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.
Ukraine expects U.S. negotiators in Kyiv in the coming days as Washington pushes for a possible end to the war with Russia, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says.
British Prime Minister Andy Burnham and French President Emmanuel Macron discussed plans to establish local assembly lines in Ukraine for long-range SCALP missiles using British technology.
The two leaders also discussed the Strait of Hormuz, calling for de-escalation, while Burnham described Israel’s latest move on the E1 settlement as “unacceptable” and damaging to prospects for a two-state solution.
A Russian attack on Kyiv triggered a fire and damaged a high-rise residential building, Mayor Vitali Klitschko said.
Emergency services were responding to the scene. Details on casualties and the extent of the damage were not immediately available.
One civilian was killed and five others injured after a drone struck a bus in Horlivka, in the Russian-controlled part of Ukraine’s Donetsk region, according to Russian-installed local authorities.
The city’s Russian-installed mayor, Ivan Prikhodko, accused Ukraine of carrying out a “targeted drone attack” on the bus.
Reuters said it could not independently verify the claim. Both Russia and Ukraine deny deliberately targeting civilians.
Russian forces struck two cargo vessels in the Black Sea on Thursday that had been transporting weapons, ammunition and military equipment for Ukraine, Russia's Defence Ministry said.
Reuters could not independently verify the statement.
Denmark’s security and intelligence service PET says Russia is recruiting Danish citizens to help plan sabotage operations targeting defence companies linked to support for Ukraine.
PET counterintelligence chief Emil Gresholm said Russian intelligence services are actively preparing sabotage activities against Denmark’s defence industry and other targets across Europe. He said the agency has identified attempts to recruit Danes through social media and gaming platforms.
According to PET, recruits may be asked to carry out seemingly routine tasks such as photographing companies, infrastructure, entrances or security arrangements. The information could later be used in planning acts of sabotage, the agency said.
Gresholm warned that it was “extremely serious” if Danish citizens assist Russian intelligence services, whether knowingly or unknowingly.
Russia has denied involvement in hybrid warfare. Moscow’s ambassador to Denmark, Vladimir Barbin, rejected the allegations, saying PET had not provided concrete evidence and arguing that Denmark’s support for Ukraine creates security risks.
The claims come amid renewed European concerns over alleged Russian hybrid activities following Germany’s accusations that Moscow was behind a drone incident near Leipzig/Halle Airport.
Russia has accused Norway of an “act of piracy” after Norwegian authorities seized the Russian research vessel Professor Molchanov in Svalbard.
Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said Moscow viewed the incident as part of what she described as a wider decline in respect for international maritime law. She accused Western countries of abandoning established principles governing maritime affairs.
Zakharova called the seizure a “degradation” of international practices and said it reflected a shift in how maritime rules were being applied.
Norwegian authorities detained the vessel on Wednesday while it was docked in Barentsburg after a court granted Ukraine’s state-owned energy company Naftogaz the right to seize it.
The Nord-Troms District Court issued the order as part of Naftogaz’s efforts to recover funds linked to assets it says were taken by Russia in 2014. The vessel will remain docked in Barentsburg until further decisions are made by the court or Svalbard authorities.
The UK has summoned Russia’s charge d’affaires over what it described as a “reckless” drone attack on Germany’s Leipzig Airport on 4 August.
The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office said the Russian diplomat was called in after London condemned the incident in the strongest terms. The UK expressed full solidarity with Germany and reaffirmed its support for NATO allies and Ukraine.
British officials said the incident was part of what they described as a wider pattern of Russian attempts to undermine collective security. They added that efforts to weaken unity among allies would not succeed.
The UK said it would continue working with European and NATO partners in response to such actions. London also pledged to continue exposing what it called Russian hostile activity.
Ukraine's navy has said it has struck a Russian support vessel in the port of Sochi on the northeast coast of the Black Sea.
The ship, Nefrit, was supporting oil and gas operations, servicing offshore facilities, transporting cargo and personnel, and carrying out underwater engineering work, the navy said on the Telegram messaging app.
The ship's activities constitute "direct support for the enemy's war economy", it added.
Russia's Ambassador to Norway has said Moscow would appeal a Norwegian court decision authorising the seizure of a Russian ship, the state-owned TASS news agency reported.
Norway's government has denied participation in the seizure of the vessel, saying it was a legal matter between Ukraine's Naftogaz and Russia. The Norwegian Coast Guard also issued a statement denying involvement.
There is a potential of a "new dynamic" in peace efforts aimed at ending war between Russia and Ukraine, Kyiv's Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha has said.
"I believe that we will now have a new dynamic in the peace efforts, with the return of this active phase of political and diplomatic engagement in many capitals around the world," he told reporters in Kyiv.
Sybiha's remarks come after Russian President Vladimir Putin said there was still a chance of peace between Ukraine and Russia being reached.
"I believe we do have a chance of finding a solution," Putin told the Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok, Russia, noting that contact between Ukrainian and Russian special services continued.
Norway's Coast Guard and military were not involved in the seizure of a Russian vessel in Svalbard, a Coast Guard spokesperson has said, denying a report by lawyers involved in the case.
Earlier, the Norwegian government also released a statement denying participating in the seizure of the vessel called Professor Molchanovl on Wednesday, saying it was a legal matter between Ukraine's Naftogaz and Russia.
Oslo's statement came after Russia's Foreign Ministry branded that seizure of the vessel an act of "piracy," and a Russian Minister said the confiscation was "another example of Western countries' legal nihilism and lawlessness," according to the Interfax news agency.
A 2023 Hague tribunal ordered Russia to pay Ukraine's national oil and gas company Naftogaz $4.22 billion plus interest to compensate for the unlawful takeover of assets during its occupation of Crimea. The seizure was part of efforts to make Moscow pay the money.
Houses, warehouses, and energy infrastructure were damaged in Russian strikes overnight, Ukrainian Prime Minister Serhiy Koretsky has said.
A total of 13 regions came under attack across the country, including the Kyiv region, Kharkiv, Dnipropetrovsk and Donetsk, he said.
Firefighters are working to extinguish a blaze at a medicines warehouse in Kyiv, Koretsky added.
The court-ordered seizure of a Russian ship in Norway's Svalbard islands is a legal matter between Ukraine's Naftogaz and Russia, the Norwegian Justice Ministry has said in a statement.
"Norway is not a party to the case. As a party to the case, Russia can demand that the district court reassess the case," the Justice Ministry said.
Earlier, Russia's Foreign Ministry branded that seizure of the vessel called Professor Molchanov an act of "piracy."
A 2023 Hague tribunal ordered Russia to pay Ukraine's national oil and gas company Naftogaz $4.22 billion plus interest to compensate for the unlawful takeover of assets during its occupation of Crimea. The confiscation was part of efforts to make Moscow pay the money.
There is a chance of peace between Russia and Ukraine being reached, President Vladimir Putin has said in comments at the Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok, Russia.
"This issue should be dealt with by the countries involved in the conflict: these are Russia and Ukraine. This is the right approach but we are thankful to everyone who is trying to make the contribution to solving this issue. I believe we do have a chance of finding a solution," he said.
Putin named the U.S. and China as two countries which were making efforts to try and bring about peace between Russia and Ukraine.
He added that talks between Ukrainian and Russian special services continued.
"It is difficult to say to what measure they lead to a peace treaty given the statements we heard from officials in Ukraine but we do have contacts, they are still going on on a current basis between the special services first and foremost," Putin added.
Western allies of Ukraine who standby while Kyiv makes threats to civilian ships and aircraft are "accomplices of international terrorism," Russian President Vladimir Putin has said in remarks at a meeting of the Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok, Russia.
"Those who keep silence and who do not pay attention to this, I mean foremost Western allies of Ukraine, they become accomplices to international terrorism. It cannot be interpreted in a different manner," Putin told the audience.
Earlier this week, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that Russia's airspace was becoming "completely unsafe" due to drones and would "effectively be closing."
Putin added that such threats complicated peace negotiations.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has announced plans to introduce year-round navigation along the Northern Sea Route as part of broader efforts to expand transport and energy infrastructure in the Arctic and Far East.
Speaking at the Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok, Putin said Russia would continue developing the Arctic shipping corridor connecting northern ports with the Pacific region. He added that the first oil shipments from the Vostok Oil project would begin soon, while cargo traffic along the Transarctic Transport Corridor is expected to double by 2030.
Putin said a new preferential economic regime covering the Far East and Arctic regions would come into effect from 1 January next year. He described the initiative as a major step to support business activity and regional development.
The Russian leader also called for the development of low-altitude drones for civilian cargo transportation in the Far East. He said autonomous delivery systems would require new standards as drone-based transport expands.
Putin also proposed allowing Far Eastern regions to reinvest repaid infrastructure loans into local development projects. He said Russia aims to expand communication infrastructure and connect all regional capitals in the Far East by 2030.
Russia will close Goethe-Institut branches in Moscow, St. Petersburg and Yekaterinburg after Germany decided to shut the Russian House of Science and Culture in Berlin, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Thursday.
Lavrov said the move would be a direct response to Germany’s decision, which followed a drone incident at Leipzig Airport in early August. German authorities have attributed responsibility for the incident to Russia, an allegation Moscow denies.
Lavrov rejected claims of Russian involvement, saying Germany’s accusations were based on assumptions about the type of drone involved. He said closing the Goethe-Institut branches would effectively end Germany’s cultural presence in Russia.
The German government announced on 1 September that it would terminate the agreement governing the Russian House in Berlin. Russia’s embassy in Germany described the decision as a serious escalation in bilateral relations.
One person was killed and four people injured in a drone attack on a passenger bus in Russia's Belgorod region, local authorities reported on Thursday.
Russian forces hit two Ukrainian cargo vessels in the Black Sea near Odesa, Russian news agencies reported on Thursday, citing the Russian Defence Ministry.
They also struck port facilities and a warehouse, the ministry said.
Both Russia and Ukraine have been pounding each other's export terminals and grain-carrying vessels in an escalation that has created the biggest risks to Black Sea trade in the 4-1/2 years of the war.
Firefighters extinguished blazes in the town of Obukhiv and Boryspil in the Kyiv region following Russian attacks, Ukraine's State Emergency Service said.
House on fire following Russian strike in Kyiv region, Ukraine on 3 September 2026.
Norway's seizure of a Russian ship in the port of Barentsburg on the Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard is an act of "piracy," Moscow's Foreign Ministry has said, Russian state news agency TASS reported.
Norwegian authorities seized the Russian vessel on 2 September at the request of Ukraine's national oil and gas company, Naftogaz. The confiscation was part of efforts to make Moscow pay for its takeover of the firm's assets during its occupation of Crimea.
A 2023 Hague tribunal ordered Russia to pay Naftogaz $4.22 billion plus interest to compensate for the unlawful takeover of assets.
Alexei Chekunkov, Russia's Minister for the Development of the Russian Far East and Arctic, said Moscow would challenge the ruling, saying the seizure of the vessel was "another example of Western countries' legal nihilism and lawlessness," according to the Interfax news agency.
Russia will boost its oil production as refineries come out of repairs, Moscow's Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak has said. The extension of a ban on the export of diesel fuel should provide an increase in stocks for winter, he added.
Russia's equestrian federation has said that the sport's global governing body (FEI) will lift its ban on Russian athletes and officials from 5 October and allow international events to be held in the country again.
Russian and Belarusian athletes have been barred from representing their countries under their national flags at FEI events since March 2022 due to Russia's invasion of Ukraine, although some have competed as neutral athletes.
The FEI did not immediately respond to a reuqest for comment outside normal business hours in Switzerland.
The move follows the International Olympic Committee's decision in July to provisionally lift its suspension of the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC).
At least 17 people have been injured, including three children, in Russian strikes on the Black Sea port city of Odesa overnight, Serhiy Lysak, Head of the Odesa City Military Administration, has said on Telegram. Lysak added that apartments and cars were also damaged in the attacks.
Moscow's two busiest airports suspended operations for the second night in a row following Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's threats to make Russia's airspace "completely unsafe," with drones.
Sheremetyevo and Vnukovo airports paused the arrival and departure of flights, while Moscow's fourth busiest airport, Zhukovsky International Airport, also introduced restrictions, according to Russia's Civil Aviation Authority.
Flight suspensions also affected the Black Sea airports of Gelendzhik and Sochi, as well as Penza Airport in western Russia and Saratov Gagarin Airport in the southwest of the country.
Russia's Civil Aviation Authority issued a statement saying that all documents published by Ukraine about Russia's airspace have "no legal force," adding that it was taking measures to ensure the safety of the country's airspace.
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