Ukraine’s military destroys Russian command post in southern Ukraine

Ukraine's Air Force said Russia launched 84 Shahed-type attack and decoy drones overnight, with air defenses downing 60.

"Compared to missiles from previous years, there are fewer components from Europe and the U.S., and more from Russia and Belarus," presidential sanctions commissioner Vladyslav Vlasiuk said.

A 23-year-old Ukrainian refugee was fatally stabbed in Charlotte, North Carolina, on Aug. 22, The Charlotte Observer reported.

The number includes 950 casualties that Russian forces suffered over the past day.

Romania, Czechia, and Hungary have jointly dismantled a Belarusian espionage network operating across Europe, the Czech Security and Information Service (BIS) announced on Sept. 8.

"A new conflict between systems has broken out between liberal democracies and an axis of autocracies," German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said.

Thousands of students and other demonstrators marched in Belgrade on September 8, demanding accountability for police violence during recent anti-government protests, RFE/RL reported.

"According to preliminary information, about 6 private houses were damaged: facades, roofs, windows, and fences. Emergency and special services are working on site," Krasnodar Krai Governor Veniamin Kondratyev claimed.

"Information warfare is a reality of our time, and artificial intelligence is only going to multiply the risks from that," James Rubin, former head of the Global Engagement Center (GEC), said.

"No sanctions will be able to force the Russian Federation to change the consistent position that our president has repeatedly spoken about," Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov told a Russian state media reporter.

The incident, which Estonian Foreign Minister Margus Tsahkna said was the third of its kind in 2025, occurred near Vaindloo Island, located approximately 28 km north of Estonia's mainland in the Gulf of Finland.

"Fuel in Moscow is acting up a little, they say," the Commander of Ukraine's Unmanned Systems Forces Robert "Magyar" Brovdi mocked on Telegram. "Gasoline is becoming a scarce liquid, while gas and oil – fast-burning."

The statement follows a massive Russian attack overnight on Sept. 8 that damaged thermal power plants in Kyiv Oblast.