**SPECIAL OPERATION. SITUATION AND KEY EVENTS AS OF SEPTEMBER **

**Russian Armed Forces continue to tighten the encirclement ring around the AFU in the Kharkov region; two attempts by enemy assault groups to break out** of it in the areas of Sliznevo and Gogino **were thwarted**, the Ministry of Defense reported.

**Russian troops struck Ukrainian metallurgical enterprises that provide the production of military products**, as well as port infrastructure facilities in the Odessa region.

**The Russian Army liberated Veseloye **in the DPR;

**The AFU lost up to 1,390 servicemen** in a day.

**Zelensky stated that Ukraine needs 280 interceptor missiles per month,** but there is nowhere to get them in such quantities.

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