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Turkey was able to broker the original grain deal, and Erdogan may be meeting with Putin to strike another after Russia ended the first one.

Russian officials said that air defenses intercepted drones heading toward three of the country’s western regions.

Russian forces may have focused their air defenses on Moscow, missing a drone attack on a base in western Russia in which the plane was reportedly destroyed.

Kyiv police said they were inspecting schools for bomb threats as students return for a new academic year. Meanwhile, the Kremlin said Russian President Putin is hosting his Turkey's Erdogan next week. DW has the latest.

Russian President Vladimir Putin will host Turkish leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan for talks in Russias Black Sea resort of Sochi on Monday, the Kremlin announced Friday, just over six weeks after Moscow broke off a deal partly brokered by Ankara that allowed Ukrainian grain to reach world markets despite the 18-month war.

Ukraine's military intelligence chief said Friday that a recent drone attack on an airport in western Russia that damaged several transport planes was carried out from within Russian territory.  The attack this week on Pskov airport, located some 700 kilometers from Ukraine, was carried out alongside similar strikes in several regions across western and central Russia, marking one of the most large-scale assaults on Russian territory since the start of the war.

Bulgaria will allow a Russian national to stay in the country, after earlier rejecting three asylum requests.

It follows Ukraine launching a series of attacks on cities and military targets in Russia, apparently aimed at sapping Russian morale.

Your slice of the headlines in Ukraine. Daily. Friday, September 1, 2023.

New before and after satellite images show a Russian Ilyushin Il-76 aircraft that was obliterated in a drone attack earlier this week on a Russian airfield…