Here are the key events on day 1,292 of Russia’s war on Ukraine.
Published On 8 Sep 2025
Here is how things stand on Monday, September 8:
Fighting
- Russia launched its largest air attack of the war on Ukraine on Sunday, killing at least four people, including a one-year-old baby, and wounding 44 others, according to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
- The attack hit the main government building in central Kyiv, the first time since the war began.
- Zelenskyy stated that such killings, when diplomacy could have already begun, amount to deliberate crimes and a prolongation of the war, and called for allies to strengthen Ukrainian air defenses.
- Ukraine’s Air Force reported Russia launched 810 drones and 13 missiles, causing damage across the country, including major cities and regions.
- Other Russian attacks led to fatalities in several regions, as reported by Ukrainian officials.
- In Russian-occupied Donetsk, a Ukrainian attack injured six civilians, according to TASS.
- Ukrainian forces targeted the Druzhba oil pipeline in Russia’s Bryansk region, causing fire damage.
- The Russian Ministry of Defence claimed it had shot down 210 Ukrainian drones and three aerial bombs in 24 hours.
- TASS reported that Russia’s military had occupied Khoroshe in Ukraine’s Dnipropetrovsk region.
Sanctions and economic situation
- US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent proposed that additional sanctions and secondary tariffs on Russian oil-buying countries could lead to the Russian economy’s collapse and force Putin to consider peace talks.
- US President Donald Trump announced readiness to move to a second phase of sanctioning Russia without providing further details.
- Trump also mentioned potential visits from European leaders to discuss war resolution and a forthcoming conversation with Putin.
- A tanker from Russia’s sanctioned Arctic LNG 2 project was tracked as it departed from a Chinese port carrying LNG, marking the second shipment from this project to China this year.
Politics and Diplomacy
- The US envoy to Ukraine, Keith Kellogg, criticized the Russian air attack, indicating it undermined diplomatic efforts to end the war.
- UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer expressed outrage over Russia’s attack, which targeted civilians and infrastructure.
