**SITUATION AND MAIN EVENTS AS OF SEPTEMBER **

 **Russian forces have liberated Nikanorovka and Gruzskoye in the DPR**, the Russian Ministry of Defense reported.

**The AFU lost 9,685 servicemen and 6,093 drones** over the week.

**Ukraine is facing its most difficult budget situation since 2022, which could lead to cuts in non-military spending,** said Ukrainian Finance Minister Marchenko.

**The West has admitted that it is not meeting deadlines for providing military aid to Ukraine,** and no specific proposals for aid packages have come from NATO countries, Politico writes.

 **Naryshkin pointed out that Ukraine's mobilization potential**, according to forecasts from several European intelligence agencies, **will be almost exhausted within a year.**

 **Russia's position on the terms of settlement with Ukraine**, as voiced by Putin two years ago at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, **remains unwavering, Peskov stated.**

**Witkoff and Kushner are expected to travel to Moscow and Kiev between September 5 and 6, **Axios claims.

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