Summary of current developments in the Ukraine conflict

Lithuania has closed the airport in the capital Vilnius due to a suspected drone sighting. The Lithuanian national crisis team said the alarm has now been lifted. According to the authorities, at least one NATO fighter jet had previously taken off to secure the airspace.

A Russian drone crashed into the small town of Jahodyn at night near the Ukrainian-Polish border. Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andriy Sybiha announced this on the X platform. The impact site is around 800 meters from the border.

The head of the Russian state nuclear energy company, Alexei Likhachev, accuses Ukraine of an attack on diesel trucks near the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant. Two Russian soldiers were killed.

According to Russian sources, China's head of state Xi Jinping and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi are offering to mediate peace talks on Ukraine. Russian President Vladimir Putin welcomes this willingness.

Ukraine expects negotiations on a peace solution with Russia and with US mediation to continue next month. “We are preparing for October,” said President Volodymyr Zelensky’s chief of staff.

The Russian state-owned company Rosatom wants to soon increase the number of its specialists at the Iranian Bushehr nuclear power plant.

Ukraine says it attacked a factory in the Volga region of Samara. A fire was discovered on the premises of the company in Tolyatti.

According to a media report, the investigation into the attempted drone attack on Leipzig/Halle Airport leads directly to the Russian military intelligence service GRU.

Another fire broke out in a weapons depot in Bulgaria. No one was injured after an explosion on Saturday night near the village of Zarewa Liwada.

Russian troops attacked two cargo ships in the Ukrainian Black Sea port of Chornomorsk overnight.

Belarus has resumed its potassium exports to the United States after US sanctions were lifted, but is demanding that Washington repay more than $40 million.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has again called on Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin to negotiate an end to the war of aggression against Ukraine.

The Bank of Russia will invest 165 billion rubles in the state-owned reinsurance company to cover losses due to increasing Ukrainian attacks, according to its chief Elvira Nabiullina.

Exports of oil products from Russia fell to a record low in August. At the same time, Moscow is now importing fuel from South Korea and India.

Russia says it fended off 777 Ukrainian drones during the night.

At least two people were killed in Russian drone attacks on gas stations in the Ukrainian capital Kiev.

According to local authorities, two people were killed in drone attacks on the Tula region of central Russia.

According to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, there will be no trilateral meeting to end the war before the Russian parliamentary elections on September 20th.

According to authorities, several people were killed and injured in Russian attacks on an oilseed factory and a gas station in Ukraine on Thursday.

According to police, there is an unclear danger situation at the Ukrainian Consulate General in Düsseldorf.

At least three people were killed in a Russian drone strike in the southeastern Ukrainian city of Pavlohrad.