Foreign minister resigns as leader seeks to improve ties with the West and boost weapons production

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba resigned on September 4 as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy carries out the biggest government shake-up in four years.

In Ukraine, it is the same story, mainly, of accelerating Russian advances in the Donbass, especially in the areas of Vuhledar and Pokrovsk, while Russia largely (but not completely) contains Ukrainian advances in Kursk.

To explain the dire plight confronting Ukraine, I will plagiarize James Carville’s slogan from Clinton’s 1992 Presidential Run — It is the training, stupid. As someone who trains instructors and average citizens on how to properly and safely use a firearm, I know that the best way to learn is by doing. But learning involves more than just acquiring knowledge, you must be able to apply that knowledge while under great stress. The same applies to military training.

Zelensky says the goal of the strikes is to ‘force Russia into peace’

Michael Kofman and Rob Lee are U.S. experts who have visited the Ukrainian front-lines several times to then write positive hopeful pieces, in the sense of the West, about the conflict.

Things are starting to heat up on the Ukrainian front line once more. After a long period of attrition warfare and static front lines, we are starting to see movement that could bring the war to its next phase. The Russians are now advancing on Pokrovsk, a key transport and logistics hub in Donetsk. Some analysts think that if Pokrovsk falls, the entire Ukrainian front line in the Donbas will start to collapse.

LONDON, Sept 1 (Reuters) – Russia will make changes to its doctrine on the use of nuclear weapons in response to what it regards as Western escalation in the war in Ukraine, state media quoted Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov […]

Ukraine has not taken the city of Kursk; they have merely taken some, mostly rural, parts of the oblast, or region of Kursk. The largest town they have taken as of this writing is Sudzha, which has just over 6,000 people.

On Friday evening, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky announced his decision to replace the commander of the country’s air forces, Lt Gen Mykola Oleshchuk. Lt Gen Anatolii Kryvonozhko has been appointed interim commander and, while Zelensky did not provide any explanation for the change, he stressed his responsibility to “take care of all our warriors”.