Ukrainian soldiers near the front line in Donetsk on September 11.
The Kyiv Independent reported on September 12 that Ukrainian forces successfully raided a base operating Russian Zala and Lancet unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs).
The base is located in the village of Luhanske in the Russian-controlled Donetsk region and the raid took place on September 11. The Ukrainian military did not specify how many UAVs and soldiers were lost on the Russian side.
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Russian forces often use Lancet UAVs to spy on and attack opponents on the battlefield. According to the General Staff of the Ukrainian army, Russia has lost a total of 4,645 UAVs since the beginning of the war.
In Kharkiv province, the Ukrainian Emergency Service (SES) said on September 12 that Russian forces attacked an SES unit in the village of Kozacha Lopan. The attack took place at around 1 p.m., damaging the windows of a building and a car, but there were no casualties.
Image believed to be of Ukrainian raid on Russian forces' UAV base
On the same day, TASS news agency quoted information from Mr. Leonid Pasechnik, a Russian-appointed official in the self-proclaimed "Luhansk People's Republic" (LPR), estimating that Ukraine lost 230 soldiers in the Bakhmut area (Donetsk region) and Novodruzhevsk (Luhansk region) in the past week.
He said motorized rifle units, supported by UAV specialists and artillery units, attacked targets including 22 artillery and mortars, two armored vehicles, eight other vehicles and eight enemy ammunition depots.
In addition, Russian electronic warfare specialists and air defense systems repelled 28 attempts to penetrate LPR airspace, causing the Ukrainian side to lose more than 40 UAVs.
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Russia and Ukraine have not commented on each other's information.
Sweden considers sending fighter jets to Ukraine
The Guardian newspaper on September 12 quoted sources saying that the Swedish government is considering providing Gripen fighter jets to Ukraine to help repel Russian forces.
According to Swedish Radio (SR), the government is studying how the aid will affect its defense capabilities and how long it will take to get the new Gripen fighters. The government could formally ask the armed forces as early as September 14 to consider the issue, the report said.
The Netherlands and Denmark have led an effort to provide Ukraine with US-made F-16 fighter jets to help counter Russia's air superiority in the war.
According to SR, Ukraine hopes to receive 16-18 Gripen produced by the Swedish company Saab.
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In June, the Swedish government said it would give Ukrainian pilots the chance to test the Gripen fighter jet, saying Sweden needed all its planes to defend its territory.
Sweden has provided Ukraine with weapons such as tanks, air defense systems and Type 90 armored infantry fighting vehicles.
Ukraine participates in multilateral exercises
According to The Kyiv Independent on September 12, Ukrainian soldiers are participating in the multinational naval exercise called Sea Breeze, which opened on September 11 and is organized by Romania and the United States.
The exercise is scheduled to last until September 15 and will also involve forces from Bulgaria, France, Britain and Türkiye. The exercises will be led by the Romanian Navy.
The main task of the exercise is to enhance interoperability in removing explosives, specifically drifting mines at sea, to ensure freedom of navigation.
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The exercise comes amid heightened tensions in the Black Sea region. Since the expiration of the Black Sea Grain Initiative on July 17, Russia has been accused of stepping up attacks on Ukrainian ports, grain storage facilities and agricultural infrastructure, often located near the Romanian border.
Following a UAV attack on the Ukrainian port of Izmail on the Danube earlier this month, Romania said that what appeared to be debris from the UAV had been found on Romanian soil.
NATO said it had seen no signs of a deliberate Russian attack on Romania, but said it would continue to monitor the situation.
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