The Kyiv Independent: President Volodymyr Zelensky on Sept. 1 warned airlines, insurers, and foreign governments that Russian airspace "will be de facto closed" because of Ukrainian drones, with Putin responding by accusing Kyiv of "state terrorism" despite Russia's six days of attacks on Kyiv.

BBC: Germany has said Russia was responsible for last month's drone attack at Leipzig's airport.

Euronews: Several improvised explosive devices were found at a substation near a coal-fired power plant in Germany on Tuesday and several power lines were damaged, police and a grid operator said.

Politico: German defense entrepreneur Stefan Thumann argued sabotage operations carried out by Moscow against his country are an “act of war … controlled and coordinated here by the Russian armed forces.”

Reuters: A fire at a Polish drone factory was likely caused by sabotage, ‌Poland's interior minister said on Tuesday.

Euronews: The European Union is setting up a new high-level group of political and military leaders from member countries, the UK and Ukraine to work out how to boost Europe's defence capabilities as threats from Russia escalate.

RFI: European Union defence and foreign ministers gathering in Ireland this week are set to focus on strengthening Ukraine’s air defences, as concern grows over both Russia’s intensifying bombardment and what European officials see as a widening campaign of destabilisation across the continent.

Reuters: Palantir CEO Alex Karp will become the first major investor in ​a new defence technology company launched by ‌Mykhailo Fedorov, the tech-savvy former Ukrainian defence minister who was dismissed in July.

RFE/RL: Ukraine's top sanctions official has arrived in Washington seeking to keep alive a sweeping sanctions bill that cleared the Senate with overwhelming bipartisan support but now faces a tougher test in the House of Representatives.

Ukrainska Pravda: Hungary has again refused to approve the screening results for clusters 2 and 3 for Ukraine at the first meeting of the Council of the EU's Working Party on Enlargement and Countries Negotiating Accession to the EU after the summer break.

AP News: Turkey is planning to expand its nuclear cooperation with Russia to build more power plants, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Tuesday.

The Kyiv Independent: Estonia and Romania, both members of the European Union and NATO, reported separate drone incursions on Sept. 1 as Russia launched a large-scale aerial attack on Ukraine and Ukrainian drones targeted western Russia.

The Insider: Putin has placed the assets of an Italian electrical equipment manufacturer under the temporary management of Razvitiye Stroitelnykh Aktivov, a Rostec-linked entity that, since its founding less than a year ago, has already been the beneficiary of three such presidential decrees.

Reuters: Russia downgraded oil output forecast for this year to a 17-year low and revised fuel exports outlook for 2026 and 2027 due to the war with Ukraine, according to a government draft forecast seen ​by Reuters.

United24 Media: Ukrainian defense forces struck multiple Russian military facilities in Russia’s Belgorod region and across Russian-occupied territories of Ukraine on August 31 and overnight on September 1, Ukraine’s General Staff reported.

Reuters: Ukraine's parliament failed on Tuesday to pass a law to introduce ‌taxes for foreign parcels that is required to unlock IMF and EU funds, dismissing government warnings about growing financial risks and a shortfall in funding for defence needs.

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