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Friday, September 4
Germany announces $290 million aid package to repair Ukrainian energy infrastructure before winter
The announcement comes as Ukraine prepares for the upcoming winter, following the harrowing winter months of 2025-2026, when Russia hammered the country's power grid with constant attacks.
Germany begins production of 5,000 long-range drones for Kyiv, media reports
The joint venture was established between the German-American defense company Auterion and the Ukrainian drone producer Airlogix in February 2026 at the Munich Security Conference.
Thursday, September 3
'A clear Russian signal to America' — Russia hits Coca-Cola plant, injures 13 in 8th straight day of attacks on Kyiv
Six of the 13 injured victims, including a 12-year-old child, have been hospitalized, Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko said late in the evening of Russia's eighth consecutive drone strike on the capital.
Fallout from 'disgraceful' HUR, SBU shootout deepens with more FSB accusations, denials
Competing accounts emerged the day after a shooting incident involving two of Ukraine's security agencies. President Volodymyr Zelensky announced on Sept. 3 that "the deputy heads (of HUR and the SBU) who are responsible for this situation will be dismissed."
Kyiv warns of new Russian northern offensive — could it happen?
Four-and-a-half years after Russian troops poured across the Belarusian border in a failed attempt to seize Kyiv, Ukrainian officials are warning it could happen again. Russia's political leadership has tasked its military with preparing several possible scenarios for an operation toward Kyiv and Chernihiv, Ukraine's Presidential Office said on Aug. 28. It comes after Belarus' exiled opposition warned in June that Minsk was preparing to enter the war. But while neither Ukrainian officials nor
Ukraine war latest: Fallout from 'disgraceful' HUR, SBU shootout deepens with more FSB accusations, denials
Key developments on Sept. 3: * Fallout from 'disgraceful' HUR, SBU shootout deepens with more FSB accusations, denials * Russia strikes Coca-Cola plant, injures 6 in eighth straight day of attacks on Kyiv * Moscow airports cancel flights after Zelensky's 'closed skies' warning * Russian commander shot just days after being linked to strike on Kyiv children's hospital Russian Volunteer Corps (RVC) deputy commander Stepan Kaplunov has denied allegations of contacts with Russia's Federal Secu
About Shahed drones
Shahed drones are Iranian-designed unmanned combat aerial vehicles and loitering munitions developed by Shahed Aviation Industries. Manufactured both in Iran and at Russian production facilities, the drones have become one of Russia’s primary weapons in its full-scale war against Ukraine. Russia first deployed Shahed drones against Ukraine in the fall of 2022, and their use has since escalated, with Moscow launching more than 54,500 Shahed-type UAVs against Ukrainian targets in 2025 alone.
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"Today we want to warn every airline that uses Russian airspace, every insurer, everyone who still uses key Russian airports — Russian skies are becoming completely dangerous," Zelensky said.
