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Russia is likely to continue mass drone attacks on Ukraine at least until its State Duma elections in September, Zelenskyy’s office chief Kyrylo Budanov said.
According to Budanov, Moscow is trying to create a “picture of victory” for voters despite lacking major battlefield gains, resorting instead to terror.
Ukraine is introducing strict austerity measures for budget funds not earmarked for defense, Prime Minister Serhii Koretskyi said.
According to Koretskyi, Ukraine could receive about $30 billion from its partners this year if it fulfills its commitments.
At the same time, the country faces a $27 billion shortfall in its defense budget and is asking partners to cover the gap through emergency financing. Talks on securing the funds are ongoing.
Graham’s “sanctions bill from hell” against Russia has hit a major roadblock in the House after passing the Senate 86-11.
The bill would allow Trump to impose tariffs of up to 500% on countries buying Russian energy, but it now faces pushback from both Democrats and Republicans.
11 EU countries, including Germany, France, Spain, the Netherlands and Romania, are pushing to end national vetoes on key foreign policy decisions and move toward qualified majority voting.
The initiative is aimed at preventing a single member state from blocking the rest of the bloc, after Hungary repeatedly used its veto on major EU decisions.
Hungary blocked Ukraine’s second and third EU accession clusters for a third time, though Budapest said it would lift its objection if Kyiv shows progress on protecting the rights of Ukraine’s Hungarian minority.
The refusal again prevented the EU from approving screening results needed to advance negotiations because unanimity from all 27 EU member states is required.
Russia has secretly assisted Iran in developing supersonic cruise missile technology under a covert program codenamed C430L, according to a Financial Times investigation based on leaked correspondence, travel records, and Russian military patents.
Ukraine’s troops have smashed Russian forces back by up to 15 km north of Lyman in a grinding months-long counteroffensive.
Small assault teams backed by relentless drone strikes are clawing back territory — and could leave hundreds of Putin’s troops cut off from vital supply lines.
Russia’s second batch of 16 Rassvet satellites failed to reach its intended operational altitude, creating setback in Moscow’s effort to develop an alternative to Starlink, the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) reported.
For the first time, Russia struck Odesa with a KAB guided aerial bomb, marking a major escalation in attacks on the southern port city.
The overnight assault also involved Shahed drones and Banderol munitions, triggering fires and power outages.
Zelensky dismissed Maj. Gen. Hennadiy Shapovalov as commander of Ukraine’s Ground Forces and appointed Brig. Gen. Sviatoslav Zaits to replace him.
Zaits previously commanded the 20th Army Corps and served in the Air Assault Forces. The two presidential decrees did not state a reason for the leadership change.
Xi Jinping said China is ready to strengthen communication with all parties and promote political settlements in Ukraine, the Middle East, and Afghanistan.
At the SCO summit, he also called for stronger multilateral cooperation, security coordination, and a multipolar world.
“Russia always calculates its strikes to destroy lives,” Zelensky said after an overnight missile and drone attack killed 12 people, including an Indian citizen, and injured dozens across Ukraine.
Homes and civilian infrastructure were hit in Kyiv, the Kyiv region, Odesa and elsewhere.
Russian forces have been ordered to prepare and carry out massive strikes on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure in response to Ukrainian attacks on civilian infrastructure and oil refineries, Putin said.
“Ukraine will get a response. I gave the order,” he added.
Ukraine has rejected Putin’s claim that Russian forces captured Kozacha Lopan, just 7 km from the Russian border.
Kyiv says the village remains under Ukrainian control, with fighting ongoing. Ukrainian forces report 178 Russian troops killed and 210 wounded in the area.
Zelensky warned airlines, insurers and airport operators, against traveling through Russian airspace as it becomes increasingly dangerous due to drone activity linked to Moscow’s war.
He said civilian carriers should reconsider flying to Moscow, St. Petersburg and other major Russian destinations.
Putin accused Zelensky of “state terrorism” after the Ukrainian leader warned that Russia’s skies could increasingly be filled with Ukrainian drones.
“Any military facilities in Ukraine are legitimate targets for us — British or otherwise,” Putin said.
“We want to end the war and achieve a lasting and absolute peace in both Ukraine and Europe,” Putin said.
Servicemen from Ukraine’s military intelligence fired at officers of Ukraine’s Security Service in Kyiv on Wednesday while the latter were working to prevent a plot by Russia’s Federal Security Service.
The case reportedly involves the disappearance of a deputy commander of the Russian Volunteer Corps, with Ukraine’s State Bureau of Investigation arriving at the scene to intervene.
Ukraine unleashed a huge drone attack on Russia overnight, striking its biggest Baltic port and sparking a fire at the key Ust-Luga export hub.
Moscow claimed a staggering 516 drones were destroyed, while NATO jets scrambled after drones reportedly entered Estonian airspace.
Russia struck warehouses in Pogreby, Kyiv region, on Aug. 31, injuring eight people.
Footage circulating on Telegram shows the moment of the attack and a powerful explosion at the site. https://t.me/Kyivpost_official/39274
Moscow’s mayor claimed that Ukraine launched 8,670 drones against the Russian capital and the surrounding region in August, with 795 shot down en route to Moscow.
The staggering number, if accurate, is on par with the total number of Russian drones launched across the entirety of Ukraine in July 2026.
Kyiv is preparing temporary relocation sites in case of prolonged winter blackouts.
More than 200,000 residents who may struggle to remain at home without electricity or heating have been identified, including people with limited mobility, people with disabilities, and families raising children with disabilities.
Around 2,000 people have so far agreed to relocate if needed, Suspilne reports.
Putin’s motorcade in Vladivostok was reportedly escorted by a pickup truck fitted with an anti-aircraft machine gun, while troops and military vehicles were deployed along the route from the airport.
The extraordinary security measures come amid increasingly frequent Ukrainian long-range drone strikes deep inside Russia.
Russia’s ex-president Dmitry Medvedev threatened a “direct strike” on German military production facilities and hinted that targets in Berlin could also be attacked.
He also appeared to threaten Western officials traveling to Kyiv by train, escalating Moscow’s rhetoric after Germany blamed Russia for the attempted drone attack at Leipzig/Halle Airport.
Putin’s forces attacked five districts of the Dnipropetrovsk region more than 50 times on Sept. 1, injuring five people.
The strikes damaged civilian sites in the Dnipro, Nikopol, Kryvyi Rih and Synelnykove districts, sparking multiple fires.
In Boryspil, a five-story apartment building was damaged, killing four people and injuring 13 others. Fifty residents were evacuated. In Kyiv, a strike on a railway depot killed seven people.
In Odesa and the surrounding region, drone and guided aerial bomb attacks left thousands of homes without electricity and damaged a border crossing with Romania as well as export infrastructure. Strikes also affected eight other regions.
American filmmaker Xackery Irving’s “Brace For Oblivion,” filmed over nearly four years on Ukraine’s front lines, has won Best International Documentary at Ireland’s Galway Film Fleadh.
The film follows seven civilians who became soldiers after Russia’s full-scale invasion, documenting their journeys from the battlefield back toward ordinary life. It will screen in Kyiv on Sept. 4 as part of the Odesa International Film Festival.
Ukrainian servicemen and Italian pacifists met on the football pitch in war-scarred Odesa — turning a friendly tournament into an unlikely moment of sporting diplomacy, solidarity and, afterward, Ukrainian and Italian wine.
Hollywood actress and humanitarian advocate Angelina Jolie has reportedly arrived in Ukraine on another unannounced visit after being spotted in Ternopil and Poltava, according to local reports and eyewitness accounts.
Russia attacked an Odesa–Dnipro passenger train. Details of the strike and possible casualties are not yet available.
Russia launched a deadly overnight attack on Dnipro, killing two people and injuring eight — with three left in critical condition.
Apartment blocks, schools and food warehouses were hit, sparking fires that emergency crews later brought under control.