5 september

And Russian President Vladimir Putin is scheduled to visit the Vostok military exercises in eastern Russia. On Wednesday, the U.N. Security Council is due to ...

[past recaps here](https://www.npr.org/series/1084620843/russia-ukraine-recap). [the mayor of a nearby town has high hopes](https://www.npr.org/2022/09/01/1120533672/ukraine-zaporizhzhia-nuclear-plant-mayor-interview). [school year began](https://www.npr.org/2022/09/01/1120457132/ukrainian-children-head-back-to-school-in-a-country-marked-by-war) in the middle of a war. [Along the front lines in eastern Ukraine](https://www.npr.org/2022/08/31/1119963109/russia-ukraine-front-line-slovyansk-donbas), cut off from resources, a resilient city holds on. [Russia's effort to break European energy unity](https://www.npr.org/2022/09/02/1120518928/russia-europe-energy) seems to be failing — at least for now. Embassy in Moscow said](https://ru.usembassy.gov/ambassador-sullivans-departure/). [Mikhail Gorbachev died](https://www.npr.org/2022/08/30/1120141650/former-soviet-leader-mikhail-gorbachev-has-died) at 91. [What inspectors are looking for](https://www.npr.org/2022/08/31/1120234508/ukraine-zaporizhzhia-nuclear-plant-iaea-inspectors) at Ukraine's war-damaged Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant. More than 2,000 centers of learning, from preschools to universities, have been [damaged or destroyed](https://saveschools.in.ua/en/), the Education Ministry says. An interpreter who worked with him later [told Reuters](https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/gorbachev-died-shocked-bewildered-by-ukraine-conflict-interpreter-2022-09-01/) that Gorbachev had been "shocked and bewildered" by the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Friday, EU energy meetings are to hold an extraordinary meeting following price surges largely due to fallout from the war in Ukraine. Linda Thomas-Greenfield will give a preview of Washington's priorities at the U.N.