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Four people were killed, including a child, in Ukrainian strikes on the Russian port city of Novorossiysk overnight, according to the governor of the Krasnodar region. Ukraine's drone forces commander, Robert Brovdi, said Russian military ships were destroyed in the attacks.
A European Union court has rejected Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich's appeal to lift sanctions imposed on him following Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Abramovich, the former owner of Chelsea football club, is the majority shareholder in Evraz, one of Russia's largest steel and mining groups.
Russian soldiers have taken control of the village of Ozernoye in Ukraine's northeast Kharkiv region, Russian state news agency TASS has reported, citing Moscow's Defence Ministry.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has confirmed that Ukraine struck a naval base in Russia's southern port city of Novorossiysk overnight in a post on X.
“A naval base was hit, including a terminal used to load oil, military port facilities, and warships carrying Kalibr missiles," he said.
Russia's Ministry of Defence has confirmed its forces struck the Starokazache border crossing checkpoint between Moldova and Ukraine, Russian state news agency TASS has reported. It said that the crossing was used to transport military cargo to Ukraine from Romania, via Moldova.
Ukrainian strikes on Russia have killed 47 people this week, Moscow's Foreign Ministry has said in a statement on X.
The EU’s top court has dismissed Hungary’s legal challenge against the allocation of profits generated by frozen Russian assets to support Ukraine.
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said Germany would continue supporting Ukraine, saying the country was also “defending our freedom.”
Russia’s Defence Ministry said its forces struck a Ukrainian cargo vessel carrying military equipment in the Black Sea as it headed towards the port of Odesa.
Moscow also said it targeted a warehouse in Kyiv belonging to a company that manufactures drones.
There was no immediate confirmation from Ukraine, and the Russian claims could not be independently verified.
Russian military vessels were destroyed in overnight strikes on the Black Sea city of Novorossiysk, Ukraine's drone forces commander, Robert Brovdi, has said in a post on Telegram. Brovdi said missile carriers were among the vessels “lost” at the base, but did not say how many ships had been struck.
Four people, including a child, were killed in Ukrainian drone attacks on the city of Novorossiysk, southern Russia, Veniamin Kondratyev, Governor of the Krasnodar region, sad in a statement on Telegram.
Another 29 people were injured in the strikes, Kondratyev added, noting that they were currently receiving medical care.
He said that five apartment buildings, a church and a kindergarten were also damaged in the attacks.
Two people were killed in the Russian strike overnight on a border checkpoint between Ukraine and Moldova, Oleh Kiper, Governor of Odesa, has said on Telegram. Another three people were injured in the incident, while 16 others were evacuated to safety, he added.


Russian air strikes have damaged port, transport and civilian infrastructure in Mykolaiv, southern Ukraine, in an attack that killed one person and left several others injured, a local official said on Telegram.
Multiple districts of Kyiv were struck overnight, triggering fires but no casualties, Ukraine's State Emergency Service said on Telegram.

Russian hit a checkpoint on the Ukraine-Moldova border overnight, killing travellers in the vicinity, Ukraine's border guard service has said on Telegram. The border service didn't give details about the number of people who died.
The checkpoint near the village of Starokozache, southwestern Ukraine, is currently closed due to the attack.

Five employees of a Russian cultural and information centre in Berlin have arrived in Belarus after German authorities closed the institution, Russian state news agency TASS reported.
Germany announced the closure of the Russian House, among other measures, on 1 September after it blamed Russia for an apparent attempted drone attack at Leipzig/Halle Airport in August. Russia has rejected the accusations.
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio says he believes it's possible to resume Russia-Ukraine peace talks in the coming weeks, Russian state news agency TASS has reported, citing remarks made by Rubio in Colombia.
“I think there's an opportunity in the next few weeks to develop a plan of action to resume negotiations and, perhaps, reach a solution that's acceptable to both sides,” he said, in a response to journalists' questions broadcast on American television channels.
Two people, a 51-year-old man and a 52-year-old women, were hospitalised in Dnipro, east-central Ukraine, following Russian strikes overnight, Oleksandr Ganzha, Head of the Dnipropetrovsk Regional Military Administration, said in a post on Telegram.

Drones hit an oil terminal in the southern Russian city of Novorossiysk overnight, Ukrainian newspaper The Kyiv Independent has reported, citing monitoring channels.
Andrey Kravchenko, Novorossiysk Mayor, confirmed on Telegram that drone strikes have occurred, warning residents to take shelter in windowless rooms or basements.
Novorossiysk, a frequent target of Ukrainian drone strikes, is a major outlet for Russian oil, oil products and grain exports, among other commodities.
In Kherson on Ukraine's Black Sea coast, a 70-year-old woman was killed when a Russian drone hit an apartment block, Oleksandr Prokudin, Head of the Kerson Regional Military Administration said on Telegram.
Oleh Syniehubov, Governor of Kharkiv in northeastern Ukraine, said three people were injured during a Russian drone attack on the village of Zolochiv. Administrative buildings were damaged in the incident, he added.
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Four people were killed, including a child, in Ukrainian strikes on the Russian port city of Novorossiysk overnight, according to the governor of the Krasnodar region. Ukraine's drone forces commander, Robert Brovdi, said Russian military ships were destroyed in the attacks.
A TV channel was struck during a live broadcast on Tuesday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said, as Russian strikes on Kyiv killed at least three people, the city's Mayor Vitali Klitschko said. Meanwhile, drones hit civilian infrastructure in Russia's southwestern Saratov region.
U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) said its forces destroyed five Iranian crude oil carriers after the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) allegedly launched two ballistic missile attacks against a U.S. Navy warship over the past two days.
U.S. special envoys Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff have held talks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Kyiv on Sunday on efforts to end Russia’s war in Ukraine.
Indonesia has reopened Jakarta's main airport and four others after volcanic ash from Mount Anak Krakatau forced widespread flight cancellations, though fresh eruptions have kept authorities on alert.
North Korea has built a new uranium enrichment facility at its Yongbyon nuclear complex in the northwest of the country and begun operating an expanded site at Kangson, near the capital Pyongyang, the United Nation’s nuclear watchdog has said.
Israel has ordered the closure of the British consulate in East Jerusalem and banned 12 British nationals from entering the country, escalating a diplomatic row with London over Israeli settlements in the West Bank.
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