What happened on the night of September 1st. The main thing

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Roscosmos cosmonauts have congratulated schoolchildren and teachers on Knowledge Day. The Air Defense Forces shot down 52 unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) in the Leningrad region. The XI Eastern Economic Forum has started in Vladivostok. A police shooting took place in the center of New York. Read more in the Izvestia article.

Congratulations to students and teachers on the Day of Knowledge

On September 1, Putin addressed Russian schoolchildren, students, their families, as well as teachers and lecturers on the occasion of Knowledge Day. He noted that the beginning of the school year is a special moment filled with attention and hope, joy and communication with friends, bright and kind feelings that unite all generations.

Russian cosmonauts Andrey Fedyaev and Anna Kikina from aboard the International Space Station (ISS) also congratulated Russian schoolchildren on Knowledge Day. As part of the appeal, they remembered the great pioneers of space — Yuri Gagarin, Konstantin Tsiolkovsky, Valentina Tereshkova — and wished the children to strive for great achievements.

Ukrainian Armed Forces strikes on the territory of the Russian Federation

On September 1, Governor Alexander Drozdenko wrote that the air defense forces shot down 52 unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) in the Leningrad Region during the attack on the region. Drozdenko also announced the end of the air danger in the region.

On the same day, Drozdenko reported a fire in the village of Ust-Luga, Leningrad region, after an attack by a UAV. He noted that damage was recorded as a result of the attack.

The logic of terror: Kiev distracts the attention of its citizens from the lack of air defense by attacks on the regions of the Russian Federation

Ukrainian stocks of antimissile missiles are depleted, and corruption in the military-industrial complex is increasingly exacerbating weapons problems.

Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin also reported during the night about the destruction of four, 12 and five drones on approach to the capital.

On September 1, Governor Vyacheslav Fedorishchev wrote about damage to civilian facilities in the Samara region as a result of an unmanned attack by the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU). According to preliminary data, there are no casualties.

WEF-2026

The XI Eastern Economic Forum (WEF-2026) started in Vladivostok on September 1. It is known that the event will last until September 4 inclusive and will be held on the campus of the Far Eastern Federal University.

Yuri Trutnev, Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation and Presidential Plenipotentiary Envoy to the Far Eastern Federal District, told Izvestia on the sidelines of the forum that representatives of European countries are showing great interest in the WEF.

"They (the Europeans. — Ed.) It's all here. Last year, I think it was a "fruitful" year, we had 75 countries. 80 this year. I probably would find it difficult to name a major country that is not on this forum. They're interested. To be honest, it's interesting for us too. We are not turning our backs on anyone, we are ready to continue working together," Trutnev told Izvestia correspondent Alexei Poltoranin.

On September 1, Alexander Kalinin, President of the All—Russian Public Organization of Small and Medium-sized Businesses Opora Rossii, announced support measures for sellers working at Wildberries and Ozon sites in the Izvestia studio as part of the Eastern Economic Forum (WEF) 2026.

Shooting in New York

On August 31, a shooting incident involving a police officer occurred at the corner of Times Square in New York. It was reported that the police used weapons against a woman who attacked passers-by with a knife. The city administration noted that the officer was not injured during the incident.