Russian Strikes Kill 3 as US Envoys Near

U.S. envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner visit Moscow and meet Vladimir Putin. Russian presidential aide Yury Ushakov calls the talks constructive but says a long-term settlement "can't be expected without solving the territorial issue." Momentum later fades as the White House turns to its conflict with Iran.

Putin tells a news conference that negotiations are "frozen."

An evening Russian attack on Kyiv injures at least 10 people, including a child, the city's military administration says. Mayor Vitali Klitschko says six of the injured are medical personnel, that the ninth floor of a high-rise residence was damaged and that 15 people were evacuated. An initial report of one death is later retracted. Ukraine's state energy company Naftogaz says Russia also struck its production sites, causing significant damage to equipment.

In his nightly address, Zelensky says "tentative dates have been set" and that Ukraine's negotiating team is in near-constant contact with the American side.

Overnight strikes on Odesa, Dnipro and Kyiv kill at least three. A large Ukrainian drone strike hits the Black Sea resort city of Sochi and the nearby Sirius district, sparking a blaze at an oil depot, regional officials say. Russian state news agency TASS reports Witkoff and Kushner will travel to Moscow first and then Kyiv on Sept. 5-6 — a report that could not be independently verified.