Volodymyr Zelensky<\/a> has deemed Russian<\/a> airspace to be \u201ccompletely unsafe\u201d in a warning to airlines ahead of Ukrainian drone attacks<\/a>. <\/p>\n The president declared that \u201cthe safe days in Russia\u2019s skies are over\u201d in his nightly video address on Tuesday, adding that he did not want innocent lives to be lost. <\/p>\n \u201cAlthough the Russian<\/a> authorities are not properly informing people about this, Russian airspace will effectively be closing \u2013 the war started by Russia is closing its skies. <\/p>\n \u201cWe want to warn every airline that uses Russian airspace, every insurer, and everyone who still uses Russia\u2019s key airports: Russian airspace is becoming completely unsafe,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n Vladimir Putin said the warning sounded like \u201cstate terrorism\u201d and Moscow would find a way to respond. <\/p>\n Earlier today, Kyiv revealed its forces have trapped around 2,500 Russian<\/a> soldiers on a tiny strip of land stretching into the Black Sea<\/a>.<\/p>\n The troops are stranded on the occupied Kinburn Spit, a long ridge of sand which juts out from Ukraine\u2019s Mykolaiv region, Ukrainian commanders told Radio Free Europe\/Radio Liberty\u2019s Crimea.Realities podcast.<\/p>\n Drone strikes have targeted deliveries of ammunition and food, a recconnaisance commander with the call sign \u2018Yava\u2019 said on the podcast according to United24. <\/p>\n <\/a>Russia suggests possible three-way meeting between Trump, Putin and Xi<\/p>\n Kremlin aide Yuri Ushakov has said there could be a trilateral meeting between Russian president Vladimir Putin, US president Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping.<\/p>\n China is set to host the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in Shenzhen in November.<\/p>\n The possibility of a three-way meeting between the leaders is being considered ahead of the summit, he said.<\/p>\n Arpan Rai2 September 2026 07:57<\/p>\n <\/a>Putin says it’s a ‘military secret’ whether Russia could strike UK facilities<\/p>\n President Vladimir Putin said Russia’s thinking on possible strikes against UK military facilities was “secret”.<\/p>\n Asked at a press conference in Kyrgyzstan whether Russia was considering strikes on British military assets, Putin said simply: \u201cIt is a military secret.\u201d<\/p>\n Last week, Russia warned that it could strike British military \u200btargets inside and outside Ukraine in response to Ukrainian attacks on targets inside Russia using long-range British cruise missiles.<\/p>\n Russian foreign ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova said Britain was just “one step away” from becoming legally complicit in what she called “terrorism” against Russian civilians, and warned of “inevitable catastrophic consequences” unless the UK changed course.<\/p>\n Arpan Rai2 September 2026 07:39<\/p>\n <\/a>\u2018Where there were bombs, there are now sunflowers\u2019: The woman ridding Ukraine of Russian mines<\/p>\n Every morning, Antonina Kulhava wakes up to the whirr of Russian drones.<\/p>\n After checking local alerts to ensure her family and friends are safe, she commutes to her job as a humanitarian deminer at one of Ukraine\u2019s many fields littered with bombs. Her team face grave danger as they comb through craters of mud left by missiles, in fields once tilled by farmers.<\/p>\n Ukraine is one of the world\u2019s most heavily mined countries with between 20 to 25 per cent of its surface covered with potentially dangerous weapons. This amounts to more than 139,000 square kilometres of land, a size larger than England and Wales combined.<\/p>\n The existence of these mines is devastating for civilians, contributing to one of the world\u2019s highest rates of civilian casualties. Children are among those at risk if the mines are not safely cleared.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s an interesting and challenging job,\u201d she tells The Independent.<\/p>\n Arpan Rai2 September 2026 06:53<\/p>\n <\/a>Russia and US see grounds for financial ties, says finance minister<\/p>\n Dialogue between Russia and the US should continue to find common ground in economics, which should make it easier \u2060to discuss political issues, Russian finance minister Anton Siluanov said.<\/p>\n Siluanov said both nations agree that there are grounds for developing financial ties despite complications, after his bilateral meeting with US treasury secretary Scott Bessent on Monday.<\/p>\n Siluanov, who said he was meeting with Bessent for \u200cthe first time, said he \u200cbelieved that people from the financial world sometimes may find common understanding faster than politicians.<\/p>\n \u201cSo we must always keep talking; we need to continue the dialogue. If we find strong points of common interest \u2013 and they do exist \u2013 we need to develop them. Then political issues will also be easier to resolve,” he said, <\/p>\n However, a source \u200cfamiliar with the ministers’ meeting \u2060said Bessent made clear to Siluanov \u2060no economic relief for Russia or agreements on other \u200cissues were possible \u200buntil its war \u200cin Ukraine ends, reported Reuters.<\/p>\n Arpan Rai2 September 2026 06:37<\/p>\n <\/a>Explosion heard in Kyiv<\/p>\n An explosion has been heard in the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv on Wednesday morning, witnesses said.<\/p>\n Renewed Russian strikes would make this the seventh consecutive day of attacks on the city.<\/p>\n Arpan Rai2 September 2026 06:11<\/p>\n <\/a>Zelensky confirms Trump’s request to pause strikes on Russia<\/p>\n Volodymyr Zelensky has said his forces held back on attacks on Russia last week in response to a request from the Trump administration.<\/p>\n \u201cWhen the Americans asked us to pause strikes on Moscow and St. Petersburg on 25, 26 and 27 August, we observed that pause. There were no strikes on Russia, while strikes on Ukraine continued,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n Stating that Ukraine supports every move in the direction of peace, Zelensky said: \u201cWhen another global power asked us to pause strikes in the direction of Vladivostok for a specified period of time, we agreed to ensure that as well. New meetings in Moscow are now being prepared, and we will take that into account.\u201d<\/p>\n Arpan Rai2 September 2026 05:52<\/p>\n <\/a>Zelensky declares Russian airspace ‘completely unsafe’ ahead of drone attack<\/p>\n Volodymyr Zelensky has warned airlines that Russia\u2019s airspace is \u201ccompletely unsafe\u201d amid Ukrainian drone strikes.<\/p>\n The Ukrainian president issued the warning in his nightly video address, saying he did not want innocent lives to be lost, but \u201cthe safe days in Russia\u2019s skies are over.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cToday, we want to warn every airline that uses Russian airspace, every insurer, and everyone who still uses Russia\u2019s key airports: Russian airspace is becoming completely unsafe.<\/p>\n \u201cUkraine does not threaten civilian aviation as such \u2013 not a single civilian aircraft. There will simply be drones in Russia\u2019s skies on a scale that has to be taken into account.<\/p>\n \u201cAlthough the Russian authorities are not properly informing people about this, Russian airspace will effectively be closing \u2013 the war started by Russia is closing its skies.<\/p>\n \u201cIt is important that this is heard by the ambassadors of countries represented here in Ukraine, as well as by ambassadors working in Moscow.<\/p>\n \u201cIt is important that the airlines currently flying to airports primarily in Moscow, St. Petersburg, and other key destinations in Russia hear this as well.\u201d<\/p>\n Arpan Rai2 September 2026 05:34<\/p>\n <\/a>Kremlin adviser and papal envoy to discuss Ukraine humanitarian issues<\/p>\n Russian president Vladimir Putin’s foreign policy adviser Yuri Ushakov will discuss humanitarian issues in the Ukraine conflict with papal envoy Cardinal Matteo Zuppi later this month in Russia, Ushakov was quoted by media as saying on Tuesday.<\/p>\n \u201cI will \u200breceive \u2060him at the end of September, and we \u2060will specifically talk about Ukrainian matters,” \u200bRussian \u2060news agencies said Ushakov \u200ctold state television.<\/p>\n \u201cZuppi has come to us several times. He mainly deals with humanitarian issues and we will continue discussing those. Of course, the political side of things is involved too. You can\u2019t get around it.\u201d<\/p>\n Zuppi, head of the Italian bishops conference, last visited Moscow in October 2024 for talks about family \u200creunification, prisoner of war exchanges and \u200bprospects for dialogue \u200cabout ending the war \u2060in Ukraine.<\/p>\n Arpan Rai2 September 2026 05:00<\/p>\n
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A flying missile seen during a Russian aerial attack in Kyiv (AFP\/Getty)<\/p>\n