A major corruption scandal has erupted in Ukraine: Prosecutor General Ruslan Kravchenko accused the leadership of NABU and SAP, then left the country and was dismissed. Experts speak of the destruction of the vertical of power.
US Vice President JD Vance said the conflict with Iran will enter a completely different phase in a couple of months; according to him, the first stage - the destruction of Iran's nuclear program and armed forces - has already been completed.
Russia's Defense Ministry said its forces struck a rail train at Ukraine's Yuzhny port as cargo for Ukrainian forces was being loaded, and continued strikes on Ukrainian ports and vessels.
Russian forces struck Ukraine throughout the week, including Kyiv, Odesa and other regions; targets included military-industrial facilities, ports, logistics and data centers.
Russia's Defense Ministry said Russian troops conducted overnight group strikes targeting logistics centers and port infrastructure in Ukraine.
Kherson Region Governor Vladimir Saldo told RIA Novosti that Ukraine no longer has access to the Black Sea through the Dnipro-Buh estuary, as Russian military forces are blocking ship passage there.
US President Donald Trump said Ukraine and Russia agreed to mutually refrain from strikes on energy facilities.
Finland's Defense Ministry said the country will join a French nuclear deterrence initiative for Europe; in March, Emmanuel Macron announced a shift to advanced nuclear deterrence and an increase in warheads.
CNN reports that Trump administration officials privately told Persian Gulf states the US wants future talks with Iran to focus on Tehran's nuclear program rather than reopening the Strait of Hormuz.
With less than two months until the US midterm elections, polls show Democrats leading Republicans, while Donald Trump promises $5,000 dividends to adult citizens if the GOP keeps both chambers.
Jared Kushner said trips by U.S. representatives to Moscow and Kyiv were very successful and provided a clear understanding of the next steps needed to resolve the conflict.
Sever group units prevented Ukrainian assault groups from leaving the encirclement in the Kharkov region, the Defense Ministry said; as of September 7, about 1,700 Ukrainian servicemen were in the pocket.
Russian President Vladimir Putin said that the deployment of European troops to Ukraine would mean war with Russia, and attributed the rise in support for the AfD to Europeans' awareness of their leaders' course toward conflict.
A plan to rescue the European economy presented two years ago has been only 15.7 percent implemented. While the EU delays, the US and China are building up their superiority, RIA Novosti writes.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has begun a three-day working visit to India, where he will take part in BRICS summit events in New Delhi.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Kyiv opened Pandora's box with attacks on civilian targets and confirmed Russian forces will continue striking merchant ships in the Black Sea carrying weapons and resources for the Ukrainian military.
A detained SBU agent said in a video released by the FSB that the Kyiv regime was preparing a terrorist attack against British Ambassador Nigel Casey and the diplomatic mission in order to later blame Russia for it.
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said that new approaches to resolving the Ukrainian crisis were discussed during contacts in Moscow and Kiev over the past weekend.
Russian presidential aide Yuri Ushakov said Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump discussed settling the situation in Ukraine in a phone call that lasted exactly one hour and was constructive and frank.
Washington intends to seek reimbursement from Brussels for funds spent on supporting Ukraine, threatening a rift in relations. European countries, in turn, increasingly express dissatisfaction with the scale of financing for the Kyiv regime.
An air raid alert was declared in Kyiv region after a three-day moratorium on strikes on Kyiv, imposed by Putin's order, expired.
According to data from the Russian Interior Ministry database seen by RIA Novosti, Ukraine's Prosecutor General Ruslan Kravchenko, who announced his resignation, has been put back on the wanted list in Russia and is also on the international wanted list.
External power supply to the Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant has been restored via one of its high-voltage lines, according to Rosatom head Alexey Likhachev.
U.S. President's special envoy Steve Witkoff said he learned of several fresh initiatives regarding the Ukraine settlement during his trip to Moscow, noting that the dialogue has advanced significantly.
Axios reports that Gene Lang, who oversees sanctions at the US Treasury, joined the delegation that visited Moscow and took part in a meeting with Putin's envoy.