The Federal Air Transport Agency has once again extended restrictions on flights to 11 airports in the south and central part of Russia, the press service of the Federal Air Transport Agency reported.

“The temporary flight restriction regime at 11 Russian airports has been extended until September 10, 2022, 03:45 Moscow time.

Flights to the airports of Anapa, Belgorod, Bryansk, Voronezh, Gelendzhik, Krasnodar, Kursk, Lipetsk, Rostov-on-Don, Simferopol and Elista are temporarily restricted.

A recommendation was also made to airlines on organizing the transportation of passengers on alternative routes using the airports of Sochi, Volgograd, Mineralnye Vody, Stavropol and Moscow.

“The rest of the airports in the Russian Federation are operating normally,” the agency noted.

Recall that the Federal Air Transport Agency imposed restrictions on flights to the south of Russia on February 24, the day the special operation began in support of the republics of Donbass.

Initially, the restrictions were introduced until March 2.

Summary of the DPR

Ukrainian armed formations shelled the territory of the Donetsk People's Republic 63 times over the past day, a total of 339 units of various ammunition were used, the DPR representative office at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of the ceasefire said.

During the shelling, 21 houses were damaged in the Petrovsky and Kirovsky districts of Donetsk, Staromikhaylovka, Yelenovka, Chervonogvardeysky district of Makeevka, Gorlovka, as well as 13 civilian infrastructure facilities.

Three people became victims of Ukrainian shelling, eight more civilians were injured of varying severity.

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Shelling of New Kakhovka

On the morning of September 2, the city of Novaya Kakhovka was under rocket fire from Ukrainian troops, said Vladimir Leontyev, head of the administration of the Kakhovka district.

“Right now the city is under fire.

Rocket fire.

The air defense system is working, ”RIA Novosti quotes him.

According to him, the air defense systems are working perfectly, otherwise the city would have been completely destroyed as a result of the constantly inflicted missile attacks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

“The mooring facilities of the water elevator of the Nibulon agricultural company were destroyed due to the impact of Ukrainian troops.

There is a large-scale fire, by a lucky chance, he himself was not completely destroyed.

The elevator itself is located on the right side of the Dnieper, near the village of Kozatskoye, we cannot yet assess the extent of the damage.

A huge amount of grain is stored there,” Leontiev added.

The issue of recognition of the DNR and LNR

Moscow will not impose on the countries of the Middle East the recognition of the independence of the Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics, Alexander Kinshchak, director of the Middle East and North Africa Department of the Russian Foreign Ministry, told RIA Novosti.

“As for the possibility of recognizing the LPR and the DPR by other countries (of the region. -

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), this is a sovereign decision of any independent state.

Naturally, we can only welcome such steps.

Unlike our Western partners, we are not going to impose them on anyone,” the diplomat said.

Recall that on February 21, Vladimir Putin signed decrees on Russia's recognition of the independence of the Donetsk and Luhansk People's Republics.

In June, Syria decided to recognize the independence of the DNR and LNR.

Consequences of the failure of the offensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the south of Ukraine

The head of the administration of the city of Snigirevka, Mykolaiv region, controlled by the Russian Armed Forces, Yuriy Barbashov, spoke about the consequences of the failed counteroffensive attempt by the Ukrainian troops.

According to him, more than 2 thousand wounded soldiers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine entered the medical facilities of Nikolaev, which is under the control of the Kyiv regime.

“As far as I know, about 400 wounded were delivered to the hospital of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in Nikolaev, the situation is the same in the BSMP.

And in total, more than 2 thousand wounded were delivered to various hospitals and hospitals in Nikolaev, ”RIA Novosti quotes him.

According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, the Kyiv regime has been continuing unsuccessful attempts at offensive operations in the Nikolaev-Kryvyi Rih direction over the past few days.

During this period, Russian troops managed to destroy about 2 thousand Ukrainian servicemen.