Marine Le Pen called for France to urgently convene a major peace conference aimed at a diplomatic settlement of Russia's war against Ukraine. She argued France should contribute to ending rather than prolonging the war, which she called a "bloodbath," and claimed it has already caused 2 million victims.
Ukraine's NABU and SAPO are conducting an operation against an alleged criminal organization led by an official in the Prosecutor General's Office. Ukrainska Pravda reports cyber department chief Serhii Kropyva was detained. The group is suspected of protecting scam call centers and laundering assets.
Zelensky says Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner will visit Moscow in the coming days and Kyiv on Sunday. Ukraine will refrain from airstrikes during their visit to Moscow so the US representatives can arrive safely, and Zelensky said Russia should mirror the pause during their time in Kyiv. He said Ukraine is preparing for substantive talks aimed at finding real options to move the war toward an end...
Train passing through a residential building in China, this place is known as the Liziba monorail station. Science and facts💡
The number of people injured in Russia's strike on the SBU building in central Kyiv has risen to 7, according to local media. Six of the wounded are currently receiving treatment in city hospitals.
Ukraine's General Staff says Defense Forces struck multiple Russian military targets on September 3 and overnight into September 4. The targets included a storage, preparation and launch site for attack drones near Donetsk, command posts in Fedorivka and Petrivka, a radar in Bryansk region, two Grenader technical reconnaissance posts in occupied Crimea, a mesh-network repeater in Kursk region and ...
Ukraine's General Staff says operations have stopped at two major Russian oil-industry facilities following Ukrainian strikes. The LUKOIL Nizhny Novgorod refinery in Kstovo was hit on August 26, while the NOVATEK Ust-Luga complex was struck on September 1. At Ust-Luga, Ukraine says pipelines, the primary gas condensate processing unit and two hydrocracking columns were hit, with oil products spill...
❗️The Kremlin (on repeat) says Russia is aware of reported plans by Germany, the UK and France to begin producing long-range ballistic missiles in Ukraine and is verifying the information. Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said any such production facility would be considered a legitimate target for Russia.
Ukraine says its Defense Forces destroyed more than 4,600 aerial targets in August, including 3,336 Shahed drones, 101 S8000 Banderols, 1,031 reconnaissance UAVs and 820 Lancets. More than 50,000 tactical-level drones were also neutralized. Air Force aircraft completed over 1,900 sorties.
❗️Slovakia has rejected an EU plan to extend individual sanctions on Russia for 12 months instead of six, Politico reports. The measures expire September 15 and any change requires unanimity among all 27 members. The bloc had hoped to avoid another renewal negotiation six months later.
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❗️Ukrainian drones struck two industrial facilities in Sterlitamak, Bashkortostan, around 1,300 km from the Ukrainian border. The Avangard plant, part of Rostec, produces explosives and ammunition under Russian state defense orders and handles solid rocket fuel and pyroxylin powder. The Sterlitamak Petrochemical Plant produces synthetic rubber, ionol and aviation gasoline, with its products also u...
Ukraine's HUR says operators from its Group 13 special unit struck a Russian Bastion coastal missile system in occupied Crimea during an operation in August 2026. The system can launch Zircon and Oniks missiles. According to the agency, the operation also destroyed or damaged two Russian fuel trucks and a command-and-staff vehicle on the peninsula.
A burning S-300/400 air defense position in Sochi, Russia after it was hit by Ukrainian drones.
❗️Ukrainian drones attacked Sochi overnight, with large fires reported at two oil storage facilities. One was the Adlerskaya aviation fuel complex near Sochi International Airport, while the second was identified as a Lukoil oil depot in Sirius. Separately, a Russian S-300/400 air defense system was hit during the attack.