Russia and Ukraine exchange hundreds of drones overnight despite agreed pause on capital strikes

Russia and Ukraine traded mass drone attacks overnight into September 6, 2026, despite Putin and Zelenskyy agreeing to pause strikes on each other's capitals during peace talks. Russia launched 108 drones and Ukraine deployed 258 across Russian regions, officials said. A man was killed in Zaporizhzhia and another in Russia's Belgorod region. U.S. envoys Witkoff and Kushner arrived in Kyiv the same day.