What did the news bring on 6 September 2021?
A look back at three developments reported in the days before 6 September 2021, from a Kyiv church fire to a nuclear memorandum and a border emergency.
What was in the news as of 6 September 2021? Reports from the preceding days pointed to events in Kyiv, the United States and on the Polish-Belarusian border.
Fire at a Kyiv church
On 3 September 2021, a fire broke out in St Nicholas Church in Kyiv. The blaze damaged the roof and destroyed the organ. No casualties were reported.
Nuclear cooperation
On 31 August 2021, in the United States, the state enterprise Energoatom and Westinghouse Electric signed a memorandum on building a power unit at the Khmelnytskyi nuclear power plant.
Poland's border emergency
On 2 September 2021, Poland declared a state of emergency on its border with Belarus amid an increase in illegal migration. The Polish Border Guard said there had been around 3,500 attempts to cross the border illegally in August, of which 2,500 were unsuccessful.
