In its daily intelligence briefing, it said it did so by taking advantage of the “poor logistics, command and leadership” of the Russian military. He said: As of August 29, 2022, the Ukrainian Armed Forces are conducting renewed offensive operations in southern Ukraine. One element of this offensive is a sustained advance on a broad front west of the Dnipro River, focusing on three axes within Russian-held Kherson Oblast. The operation has limited immediate objectives, but Ukrainian forces have likely achieved a degree of tactical surprise. takes advantage of poor logistics, management and leadership in the Russian armed forces. With fighting also continuing in the Donbass and Kharkiv sectors, a key decision for Russian commanders in the coming days will be where to commit any operational reserve force they can build up. Important events Show only key events Please enable JavaScript to use this feature Ukraine’s military said it struck Russian positions in the area around the southern city of Enerhodar on Friday, near the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, where UN experts work. Reuters reports that the disclosure by the army general staff was unusual because the military rarely gives details of specific targets. Staff said in a Facebook post: It has been confirmed that in the area around the cities of Kherson and Enerhodar, accurate strikes by our armed forces destroyed three enemy artillery systems as well as an ammunition depot and up to a group of soldiers. He did not give further details about the strikes. A team from the International Atomic Energy Agency is collecting data at the Zaporizhzhia station, on the edge of Russian-held Enerhoda, which is about 300 kilometers (185 miles) from Kherson. Russia has repeatedly accused Ukraine of bombing the nuclear plant, while Kyiv says pro-Moscow forces were responsible for the attack. Broken windows in a building at the Zaporizhia nuclear facility during the inspectors’ visit. Photo: IAEA/Reuters

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Russian energy company Gazprom announced that the Nord Stream 1 pipeline would not restart on schedule on Saturday, citing turbine damage. Gazprom CEO Alexei Miller said Siemens could not carry out repairs due to sanctions. The European Commission’s chief spokesman, Eric Mummer, said Gazprom was orchestrating the shutdown “under false pretenses.” The shutdown of the single largest natural gas pipeline from Russia to Europe will fuel concerns about the reliability of winter energy supplies. The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency, Rafael Mariano Grossi, who returned from a first visit to the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant, said six of the team’s experts remained at the site to continue work. He told reporters that the mission would report early next week on its findings. Grossi said military operations are increasing in the area of ​​the plant, “which I am very concerned about.” He said the military presence was not available when he asked to speak to them about the control center, they did not approach his team and were “withdrawn” throughout their visit to the Russian-controlled facility in southeastern Ukraine. The finance ministers of the Group of Seven (G7) countries have announced plans to impose a price ceiling on Russian oil. In a statement, the ministers said the cap was designed to reduce Russia’s “ability to finance its aggressive war” and that they would “work urgently to finalize and implement” the measure, but left key details of the plan open. Before the G7 announcement, the Kremlin said imposing the price cap would trigger Russian retaliation. If G7 leaders go ahead, it would lead to significant destabilization of the global oil market, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said. Ukraine’s military claimed Russian forces suffered “significant losses” in the southern Kherson region after Kiev’s counteroffensive launched earlier this week. Ukraine’s successes were “quite convincing”, according to a spokesman for the military command of southern Ukraine, who added that more “positive news” was likely to follow “very soon”. Ukrainian troops pushed back Russian forces at several points around Kherson, according to Western officials. Officials estimate about 20,000 Russian troops are in the southern pocket and warn it is too early to tell if Ukraine’s counteroffensive is working. The “physical integrity” of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant has been “violated many times,” Rafael Grossi said. The IAEA chief said after leading the inspection team that while he would continue to be concerned about the plant, the situation was “more predictable” now. Ukrainian officials have accused Russia of manipulating and distorting information shared with the IAEA. Ukrainian state-owned company Energoatom said Russian officials “are making every effort to prevent the IAEA mission from getting to know the real state of affairs. They spread manipulative and false information about this visit.” Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu accused Ukraine of “nuclear terrorism”. Pro-Russian proxies in Zaporizhia accused Kyiv of trying to smuggle “spies” into the IAEA inspection team posing as journalists. The head of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic, Denis Pushilin, reiterated the expansive military aims of Russia’s invasion. “Our task is to liberate all Russian cities that were founded by the Russian people during the time of the Russian Empire and developed in the Soviet Union thanks to the help of our entire vast country,” Pushilin said. “It’s not just the lands of Novorossiya [the Donbas], but also much more broadly. It won’t be any other way.”

Hello and welcome back to the Guardian’s continuing live coverage of the war in Ukraine. This is a summary of the latest developments as we approach 9.30am. in Kyiv. Updated at 07.51 BST