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Key updates Rutte: Civilian Deaths in Ukraine Highest Since May 2022 as Aid Delays Cost Lives US Destroys Five Iranian Oil Tankers as Tehran Threatens Vessels Off Kuwait, Bahrain Zelensky, Støre Discuss Air Defense, FREYJA and Winter Aid Ahead of Royal Funeral Mark Rutte said civilian deaths in Ukraine are at their highest since May 2022, urging allies to boost support despite $10 billion already committed through PURL and US military sales. The number of civilians killed in Ukraine is at its highest level since May 2022, NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte said Tuesday, warning that delays in military aid are costing lives. Speaking at the 36th Ukraine Defense Contact Group meeting, Rutte urged allies to accelerate support as Russia intensifies attacks on Ukrainian cities and infrastructure. US forces destroyed five Iranian oil tankers on Tuesday in retaliation for attempted Iranian ballistic missile strikes on an American warship, as Tehran responded by warning tanker crews near Kuwait and Bahrain to abandon their vessels. US forces destroyed five Iranian oil tankers on Tuesday after Tehran twice attempted to strike an American warship with ballistic missiles in recent days, marking a renewed escalation in the conflict between Washington and Tehran. US Central Command said the tanker crews were ordered to leave the vessels before American forces attacked them. President Volodymyr Zelensky met Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre in Oslo for talks on air defense, interceptor missiles, the FREYJA program and preparations for winter ahead of King Harald V’s funeral. President Volodymyr Zelensky met Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre in Oslo on Tuesday, Sept. 8, for talks focused on strengthening Ukraine’s air defenses, securing interceptor missiles, advancing the FREYJA anti-ballistic program and preparing Ukraine for winter. “I had a good meeting with the Prime Minister of Norway, Jonas Gahr Støre,” Zelensky wrote on X after the talks.