Ministry of Defence

BELGRADE - Serbian Defence Minister Milos Vucevic on Wednesday visited the Military Intelligence Agency, whose Director Maj Gen Zoran Stojkovic briefed him on the scope of the agency's work and its abilities and capabilities.

BELGRADE - Serbian Armed Forces Chief of General Staff Gen Milan Mojsilovic visited a part of army troops executing tasks in the Raska garrison and the Novi Pazar garrison location in southwestern Serbia and extended holiday greetings to them.

"Ukrainian offensive operations continue to place pressure on Russian forces both in the north-east and in the Kherson region in the south. However, Russia continues to give high priority to its own offensive operations in the central Donbas sector, especially near the town of Bakhmut", the report specifies.

Here are the highlights of events related to the war in Ukraine over the past 24 hours:

British intelligence: Russian forces in Ukraine suffer from morale and discipline problems

This is the conclusion reached by the British Ministry of Defense in its daily report on the situation in Ukraine.
"Despite the war in Ukraine, on September 1, the Russian military started exercise Vostok 22, its Annual Joint Strategic Exercise, marking the culmination of the military training year", British Ministry wrote on Twitter.

According to recent reports by independent Russian media, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu ended up side-lined within Russia's leadership due to problems Russia is facing on the battlefield in Ukraine, with operational commanders briefing President Putin directly on the course of the war, the British Ministry of Defense states in its daily report on the situation in Ukraine.

The Albania government said on Monday that it is seriously examining an incident at the weekend in which two Russians and a Ukrainian passport holder were detained while entering an arms factory in Gramsh and allegedly assaulted soldiers.

Hysteria by the Turkish newspaper Sozcu, which hosts statements by a former top Ministry of Defence who characterises the island as “Turkish territory”

The Russian embassy in Sofia, Bulgaria. Photo: Wikimedia Commons/MrPanyGoff.

The embassy claimed in a post on Facebook that it was launching the fundraiser in response to popular demand from Bulgarians.

According to them, this domination occurs after a month of intense fighting that caused "great collateral damage" in a strategically important city in eastern Ukraine.
In its latest report today, the Ministry noted that "it is unlikely that Russia was expecting such a "strong resistance" or "such an exhausting conflict".