Zelensky fires Hennady Lahuta, governor of Russian-occupied Kherson Oblast.
Dmytro Butriy, a member of Kherson Oblast's legislature from President Volodymyr Zelensky's Servant of the People party, was appointed as the acting governor.
Dmytro Butriy, a member of Kherson Oblast's legislature from President Volodymyr Zelensky's Servant of the People party, was appointed as the acting governor.





Among the injured are two doctors who have been hospitalized.
"During this difficult time, we are trying to provide you with the assistance you need," Putin told Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian on Sept. 1.
Ireland's Aughinish Alumina, owned by Russian company Rusal, exports overwhelmingly to Russia, with the material reportedly being found in weapons used against Ukraine.
The FSB aimed to attack a Russian opposition figure that had come to Kyiv for Ukraine's independence day
"It is clear that it has all the hallmarks of state-sponsored terrorism," Kaja Kallas said of what Germany called a Russian hybrid attack at Leipzig Airport.
The figure includes 1,390 casualties that Russian forces suffered over the past day.
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Sept. 1 dismissed reports of a possible new wave of mobilization in Russia as "absolute nonsense," while saying he had ordered preparations for large-scale strikes against Ukraine's energy infrastructure.
Russian President Vladimir Putin, U.S. President Donald Trump, and Chinese President Xi Jinping could hold a trilateral meeting at the upcoming APEC summit in China, Kremlin aide Yuri Ushakov said on Sept. 1.
Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha on Sept. 1 called for a "decisive strategy" to counter Russian threats in Europe after Germany officially accused Moscow of attempting a drone attack at Leipzig/Halle Airport.
"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.
"Now we want to use this experience to build technologies that will strengthen Ukraine, help our allies, and ultimately make the world safer," former Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov said.
Russia continued its attacks on Kyiv for another consecutive night as air defenses in Ukraine's capital shot down Russian drones into Sept. 1, according to Kyiv Independent journalists on the ground.