On Wednesday, Ukraine celebrates the most important public holiday – Independence Day. On this day, 31 years ago (in 1991), the Verkhovna Rada of the then Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic adopted the Act of Proclamation of Independence of Ukraine, resulting in the formation of the current Ukrainian State. Ukrainians fear that Russia will “in its own way” celebrate the joy of Ukrainian independence

Summary for the last 24 hours:

• Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy warned Ukrainians to be vigilant next week, with Independence Day on Wednesday. In a video speech on Saturday, Zelenskyi said that Ukrainians should not allow Moscow to “spread hopelessness and fear.” “We should all be aware that Russia may try to do something particularly nasty this week,” Zelenskyy said.

• In the second largest city of Ukraine, Kharkiv, the curfew will be extended for the whole day on Wednesday, Oleg Synegub, the governor of the region, announced on Saturday.

• On Saturday, Ukraine struck a new blow at the headquarters of the Black Sea Fleet of the Russian Federation in Sevastopol. Officials in the Crimean peninsula said the city’s air defense system had been restored to operation late Saturday.

• Three people with Russian and Ukrainian passports were arrested in Albania on espionage charges after trying to infiltrate a military base and weapons factory in central Albania, Albania’s defense ministry said on Saturday. Two Albanian soldiers were injured as a result of the incident at the Gramsh base, the ministry said.

• Antonio Guterres, the UN secretary general, said he was moved by the sight of a Ukrainian ship with wheat leaving Turkey. According to him, fertilizers and agricultural products should enter the world markets “unhindered”, otherwise a global food crisis may arise as early as next year.

• US Deputy Treasury Secretary Wally Adeyemo said Russian entities and individuals are trying to use Turkey to circumvent Western sanctions imposed on Russia over the war.

• The Ministry of Defense of Ukraine announced on Saturday that its forces destroyed a total of 44,900 Russian troops

The main thing from Sunday, the 179th day of the war in Ukraine:

06:42In the Kherson region, the Russians are threatening parents who do not send their children to study under the new program with eviction and property confiscation. According to the authorities, the school year will begin in September, and parents of children who do not agree that schoolchildren learn “new” truths from history textbooks will be fined 148,000 rubles.”

06:39 In the Khmelnytskyi region, a local resident provided the representative of the Russian Federation with photos and videos of the location and movement of servicemen and equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The man will be tried for treason, he faces life imprisonment, the local press writes

10:56 in the eveningRussian Defense Minister Serhii Shoigu called the idea of ​​banning all Russians from entering EU countries a manifestation of Nazi policy.

10:10 in the eveningUkraine has already received about 100 drones as part of the “Drone Army” project. Another 100 ordered drones will arrive in October, Minister of Digital Transformation Mykhailo Fedorov said, Nexta reports. According to him, Ukraine needs 10,000 drones – “for conducting urban combat and reconnaissance.”