Russian attacks end ceasefire in Kyiv
Russia has attacked the Ukrainian capital Kyiv again after a three-day ceasefire ended. The Russian army attacked the Boryspil and Fastiv districts with drones, the Ukrainian civil protection agency wrote in the Telegram online service.
Kyiv's military administration said an air alert had been sounded in the capital because of the threat of a drone attack. She urged residents to seek shelter.
The Russian state news agency Tass had previously confirmed that the pause in attacks ordered by Russian head of state Vladimir Putin had expired. Both sides suspended their attacks during the visit of US envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner to Moscow and Kyiv.
Ukrainian Prosecutor General announces resignation
The Prosecutor General of Ukraine, Ruslan Kravchenko, has announced his resignation in connection with a corruption scandal in his office. “This is a political decision,” he wrote on his Telegram channel. "I don't want the office of Attorney General to be misused as an instrument of political disputes." His stance on the allegations, which he has already rejected several times, remains unchanged.
A few hours earlier, according to Ukrainian media, Kravchenko had rejected a possible resignation and said that he could only be removed from this post.
According to the Ukrinform news agency, special investigators uncovered a criminal organization led by the head of a department of the Prosecutor General's Office that allegedly collected bribes. Kravchenko denied any involvement in this affair.
The Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant's power line has been repaired
After almost three weeks, external power supply to the Ukrainian Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant has been restored. A damaged line was repaired during a limited ceasefire, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) announced. This is a crucial step in preventing a nuclear accident, said IAEA chief Rafael Grossi.
The Russian-occupied nuclear power plant needs a stable power supply to cool radioactive material. The last remaining power line was damaged as a result of fighting on August 20th. Since then, Europe's largest nuclear power plant has been supplied with emergency generators.
Zelenskyj promises negotiations before winter
After the meeting with the US special envoys, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyj believes peace negotiations are possible before winter. Russian President Vladimir Putin is expecting a brutal winter to weaken Ukraine, but Putin does not want to anger US President Donald Trump before the midterm elections in November, Zelensky said in an interview with the US news portal Axios. "My feeling tells me that Putin needs Trump; he doesn't want to anger him."
“We have September and October to talk,” Zelensky continued. "There can be no result without dialogue." He assumes that Trump will find a way to start the negotiation process before winter.
UN commissioner appalled by reports of deadly autonomous drone
UN Human Rights Commissioner Volker Türk has expressed his dismay at reports of the killing of people in Ukraine by an autonomous Russian drone. "I join the calls to ban weapons that can kill without human intervention," said Türk before the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva. He added that Ukraine also appears to have tested such weapons.
The New York Times reported at the end of August that a drone controlled by artificial intelligence killed three people in the Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhia on July 6th. Accordingly, the drone was actually supposed to attack a gas station, but then changed its target independently. According to the British Guardian, one person was killed as a result.
Factory in northern Ukraine damaged in Russian attack
A Russian attack damaged a British American Tobacco (BAT) plant in the town of Pryluky in the Chernihiv region of northern Ukraine. The consequences of the attack are currently being assessed, BAT said. According to initial findings, no one was injured.
Zelensky urges continued diplomatic efforts
After US envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner visited Kyiv and Moscow over the weekend, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky urged continued diplomatic efforts to end the war. “Our partners know what can bear fruit and what must bear fruit before winter,” Zelenskyj said on X. We are now coordinating the next steps and preparing further meetings and contacts.
Russia had previously not ruled out resuming peace talks with Ukraine and the USA. However, it is still too early to talk about the place and time of such negotiations, said presidential office spokesman Dmitry Peskov.
Putin's spokesman has no plan for concrete peace talks
The Russian leadership has raised the prospect of a possible resumption of joint talks with Ukraine and the USA. "We also do not rule out a resumption of the trilateral format, but at this point it is still too early to say anything about a location (of the meeting) or the exact dates," said President Vladimir Putin's spokesman, Dmitry Peskov.
The two US envoys Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff traveled to Moscow and Kyiv at the weekend to present new proposals to both sides for ending the war in Ukraine. So far, the talks have failed because Russian President Putin did not want to back down from his maximum demands.
Russian occupation authorities report deaths in Crimea
According to the Russian-appointed governor of the city of Sevastopol, Mikhail Razvoshayev, two people are said to have been killed in a Ukrainian attack on the Black Sea peninsula of Crimea, which has been annexed by Russia since 2014. Accordingly, a man and a teenage girl died. Eight multi-story residential buildings were damaged.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky confirmed Ukrainian attacks on facilities in Russia. A refinery in the Ryazan region was damaged. Accordingly, refineries in the Perm region and the Republic of Tatarstan were also targeted. Targets in the Kursk region and the Black Sea were also attacked.
Ukrainian prosecutor general rejects corruption allegations
Ukrainian Prosecutor General Ruslan Kravchenko has denied the corruption allegations against him. The allegations are “not supported by anything,” Kravchenko wrote on the Telegram online service. The day before yesterday, the Ukrainian anti-corruption agency Nabu and a special prosecutor's office announced that they had uncovered a money laundering network that was "run by someone responsible in the prosecutor general's office."
As part of the investigation, the offices of the Attorney General's Office were searched. The anti-corruption agency released an image of a safe full of bundles of US dollars and said it had identified five members of the network. She didn't name names at first.
According to investigators, the network received money to protect fraudulent call centers. Millions of dollars in money was laundered. These bribes are said to have been used to pay for real estate, jewelry and other valuables. "I reject the allegations that I was involved in receiving and laundering funds that came from illegal call centers," said Kravchenko.
Russian authorities report two deaths after Ukrainian drone attacks
According to Russian authorities, two people have been killed in Ukrainian drone strikes. In the Perm region, an attack damaged a residential building, leaving four people injured and one dead, said the region's governor, Dmitry Machonin. Accordingly, the local anti-aircraft defense shot down 27 drones. Perm is located on the edge of the Ural Mountains in the east of the European part of Russia.
According to authorities, one person was also killed and another injured in the Belgorod region, which borders Ukraine. According to its own statements, the Russian military attacked Ukrainian ports again in return. The Russian news agency Interfax, citing the Defense Ministry, reported a hit on a ship in the port of Chornomorsk. The ship had military supplies on board. In addition, a loading facility in the port of Izmail was attacked.
Ukrainian soldiers advance near Hulyaypole
Ukraine has held positions or advanced there in the Zaporizhzhia region. This is what the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) reports in its current situation report. Ukrainian forces are likely holding their positions south of Vozdvyshivka and controlling Lisne, Rivne, Dolynka and Kopani, all villages northwest of Hulyaypole, ISW reports, citing geolocated material.
According to ISW, Russia continued its infiltration missions, for example in the Donetsk and Kharkiv regions.
According to Ukraine, US negotiators have presented new proposals for ending the war
According to Ukrainian presidential circles, US envoys Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff have presented new, "more effective" proposals for an end to the Russian war of aggression in Ukraine. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is currently speaking only to the two US envoys, a senior Ukrainian presidency official said. »It's not like it was before. This time it's more effective," he said.
At a press conference in the Ukrainian capital, Witkoff had previously called for concessions from Russia and Ukraine. “Both parties have to compromise and reduce differences of opinion,” said Witkoff. "We think we have the necessary elements for a compromise."
First round of talks between Ukraine and US negotiators ended
The first talks between US envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner with the Ukrainian leadership have ended. Witkoff spoke of an encouraging, substantive and important discussion. Before their first trip to Kyiv, the two US negotiators exchanged ideas with the Russian leadership in Moscow.
US envoys Witkoff and Kushner arrive in Kyiv by train
US envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner arrived in Kyiv at midday for talks on ending the war in Ukraine. US President Donald Trump's two envoys arrived in the Ukrainian capital by train from Poland, a photographer for the AFP news agency reported. Witkoff and Kushner were previously in Moscow, where they spoke with Russian leader Vladimir Putin.
