Russian forces launched drone and artillery attacks on the Nikopol and Synelnykove districts of Dnipropetrovsk region, damaging medical and educational institutions, residential buildings, and injuring five people.

Russian troops shelled private homes in Kherson’s Dniprovskyi district, killing a woman.

President Volodymyr Zelensky stated that Ukraine is counting on Slovakia’s support in its peace efforts and described it as the right move for Slovakia to become part of a new security framework.

Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, Ruslan Stefanchuk, met with Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, Mike Johnson, to discuss the return of Ukrainian children abducted by Russia.

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky stated that Ukraine is ready to supply gas and oil to Slovakia—if they are not of Russian origin.

Since the beginning of the day, there have been 103 combat clashes between the Ukrainian Defense Forces and Russian troops, with fighting continuing on eight sectors.

President Volodymyr Zelensky met with Swedish Foreign Minister Maria Malmer Stenergard in Uzhhorod. The parties discussed joint defense projects.

President Volodymyr Zelensky met with Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico.

Ukraine does not see China as a security guarantor and calls on it to adhere to the position that Beijing does not support Russia and the war.

India’s Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said that India will definitely continue to buy Russian oil.

The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine has confirmed the strike on the Ryazan oil refinery in Russia and several other facilities.

Part of the Cabinet of Ministers is attending an event chaired by the President of Ukraine today.

The invitation for U.S. President Donald Trump's Special Envoy for the Middle East, Steve Witkoff, to visit Kyiv remains valid.

European Council President António Costa said that despite Hungary's blocking of negotiations on Ukraine's accession to the EU, the negotiation process with Ukraine must continue.

President Volodymyr Zelensky called on the European Union to make a decision on Russia's frozen assets.

President Volodymyr Zelensky said that in a situation where even Russian leader Vladimir Putin does not object to Ukraine's membership in the European Union, the position of “friends of Russia,” in particular Hungary, on this issue is strange.

The Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine has released exclusive footage of the destruction of a boat, a radar station, and an electronic warfare station belonging to Russian invaders by special forces of the Department of Active Operations in August 2025 in the Black Sea.

Russian troops attacked Dnipro at night. Private and apartment buildings in the city were damaged.

In Zakarpattia, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky held a bilateral meeting with European Council President António Costa.

In the Sumy region, a Russian FPV drone hit a vehicle belonging to the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine, but did not explode.

Commander of the Unmanned Systems Forces Robert Brovdi (“Madyar”) confirmed strikes on the occupiers' oil refinery in Ryazan and oil depot in temporarily occupied Luhansk.

The number of people wounded in the Russian Federation's missile strike on a humanitarian demining mission operating in the Chernihiv region has risen to eight.

Three people were killed and six were injured in Russian strikes in the Kharkiv region over the past 24 hours.

An agent of the ATESH guerrilla movement conducted reconnaissance of the Container radar station in Mordovia (Russian Federation).

Russian troops fired 122 times on 49 settlements in 14 territorial communities of the Sumy region during the day, from the morning of September 4 to the morning of September 5, resulting in civilian casualties.

Yesterday, units of the Unmanned Systems Forces destroyed 753 enemy targets, and since the beginning of September, they have eliminated 2,888 targets.

State Border Guard Service units defending the country within the Sumy region note a decrease in the number of enemy attacks and confirm their withdrawal for transfer to other areas of the front.

Air Defense Forces neutralized 121 out of 157 drones used by Russians to attack Ukraine overnight on September 4.

On September 4, a total of 172 combat engagements between Ukrainian Defense Forces and Russian invaders were recorded on the front lines.

On the night of September 5, Russian forces launched a drone strike on the Dnipropetrovsk region, with direct hits reported.

On September 4, Russian troops killed five residents of the Donetsk region.

On September 4, Russian troops carried out 569 strikes across 14 settlements in the Zaporizhzhia region, injuring seven civilians.

The Unmanned Systems Forces (USF) of Ukraine’s Armed Forces carried out a strike on the Ryazan oil refinery in Russia.

As of September 5, 2025, Russia’s total combat losses in the war against Ukraine, since the full-scale invasion began on February 24, 2022, have reached 1,086,220 personnel, including 810 troops killed or wounded in the past 24 hours.

Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada Ruslan Stefanchuk met with President of the European Parliament Roberta Metsola to discuss the importance of intensifying sanctions against Russia.

During August 2025, Ukraine’s Ministry of Defense authorized 80 new models of weapons and military equipment for operational use in the Armed Forces.

Austrian Foreign Minister Beate Meinl-Reisinger announced that Austria has joined the Coalition of the Willing as an observer state.

Using FPV drones, Ukrainian border guards destroyed two communication antennas and two vehicles of Russian invaders in the Southern Slobozhanshchyna sector.

Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Ruslan Stefanchuk and Speaker of the Canadian House of Commons Francis Scarpaleggia discussed issues of just peace and security guarantees for Ukraine during their meeting.

Ukraine’s international reserves increased by 7% in August 2025, reaching $46.03 billion as of September 1.

In the temporarily occupied city of Luhansk, movements of Russian military equipment have been recorded.

In Donetsk region, military counterintelligence of the Security Service of Ukraine (SSU) detained another FSB agent – an engineer at a local enterprise, who was assisting the Russians in planning new offensive operations against Ukriane’s Defense Forces positions near Kostiantynivka.

In the Donetsk region, 17,000 civilians, including 34 children, remain in the active combat zone.

More than 216,000 civilians, including over 15,000 children, currently reside in the areas of Donetsk region controlled by Ukrainian authorities.

There have been 129 combat engagements on the frontline throughout the day, fighting is ongoing in most areas. The Pokrovsk sector remains the hottest.

A drone attack on Starosaltivska community of Kharkiv region has left three people dead and two injured.

Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk stated on Thursday, after the Coalition of the Willing meeting in Paris, that Poland would not deploy troops to Ukraine as part of a European mission under security guarantees. Instead, Warsaw will take responsibility for logistics.

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni confirmed Italy’s readiness to support a potential ceasefire through initiatives involving monitoring and training outside Ukraine’s borders.

The European Union has responded to the Russian attack on workers of a humanitarian demining mission in Kyselivka community near Chernihiv.

Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, General Oleksandr Syrskyi, stated that Ukraine’s Defense Forces are actively working to boost capabilities to counter Russian Shahed strike drones.