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.
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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