Two people were killed in the Ukrainian city of Dnipro and six were injured in another Russian attack on a food warehouse. Odessa and kyiv bore the brunt of the seventh consecutive night of attacks on Ukrainian territory. President Volodymyr Zelensky reported an imminent agreement with Germany on drones, which will give "additional defense capabilities" to his Army.

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Few places in Ukraine seem exempt from suffering a sudden hit from a drone or missile sent by the Kremlin.

At least two civilians lost their lives and six more were injured this Wednesday, September 2, in Dnipro, a city in central Ukraine, according to local officials.

The attack took place in a food warehouse of a retail chain, according to Oleksandr Hanzha, head of the Dnipropetrovsk regional military administration.

The Russian military has recently attacked other food warehouses, resulting in empty shelves in some supermarkets, as part of a military campaign against civilian facilities, which Ukrainian officials describe as an attempt to disrupt daily life and undermine public morale.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky lamented on social media that "the response of the world and its most influential leaders to this latest escalation of Russian attacks has been too little" and insisted on the need for more resources for the country's air defense, as well as sanctions against Russia and a "significant increase in weapons production."

Russia fired two ballistic missiles, two aircraft-launched missiles and 174 attack drones overnight, according to the Ukrainian air force. About half of the drones were jet-propelled, more difficult to intercept, and are being used by Moscow with increasing frequency.

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The kyiv and Odessa regions were the most affected by the latest attacks, carried out hours after Russian President Vladimir Putin declared late on Tuesday that he had ordered his forces to prepare the new campaign of "massive" attacks.

Authorities in the Odessa region of southern Ukraine reported damage to a 24-story residential building in an attack that destroyed apartments on several floors and injured eight people, including a child.

The sending of drones and missiles against electrical installations in the same region left more than 350,000 homes without electricity, according to local authorities.

In Kharkiv, thousands of people were also left without electricity after a Russian siege that left some injured, while in Kherson, a building used by emergency services and police was damaged, according to Zelensky's assessment.

This Wednesday was the seventh consecutive day of the Russian siege against Ukraine, although the latest bombardment was not as intense as in previous days.

On the other side of the conflict, Russian air defenses destroyed 130 Ukrainian drones launched overnight over 11 regions, as well as over the annexed Ukrainian peninsula of Crimea and the Black Sea, the Russian Defense Ministry reported Wednesday.

The offensive killed two people and wounded 16 in the Russian border region of Belgorod, said acting governor Alexander Shuvayev, adding that Ukrainian forces attacked the region 140 times over the course of 24 hours.

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Jet drones disrupt daily life in kyiv

About 11 people were injured this Wednesday in kyiv due to a swarm of Russian drones that crashed into residential and university buildings in the city center.

The airstrike hit a university while students were in class, forcing about 160 students to seek shelter underground, President Volodymyr Zelensky said.

Loud explosions were still heard through the streets of kyiv during the morning as air defenses intercepted the approaching drones.

Although they have been launched in small numbers, drones have disrupted daily life in the capital, where attack alerts even have an impact on the operation of public transport. Some sections of the city's subway are suspended during the risk of attack, forcing some residents to walk to work, hurriedly find taxis or use electric scooters.

Kiev Mayor Vitali Klitschko stated earlier this week that the city's defense council asked the central government to ease the wartime curfew and some traffic restrictions during alerts.

The alerts also disrupted parliamentary work twice on Wednesday, prompting lawmakers to implement a new digital voting system from the building's underground, according to opposition lawmaker Yaroslav Zhelezniak, who posted images of the platform.

As the conflict drags on for a fifth consecutive year, the front in eastern and southern Ukraine remains largely at a standstill, and US-brokered efforts to negotiate a ceasefire have yet to end in a ceasefire.

Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky exchanged threats late Tuesday over what their next steps might be.

kyiv's leader warned foreign airlines that Russian skies are not safe for flights due to long-range Ukrainian drone attacks, speaking of a "de facto" closure of Russian airspace. These pressure measures seek to bring the Kremlin to the negotiating table, according to Zelensky.

However, Russian Transport Minister Andrey Nikitin dismissed any concerns about the flights, stressing that authorities are constantly strengthening air safety.

"We will not allow any significant disruption in civil aviation," he told reporters, according to the Russian news agency Interfax.

Meanwhile, Putin accused Zelensky of "state terrorism," before ruling out rushing peace talks. "We do not negotiate with terrorists," he concluded.

The Kremlin leader's words were dismissed by the Ukrainian Center for Combating Disinformation, a government body, which stated that such statements constituted a blatant attempt by Putin to deflect blame from Moscow.

"A state that unleashed this war, which daily terrorizes the Ukrainian civilian population and destroys cities, is once again trying to present itself as a 'victim,'" the organization declared.

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Ukraine finalizes drone deal with Germany

After a telephone conversation with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky revealed this Wednesday that the closing of an agreement with Berlin proposed by his government several months ago is imminent.

"Our teams are already finalizing the text of the drone agreement. This, among other things, will undoubtedly provide Germany and Ukraine with additional defense capabilities," Zelensky declared on the Telegram application.

The pact is expected to open the door to joint development of various types of drones, missiles and related software.

The deal will build on existing defense cooperation between Germany and Ukraine, including a multibillion-dollar program to supply kyiv with some 15,000 Strila interceptor drones, designed to counter Shahed-type attack drones used by the Kremlin.

Ukraine is bracing for a new season of Russian attacks on energy infrastructure, amid a severe shortage of U.S.-made Patriot missile interceptors needed to shoot down Moscow's ballistic missiles.

German defense technology company Quantum Systems and Ukrainian manufacturer WIY Drones announced in April the creation of Quantum WIY Industries, a joint venture focused on increasing production of interceptor drones and related air defense technologies.

Germany is also funding an order for 50,000 Shrike attack drones made by Ukrainian company SkyFall, one of the largest drone purchases for kyiv by a Western government on record.

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With Reuters and AP

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