At today’s meeting of the Coalition of the Willing, the leaders presented concrete results and endorsed the work of their chiefs of defense and defense ministers.

Throughout the day, Russian invaders attacked the Nikopol and Synelnykivskyi districts of Dnipropetrovsk region with drones and artillery fire, damaging houses and cars.

Participants in the Coalition of the Willing meeting in Paris held talks with US President Donald Trump, during which they discussed pressure on Russia, in particular economic measures that would deprive the Russian military machine of resources.

Ukraine is awaiting a positive signal from the United States regarding a new format for protecting its airspace.

Russian President Vladimir Putin rejects all peace initiatives and will try to use the meeting in China as a pretext to continue the war.

Ukraine is ready for negotiations at the leadership level in any format, but the Kremlin's actions indicate a lack of desire for real dialogue and an end to the war.

Defense Minister Denys Shmyhal visited Defense Forces units performing combat missions in the Zaporizhzhia region.

Twenty-six countries participating in the Coalition of the Willing are ready to be present on land, at sea, or in the air to guarantee Ukraine's security.

The number of casualties from a Russian missile strike targeting a humanitarian demining mission near Chernihiv has risen to two dead and three injured.

President Volodymyr Zelensky has stated that members of the Coalition of the Willing share Ukraine’s view that Russia intends to prolong the war, and therefore, pressure on the Kremlin must be intensified through sanctions. In particular, the European Union is working on its 19th sanctions package, while Japan is preparing its own measures.

At the Coalition of the Willing meeting, UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer stated that Russian President Vladimir Putin “cannot be trusted” and stressed the need to intensify pressure on Russia.

The second week of September will not be anything extraordinary for the foreign exchange market. The exchange rate situation will not change significantly.

Russian attack drones targeted critical and industrial infrastructure in the Sumy community, leaving one civilian injured.

Russian forces launched a missile strike near a checkpoint in the village of Novoselivka, located just outside Chernihiv.

Kherson officials showed the damage caused by Russian shelling in the residential areas of the Dniprovskyi district.

The meeting between Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and White House Special Envoy Steve Witkoff has concluded.

EU countries remain skeptical about proposals to use frozen Russian assets to support Ukraine.

Parts of Sumy and settlements in Sumy district have been cut off from electricity supply due to Russian strikes on critical infrastructure.

In Donetsk region, Russian forces dropped air bombs on a hospital in Kostiantynivka and on buildings in Illinivka, killing two people.

European Council President António Costa and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen are participating in today’s Coalition of the Willing meeting in Paris.

Russian forces shelled Kherson with artillery, injuring four employees of a public utility company.

In Paris, at the Élysée Palace, the summit the Coalition of the Willing has begun, chaired by French President Emmanuel Macron together with UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer.

Two people were killed and two others injured after a Russian drone detonated in the village of Kozacha Lopan, Kharkiv region.

In August, units of the Unmanned Systems Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, in cooperation with other components of the Defense Forces, carried out 17 strikes on Russian oil refining infrastructure.

A Russian drone struck one of the residential districts of Zaporizhzhia, leaving four people injured.

The United Kingdom has provided Ukraine with over $1.3 billion (1 billion GBP) in military aid, funded by revenues from frozen Russian assets.

As a result of night strikes by the Russian Federation, 40,000 subscribers in the Lozova district of the Kharkiv region are left without electricity.

Five people were injured and a fire broke out in a residential area as a result of a Russian UAV attack on the village of Malynivka in the Chuhuiv district.

During a meeting in Kyiv with New Zealand Defense Minister Judith Collins and New Zealand Armed Forces Commander Air Marshal Tony Davis, Ukrainian Defense Minister Denys Shmyhal discussed opportunities for cooperation in the production of marine drones.

On the night of September 4, Ukraine's air defense forces destroyed or suppressed 84 Russian UAVs of various types out of 112 launched.

Russian troops carried out 133 attacks on 41 settlements in the Sumy region between the morning of September 3 and the morning of September 4, resulting in civilian casualties.

In the Odesa region, warehouses and vehicles were set on fire as a result of an attack by Russian drones.

A total of 180 combat clashes occurred between the Defense Forces of Ukraine and Russian invaders on September 3.

On September 3, Russian troops killed 11 civilians and injured 16 others in the Donetsk region.

As of September 4, 2025, Russia’s total combat losses in the war against Ukraine, since the full-scale invasion began on February 24, 2022, have reached 1,085,410 personnel, including 840 troops killed or wounded in the past 24 hours.

Over the past 24 hours, Russian occupying forces carried out 487 strikes targeting 11 settlements in the Zaporizhzhia region.

Russian invaders launched an attack on the village of Molodizhne in the Kherson region, killing a civilian man.

A South Korean model for ending the war in Ukraine is possible, but it does not meet Ukraine’s security needs.

UK Defense Secretary John Healey believes that the presence of Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin at the military parade in Beijing only underscores the aggressor’s weakness and dependence.

The President of Ukraine has expressed his condolences following the tragic accident on Lisbon’s Gloria funicular.

In the frontline city of Kostiantynivka, Donetsk region, the last functioning medical facility—the Multidisciplinary City Intensive Care Hospital—has ceased operations.

In the city of Myrnohrad, Donetsk region, the Church of St. Demetrius was destroyed by fire following shelling by the Russian army.

In the first half of 2025, the share of loss-making enterprises in Russia rose to 30.4%, the highest level since 2020.

In January-July 2025, Ukrainian producers exported USD 103.1 million worth of chicken eggs, which is 2.6 times higher compared to the same period last year.

Russia has abducted thousands of Ukrainian children to use them later as a mobilization resource for its military.

The Verkhovna Rada has passed at first reading draft law No. 10225-d, which aims to legalize Ukraine's virtual assets market and establish clear rules for its taxation.

At the MSPO 2025 International Defence Industry Exhibition in Kielce, Poland, JSC Ukrainian Defense Industry (Ukroboronprom) signed three cooperation agreements with foreign companies.

Russian forces shelled the Dniprovskyi district of Kherson at around 17:00 on Wednesday, wounding two men aged 67 and 56.

The Russian Federation is expanding its propaganda network in Africa by engaging journalists and political analysts under the pretense of combating disinformation.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and several European leaders are set to hold a phone call with U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday, September 4, following the Coalition of the Willing meeting scheduled for the same day.