Ukrainian port infrastructure was damaged in another Russian drone attack early on September 7, as Russia said drones were downed near Moscow and two other regions.
A key border crossing between Pakistan and Afghanistan remained closed for a second consecutive day on September 7, one day after clashes between Pakistani and Taliban border forces at Torkham.
French President Emmanuel Macron insisted on September 6 that "the Russian flag cannot be at the Paris Olympic Games.at a time when Russia is committing war crimes."
European Union member states from Central and Eastern Europe have called on Russia to withdraw its forces from Ukraine unconditionally and promised to provide support to Kyiv “for as long as it takes” to repel Moscow’s unprovoked full-scale invasion.
British American Tobacco announced that it has agreed to sell its businesses in Belarus and Russia in the wake of the Kremlin's full-scale invasion of Ukraine.