Andrii Sybiha
Andrii Sybiha is a Ukrainian diplomat serving as Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine. Before his appointment in September 2024, he held senior positions within Ukraine's Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
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Moscow airports shut down for second consecutive night after Zelensky's warning on Russian airspace
Vnukovo and Sheremetyevo suspended flight operations for a second consecutive night following Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky's public warning that Russian airspace is becoming fully dangerous for civil aviation. Ukraine formally notified the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) and called on member states to ban civil flights over Russia, drawing an updated ICAO conflict-zone safety statement and sharp rejections from Russian officials, including Vladimir Putin.
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Putin says Russia and Ukraine must negotiate peace bilaterally, calls Zelenskyy's airspace warning 'state terrorism'
Speaking at the Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok on September 3, Vladimir Putin said Russia and Ukraine must negotiate an end to the war directly between themselves, with other countries only supporting, and claimed there is a chance for a peaceful settlement. He described Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's warnings that Russian airspace is unsafe for civil aviation as state terrorism that complicates peace talks, and accused Ukraine's Western partners of silence. His comments come a day after Ukraine formally notified the ICAO that Russian airspace is dangerous for civil aviation.
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India's foreign minister makes first standalone bilateral visit to Ukraine, meets Zelensky and Sybiha in Kyiv
India's Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar arrived in Kyiv on 3 September for the first standalone bilateral visit by an Indian foreign minister to Ukraine. He held talks and a joint briefing with Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andriy Sybiha and met President Volodymyr Zelensky, discussing peace efforts, bilateral trade and cooperation, freedom of navigation in the Black Sea, and global food security. Jaishankar said the war would be resolved through diplomacy and negotiations, not through decisions by individual countries to buy or not buy Russian oil.
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Ukraine formally notifies ICAO that Russian airspace is unsafe for civil aviation
On September 2, 2026, Ukraine officially notified the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) that Russia's airspace is unsafe for civil aviation and called on airlines and governments to avoid flights over Russian territory. The step followed President Zelensky's September 1 statement that Russian airspace was becoming fully unsafe due to Ukrainian drones and missiles responding to Russian aggression. Within hours, Turkish carriers cancelled flights between Turkey and Moscow, Russian airline shares fell, and Russian President Vladimir Putin accused Ukraine of "state terrorism" and threatened retaliation.
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Armed clash between SBU and HUR in Kyiv linked to missing Russian Volunteer Corps deputy commander
On the morning of 2 September, an armed confrontation broke out on Yurii Shumskoho Street in Kyiv's Dnipro district between operatives of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) and personnel of the Main Intelligence Directorate (HUR) of the Ministry of Defence. The SBU said its Alpha unit used weapons against an armed group that attacked its investigative team during a search tied to a joint SBU–HUR operation that allegedly foiled an FSB terrorist plot against a Russian opposition figure in Ukraine for Independence Day. Media and Kaplunov's lawyer say the shooting was opened by the SBU against unarmed HUR personnel after a handshake agreement, with several HUR servicemen wounded. President Zelensky condemned the incident as "absolutely shameful" and signalled personnel decisions and internal investigations.