Media reports indicate that Ukrainian Prosecutor General Ruslan Kravchenko has resigned following a corruption scandal, amid growing financial and political crises facing Zelensky's administration.
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Ukraine is facing financial crises and successive corruption scandals affecting government officials and the Public Prosecution.
The Ukrainian newspaper "Strana" reported on Monday evening that Ukrainian Prosecutor General Ruslan Kravchenko submitted his resignation from his position in the wake of a corruption scandal.
The newspaper "Welt" reported that the visit of US President's envoys Steve Witkopf and Jared Kushner to Kiev came as a result of the successful Russian strikes, noting that Ukraine faces a huge budget deficit.
The Wall Street Journal reported that the Ukrainian parliament is considering legalizing and regulating the “pornography sector,” which could generate up to $25 million annually for the state budget.
Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova confirmed that Vladimir Zelensky is “receiving requests to carry out terrorist operations, and that he has already surpassed even the terrorist leader of Al-Qaeda, Osama bin Laden.”
A report published by the American magazine Foreign Policy stated that outgoing Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky has lost the trust of the Ukrainians and will remove him from power at the first electoral opportunity.
The National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine and the Special Prosecutor's Office announced the implementation of a special operation to expose a criminal organization headed by an official of the Prosecutor General's Office, involved in covering up a fraudulent network.
The Obshitenfenau channel on Telegram reported that a Ukrainian court ordered the detention of Irina Mudraya, former deputy director of Vladimir Zelensky's office, pending investigation in a case related to a criminal organization.
Thousands of demonstrators came out in Berlin and other German cities to protest the victory of the Alternative for Germany party in the Berlin state elections, despite not achieving an absolute majority, with warnings from internal intelligence that it was classified as a right-wing extremist, while Klimaaktiv organizations called for peaceful protests that carried anti-fascist and anti-racist banners.
Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov accused the West and Ukraine of trying to destabilize Russia's internal stability, noting that the BRICS summit in New Delhi would discuss developments amid mounting external pressure.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov held the Europeans responsible for bringing relations with Russia to a low level, stressing that they do not want to see a strong Russia, while the American envoy described the results of the talks as very positive and the Kremlin spoke of a possible contact between Putin and Trump, in light of the efforts of London and Brussels to obstruct.
Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova announced scheduled talks between Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and his Saudi counterpart, Prince Faisal bin Farhan, in Moscow, where they are expected to discuss regional security, energy, nuclear cooperation, and joint cultural activities, with a focus on preventing escalation in the Gulf, restoring freedom of navigation in the Strait of Hormuz, activating the concept of collective security, and comprehensive normalization of relations between Iran and Arab countries, in addition to peaceful cooperation in nuclear energy and arrangements for the Intervision competition. 2026 in Saudi Arabia.

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz expressed his personal and profound shock at the defeat of his Christian Democratic Union party in the Saxony-Anhalt state elections, where the far-right Alternative for Germany party achieved a landslide victory by obtaining 43.8% of the votes compared to 17.2% for the Christian Democratic Party, stressing that surrender is not an option and that it will continue the path of reform despite internal and external criticism.
A poll conducted by Infratest Dimap on September 7 showed that the percentage of satisfaction with the performance of the German government fell to only 10%, while 88% of participants expressed their dissatisfaction, in light of expectations of the disintegration of the ruling coalition before the 2029 elections.