Ukrainian President Zelensky has declared himself ready to meet Putin on the sidelines of the G20 summit in Miami. But Moscow holds back: "Putin's possible participation in the G20 has not yet been discussed." “If Zelensky really wants to meet Putin, he can go to Moscow, as already proposed by the Russian president,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said.
Cross-attacks between Russia and Ukraine continue. According to the Ukrainian RBC agency, a missile hit an industrial plant in Kryvyj Rih during the night. The attack left one dead and two injured. Drones also simultaneously attacked two Russian cities: Tolyatti and Taganrog. In Tolyatti, a strategic chemical plant was hit, while in Taganrog several fires were recorded, including one at an airport and another at an automobile plant. On the other front, according to the Russian agency Ria Novosti, explosions rocked Odessa following an air raid. In the Kharkiv region, according to the Russian Ministry of Defense, drones destroyed camouflaged bunkers and surrounded Ukrainian armed forces personnel. The Samara region of Russia also suffered a serious attack. A Russian drone hit a private house in Zaporizhzhia, which was completely destroyed. Two people were pulled from the rubble, one of whom died. This was reported by the Ukrainian agency RBC, quoting the head of the regional military administration of Zaporizhzhia, Ivan Fedorov.
Ukrainian air defenses neutralized 102 drones and eight missiles launched by Russian forces overnight, but impacts were recorded in twenty locations. This was reported by the Ukrainian Air Force. Moscow attacked with an unknown number of Iskander-M and Kn-23 ballistic missiles, eight Kalibr cruise missiles launched from the Black Sea and six Kh-59 and Kh-69 guided missiles. Furthermore, 129 drones were detected, including Shahed attack aircraft, about half of which were propelled, S8000 Banderol circuit munitions, hybrid systems between drones and missiles, and decoy aircraft intended to confuse defenses. According to preliminary data, Ukraine shot down or neutralized six Kalibr, two Kh-59 and Kh-69, one Banderol and 101 Shahed, Gerbera and other model drones. “Impacts of enemy missiles and attack drones were detected at twenty locations, as well as the fall of downed fragments at four other sites,” the Air Force said. A massive attack on the southern Odesa region left at least 17 civilians injured, including a child. Civil infrastructure was damaged and the top floor of a residential building was completely destroyed. In Kryvyi Rih, in the central Dnipropetrovsk region, a rocket attack on a factory left one dead and three injured, according to governor Oleksandr Ganzha.
Russia used the AI-based chatbot Claude to develop kamikaze attack drone software for use against targets in Ukraine. This is what Anthropic researchers reported in a 154-page report, which also states that Russian hackers have used artificial intelligence in attacks against targets in the Ukrainian government, military and diplomatic sectors. According to Anthropic, Claude has also been used for state-sponsored surveillance and propaganda operations, while drones have been programmed to autonomously choose their targets and crash into them to explode, without any human intervention. Anthropic also found that state-backed cybercriminals and hackers are increasingly using artificial intelligence to orchestrate and execute a large portion of cyberattacks, including those against Ukrainian officials. A group of hackers allegedly conducted phishing operations, hijacking hotel Wi-Fi networks and taking over WhatsApp accounts against targets in Ukraine's government, military and diplomatic sectors, using artificial intelligence at nearly every stage, Anthropic said.
The group's operational techniques were consistent with those of the Russian hacking group Midnight Blizzard, which the US government has linked to the Russian foreign intelligence service SVR. The group would use artificial intelligence to build a system that could automatically detect when its malware was flagged by security defenses and rewrite the code until it evaded detection.
No coalition alliance with the fake patriots who vote against supporting Ukraine? "Giorgia Meloni is certainly not willing to do the opposite of what she has done so far, or what she believes in, for political or electoral reasons. I am a serious person, and I am not good for all seasons. Anyone looking for a prime minister who changes his mind based on the support of this or that party, always and only for personal gain, must look elsewhere. And I also think I know where, because we have already been there." This is how Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni responds in an interview given to Il Foglio. The Prime Minister recognizes that "in recent years it would have been more electorally advantageous not to support Ukraine, rather than to do so. Except that I did not support Ukraine for Kyiv, I supported Ukraine for Rome. Because, as I have said many times, Italy - concludes Meloni - would have everything to lose in an international context in which the rules of peaceful coexistence between nations are no longer valid".
Ukrainian forces reportedly struck industrial sites in the Russian cities of Togliatti and Taganrog on September 12, Russian Telegram channels reported. Long-range Ukrainian drones hit a rubber production plant in Togliatti, Samara oblast, according to Telegram monitoring channels ExileNova+ and Supernova+. Known as "Russian Detroit," Togliatti is about 900 kilometers from the Ukrainian border and home to AvtoVaz, Russia's largest state-owned automaker. Films made by residents of Togliatti, reports The Kyiv Independent, show Ukrainian drones flying over the city and a building on fire from which a thick column of smoke rises. Other videos appear to show damage to a residential building caused by the fall of a drone, as reported by Supernova+.
In the Mediterranean there are several fleets of Russian ships carrying military cargo at the same time, and two of them are headed to Tartus, Syria. One of the convoys has already arrived in port, while the other is sailing in the Mediterranean under the surveillance of the Italian air force. This was reported by the RBC-Ukraine agency, quoting The Maritime Executive. According to what was reported by the maritime portal, the first group is composed of the anti-submarine ship 'Admiral Levchenko', the tanker 'General Skobelev', the ship 'Sparta' and the supply ship 'Akademik Pashin'. They crossed the Strait of Gibraltar and headed east. During the crossing of the English Channel, the Russian ships were escorted by several vessels of the British Royal Navy. Satellite images show the presence of a Russian military ship moored at the Tartus pier. It may have been moored next to the tanker 'General Skobelev' to provide protection from the sea or to refuel.
