Four people are killed and 72 others are injured in a Russian missile strike on Kryvyi Rih, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast.
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September 8, 2023 (Friday)
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Armed conflicts and attacks
Russia says that its air defense systems shot down two Ukrainian drones that were attempting to attack a polling station in Skadovsk, Kherson Oblast, while voting was occuring.
Russia says that it has repelled numerous attacks along the front line in Donetsk and Zaporizhzhia and inflicted hundreds of losses on Ukrainian forces.
Ukraine accuses Elon Musk of allowing Russian forces to attack Ukrainian cities after it was revealed that Starlink satellite communications interfered with a drone operation by disabling a communications network near the coast of the Russian-occupied Crimean peninsula as Ukrainian drones were approaching Russian warships, resulting in a loss of connectivity.
Russia's security services detain a man for allegedly plotting to blow up a railway in Crimea and collecting information on the deployment of Russian defense ministry facilities and units.
Jama'at Nasr al-Islam wal Muslimin carry out a suicide attack at a Malian military base in Gao Region.
Business and economy
It is reported that Spain has become more reliant on Russian natural gas, with Russia's market share of total imports increasing to 28 percent in July and surpassing Algeria as Spain's second largest gas supplier.
Disasters and accidents
Officials say that they plan to reopen the western part of Maui, Hawaii, United States, north of Kaanapali, on October 8.
Flooding occurs in Guangdong and Fujian provinces in southern China after Typhoon Haikui makes landfall over the region. Rainfall records are reported in Hong Kong and Shenzhen.
International relations
The Russian government summons the ambassador of Armenia to protest recent actions and statements undertaken by the Armenian government, amid a continuing deterioration of relations between the two nations.
Law and crime
Ukraine's National Anti-Corruption Bureau freezes more than $80 million in assets belonging to oligarch Ihor Kolomoisky for 48 hours as part of an embezzlement investigation.
Tens of thousands of Ukrainians sign a petition asking President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to veto asset declaration legislation that critics believe could prevent officials from being held accountable by delaying a requirement to publicly declare their assets.
Politics and elections
Russians head to the polls to elect the bodies of local government in the country.
Thirteen presidential centers from Herbert Hoover to Barack Obama warn of the fragile state of American democracy amidst deep national political polarization.
Sports
Germany advances to the FIBA Basketball World Cup final for the first time after defeating the United States 113–111 in the semi-final.
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