Ukraine This Week: Blackouts, HIMARS in Belgorod, and Ukraine’s upcoming peace summit

1:09 AM

Fires sweep through Chornobyl forests, containment efforts ongoing.

As of September 7, over 2,600 hectares of land in the Chornobyl zone have been affected by fires, according to the Ukrainian Ministry of Environmental Protection.

12:20 AM

Opinion

Opinion: Russian soldiers in Ukraine are ‘ordinary guys’ who commit horrific war crimes

12:03 AM

Russian afternoon attacks kill and injure multiple civilians across Ukraine.

Russian attacks on the afternoon of Sept. 7 killed and injured multiple people in Kharkiv, Dnipropetrovsk, and Kherson oblasts, Ukrainian authorities reported.

11:11 PM

Kirby: Russian disinformation 'more sophisticated' in election lead-up.

According to U.S. National Security Council spokesperson John Kirby, there is “no doubt” the Kremlin is using propaganda and disinformation to “sow discord” among the U.S. population.

9:24 PM

CIA chief: Russian elite left questioning war after Kursk incursion.

Ukraine’s incursion into Russia’s Kursk Oblast has rattled Russia’s elite but Russian President Vladimir Putin still has a tight grip on the country, said CIA Director William Burns at the Financial Times’ Weekend festival in London on Sept. 7.

8:24 PM

Polish FM: Poland should protect Ukrainian nuclear plants from Russian missiles.

Speaking from his own viewpoint, Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski said Poland has the legal right to down stray Russian missiles and drones that enter Polish airspace. However, he acknowledges that Poland has not yet shot down anything and that Warsaw has not yet made a decision.

5:46 PM

Russian offensive near Pokrovsk slowing down, media reports.

Citing data from defense analysts, Agentstvo backed Ukraine's Commander-in-Chief Oleksandr Syrskyi's recent claims that Moscow's push near the key town is losing steam.

5:00 PM

Zelensky meets Dutch far-right leader Wilders in Italy.

President Volodymyr Zelensky met Dutch far-right leader Geert Wilders on the sidelines of the Cernobbio Forum in Italy on Sept. 7.

1:14 PM  (Updated:  September 7, 2024 4:42 pm)

Updated: Ukrainian drones hit ammunition warehouse in Russia's Voronezh Oblast, source confirms.

Drones operated by the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) struck an ammunition and military equipment warehouse in Russia's Voronezh Oblats overnight on Sept. 7, a source in the SBU told the Kyiv Independent.

4:24 PM

Weapons for Ukraine

Howitzers, missiles, armor — what Ukraine was promised in Ramstein

3:56 PM

Telegram threatens Ukraine's national security, Budanov says.

The Telegram messenger app is "harmful" and a "threat to our national security," Ukraine's military intelligence chief, Kyrylo Budanov, said in an interview published on Sept. 7.

3:29 PM

Business

Ukraine may target record bank profits with further tax increase to plug budget hole

9:51 AM  (Updated:  September 7, 2024 2:54 pm)

Updated: Russian attacks against Ukraine kill 4, injure more than 100 over past day.

Ukrainian air defenses downed 58 of the 67 Shahed-type drones launched by Russia overnight, the Air Force said.

2:43 PM

Ukraine warns Iran against providing ballistic missiles to Russia.

Ukraine's Foreign Ministry said on Sept. 7 that if Iran provides ballistic missiles to Russia, "it will have devastating consequences for Ukrainian-Iranian bilateral relations."

1:46 PM

Russian outlet RT trying to push US viewers toward Trump, Reuters reports.

Russian state media channel RT is attempting to push U.S. viewers toward voting for Donald Trump in the presidential election through a network of Western media personalities, Reuters reported on Sept. 6, citing a senior U.S. intelligence official.

7:44 PM  (Updated:  September 7, 2024 12:30 pm)

Documentary ‘humanizing’ Russian soldiers fighting in Ukraine sparks outrage at Venice, Toronto film festivals.

Controversy over the film only grew louder with the revelation by the Ukrainian Canadian Congress (UCC) that the film is set to be screened at the Toronto International Film Festival, and has previously received Canadian government funding.

4:41 AM  (Updated:  September 7, 2024 12:19 pm)

Russian ammunition warehouse allegedly on fire after drone strike on Voronezh Oblast.

A drone attack overnight on Sept. 7 caused a fire and explosions at an unnamed facility in the region's Ostrogozhsky district, Governor Aleksandr Gusev reported. Residents from several nearby settlements are being temporarily evacuated.

12:19 PM

Russian strike on Kostiantynivka kills 3, injures 3.

A Russian artillery attack on the city of Kostiantynivka killed three people and injured three others, Donetsk Oblast Governor Vadym Filashkin reported on Sept. 7.

10:49 AM

Russian drone debris falls near Ukraine's parliament overnight.

Debris from a Russian Shahed-type kamikaze drone downed overnight was discovered outside the Verkhovna Rada, Ukraine's parliament, on the morning of Sept. 7.

10:48 AM

'Ukraine's not asking for anything more than you already have,' Zelensky says in Italy.

Ukraine is grateful for air defenses provided by its partners, but they are still "not enough to secure our entire territory and repel every Russian attack," President Volodymyr Zelensky said during his visit to Italy on Sept. 6.

7:20 PM  (Updated:  September 7, 2024 10:10 am)

War analysis

What Iran's ballistic missiles, in Russian hands, could mean for Ukraine

10:03 AM

Negotiations underway on Azeri gas transit to EU via Ukraine, Azerbaijan says.

Negotiations are underway between Azerbaijan and the EU, Moscow, and Kyiv on supplying natural gas to Europe via Ukraine, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev said on Sept. 6 at the Cernobbio Forum in Italy

9:22 AM

General Staff: Russia has lost 623,990 troops since Feb. 24, 2022

This number includes 1,270 casualties Russian forces suffered over the past day.

8:18 AM

Ukrainian official urges Toronto film fest to cancel documentary on Russian soldiers.

"It is irresponsible to allow the Toronto International Film Festival, one of the most reputable world film stages, to be used to whitewash the responsibility of Russian soldiers committing war crimes in Ukraine during the ongoing Russian invasion."

7:48 AM

Censorship 'justified' in time of war, Kremlin official says.

Peskov's comments came on the same day that the Russian federal telecommunications regulator, Roskomnadzor, deleted a published draft of its plans to deanonymize Russian Telegram channels.