Federal Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul has called on Ukraine to place more orders with German arms companies. »We are now Ukraine's strongest supporter in terms of financial and military support. And it naturally has to be the case that the German defense industry benefits from it,” says Wadephul to the Bild newspaper. He also said that to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky during his last visit.
The minimum is that Ukraine also involves the German defense industry in all procurement measures, he said. "At this point in time, we are not entirely satisfied with the orders we have in Germany." That's why the Ukrainian government asked to review this.
The number of deaths in Russian attacks in Ukraine after the ceasefire has risen to at least five. Authorities said the number of injured was at least 35. Several residential buildings were hit and damaged in the attacks.
In addition, ten people on a local train were injured in an attack by combat drones in the Sumy region in the east of the country. During the attack, the locomotive and a passenger carriage were hit and set on fire, the authorities said on Telegram. A Ukrainian railway employee was killed in a drone attack on the route between Dnipro and Zaporizhzhia in the morning.
The state electricity supplier DTEK reported the complete failure of a thermal power plant after a Russian attack. Electricity generation at the plant was stopped after significant damage. DTEK did not provide any information about the location of the power plant. Authorities in Mykolaiv and Kherson reported a complete blackout in communities.
Ukrainian tennis player Elina Svitolina's padel club in Kyiv has reportedly been badly damaged as a result of a Russian attack. The world number nine published several pictures on Instagram of the partially destroyed facility, where parts of the hall ceiling had collapsed. A fire was also visible. Padel is a racquet sport similar to tennis. The playing field was surrounded by glass and grid walls.
With the contribution she wanted to "reach our international partners and friends who support us, the Ukrainian athletes, on the international stage," wrote Svitolina. At the same time, she asked for “help and concrete actions to stop the aggressor.” Ukrainian athletes and the young generation do not have the opportunity to train and prepare for international competitions under the same conditions as other athletes from other countries, Svitolina continued.
776 Ukrainian athletes and sports officials have already died as a result of the Russian war of aggression, Svitolina added. 942 sports facilities in Ukraine were damaged or destroyed.
At its current rate of advance, the Russian military could still need years to completely take over the Donetsk region of Ukraine, according to a US think tank. If Russia manages to conquer Donetsk at all, it will not be possible at the current pace before 2032, said the Washington-based think tank Institute for the Study of War (ISW). The Russian advance has slowed significantly across the entire war zone since 2025.
Because troops on the ground are making slow progress, Russia and Ukraine have expanded their attacks with drones and missiles. Representatives of European countries and Western analysts, however, believe that the numerically superior Russian armed forces are unable to make decisive advances along the 1,250-kilometer-long front line in order to achieve the goal of taking Donetsk, Ukraine's industrial heartland. In the first year of the Russian invasion, Russia declared the four Ukrainian regions of Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhia and Kherson annexed in a step that violated international law.
Russia has “no aggressive intentions” against Europe. This is what Vladimir Putin's foreign policy advisor Yuri Ushakov said after the Russian president's conversation with US President Donald Trump. The two leaders had previously spoken for around an hour and expressed their mutual desire to end the war in Ukraine and restore relations between the USA and Russia. The exchange was “extremely open,” said Ushakov.
Romanian police have arrested a Russian citizen who is said to have spied on military facilities in Romania and NATO allies. According to the special organized crime unit of the public prosecutor's office in Bucharest, the 40-year-old photographed military technology and troop movements. Several military bases in the greater Bucharest area, on the Black Sea and in Transylvania are affected. The man thereby endangered national security.
He also communicated with an unnamed person via an encrypted method in order to plan hybrid acts of sabotage. The public prosecutor asked the court for 30 days in custody for the suspect. Romania's domestic secret service SRI investigated the case together with the army's secret service, the public prosecutor's office said.
In view of the coming winter, Defense Minister Boris Pistorius has announced the delivery of additional missiles from the Bundeswehr stocks to Ukraine. Ukraine is in a race against time, said the SPD politician at a meeting of the country's supporting states. It is to be expected that Russian air strikes will increase again as temperatures fall.
Defense Minister Boris Pistorius (SPD) is calling on allies to also deliver more air defense missiles to Ukraine. Michael Kappeler/dpa
Germany will therefore supply PAC-2 interceptor missiles for the Patriot system as well as a larger number of AIM-9 air-to-air missiles. Pistorius also wants to continue the ongoing deliveries of Iris-T air defense systems. He urged other allies to also check their holdings.
According to Ukrainian Defense Minister Yevheniy Khmara, defense against drones is now working well. This is different with ballistic missiles, where Patriot defense missiles of the PAC-3 type are particularly missing. These are in short supply due to the Middle East war - and also because various European countries are holding back their stocks. The PAC-2 type is less effective against Russian ballistic missiles.
A Russian drone hit a television station building in Kyiv. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyj said on Telegram that five people are currently known to be injured. “There has to be a reaction to this from Europe and the world.”
Russia specifically attacked the news channel My-Ukraina when journalists were recording a broadcast, Zelensky wrote. According to the channel's senior producer, Yuri Suhak, the attack targeted the channel's newsroom.
The Ukrainian president praised the recent visit of US negotiators Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner to Kyiv. The negotiators in the administration of US President Donald Trump presented several “decent ideas” for ending the war, Volodymyr Zelensky said in an online chat with Ukrainian journalists.
Volodymyr Zelenskyj with Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner on September 6th in Kyiv. Valentyn Ogirenko/Reuters
It is possible to resume trilateral talks between the USA, Russia and Ukraine, said Zelensky. A next meeting of this kind could take place in Turkey, the United Arab Emirates or Switzerland.
The Ukrainian president also promised a personal meeting with Trump. He assumes that this will happen in the last third of September, said Zelensky.
Above all, he wanted to talk to the US President about more support for Ukraine in missile defense. Ukraine has been suffering from a shortage of defense missiles for months, which has recently made Russian attacks more dangerous. This is seen as Russia's means of exerting pressure in possible negotiations.
In the Donetsk region of eastern Ukraine, Ukrainian forces have made progress south of the embattled city of Druzhkivka. This is what the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) writes in its current situation report.
Accordingly, geolocated images show a Ukrainian advance near the village of Stepanivka. In the Kharkiv region, additional Ukrainian troops were able to prevent a Russian advance through counterattacks; However, an officer warns that Russian attacks will intensify before the beginning of autumn.
In light of Russia's recent attack on Kyiv, Ukraine's foreign minister has questioned how serious Russia is about taking part in mediation talks. "Immediately after the departure of the US President's peace envoy, Putin launched another massive and terrible attack on Kyiv," Andriy Sybiha wrote in a post.
“His ballistic missiles say more than his speeches about diplomacy.”
Andriy Sybiha
The Russian president had ordered the attacks on the Ukrainian capital to be stopped for three days due to the visit of US envoys Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff. Last night, Russia resumed the attacks, leaving at least two dead in Kyiv.
The British government has announced another aid package for Ukraine that is intended to strengthen the country's defense capacity against Russian air strikes. According to the government in London, the package includes, among other things, Patriot anti-aircraft missiles. In total it has a volume of 100 million pounds (around 117 million euros).
After new Russian attacks on Ukraine, its western neighbor Poland put its anti-aircraft defenses on alert in the early hours of the morning. The Polish military said fighter jets had taken off. This is intended to protect the airspace from possible violation.
A Polish F-16 fighter aircraft during a military exercise at the training ground in Nowa Deba. Kacper Pempel/Reuters
According to Ukrainian information, Russia used ballistic missiles in the renewed attacks on Ukraine. This was announced by Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko. According to official information, at least two people were killed and at least seven injured. Explosions were reported, and several residential buildings, a school and cars were hit by falling drone debris, Ukrainian media reported, citing authorities.
After Russia suspended attacks on Kyiv for three days due to the visit of US representatives to Russia and Ukraine, a new attack on Kyiv killed at least two people and injured at least seven. Serhii Okunev/AFP/Getty Images
The Kyiv Independent news portal wrote that, according to Mayor Vitali Klitschko, several people were buried under the rubble of a badly damaged apartment block.
Ballistic missiles are difficult to defend against. Air alerts were also raised in other regions of the country. The exact extent of the attacks and damage is still unclear.
The so-called Ukraine Contact Group will meet today in a virtual meeting. Defense Minister Boris Pistorius (SPD), his British colleague Wes Streeting, the new Ukrainian Defense Minister Yevhenij Chmara as well as NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte and the US Secretary of State for Defense Elbridge Colby are taking part in the deliberations.
This is the group's 36th meeting. After Russia's attack on Ukraine, it met for the first time in April 2022 at the invitation of the USA at its air base in Ramstein, Rhineland-Palatinate. Since then, the format has made a significant contribution as a coordination point to military support for Ukraine in the defensive war against Russia. Countries outside of NATO are also taking part.
