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.
The Russian army is reducing its activity in the Kharkiv and Sumy regions due to the redeployment of forces, while increasing pressure in the Serebrianskyi Forest area.
Finnish President Alexander Stubb announced on Tuesday, September 2, that progress had been made on security guarantees for Ukraine, but added that a peace agreement must be reached before such measures could be implemented.
Russian forces carried out two targeted FPV drone strikes on civilian infrastructure in the town of Kostiantynivka, Donetsk region, wounding three municipal workers and damaging equipment.
Around 2,000 North Korean troops sent to Russia to fight in the war against Ukraine have been killed, according to estimates from South Korea’s National Intelligence Service (NIS).
The Defense Forces of Ukraine have liberated the settlement of Udachne in Donetsk region, driving out Russian troops and raising the Ukrainian flag over the community.
In Bila Tserkva, Kyiv region, nine high-rise buildings and a school were damaged as a result of an attack by Russian drones, 29 garages were destroyed, and a garage cooperative security guard was killed.
In the Zaporizhzhia region, as a result of the attack by Shahed drones and missiles on the night of August 30, 25 apartment buildings and 325 private houses were damaged or destroyed. Some of them cannot be restored.
Russia’s total combat losses in manpower since the start of its full-scale invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022, have reached approximately 1,083,790 personnel, with 800 Russian soldiers eliminated in the past 24 hours.
A large-scale fire broke out in the city of Sumy after Russian drones struck non-residential buildings. Several people were injured, including a child.
Soldiers from the 33rd Separate Mechanized Brigade of the Ukrainian Ground Forces used drones to halt a Russian assault involving two armored vehicles.
In August 2025, Russian aircraft dropped 4,390 guided aerial bombs on positions of Ukraine’s Defense Forces and frontline settlements, according to the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine.
Soldiers from the 15th Mobile Detachment “Steel Border” of Ukraine’s State Border Guard Service used drones to destroy a Russian ammunition depot, a ground robotic system, and communication equipment in the Kursk sector.
In the occupied areas of Kherson region, Ukrainian forces are destroying Russian logistics in the rear lines, including 153 vehicles and 18 artillery systems hit over the past week.
Assault units from the 425th “Skelia” Regiment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine have liberated the settlement of Novoekonomichne in the Donetsk region and raised the Ukrainian flag in the center of the town.
Soldiers from the 118th Separate Mechanized Brigade of the Ukrainian Ground Forces repelled a Russian assault, destroying two tanks, five infantry fighting vehicles, a Tigr armored vehicle, and four motorcycles.
In August 2025 alone, Russian military personnel losses in the war against Ukraine totaled 28,790, according to Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Oleksandr Syrskyi.
Since the beginning of the day, there have been 63 combat clashes between the Ukrainian Armed Forces and Russian troops. Fighting continues on six fronts, with the enemy remaining most active in the Pokrovsk sector.
“Do not repeat the mistakes of World War II.” Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha has called on international allies to act decisively and resist Russian aggression.
The attack of the German battleship Schleswig-Holstein on the Polish military depot at Westerplatte on 1 September 1939 triggered World War II. This happened after the Munich Agreement, which allowed the transfer of Czechoslovakia’s Sudetenland to Germany. The agreement was the culmination of the policy of “appeasement of the aggressor,” which ultimately facilitated the start of the war.
Remembering the lessons of history
Sybiha recalled that on 1 September 1939, Hitler attacked Poland, soon joined by Stalin, initiating the bloodiest war in history.
“Today it is extremely important to remember what led to that day: weakness and naive faith that territorial concessions would ‘appease’ the aggressor,” the Ukrainian foreign minister noted.
Responsibility for the World War II disaster
The minister emphasized that the Nazi Third Reich bears full responsibility for the war, but there were also those who “allowed this evil to grow stronger—avoiding difficult decisions and favoring weakness over strength.”
According to Sybiha, the best way to honor the memory of tens of millions of victims is not to repeat the same mistakes today.
Allies’ unity and support for Ukraine
Sybiga stressed that the unity of allies, pressure on the Russian aggressor, and consistent support for Ukraine are critically important for Europe’s security and long-term peace.
“Strength and determination today are the guarantee of future security and peace in Europe,” he added.
Earlier, US President Donald Trump proposed that Ukraine consider territorial concessions to Russia as part of ending the war. His proposal involved Ukraine relinquishing control over Donetsk Oblast to Russia, in exchange for Russia agreeing to freeze the front lines and halt further advances.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy firmly rejected any proposal to cede Ukrainian land to Russia. He emphasized Ukraine’s sovereignty and constitutional prohibition on surrendering territory to the occupier.
In the temporarily occupied territory of the Kherson region, at least five cases have been documented in the Skadovsk community where civilians abducted by the occupiers were later found dead with signs of violent death.
Russian special services may be involved in organizing the murder of former Verkhovna Rada Chairman and MP Andriy Parubiy, according to employees of the Security Service of Ukraine, the National Police, and the Office of the Prosecutor General.
Near one of the villages in the Seredyna-Buda community in the Sumy region, a retired couple on a motorcycle with a sidecar hit an enemy mine. The victims, a 75-year-old man and a 76-year-old woman, were hospitalized.
Units of the Defense Intelligence of Ukraine (DIU) attacked Russian forces with drones at an airbase in Hvardiiske near Simferopol, destroying two Mi-8 helicopters, and also targeted a tug in the Sevastopol Bay.
The National Police of Ukraine have released photographs of the suspect in the murder of former Verkhovna Rada Speaker and Member of Parliament of the 9th convocation Andriy Parubiy.
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