**Evening Brief — September **
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 The Russian Army has liberated **Ozernoe in the Kharkov Region**, the Russian Defense Ministry reported.
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 The **AFU lost up to 1,395 servicemen** across all sectors over the past 24 hours.
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 Russian air defenses shot down a **Neptune missile** and **1,185 aircraft-type drones**.
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 The **FSB detained and arrested three Russian citizens in Crimea** who were allegedly recruited through a dating website by a female officer of Ukraine’s GUR.
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 **Yury Ushakov** said **Putin and Trump** discussed possible steps Russia and the US could take toward a settlement.
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 The **roadmap mentioned by Marco Rubio** has not been seen in Moscow — and perhaps nowhere at all, Ushakov said.
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 The Kremlin hopes **trilateral negotiations will resume in the foreseeable future**, spokesman **Dmitry Peskov** said.
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 **Kirill Budanov**, designated a terrorist and extremist in Russia, has been charged in absentia with using **prohibited methods of warfare**.
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 **Maria Zakharova** said Zelensky is trying to compensate for battlefield failures through ‘airborne blackmail,’ while Kiev’s sponsors are becoming **direct accomplices in the terrorist attacks announced by Ukraine**.
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 European allies are beginning to question **how funds allocated to Kiev are actually being spent**, according to the _New York Times_.
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 Russian forces struck **AFU facilities in Nikolaev**, hitting two logistics centers and a UAV warehouse.
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