁠the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to enable ⁠repairs for the restoration of external power ⁠to the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, the agency said on Saturday.

The Russian-controlled nuclear power plant, ‌located in Ukraine, has been without external power since August 20 and has relied on emergency diesel generators to cool its vital safety systems.

‘Break’ from fighting

Ukrainian media outlet Ukrainska Pravda reported that this “break” for Ukrainian forces was scheduled to start at midnight on September 5 and last until 23:59 on September 8.

“The military confirms that a ceasefire order has been received. The ceasefire is happening everywhere. On the ground, in the air, and at sea,” People’s Deputy Oleksiy Honcharenko wrote on his Telegram channel on Friday night.

However, this order did not stop Russian attacks from continuing in Ukraine overnight, according to the Interfax Ukraine news agency. As a result, Ukraine’s Armed Forces clarified that they did not have to order this temporary ceasefire on the front lines, as Russia had not stopped its aggression.

“The Russians struck a civilian enterprise in Kamianske, in the Dnipro region,” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Saturday on X.

“There were also demonstrative Russian strikes on our airports overnight – in Kyiv and Boryspil… Clearly, these Russian strikes on the airports are a reaction to the discussions and preparations for the possibility of the US side using an aircraft to travel to Ukraine and land at Kyiv Airport or Boryspil Airport,” Zelenskyy added. “We have taken note of this Russian move, and next week we will adjust our operation accordingly regarding Russian airspace.”

Apart from Kamianske, there were also reports of injuries from overnight Russian attacks in other parts of Ukraine. In the Odesa region, three people were injured, including a 17-year-old boy, the press service of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine reported on Facebook. In Mykolaiv, southern Ukraine, a 17-year-old girl was injured in an attack by Russian drones on a shopping centre.

In the Kyiv region, two women were injured and hospitalised, according to the head of Kyiv’s regional military administration, Tymur Tkachenko, after a Russian strike on a nine-storey residential building in Boryspil.

Civilian deaths in Ukraine have sharply increased over the past few months as Russia is using jet-powered drones, which fly at about half the speed of a passenger jet and are more difficult to intercept than propeller-powered drones.

Meanwhile, Russian military forces intercepted and destroyed 53 Ukrainian fixed-wing drones overnight, including several over the Moscow region, the Russian Ministry of Defence announced on Saturday.

Over recent months, Ukraine has developed long-range drones that have repeatedly targeted Russia’s oil sector, hoping to dent the economy and the warehouses of online retailers to make the Russian public feel the effects of war.

On Friday, Trump told reporters that a peace deal in the more than four-year conflict has remained elusive due to what he described as a “personality problem” between the warring sides.

“President Zelenskyy and President Putin truly hate each other,” Trump said. “They have serious hate, and it’s getting in the way.”

According to Russian state news agency TASS, Witkoff and Kushner will be in Moscow on Saturday and Sunday, their first visit since January.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said the duo would be in Ukraine on Sunday, marking their first visit to the country since Trump returned to power.

美国特使访问莫斯科，随后前往基辅，乌克兰武装部队奉命遵守为期三天的停火协议。

在俄罗斯对乌克兰发动战争期间，一名乌克兰救援人员正在敖德萨地区俄罗斯空袭现场扑灭大火。[乌克兰国家紧急服务部门 via 法新社]

据乌克兰东南部第聂伯罗彼得罗夫斯克州州长奥列克桑德·汉扎称，俄罗斯袭击了该州卡缅斯克市，造成五人死亡，五人受伤。

袭击发生在周六上午，就在几个小时前，据报道，乌克兰几支武装部队接到命令，要遵守为期三天的停火协议。与此同时，美国特使史蒂夫·威特科夫和贾里德·库什纳分别于周日和周六前往基辅和莫斯科，提出了“结束战争”的提议。

列表 1/4：俄罗斯喷气式无人机在乌克兰造成大量杀伤，数十人死亡

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特朗普表示，维特科夫和库什纳将前往乌克兰“结束”俄罗斯在乌克兰的战争，这是他们四人行程中的第三人。

特朗普派遣特使前往俄罗斯和乌克兰，提出新的和平计划（共4项，此为第4项）

据报道，国际原子能机构（IAEA）斡旋达成了一项单独的当地停火协议，以便对扎波罗热核电站进行维修，恢复其外部供电。该机构周六表示。

位于乌克兰境内的这座由俄罗斯控制的核电站自 8 月 20 日以来一直没有外部电力供应，只能依靠应急柴油发电机来冷却其重要的安全系统。

停止战斗

乌克兰媒体《乌克兰真理报》报道称，乌克兰军队的这次“休整”计划于9月5日午夜开始，持续到9月8日23:59。

“军方确认已收到停火命令。停火正在所有地区实施，包括陆地、空中和海上，”人民代表奥列克西·贡恰连科周五晚在他的Telegram频道上写道。

然而，据乌克兰国际文传电讯社报道，这项命令并未阻止俄罗斯在乌克兰境内的袭击在夜间继续进行。因此，乌克兰武装部队澄清，他们没有必要在前线下令暂时停火，因为俄罗斯并未停止侵略。

乌克兰总统泽连斯基周六在X上表示：“俄罗斯人袭击了第聂伯罗州卡缅斯克的一家民用企业。”

泽连斯基补充道：“昨晚，俄罗斯还对我们的机场——基辅和鲍里斯波尔机场——进行了示威性空袭……显然，俄罗斯对机场的这些空袭是对美方可能使用飞机前往乌克兰并在基辅机场或鲍里斯波尔机场降落的讨论和准备工作的回应。我们已经注意到俄罗斯的这一举动，下周我们将据此调整我们在俄罗斯领空的行动。”

除了卡缅斯克之外，乌克兰其他地区也传出有人在俄罗斯夜间袭击中受伤的报道。乌克兰国家紧急情况服务局新闻处在脸书上发布消息称，敖德萨地区有三人受伤，其中包括一名17岁的男孩。在乌克兰南部城市尼古拉耶夫，一名17岁女孩在俄罗斯无人机袭击一家购物中心的事件中受伤。

据基辅地区军事管理局局长季穆尔·特卡琴科称，在俄罗斯对鲍里斯波尔一栋九层住宅楼发动袭击后，基辅地区两名妇女受伤住院。

过去几个月，乌克兰平民死亡人数急剧上升，因为俄罗斯使用了喷气式无人机，这种无人机的飞行速度约为客机的一半，而且比螺旋桨式无人机更难拦截。

与此同时，俄罗斯国防部周六宣布，俄罗斯军队连夜拦截并摧毁了 53 架乌克兰固定翼无人机，其中包括在莫斯科地区上空坠毁的数架。

近几个月来，乌克兰研制出了远程无人机，并多次以俄罗斯石油行业为目标，希望以此打击俄罗斯经济和在线零售商的仓库，让俄罗斯民众感受到战争的影响。

周五，特朗普告诉记者，这场持续四年多的冲突仍未能达成和平协议，原因是交战双方存在他所说的“性格问题”。

特朗普说：“泽连斯基总统和普京总统彼此憎恨。他们之间存在着严重的仇恨，这正在阻碍他们的合作。”

据俄罗斯国家通讯社塔斯社报道，维特科夫和库什纳将于周六和周日访问莫斯科，这是他们自1月份以来的首次访问。

乌克兰总统泽连斯基表示，特朗普和特朗普将于周日访问乌克兰，这将是特朗普重返政坛以来两人首次访问该国。