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.

In Chernihiv region, the number of civilians injured in today’s Russian attack has risen to five.

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.