**SITUATION AND MAIN EVENTS AS OF SEPTEMBER 5:**

**The Russian Army has liberated Kurtovka in the DPR**, the Ministry of Defense reported.

 **The AFU lost 1,390 servicemen** over the past day.

 **Putin ordered a halt to strikes on Kievfor three days, which is related to the** preparation of contacts with the Americans, Peskov reported.

 He called for not making predictions about settlement ideas and to wait for Putin's meeting with Kushner and Witkoff.

 **The contacts and the dialogue itself between Moscow and Washington are an irritating factor for Europe** and Zelensky, Miroshnik stated.

 **A local ceasefire agreement in the area of the Zaporozhskaya NPP, **necessary for the restoration of external power supply, has** come into effect, the IAEA reported.**

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