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[^1]\n\nAuthorities in Russia announced on Friday 2026-09-04 that they shot down nearly 500 drones launched in recent hours by Ukraine's armed forces, without commenting on possible casualties or damage. [^2]\n\nThe Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation stated on 2026-07-11 that Russian military forces carried out 17 group strikes and one massed strike against targets in Ukraine over the course of one week. [^3]\n\nAnatoly Chernyshov, the 58-year-old executive director of the charitable foundation 'People's Front. All for Victory,' died from mine-blast injuries sustained during a drone attack near the village of Skvortsovo in the Simferopol district of Crimea. [^4]\n\nGovernor Oleksandr Hanzha of the Dnipropetrovsk region said on 2026-09-05 that a Russian attack on the city of Kamianske killed five people and injured five others. [^5]\n\nRussian state news agency TASS reported that US envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner would be in Moscow on Saturday 2026-09-05 and Sunday 2026-09-06, and Ukrainian President Zelenskyy said they would be in Ukraine on Sunday, marking their first visits since Trump returned to power. [^6]\n\nThe International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said on 2026-09-05 that it had brokered a separate local ceasefire to allow repairs for the restoration of external power to the Russian-controlled Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in Ukraine, which has been without external power since 2026-08-20 and has relied on emergency diesel generators. [^7]\n\nUkrainska Pravda reported that Ukrainian forces were ordered to observe a three-day ceasefire from 00:00 on 2026-09-05 to 23:59 on 2026-09-08, but Interfax-Ukraine reported that Russian attacks continued overnight, prompting Ukraine's Armed Forces to say they had not issued a temporary ceasefire on the front lines because Russia had not stopped its aggression. [^8]\n\nRussia's Defense Ministry said in a social media statement on 2026-09-04 that its anti-air defense systems destroyed 490 unmanned aerial vehicles in several regions including Moscow, over the Black Sea and over the Crimean peninsula. [^9]\n\nVolodymyr Zelensky, president of Ukraine, asked international airlines to cease operations in the country, arguing that Russian airspace would be 'effectively closed' by these waves of drone attacks. [^10]\n\nAccording to the Russian defense ministry, the strikes targeted military-industrial complexes, logistics centers, and facilities within the fuel, energy, and transport infrastructure. [^11]\n\nThe Russian Ministry of Defense reported that the attacks damaged ammunition depots, fuel storage facilities, and workshops and storage sites for unmanned aerial vehicles. 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