🔥⚠️🇺🇦 The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) has warned that Russia will face a painful response to its attacks, which will include increased special operations, the unveiling of agent networks, and the elimination of enemies. President Zelensky stated that Ukraine is preparing a response to Russian strikes, with the geography of the retaliation already determined. The timing of the response will be chosen to ensure effectiveness.
🚨🇺🇦 Witkoff and Kushner are set to fly to Moscow today and will hold talks with Putin tomorrow, according to Axios.
🚀 More investment firms are raising their ratings and recommending the purchase of broker Robinhood stocks, according to recent monitoring. The main reason is the rapidly growing popularity of Robinhood Chain, launched on July 1, which is currently breaking records across various metrics and emerging as a leader among many established networks.
⚠️🇺🇦 U.S. ambassadors Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner are expected to arrive in Moscow on Saturday for talks with Russia. Sources close to the Kremlin express low expectations for the visit, noting that previous trips by Witkoff and Kushner yielded no progress. There is little reason to believe they will bring acceptable proposals this time. — BBG
🚨 PIK has announced an offer price of 551.4 rubles per share. The offer comes from the company "Real Estate Assets," which owns 98.0071% of the shares. A meeting of the Board of Directors regarding the delisting is scheduled for September 7.
📈🇰🇿 S&P has upgraded the ratings outlook for Freedom Holding Corp. and its four subsidiaries—Freedom Finance JSC, Freedom Finance Europe Ltd., Freedom Finance Global PLC, and Freedom Bank Kazakhstan JSC—from "stable" to "positive." The agency also raised the national ratings for Freedom Finance and Freedom Bank Kazakhstan from kzA- to kzA. Additionally, Moody’s assigned ratings to the holding's insurance companies for the first time: Freedom Life at Baa3 and Freedom Insurance at Ba1, with Freedom Life becoming the group's first company to achieve an investment grade.
⚠️ Russian stocks struggle as they speculate on whether Witkoff and Kushner will visit, and if they do, what their purpose might be, according to sources.
⚠️ Former President Donald Trump reshared a Washington Post article discussing how he could aid Ukraine in building its own Patriot missiles.
⚠️ The Russian Foreign Ministry has approached ICAO over Ukraine's threats to civil aviation. On September 1, Putin stated that if a tragedy occurs in the country involving a plane crash, Moscow will find a way to respond.
❗️ A drone attack on the main building of the SBU in Kyiv likely resulted from an internal conflict between Ukrainian special services rather than Russian actions. This version was proposed by State Duma Deputy Oleg Matveychev, who estimated its likelihood at 96%. For more details, see the report.
⚠️🇺🇦 Ukraine's economy faces a shortfall of €32.6 billion by 2027, according to Finance Minister Marchenko.
🇨🇳 Chinese AI startup Moonshot AI is set to raise up to $5 billion in a Hong Kong IPO, potentially valuing the company at $50 billion, according to Bloomberg. Previously, Moonshot AI released an open-source model, Kimi K3, boasting 2.8 trillion parameters, reportedly the largest AI model globally. The U.S. expressed concerns, calling Kimi K3's emergence a "DeepSeek 2.0" moment for America.