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 Near the city of Kherson, the defense forces disabled the invaders’ crossing and thwarted their efforts to resume the transfer of troops across the Dnipro River.

Ukrainian defenders suppressed the enemy’s offensive in the areas of the settlements of Bilogorivka, Hryhorivka, Pokrovske, Bakhmutske, Lozove, Spartak, Soledar, Zaytseve and Semihirya.

In the Kramatorsk direction, the Armed Forces of Ukraine have a tactical success and push the Russians out of their previously occupied positions.

Aviation of the Defense Forces carried out more than 15 strikes on personnel, combat and special equipment, as well as other military facilities of the Russians.

As a result of a successful missile and artillery attack in the area of Kupyansk, in the Kharkiv region, the occupiers lost more than 100 servicemen killed and wounded, and two combat vehicles were destroyed.

More than 30 servicemen and three enemy tanks were damaged in Kherson. An anti-aircraft missile complex and six Russian trucks were eliminated near the Antonivsky bridge and crossing.

Since February 24, almost 600 people have been returned from captivity: among them about 100 civilians, the rest are military. This was announced by the Head of the National Information Bureau Oleksandr Smirnov.

The occupiers turned off the Kakhovska HPP. Power outages occurred in some areas in the south. This was confirmed in the General Staff.

In the city of Mykolaiv around 00:30 powerful explosions thundered. There is a hit in an industrial enterprise on the outskirts. Industrial premises and roofs of buildings were damaged. The roof of one of the private residential buildings is broken. According to preliminary data, there were no victims. According to the information of the military administration, the city was hit with missiles of the S-300 type. Mayor Oleksandr Sienkevych told about it.

Over the course of the night and morning, the enemy fired more than a hundred rounds of ammunition along the border of the Sumy region. Private houses of civilians and a car were damaged. Power lines are broken. This was stated by the Head of Sumy Regional Military Administration Dmytro Zhyvytskyi.

In Kharkiv region during the afternoon, the occupiers again shelled the village of Zolochiv with artillery. There are victims among the civilian population: two men were killed.

In the morning, the Russians struck the Kryvyi Rih district of the Dnipropetrovsk region with the Uragan multiple rocket launcher. One person was killed, three were wounded. At approximately 7:00 p.m. in this area, the enemy made two missile strikes on an oil depot - a large fuel supply was destroyed.

"Airmobile forces of the Royal Air Force of the Armed Forces of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland flew more than 8,000 hours and performed more than 1,000 missions, delivering humanitarian and military aid to Ukrainians; in particular, more than 1.9 million cartridges, 25,000 sets of body armor, 86,000 helmets and 5,500 units of anti-tank weapons. The Royal Air Force also transported 4,500 servicemen of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and participated in their training here in the United Kingdom, giving them advanced skills and experience to defend their country against Russian aggression," said the Chief of the Aviation Staff, Air Chief Marshal of the Royal Air Force of the Armed Forces United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Mike Wigston.

Minister of Defense of Ukraine Oleksiy Reznikov held a meeting with Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the USA to Ukraine Bridget Brink. During the meeting, there was an exchange of views on the positions of the parties on the eve of the next meeting of the Contact Group on the Defense of Ukraine in the Rammstein format, which will be held on September 8 in Germany.

Liz Truss became the new Prime Minister of Great Britain.