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The Rest of the World Report | September 1, 2026 — Morning Edition
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UKRAINE WAR UPDATE
Ukraine declared the successful end of an operation in mid-August in which it recaptured 745 square kilometers of territory in the southern Dnipropetrovsk region. President Zelenskyy said the counteroffensive was carried out “exactly as it was determined” and claimed almost 10,000 Russian soldiers were killed in the process. The Institute for the Study of War, which tracks the front using geolocated open-source footage, offered a more conservative estimate. It put the recaptured…
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