On the evening of the 9th the Russian Defence Ministry said Moscow time between 0800 and 2000 its air-defence forces intercepted and shot down 285 Ukrainian drones over multiple western regions, including Belgorod, Kursk, Bryansk and the Moscow region. The ministry said Russian forces also struck a thermal power plant and seven substations inside Ukraine and used drones to hit gas-field infrastructure in Sumy region.

Yichun municipal sources say the EIA public-disclosure step for the Jianxiawo lithium mine (Yifeng/Fengxin, Jiangxi) was completed on Aug 7 and the report is awaiting submission for formal review. Officials said restart depends on multiple permits: after EIA acceptance authorities will convene experts for review and a legally required public notice must precede formal EIA approval; only after all statutory steps are cleared will an EIA approval be issued. Several Yichun lithium firms contacted put a potential restart as early as Q3, with year-end the latest; one firm said the EIA approval is now at the final stage.

Sky News, citing sources, said Houthi militants fired a missile at a hospital staff dormitory in southwest Yemen.