Ukraine's National Police reported that 100% of civilians have been evacuated from the city of Mariinka, located 33 kilometers west of the Russian-occupied Donetsk. All the dwellings in the city, once home to almost 10,000 residents, have been destroyed, according to police. The evacuation campaign is now underway in the nearby city of Krasnohorivka where about 800 civilians remain. Its pre-war population was roughly 16,000. There is no water, electricity, or gas supply in the city.
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Thursday, September 4
"Russia does not intend to discuss foreign intervention in Ukraine, which is fundamentally unacceptable and undermines all security, in any form or format," Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova said.
Two Ukrainian administrators of Melitopol Telegram channels were sentenced by Russian-controlled courts to prison terms of up to 16 years, according to press service reports on Sept. 3.
"He'll make a decision one way or the other. Whatever his decision is, we'll either be happy about it or unhappy. And if we're unhappy about it, you'll see things happen," U.S. President Donald Trump said.
Belgorod authorities introduced new restrictions on sharing information about drone attacks in the region, the Astra Telegram channel reported on Sept. 3.
More Ukrainian territory, Europe could be attacked next if Kyiv cedes land to Russia, Zelensky says.
"It's very simple. Some media outlets claim that if Ukrainian soldiers left the eastern regions of our country, peace would be restored. This is not true," President Volodymyr Zelensky said.
Thursday, September 4
Russia seized four Ukrainian regional centers in 2014, and has not managed to change that number after three and a half years of full-scale war, Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Heorhii Tykhyi said.
The prisoners were accused of conducting sabotage and reconnaissance operations against military and industrial facilities within Russia, including the Shaykovka air base.
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"I believe that our work will bring strong security guarantees for Ukraine," Zelensky said after speaking with Macron. This is his eighth visit to Paris since the start of Russia's full-scale invasion.
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Russian artillery fire between 10:30 a.m. and 11:50 a.m. killed five men and three women. FPV drone strikes left another woman dead.
"We will put more there if they want," U.S. President Donald Trump said during a meeting with Polish President Karol Nawrocki. "We are with Poland all the way, and we will help Poland protect itself."
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