Shoigureported on the capture of the village of Sands in the Donbass. The Russian Ministry of Defense and the “DPR” forces report the capture of this village for the fourth time in a month.

The first time the village of Peski was taken on August 5, then on August 7, the head of the self-proclaimed "DNR" Denis Pushilin announced this, on August 14, the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation again reported on the capture of Peski.

On September 1, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine announced that Putin ordered Russian troops to reach the administrative borders of the Donetsk region by September 15. This was stated during the briefing by Deputy Chief of the Main Operational Directorate of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Alexei Gromov. According to him, in order to resume an active offensive in eastern Ukraine, Russia continues to regroup formations and military units of the third army corps.

The Ministry of Defense regularly reports on the successes of the Russian army in the war in Ukraine, including the destruction of equipment. As the Project found out earlier, the agency is lying because, according to these reports, Russia has already destroyed more equipment than Ukraine has in total, taking into account Western supplies. In addition, the representative of the department, General Igor Konashenkov, reported several times on “establishing control” over the same cities, at least 25 settlements were taken more than once.