NHK: Russia's military invasion of Ukraine is continuing. Russian and Ukrainian troops are fighting in various parts of Ukraine, and many civilians have fled the country.

We will update the situation in Ukraine on the 3rd (Japan time), including the status of the fighting and the diplomacy of the countries concerned. The Russian President's Office announced on September 2 that President Putin attended online a ceremony to coincide with the resumption of trams in Mariupol, a key point in Ukraine's eastern Donetsk Oblast.