Russia is open to listening to new proposals on how to reach a settlement on the Ukraine conflict, a senior Russian diplomat said, but any proposals should reflect the "realities on the ground".
At least 15 people were killed and more than 130 wounded when Russian drones struck a shopping centre in Kryvyi Rih, Ukrainian authorities said.
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy called the attack an "act of barbarism" and said Ukraine would "definitely respond".
Separately, four people, including three children, were killed in a Russian drone strike in Ukraine's Mykolaiv region.
At least four people, including three children, were killed and a woman was wounded in a Russian drone strike in Ukraine's Mykolaiv region, Ukrainian state media reported on Friday.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Ukraine would "definitely respond" to a Russian drone attack on a shopping centre.
A Russian drone strike killed four people, including three children, in Tokarivka in Ukraine's Mykolaiv region, Ukrainian state media reported.
The death toll from a Russian strike on the Ukrainian city of Kryvyi Rih has risen to 14, state media reported.
Colonel-General Denis Lyamin has formally assumed command of Russia’s newly established Unmanned Systems Forces, the Defence Ministry said on Friday.
President Vladimir Putin appointed Lyamin to lead the branch on August 5. Defence Minister Andrei Belousov has now signed the order formally installing him in the post.
At least five people were killed and 52 wounded on Friday when Russian drones attacked a shopping centre in the central Ukrainian city of Kryvyi Rih, local authorities said.
Six children were among the wounded in the daytime attack on President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's hometown, regional governor Oleksandr Hanzha said on the Telegram messaging app.
He posted a photo of black smoke billowing from a large industrial building.
The number of wounded was likely to rise, said Mayor Oleksandr Vilkul, who added the shopping centre had been attacked more than once with a jet-powered drone.
Finland's foreign affairs ministry said on Friday it has summoned Russia's ambassador and requested an explanation for a Russian reconnaissance plane that is suspected of violating Finnish airspace on Thursday.
Two people were killed and eight others injured in overnight Russian strikes on Ukraine’s Kharkiv and Sumy regions, local authorities said.
In Sumy region, six people were injured, including a 16-year-old girl, Governor Oleh Hryhorov said.
Separately, Ukraine’s General Staff claimed Russia launched 135 drones overnight, 107 of which were suppressed in northern, southern and eastern parts of the country.
Russia's Defence Ministry said on Friday that its forces had captured the village of Zelene, in Ukraine's eastern Donetsk region, state news agency TASS reported.
Russia attacked 52 civilian vessels in July and the first half of August, Ukraine's infrastructure ministry said on Friday.
These included vessels transporting food and other cargo to or from Ukrainian ports, as well as vessels that already were in the ports, the ministry said on the Telegram messaging app.
Russian authorities arrested eight people for planning an attack on an enterprise in the Moscow region and separately detained one foreign national for scouting out government buildings and strategic infrastructure, state news agencies reported on Friday.
The TASS state news agency said eight people were alleged to have used 35 drones equipped with explosives smuggled from the European Union to attack a strategic defence enterprise in the Moscow region.
Separately, the RIA state news agency said a foreign national from an unspecified country was detained in the northwest Murmansk region, where he was planning to cross the border into Norway.
Russian attacks have damaged or destroyed more than 300 gas filling stations in Ukraine in the past six months, Energy Minister Denys Shmyhal said on Friday.
"These are, of course, significant losses for our economy," Shmyhal said in Ukraine's parliament.
Petrol was available at fewer than three in 10 Russian filling stations on Wednesday, highlighting a worsening second wave of fuel shortages.
The Gdebenz monitoring app put nationwide availability at 28 per cent, down from 41 per cent a week earlier, with queues reportedly forming at Moscow petrol stations for the first time.
Problems have been reported in several regions, including Volgograd, Chelyabinsk, Orenburg, Voronezh, Samara, Saratov, Rostov and Tatarstan, while officials in at least eight regions have acknowledged supply disruptions.
Analysts have attributed the shortages to Ukrainian drone strikes on Russian refineries and unplanned maintenance.
Ukraine's military hit a Russian oil refinery in the city of Perm overnight, more than 1,600 km (1,000 miles) from the Ukrainian border, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Friday.
Zelenskyy also reported a strike on the Marinovka military air base in the Volgograd region.
Russian drones damaged a border crossing with Moldova in Ukraine's southern region of Odesa overnight, the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine said.
Passenger and vehicle traffic was halted through the Tabaky checkpoint and is being diverted to other crossings, the service said on the Telegram messaging app.
The Moldovan side has been informed of the situation, it added.
Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said in an interview with the media outlet News.ru, published on Friday, that the United States demonstrated a readiness for "constructive dialogue" and an "understanding of Russia's position".
"At this stage, it is more important to what extent Washington can influence the decisions of the Kyiv regime and its European sponsors, who still dream of a 'strategic defeat' of Russia," he told the outlet.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin has said that he thinks there is a chance of a peace being reached with Ukraine. He told the Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok, Russia that he believed there was "a chance of finding a solution," to the conflict.
The Iranian Health Ministry said at least 18 people were killed and 142 others injured in U.S. airstrikes carried out between 30 August and 2 September.
U.S. negotiators Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner will visit Russia then Ukraine over the weekend, Russian state news agency TASS has reported, citing an unnamed source. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has also said American envoys will visit the capitals of both countries.
The Iranian Army has again struck at U.S. bases in Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates in retaliation for U.S. attacks on southern and western parts of Iran late on Tuesday, which reportedly killed 18 people and injured more than 100 others.
U.S. efforts to squeeze Iran’s economy through an oil blockade and sanctions are becoming increasingly difficult for Tehran to withstand, according to three senior Iranian sources. Washington is escalating pressure in hopes of securing concessions in future negotiations.
The resolution, sponsored by African countries and led by Togo, passed by 164 votes to one, with six abstentions. The United States was the only country to vote against it.
Food prices around the world rose sharply in August, reaching their highest level since late 2022 as extreme weather and disruptions caused by conflicts drove the surge according to the United Nations' Food and Agriculture Organization.
U.S. negotiators Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner will visit Russia then Ukraine over the weekend, Russian state news agency TASS has reported, citing an unnamed source. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has also said American envoys will visit the capitals of both countries.
Southern Chinese provinces were bracing for more torrential rain on Friday after Typhoon Saudel triggered severe flooding, swamping vehicles, collapsing at least one building and forcing mass evacuations.
President Donald Trump is leaving more than a paper trail from his time in office. The U.S. is now minting commemorative $1 coins for America’s 250th anniversary, featuring a portrait of the sitting president.
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