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Key updates Will Russia Honor Zelensky’s Proposed Truce for US Envoys? Russian Attack Sets Nine-Story Residential Building Ablaze in Boryspil Memorial Chief Warns Russia Will Jail More People, Send Them to Ukraine Front After Elections Zelensky Approves Response Plans After Russian Strikes: ‘We Will Choose the Right Time’ Zelensky offered a reciprocal pause in air strikes during the visit of Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, as fresh Russian attacks raise doubts over Moscow’s intentions. President Volodymyr Zelensky’s offer of a temporary pause in air strikes during a high-stakes US diplomatic mission this weekend has thrown a new test back at the Kremlin: will Moscow reciprocate? Zelensky said Friday that US envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner will travel first to Moscow and then Kyiv, where they are expected Sunday. A Russian attack damaged a nine-story apartment building in Boryspil, Kyiv Oblast, setting the roof and one apartment on fire. A Russian attack damaged a nine-story residential building in Boryspil, Kyiv Oblast, setting the roof and one apartment on fire, regional authorities said Friday. The Kyiv Oblast Military Administration said the strike damaged the roof and upper floor of the apartment building. Memorial executive director Elena Zhemkova warned that political repression in Russia could sharply intensify after September’s elections, with more people imprisoned and sent to fight in Ukraine. The head of Memorial, Russia’s Nobel Peace Prize-winning rights group, has told AFP she fears a fresh crackdown after September’s legislative elections, with more people arrested and sent to fight in Ukraine. Speaking in an exclusive interview in Amsterdam, Elena Zhemkova also vowed to keep up the fight for human rights in Russia, despite her group being declared illegal and herself forced into exile. Zelensky said he approved proposals from Ukraine’s security service and military to answer Russian strikes, promising Moscow a response “at the right time.” President Volodymyr Zelensky said Friday that he had approved proposals from Ukraine’s Security Service (SBU) and Armed Forces for responses to Russia’s continuing strikes on Ukrainian cities, warning that Kyiv would choose its own time to retaliate. “I approved the proposals from the Security Service of Ukraine and the Armed Forces of Ukraine for responses to the strikes the Russians are carrying out against our cities,” Zelensky said in his evening address on Sept. 4. Ukrainian anti-corruption investigators launched a major operation at the Prosecutor General’s Office, with searches reported at premises linked to senior officials. The Prosecutor General’s Office denied that Ruslan Kravchenko himself was searched. Ukraine’s anti-corruption agencies launched a major operation at the Prosecutor General’s Office on Friday, with searches reported at premises linked to a deputy prosecutor general and the governor of Odesa Oblast. The National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) and the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office (SAPO) said they were conducting a special operation targeting an alleged criminal organization headed by an official from the Prosecutor General’s Office. US President Donald Trump confirmed that senior US envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner are carrying a proposal to end the war, while blaming stalled diplomacy on personal animosity between President Volodymyr Zelensky and Russian President Vladimir Putin. However, some sources suggest Russia may be pressuring the envoys to cancel their Kyiv visit. US President Donald Trump confirmed that his special envoys, Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, are traveling to Ukraine and Russia with a proposal aimed at ending the war. During a press conference at the White House on Friday, Sept. 4, Trump also attributed the stalled diplomacy to personal animosity between President Volodymyr Zelensky and Russian President Vladimir Putin.