EA-Frontline VideoCast: Ukraine Resumes Refinery Strikes as Russia Refuses Ceasefire Beyond Oleshky
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UPDATE 0710 GMT:
The Trump Administration is seeking the swift resumption of Russian gas supplies to Europe via Ukraine, confirm US, European, and Ukrainian officials.
The issue was discussed at the Kremlin with Donald Trump’s envoys, real estate developer Steve Witkoff and Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner, during talks on September 5. The Russians offered the envoys a series of deals worth tens of billions of dollars.
Witkoff and Kushner proposed that the Russian gas be sold through an American intermediary, circumventing European sanctions with lucrative opportunities for US investors. Russia’s revenues would be deposited in an escrow account in a third country.
The officials also confirmed reports that the Trump Administration is considering a Kremlin proposal for the renewal of the Nord Stream gas pipeline from Russia to Germany.
UPDATE 0704 GMT:
Ukraine has struck the Samara LPDS oil hub, 860 km (535 miles) southeast of Moscow, for the fifth time within a month.
The overnight attack set the transportation and distribution hub afire. The facility’s tank farm has 71 tanks with a total capacity of more than 1.6 million cubic meters of oil. Four main oil pipelines converge at the complex.
UPDATE 0701 GMT:
Air defenses intercepted 154 of 193 drones, including 58 of 75 jet-powered UAVs, launched by Russia across Ukraine overnight. Strikes were recorded at 26 locations.
UPDATE 0655 GMT:
Ukraine’s military said it evacuated another 167 people from the Kherson region in southern Ukraine on Sunday, two days after buses took residents out of the Russian-occupied town of Oleshky.
The six-day local ceasefire for the evacuations expired at midnight. Kherson Governor Oleksandr Prokudin instructed residents to be particularly vigilant and to “respond immediately to warnings about Russian attacks”.
ORIGINAL ENTRY: Ukraine’s air raid alert system was hacked late Sunday, with people receiving false warnings of nuclear and chemical attacks.
Journalists received notifications on their phones from the officially supported Air Alert app. One of the false warnings, in Russian, said, “Hi! A nuclear alert is about to go off all across Ukraine! Don’t worry, the Oreshnik is on its way.!
Air raid alerts also sounded in streets across the country, including the Zakarpattia region in western Ukraine.
Ukraine’s Air Force posted, “It is likely that the ‘Air Alert’ app has been compromised by the enemy. There is no radiation threat! Please stay calm and follow our updates on our (Telegram) channel.”
In the capital the Digital Transformation Ministry recommended using the Kyiv Digital app to stay aware of air alerts.
Several regional governors also notified residents that the system was hacked and that there was no threat of attacks. “Currently, the situation in the oblast is calm. Reports indicate a cyberattack on the notification app,” said Ivano-Frankivsk Governor Svitlana Onyshchuk.
