Updates from Ukraine
⚡️EBRD to lend 100 million euros to Ukrzaliznytsia.
— The Kyiv Independent (@KyivIndependent) September 1, 2022
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development's funds will be used to ensure liquidity and finance the critical needs of Ukraine's state railway company Ukrzaliznytsia, the Finance Ministry said.
⚡️Denmark to provide winter gear for Ukraine's military.
— The Kyiv Independent (@KyivIndependent) September 2, 2022
President Volodymyr Zelensky held a meeting with Denmark's Minister of Foreign Affairs Jeppe Kofod, after which Zelensky said the country pledged to provide Ukraine with winter uniforms for Ukraine's Armed Forces.
Ukrainian law enforcement has uncovered a network of Russian “agents provocateur” in Lviv, who were disseminating the Kremlin’s propaganda.https://t.co/dcevLU8rhp
— The New Voice of Ukraine (@NewVoiceUkraine) September 2, 2022
President Zelenskyy marked the first day of the new academic year today at a school in Kyiv suburb Irpin which has been rebuilt after being partially destroyed by Russian forces in March 2022 pic.twitter.com/VlprBqWn7p
— Business Ukraine mag (@Biz_Ukraine_Mag) September 1, 2022
Ukrainian schoolchildren begin the new academic year in a makeshift classroom located in a Kharkiv metro station.
— Business Ukraine mag (@Biz_Ukraine_Mag) September 1, 2022
(Photo: Sławomir Sierakowski) pic.twitter.com/UEfstL1jBZ
Rebuilding Ukraine
Remember that street in Bucha, Ukraine that was absolutely clogged with burnt out Russian armour in the spring? It’s been cleaned up and repaved. Scars are still here though. pic.twitter.com/KxpnXjkCdT
— Frank Gardner (@FrankRGardner) September 1, 2022
Government Statements
Today brave #Ukrainian farmers protect global food security.
— MFA of Ukraine 🇺🇦 (@MFA_Ukraine) September 1, 2022
One of them is Ihor who was forced to leave his farm in Kharkiv region because of #Russian occupation. He evacuated to Khmelnytskyi region, where he is fighting for the fate of his second farm.https://t.co/ANCRDLkpYG pic.twitter.com/qndqCab7rO
UKRAINE IS REBUILDING! 🇺🇦
— Rustem Umerov (@rustem_umerov) September 1, 2022
In #Ukraine, 59 medical facilities that were damaged by Russians have been repaired, work is ongoing in another 200. According to the Ministry of Health, a total of 800 medical facilities were damaged, 127 cannot be restored. #RussiaIsATerroristState
Latest Defence Intelligence update on the situation in Ukraine – 2 September 2022
— Ministry of Defence 🇬🇧 (@DefenceHQ) September 2, 2022
Find out more about the UK government's response: https://t.co/wvJSvvSkuV
🇺🇦 #StandWithUkraine 🇺🇦 pic.twitter.com/Y4Lx6QbYuG
Global Support
The start of September marks ‘Knowledge Day’ in Ukraine, when students across the country celebrate their return to school, their teachers and wider school communities.#UKAid is helping partners to ensure as many children as possible can continue to access education 🇬🇧🇺🇦
— Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (@FCDOGovUK) September 1, 2022
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The LEGO Foundation is donating US$13.6M / 100M DKK to support the rehabilitation and rebuilding of Ukraine's education system and the educational needs of those whose lives have been disrupted by the ongoing war.https://t.co/lysczVamYu pic.twitter.com/Wu5psV1a1t
— LEGO (@LEGO_Group) September 1, 2022
International Opinions
Having served as a bomb shelter just months ago, this school in Bucha in Ukraine is now welcoming back students for the academic year pic.twitter.com/QHtGWeGDGL
— Reuters (@Reuters) September 2, 2022
“That day, we realized the Russians had come to kill us. They didn’t come to fight with Ukrainian soldiers. They just wanted to kill us.”
— Business Ukraine mag (@Biz_Ukraine_Mag) September 1, 2022
This harrowing New York Times account of the Russian destruction of Mariupol is absolutely essential reading https://t.co/s7fTlURAIK
Zelensky: Russia wants world to forget about war https://t.co/nFQndfGXDJ pic.twitter.com/oxj1CJd8Cm
— The Hill (@thehill) September 1, 2022
VIDEO: On the first day of classes, Ukraine's President Zelensky visits a school in Irpin, outside Kyiv, which was refurbished after it was bombed during the early days of Russia's invasionpic.twitter.com/Q53sdzbQxO
— AFP News Agency (@AFP) September 1, 2022
President Volodymyr Zelensky hailed the arrival of United Nations inspectors at the occupied Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Plant, but said Russia was undermining the inspection by preventing independent journalists from observing it and by intimidating residents. https://t.co/PR2NMjIJpz
— New York Times World (@nytimesworld) September 1, 2022
The Russian occupation of Bucha has made the Ukrainian suburb a byword for brutality.
— Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (@OCCRP) September 1, 2022
We spoke with Bucha residents from one apartment block, who provided a detailed description of what it was like to survive those infamous 33 days.https://t.co/3wwzaPqlF4
Zelensky criticizes the IAEA for the lack of independent journalists allowed inside to cover the inspection of the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant. “Unfortunately, IAEA representatives did not protect representatives of independent media.” pic.twitter.com/IOxsbSmNe7
— John Hudson (@John_Hudson) September 1, 2022
Correcting Misinformation
Byline Times – 31 August 2022: https://t.co/xCnL5XRuj1
— Oz Katerji (@OzKaterji) September 1, 2022