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Putin said negotiations over Ukraine are currently frozen and claimed he had ordered a response targeting Ukraine's energy sector. He said Russia favors negotiations that have "concrete substance" and described Kushner and Witkoff as welcome guests in Russia. Putin also said contacts between intelligence services continue and claimed Russia is successfully countering the challenge posed by widespr...
❗️Zelensky warned airlines, insurers and operators using key Russian airports that Russian airspace is becoming increasingly unsafe as Ukrainian drones operate over Russia. He stressed that Ukraine does not threaten civilian aircraft. Kyiv will provide international organizations with information on the risks, while Zelensky urged airlines flying to Moscow, St. Petersburg and other key Russian des...
Ukraine's 23rd Assault Regiment says its drones hit 353 Russian targets in August. The tally includes 159 command, observation and deployment points, 81 vehicles, 50 copter-type UAVs, 12 Russian troops and 11 armored vehicles. The unit serves in the 2nd National Guard Corps.
❗️Hungary is ready to unblock further EU accession negotiation clusters for Ukraine if Kyiv shows progress on commitments to protect the Hungarian national minority, EU diplomatic sources said. Budapest said there would be no movement on opening clusters until then.
❗️Ukraine has formally asked the European Commission to allocate more than €2 billion from the EU's €90 billion loan for Patriot interceptor missiles. The Commission had earlier received Kyiv's list of weapons planned for most of the remaining €6 billion in the loan's defense component. Most items are Ukrainian and EU-made equipment, primarily drones.
A HIMARS strike hit a group of Russian assault troops on the Kostiantynivka direction. Four Russian soldiers were killed and another four were wounded. The footage was released by Ukraine's 147th Separate Artillery Brigade, part of the 7th Rapid Response Corps of the Air Assault Forces.
HUR operators struck the Novatek-Ust-Luga complex in Russia's Leningrad region today as part of a joint deep-strike operation with Ukraine's Defense Forces. Key elements of the oil-processing installation and technological equipment at the plant were hit.
Zelensky visited a rebuilt school in Kyiv region to welcome first-graders on September 1, but an air raid alert forced the president and children into a shelter. "Even among any enemies there is an understanding that children are children. But the Russians make children participants in the war," he said. Zelensky also criticized the pace of international diplomacy, saying much of Europe and the wo...
Ukrainian defense firm Fire Point released a video featuring a pink flamingo, missiles and drones alongside the words "See you in court." The company added a warning to Russia: "We remind our enemies that karma and we are at work. So expect us to drop by uninvited."
❗️Putin reportedly canceled a meeting with CIA Director John Ratcliffe at the last minute after Ratcliffe urged Russian officials to reach a deal ending the war against Ukraine. Ratcliffe reportedly warned that Russia's military and economic position would continue to deteriorate.
Ukraine's General Staff confirms strikes on Russian military targets on August 31 and overnight into September 1. Drone storage, preparation and launch sites were hit in Donetsk and Hvardiiske, occupied Crimea, along with a communications hub in Myrne, a command post in Polohy, military equipment near Verkhnokamianka and a fuel depot in Borysivka, Belgorod region. Ukraine also confirmed an August ...
An impact was recorded at Novatek's gas condensate processing and terminal complex in Ust-Luga, Russia. The facility is still burning following the strike.
Ukrainian drones struck Russia's Ust-Luga port in Leningrad region, with multiple impacts and a large fire reported. The port handles around 700,000 barrels of crude and petroleum products per day and is one of Russia's largest seaborne energy export hubs.…
❗️The Russian Volunteer Corps says its deputy commander for combat operations, Stepan Kaplunov, was abducted by unidentified people near his home several days ago. The RVC contacted Ukraine's HUR, SBU and SBI but says none provided information on his whereabouts or possible charges.