"US Machine Guns," "Smokescreens Protect Crimea Bridge,"

The Moscow-installed governor of Zaporizhzhia claims that more than 150 Ukrainian soldiers have been killed by Russian troops since 7.30am local time this morning (5.30am UK time)."From 7.30am in the morning, the enemy, consisting of brigades of up to 200 people in lightly armoured vehicles and vehicles, tried to enter Rabotino from the north", Balitsky Evgeniy said on Telegram. He said the Ukrainians faced "massive" Russian fire, which led to heavy losses. He also claims Ukrainian troops were "forced to abandon offensive actions", after taking such heavy casualties. “The losses of soldiers from the Ukrainian Armed Forces amounted to 156 people."
Meanwhile, Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky has said that there cannot be “sustainable peace” in Ukraine unless the country regains control of territories occupied by Russia. The Ukrainian president was addressing the European House Ambrosetti business forum in Italy on September 1. Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhia, Crimea and Kherson are occupied by Russia - having been annexed between 2014 and last year.