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Transfer of frozen Russian assets to Ukraine to harm entire global economy — Putin
BEIJING, September 3. /TASS/. The transfer of frozen Russian assets to Ukraine would cause enormous harm to the entire global economy, Russian President Vladimir Putin said, adding that in the West, "those who are smarter" don't want to do this....

West uses Ukraine conflict as pretext for economic war, Putin says
BEIJING, September 3. /TASS/. The West is using the Ukraine conflict to address its economic problems in relations with other countries, Russian President Vladimir Putin said at a press conference following his visit to China. "The events in...

Military Situation In Ukraine On September 3, 2025 (Maps Update)
Support SouthFront Click to see the full-size image Russian strikes destroyed targets in the Sumy, Kharkiv, Zaporozhie, Kherson, Ivano-Frankivsk, Khmelnitsky, Rivne, Kyiv, Kirovograd, Chernihiv, Odessa, Vinnitsa, Zhitomir, Lviv regions; Russian...

Weeks after Alaska talks, Putin weighs in on Trump’s role in Russia-Ukraine peace efforts; here’s what he said
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday (September 3, 2025) opened up about US President Donald Trump’s role in the Russia-Ukraine conflict and what was discussed between him and Trump during the Alaska talks. Speaking at a press conference...

Trump Faces Criticism After Unfruitful Putin Summit on Ukraine
WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Donald Trump is facing backlash after his summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin failed to deliver a peace deal for Ukraine. The meeting, which was highly anticipated, took place on September 1, 2025, amid rising...

Ukrainian Air Force Is Using Azerbaijani MiG-29 Fighter Jets (Photos)
Click to see full-size image. (Telegram) An Azerbaijani Soviet-made MiG-29 multirole fighter jet has been spotted in active service with the Ukrainian Air Force (UAF). A photo showing the fighter jet in question appeared online on September 3. It...
‘I thought that Ukraine and Russia have a very good relationship with Putin’: Trump’s admission
US President Donald Trump has admitted he had a misguided view of the relationship between Ukraine and Russia and that he thought the war would be easy to end. “I thought that Ukraine and Russia have a very good relationship with President Putin,”...
Putin says negotiations could end Ukraine war — or he would use force
Russian President Vladimir Putin has said there is a chance to end the war in Ukraine via negotiations "if common sense prevails" — an option he said he preferred, but that he was ready to end it by force if that was the only way. Speaking in...

"The ugly face of the far-right reaches Powys," says a Mid Wales politician
On the weekend of September 13 and 14, the far-right movement calling itself ‘Patriotic Alternative’ is due to hold a camping event for its supporters near Llanafan Fawr in Powys. It is supposed to take place on two plots of land bought by a man...

Britain sanctions Russians responsible for Ukrainian child abductions
The U.K. government said more than 19,500 Ukrainian children have been forcibly transferred or deported to Russia and the territories it occupies in Ukraine — while other estimates suggest the total number could be as high as 35,000. Only 1,592...

Ukraine war latest: Ukraine destroys Russian speedboat, allegedly hits railway in Russia's Rostov Oblast
Key developments on Sept. 3: Ukraine destroys Russian speedboat as it attempts to land troops, Navy says, shares footage Ukrainian drones allegedly hit railway in Russia's Rostov Oblast, 26 trains delayed Ukraine plans to roll out enhanced...

The Russo-Ukrainian War. Is a “Dayton-2” possible?
The United States’ decisive role in the Yugoslav Wars would ultimately lead to the Dayton Agreement on peace in Bosnia. In light of ongoing Russian aggression against Ukraine, it is useful to ask if this experience, in whole or in part, can offer...

Ukraine slams Russia’s peace negotiation stance
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, meanwhile, is set to head to Paris, where he will hold talks with leaders of the “coalition of the willing,” a French-British led initiative seeking to put together security guarantees and a peacekeeping...

Extradition of Ukrainian Sergey Kuznetsov in Nord Stream Case Postponed in Bologna
In Bologna, the extradition hearing for Ukrainian Serhiy Kuznetsov to Germany was postponed. The 49-year-old former officer of the Ukrainian army is suspected of involvement in the Nord Stream 1 and Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline blasts. According to...

Trump plans to hold talks on Ukraine
US President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he plans to hold talks about the war in Ukraine in coming days after his Alaska summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin in August failed to achieve a breakthrough. Trump has been frustrated at his...

Ukraine Launches "military Amazon"
1 Drones and equipment reach the front in two weeks. Ukraine has introduced a new military procurement system that allows commanders to directly order the equipment they need, from drones to REB equipment. Such a "military Amazon" has replaced the...

Zelenskyy confirms Nordic, Baltic states' commitment to Ukraine
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has taken part in a meeting with the leaders of the Nordic-Baltic Eight in Denmark, where participants criticized Russia's failure to take steps for a ceasefire while pledging their military assistance to...

(President) JD Vance’s Biggest Backers: Study Russian History
At the start of the 2024 election campaign, Donald Trump was persuaded to choose JD Vance as his Vice President by high-tech billionaires. Notably, by Peter Thiel, who has mentored Vance since the man graduated from Yale Law School and who had...
Ukrainian children brought home from Russia and occupied areas
Kiev, Sept 3, (dpa/GNA) – A group of Ukrainian children has been brought back from Russia and Russian-occupied territories through an initiative by President Volodymyr Zelensky, Ukrainian Human Rights Commissioner Dmytro Lubinez announced on...

Meditation to prosthetics, helping Ukrainians allay war trauma
Embroiled in the battlefield over the last three years, thousands of Ukrainian soldiers are finding their feet — both literally and metaphorically — with a little help from Indians. While many of those dealing with psychological issues including...