The United States State Department has approved a Foreign Military Sales (FMS) case for Ukraine valued at an estimated $825 million, which includes thousands of Extended Range Attack Munitions (ERAM) and associated navigation systems, according to the Defense Security Cooperation Agency. This approval comes as reports indicate President Donald Trump has urged Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and European leaders to accept territorial concessions to end the conflict in Ukraine. Trump reportedly believes that Ukraine must lose some territory to achieve peace, prioritizing the cessation of hostilities. The approved military sale, funded by Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and U.S. Foreign Military Financing, will see Ukraine receive 3,550 ERAMs and an equal number of Embedded Global Positioning System/Inertial Navigation Systems (EGI) with advanced anti-spoofing capabilities. Principal contractors for this package are Zone 5 and Cospire, both of which are involved with the U.S. Air Force's ERAM candidates. The U.S. State Department announced the approval of this foreign military sale, described as boosting Kyiv's defense capabilities against Russian aggression. In parallel developments, Ukrainian forces claimed to have destroyed 17 Russian air defense, radar, and electronic warfare systems, valued at over $250 million, in a four-day period. The destroyed equipment includes multiple Tor-M2s, Pantsir-S1s, S-300 systems, a Buk-M3, and various radar and electronic warfare systems. Meanwhile, Russian monitoring channels reported Ukrainian drone attacks targeting the Leningrad region, with expectations of a larger missile strike against military facilities in St. Petersburg. President Zelenskyy stated that security guarantees for Ukraine will be formalized on paper next week. He also commented on Russia's approach to peace, saying, "In Washington we heard that Putin is supposedly ready to end the war – to meet at the leaders’ level and resolve key issues. But instead he chooses ballistics over any real steps toward peace. He kills children in order not to talk about when and how peace will come." Separately, the President of Portugal, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, reportedly described President Trump as a "Russian asset." In military actions, Russia reportedly used an Iskander-M ballistic missile to destroy a Ukrainian R-360 Neptune Anti-Ship/Cruise Missile launcher in Odesa Oblast for the first time. The strike detonated the missile within the launcher, causing its complete destruction. In other reported incidents, Ukrainian forces are said to have encircled Russian troops in the Kuczeriw Jar region, placing a corridor under fire control. Russian forces reportedly dropped approximately 12 guided aerial bombs in the area in recent days. India's oil imports from Russia are also set to increase in September, reportedly in defiance of U.S. sanctions. The Kaluga Airport in Russia temporarily suspended flights, with the Federal Air Transport Agency confirming that the air harbor was not accepting or dispatching aircraft.
