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Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 1,284

Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 1,284

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Here are the key events on day 1,284 of Russia’s war on Ukraine.

Published On 31 Aug 2025

Here is how things stand on Sunday, August 31:

Fighting

  • Russia launched “massive” strikes against Ukraine overnight on Saturday, with a total of 14 regions hit, according to Ukrainian officials.
  • At least one person was killed and 30 others wounded in Ukraine’s Zaporizhia region, while residential buildings were hit and scores of homes left without gas or electricity. The cities of Dnipro and Pavlohrad in the central region of Dnipropetrovsk also came under attack early on Saturday, causing fires.
  • Ukraine’s Air Force said it had downed 510 of 537 drones and 38 of 45 missiles launched by Russia in the overnight attack.
  • In Ukraine’s Kherson, a 74-year-old man was also killed when Russian forces shelled the city, according to officials.
  • The chief of Russia’s general staff, Valery Gerasimov, said that Russian forces are waging a nonstop offensive along almost the entire front line in Ukraine and have the “strategic initiative”.
  • In a speech to his deputies, Gerasimov also said that Russian forces now control 99.7 percent of Ukraine’s Luhansk region, 79 percent of the Donetsk region, 74 percent of the Zaporizhia region and 76 percent of the Kherson region. He went on to claim that Russian troops have almost completely blockaded the city of Kupiansk, in the Kharkiv region, and control about half of its area.
  • But Ukrainian military spokesperson Viktor Trehubov said that Kyiv’s forces had scored front-line successes, keeping Russian troops from seizing targets in the Donetsk region and halting further advances into the Dnipropetrovsk region. In one area, he said, Kyiv’s troops had surrounded Russian units.
  • Ukraine’s military also claimed attacks in Russia, saying it had struck the Krasnodar and Syzran oil refineries overnight on Saturday, setting off fires at both facilities.
  • Russia’s TASS state news agency also said that Ukrainian shelling left more than 17,000 people without power in the border town of Rylsk in Russia’s Kursk region.
  • Kursk’s Acting Governor Alexander Khinshtein said that 201 bodies have been found in the Russian region since January 1, following Ukraine’s invasion of the Russian region, and that 590 people are still missing.
  • Russia’s Ministry of Defence said that its forces shot down 233 Ukrainian drones, one guided bomb and four missiles in a 24-hour period, according to TASS.

Politics and Diplomacy

  • Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who has been pushing for a summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin, accused the Kremlin of using “the time meant for preparing a leaders’-level [peace] meeting to organise new massive attacks”, and called for more international sanctions on Moscow and its backers.
  • Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke with Zelenskyy over the phone and reaffirmed his support for a peaceful settlement in Ukraine, saying that “India extends full support to all efforts” to restore peace and stability, according to a statement from New Delhi.
  • The European Union’s top diplomat, Kaja Kallas, said the bloc will examine how to use frozen Russian assets to fund Ukraine’s defence and reconstruction after the war. But confiscating the assets – which are worth 210 billion euros ($245.85bn) – now is not politically realistic, she said.
  • Kallas’s comments come after some EU countries, including Estonia, Lithuania and Poland, called for the assets to be seized now and be used to support Kyiv. But EU heavyweights France and Germany – along with Belgium, which holds most of the assets – have rebuffed the idea.
  • German Chancellor Friedrich Merz condemned Russia’s continuing attacks on Ukraine, saying that diplomatic efforts in recent weeks had been “answered with an even more aggressive approach by this regime in Moscow against the population in Ukraine”.
  • “This will also not stop until we ensure together that Russia, at least for economic reasons, and perhaps also for military reasons … can no longer continue this war,” Merz added in comments at an event in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia.
  • United States President Donald Trump outlined how his policy on Ukraine fits with his America First agenda, saying, “We’re not spending any money in the war”, describing this as a “big difference” in comparison with the “hundreds of billions of dollars” the US was previously spending.
  • He also told The Daily Caller that the US will not send ground troops to Ukraine and that the US now sells equipment to NATO. “We don’t sell it to Ukraine. We sell it to NATO. They pay for the equipment,” Trump said.

Weapons

  • Ukraine’s Defence Minister Denys Shmyhal announced that the US State Department had approved the sale of Patriot air defence systems for Ukraine for an estimated cost of $179.1m and satellite communications services worth $150m.

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Amernia and Azerbaijan established together the so-called Peace Initiative Bridge format shortly after the two former foes signed their historic peace agreement in Washington DC. The Peace Initiative Bridge includes multiple participants from the two countries’ civil society who visit each other to conduct the ongoing peace dialogue by addressing all common issues openly and in an atmosphere of trust.

In an answer to Euronews, Armenia’s Areg Kochinyan, president of the Armenian Council and the Armenian coordinator of the Peace Initiative Bridge, said the two countries have to deal with a “gigantic amount of trauma,” as both nations are making significant efforts to move on as part of their historic peace agreement.

However, he added that “the normalistion and the peace in South Caucuses is well-needed in the West, in Europe, in the United States and that’s partially the reason why we have seen this level of interest of the United States in the region.”

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“This is a two-way peace-building process and it is autonomous,” he added.

The focus of Saturday’s meeting in Gabala was on building momentum for the ongoing peace process between Armenia and Azerbaijan.

Armenia’s Lusine Kharatyan, writer and cultural anthropologist as well as member of the Peace Bridge Initiative, told Euronews that “it is extremely important to continue these talks in this world where violence and conflict grows around us, so it’s very important to keep the track of peace.”

“I think the talks went very well because we were able to discuss very important and sensitive issues for both societies and do it very deeply and very sensitively towards each other,” she added.

Eleonora Sargsyan from Armenia, a youth worker and member of the Peace Bridge Initiative said that “for 30 years, we’ve lived with closed borders and we haven’t had the chance of structured dialogue, which created a framework of mutual dehumanisation.”

“I believe that one of the primary objectives of peacebuilding initiatives and any civil society initiatives that untites Armenian and Azerbaijani experts is to start the process of rehumanisation.”

In its turn, Azerbaijan’s representatives underlined the importance to both countries to deepen the dialogue at civil society level.

Orkhan Amashov, Azerbaijan’s participant of the Peace Bridge Participant, described the discussions as being “incredibly comprehensive and wide-ranging.”

“The participants here are to prepare their respective societies for that ultimate eventuality – a peace agreement – and its consequences.” , he added.

Ramil Iskandarli, chairman of the Board of Azerbaijan’s National NGO Forum, and member of the Peace Bridge Initiative, described the symbolism of both sides crossing each other’s borders for peace talks.

“Both I and (the) other group members crossed the border between Azerbaijan and Armenia twice and our Armenian colleagues did the same to come to Gabala,” he said.

He added that “this particular meeting is important because it represents the fourth step actually. I am participating from the very first day of this process,” underlining that “there is also a certain symbolism in this process.”

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Hajiyev underlined the fast developing economic cooperation between Azerbaijan and Armenia stating that “these include bilateral trade, transit shipments to Armenia via Azerbaijan, and people-to-people contacts, all of which reflect the concept of the economic dividends of peace.”

The participants concluded the Gabala talks agreeing that continued dialogue is an important step in maintaining communication between the two sides.

#Armenia #Azerbaijan #civil #societies #hold #talks #push #peace #plansPeace process,Armenia,Caucasus">Armenia and Azerbaijan civil societies hold talks to push peace plans The picturesque town of Gabala in northwest Azerbaijan hosted the fourth round of civil societies talks between Armenia and Azerbaijan representatives as the two countries continue to build on their process of peaceful future together after decades of tragic conflicts. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Amernia and Azerbaijan established together the so-called Peace Initiative Bridge format shortly after the two former foes signed their historic peace agreement in Washington DC. The Peace Initiative Bridge includes multiple participants from the two countries’ civil society who visit each other to conduct the ongoing peace dialogue by addressing all common issues openly and in an atmosphere of trust. In an answer to Euronews, Armenia’s Areg Kochinyan, president of the Armenian Council and the Armenian coordinator of the Peace Initiative Bridge, said the two countries have to deal with a “gigantic amount of trauma,” as both nations are making significant efforts to move on as part of their historic peace agreement. However, he added that “the normalistion and the peace in South Caucuses is well-needed in the West, in Europe, in the United States and that’s partially the reason why we have seen this level of interest of the United States in the region.” On Azerbaijan’s side, Farhad Mammadov, director of the Center for Studies of the South Caucasus and Azerbaijan’s coordinator of the Peace Initiative Bridge, said that “the conflicts in the region did not have a negative effect on the peace-building process.” “This is a two-way peace-building process and it is autonomous,” he added. The focus of Saturday’s meeting in Gabala was on building momentum for the ongoing peace process between Armenia and Azerbaijan. Armenia’s Lusine Kharatyan, writer and cultural anthropologist as well as member of the Peace Bridge Initiative, told Euronews that “it is extremely important to continue these talks in this world where violence and conflict grows around us, so it’s very important to keep the track of peace.” “I think the talks went very well because we were able to discuss very important and sensitive issues for both societies and do it very deeply and very sensitively towards each other,” she added. Eleonora Sargsyan from Armenia, a youth worker and member of the Peace Bridge Initiative said that “for 30 years, we’ve lived with closed borders and we haven’t had the chance of structured dialogue, which created a framework of mutual dehumanisation.” “I believe that one of the primary objectives of peacebuilding initiatives and any civil society initiatives that untites Armenian and Azerbaijani experts is to start the process of rehumanisation.” In its turn, Azerbaijan’s representatives underlined the importance to both countries to deepen the dialogue at civil society level. Orkhan Amashov, Azerbaijan’s participant of the Peace Bridge Participant, described the discussions as being “incredibly comprehensive and wide-ranging.” “The participants here are to prepare their respective societies for that ultimate eventuality – a peace agreement – and its consequences.” , he added. Ramil Iskandarli, chairman of the Board of Azerbaijan’s National NGO Forum, and member of the Peace Bridge Initiative, described the symbolism of both sides crossing each other’s borders for peace talks. “Both I and (the) other group members crossed the border between Azerbaijan and Armenia twice and our Armenian colleagues did the same to come to Gabala,” he said. He added that “this particular meeting is important because it represents the fourth step actually. I am participating from the very first day of this process,” underlining that “there is also a certain symbolism in this process.” Energy disruption has become a dominant challenge due to the global climate of instability also due to Iran’s Strait of Hormuz blockade crisis, which has shifted attention to the South Caucasus as a critical alternative route that Azerbaijan and Armenia are now working together to develop as a joint opportunity. Hikmet Hajiyev, foreign policy advisor to the president of Azerbaijan, led Saturday’s peace talks and greeted each participant. In a post on X after the talks, he announced that Azerbaijan is “fully committed to the Washington agenda” of the peace process and that “this commitment is not merely declarative or confined to paper; rather, concrete and pragmatic steps are being taken to strengthen the peace agenda,” in the context of both countries continuing the development of the major regional project of the Trump Route for International Peace and Prosperity, also known as the TRIPP corridor, which is a US-backed, 42-kilometre transit corridor through Armenia’s Syunik region which connects Azerbaijan to its Nakhchivan exclave. Hajiyev underlined the fast developing economic cooperation between Azerbaijan and Armenia stating that “these include bilateral trade, transit shipments to Armenia via Azerbaijan, and people-to-people contacts, all of which reflect the concept of the economic dividends of peace.” The participants concluded the Gabala talks agreeing that continued dialogue is an important step in maintaining communication between the two sides. #Armenia #Azerbaijan #civil #societies #hold #talks #push #peace #plansPeace process,Armenia,Caucasus

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