A 17-year-old Ukrainian teenager has been successfully returned from Russian-occupied territory as part of President Volodymyr Zelensky's Bring Kids Back UA initiative.

The UK government on Wednesday, September 3, announced a new package of sanctions against 11 Russian individuals and entities involved in the forced deportation of Ukrainian children.

Russia has launched 526 aerial weapons against Ukraine, including more than 500 strike drones and 24 missiles.

A man has been killed as a result of a Russian attack on the Khmelnytskyi region.

UK Defense Secretary John Healey has visited the site of a recent Russian strike in Kyiv that damaged the British Council building.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has arrived in Denmark for a bilateral meeting with Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen and talks with leaders of the Nordic-Baltic Eight (NB8) cooperation format, according to presidential spokesperson Sergii Nykyforov.

Estonia will participate in the procurement of U.S.-made weapons for Ukraine under the Prioritized Ukraine Requirements List (PURL) initiative and is prepared to send a military contingent to Ukraine if such a step is approved by the Coalition of the Willing.

An International Monetary Fund mission has arrived in Kyiv to hold meetings with the Ukrainian authorities.

During the night and early morning of September 3, Russian forces attacked the Khmelnytskyi region with drones and missiles, resulting in damage across the Khmelnytskyi community.

Russia has launched 526 aerial weapons against Ukraine, including more than 500 strike drones and 24 missiles.

U.S. President Donald Trump stated on Tuesday that he is “very disappointed” in Vladimir Putin and added that his administration plans to take certain measures to reduce casualties in Russia’s war against Ukraine.

In temporarily occupied Crimea, a unit of Russia’s 3rd Radio-Technical Regiment was reportedly attacked in the mountains above Lazurne.

UK Defence Secretary John Healey has arrived in Ukraine for an official visit.

Over the past 24 hours, Russian forces carried out 408 strikes across 12 settlements in the Zaporizhzhia region. A 62-year-old man was killed in an attack on the Polohy district.

Ukraine’s air defense forces have neutralized 430 Russian drones, 14 Kalibr cruise missiles, and seven Kh-101 cruise missiles.

On the night of September 3, Russian forces launched a drone attack on the city of Lviv.

The Naval Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine have destroyed another high-speed boat belonging to Russia’s Black Sea Fleet, along with seven invaders.

Nizhyn, located in the Chernihiv region, has been partially left without electricity and water following a Russian attack.

On September 2, Ukrainian Defense Forces reported 166 combat engagements with Russian forces.

Russian forces attacked an infrastructure facility in Ivano-Frankivsk region, causing a fire.

Rivne region came under a massive Russian air attack overnight on September 3, with air defense forces successfully intercepting many enemy targets.

The total combat losses of Russian forces in the war against Ukraine from February 24, 2022, to September 3, 2025, have reached 1,084,570 personnel, including 780 in the past 24 hours.

Khmelnytskyi region sustained damage following attacks by Russian missiles and drones.

Russian drone strikes caused damage in Lutsk.

On Tuesday evening, ahead of the Coalition of the Willing meeting in Paris, France’s Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs Jean-Noël Barrot held a phone call with his U.S. counterpart, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, to discuss ways of increasing pressure on Russia.

Russian propaganda media are circulating a video claiming that Russian army units eliminated 17 servicemen of the National Guard’s Azov Regiment and destroyed two U.S. armored vehicles near Hlushchenkove, Kharkiv region.

Putin is a war criminal who has no interest in ending the war, and who can only be forced into peace through economic measures.

As a result of a Russian drone attack on Znamianka in Kirovohrad region, five people were injured, 17 houses were damaged.

Defense Minister of Ukraine Denys Shmyhal and NATO Senior Representative in Ukraine Patrick Turner met to discuss ways to meet the priority needs of Ukraine’s Defense Forces.

Another group of children and young people, aged 3 to 18, has been returned from territories temporarily occupied by Russia and directly from the Russian Federation, as part of the Ukrainian President's Bring Kids Back UA initiative.

From September 5 to 7, Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute (KPI) will host the annual Japanese Autumn 2025 cultural festival.

Throughout August, the Defense Forces of Ukraine eliminated 21,668 enemy personnel, 63 tanks, 102 armored fighting vehicles (AFVs), and 148 enemy ammunition depots on the eastern front alone.

In August 2025, demining units of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine cleared 5,973.1 hectares of liberated territory contaminated by explosive remnants of war resulting from Russia’s armed aggression.

President Volodymyr Zelensky has awarded state honors to 226 defenders of Ukraine, 52 of them posthumously.

A total of 122 combat engagements took place on the front line today, with the Pokrovsk, Lyman, and Novopavlivka directions seeing the most intense fighting.

Following the end of active hostilities, Ukraine must remain prepared for continued Russian information and psychological operations (IPSO), which will not cease, warned Andriy Yusov, representative of the Ukrainian Defense Ministry's Main Intelligence Directorate.

The Ministry of Energy of Ukraine considers any attempts by the Russian Federation to introduce new forms of management or control at the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) a deliberate escalation of the threat to nuclear safety.

President Volodymyr Zelensky received a briefing from Air Force Commander Anatolii Kryvonozhko regarding the downing of drones.

Defense Minister Denys Shmyhal met with Turkish Ambassador Mustafa Levent Bilgen to discuss the production of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs).

On Tuesday, Poland’s Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski met with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio to discuss ways to end Russia’s war and ensure future security guarantees for Ukraine.

The United Nations General Assembly will hold a session on Thursday, September 4, to discuss the situation in the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine.

French President Emmanuel Macron will meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky tomorrow, September 3, in Paris, ahead of the Coalition of the Willing summit.

Russian troops launched more than 30 attacks on Nikopol district in Dnipropetrovsk region on Tuesday, using FPV drones and artillery.

The Security Service of Ukraine (SSU) said that the corruption charges brought against Brigadier General Illia Vitiuk are retaliation for the recent detention of two National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU) detectives.

Luxembourg will join NATO’s PURL initiative to purchase U.S.-made weapons for further delivery to Ukraine.

The National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) and Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office (SAPO) have charged a senior officer of the Security Service of Ukraine (SSU) with illegal enrichment and false asset declarations.

Since the start of the day, Ukrainian Defense Forces have engaged in 76 combat clashes with Russian troops, with the heaviest fighting reported on the Pokrovsk front.

Ukraine’s Defense Forces shot down or jammed 48 drones launched by Russia in a renewed wave of attacks, while new enemy targets are detected in the north.

The State Service for Ethnic Policy and Freedom of Conscience (DESS) has filed a lawsuit to terminate the activities of the Kyiv Metropolis of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate (UOC-MP).

In the village of Drobysheve in the Donetsk region, a Russian drone attacked a civilian car, injuring three people, including a paramedic from the local ambulance station.