Ukraine's Eastern Air Command destroyed five Shahed-136 kamikaze drones over the oblast overnight, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast Governor Valentyn Reznichenko said in a Telegram post. Three of the drones were destroyed over the Kryvorizkyi district and two over the Nikopol'skyi district, Reznichenko said.
The Elysee Palace said leaders would assess progress on security guarantees for Ukraine and evaluate Russia's stance, as Moscow continues to reject both a ceasefire and a peace deal.
The FP-9 is claimed to be capable of hitting targets far deeper inside Russian territory and reportedly has a range of 855 kilometers (531 miles).
Ukraine's Air Force said Russian forces launched 112 Shahed-type attack and decoy drones overnight, with air defenses intercepting 84.
The economy's slowdown follows repeated warnings from high-level Kremlin officials.
Skepticism was high among rural residents, people over 50, those without higher education.
U.S. President Donald Trump's comments come as his peace efforts enter their eighth month without results.
"That is why we are also supporting them with training, funding, and equipment," EU Foreign Affairs Chief Kaja Kallas said.
The number includes 840 casualties that Russian forces suffered over the past day.
"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.
"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.
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.
