The European Union has extended sanctions against nearly 3,000 Russian individuals and legal entities for three years, while removing Alisher Usmanov and Mikhail Fridman from the list. Separately, former US President Trump stated he signed a law imposing "hellish sanctions" on Russia, with their application contingent on the situation around Ukraine.

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced that the US will propose a moratorium on strikes against Ukrainian infrastructure and Russian energy. Meanwhile, an unidentified drone was detected near a US Aegis Ashore missile defense site in Poland. Belarus stated it has no surplus potash fertilizer for the US, following Trump's trade proposal. Russian bank deposits decreased by 0.1 trillion rubles in August. A tuberculosis outbreak was reported at Aeroflot headquarters in Moscow, and a student was fined for wearing blue and yellow bracelets deemed "Ukrainian symbols."