Kharkiv Cauldron🪖 Massive Drone Strikes. Ukrainian Army Faces Crisis. Military Summary 2026.09.03

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00:00 - Introduction: World situation on September 3, 2026
00:15 - Kharkiv Cauldron: Russian forces encircle up to 2,000 Ukrainian troops
00:37 - Three settlements captured: Vasilyevka, Blagodatnaya, Dolzhanka
01:56 - Escape routes cut: Ukrainians trapped in northeastern pocket
04:08 - Strike wipes out Ukrainian temporary deployment point
04:40 - Northeastern Kharkiv collapses, Russia advances toward Veliky Burluk
05:31 - Borova direction: Putin confirms large Ukrainian pocket
08:25 - Druzhkovka direction: Izhevka captured, advance continues
10:12 - Zaporozhye: Novodanilovka under Russian control
12:19 - Failed Ukrainian strike: 400+ drones shot down over Moscow
13:48 - Russia reinforces air defenses and refinery protection
15:10 - Russia prepares massive Kh-101 strategic strike
16:01 - Assassination attempt on Russian general near Engels airfield
17:51 - Drone strikes expand to western Ukraine (Zhytomyr, Khmelnytskyi)
20:12 - Multiple warehouses destroyed in Kiev region
21:41 - Ukrainian army crisis: F-16 missile shortage, fuel cuts, salary delays
24:15 - Conclusion

[Posted at the SpookyWeather2 blog, September 4, 2026.]