**Special military operation. Situation and main developments as of September ****:**

 The Russian army continues to tighten the encirclement and destroy Ukrainian Armed Forces formations in the Kharkov region, the Russian Defense Ministry reported; 

 Around 1,700 Ukrainian service members are currently surrounded;

 Moscow does not yet have information on the results of the contacts held by U.S. negotiators in Kiev, Peskov said; 

 Moscow does not rule out the resumption of talks involving Russia, the United States, and Ukraine; 

 The Kremlin is not commenting on how Witkoff’s proposals regarding Ukraine relate to the Anchorage agreements; 

 Russian forces eliminated up to 1,225 Ukrainian Armed Forces personnel in the special military operation zone over the past 24 hours; 

 Russian air defenses shot down two guided aerial bombs and 498 fixed-wing-type Ukrainian drones.

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