US Army to shut down unit in Europe focused on drone warfare in latest shakeup
Decision comes despite the Iran war showing the need for the U.S. to learn lessons about drone warfare from Ukraine
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Decision comes despite the Iran war showing the need for the U.S. to learn lessons about drone warfare from Ukraine
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Putin’s posturing is a poor attempt to scare off broader Western support for Kyiv, say experts. Suha Kidwai reports
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Crisis is the Kremlin’s ‘biggest domestic challenge’ since the outbreak of war against Ukraine, say experts

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Nine people, including two children, are missing following Russia’s attack on a Ukrainian mall, according to local official
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Ukraine increasingly contributes battlefield-tested designs and operational knowledge, while Britain can provide engineering expertise, industrial capacity, certification, capital and access to international markets

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Anti-corruption bodies continue to scalp high-ranking Ukrainian officials amid a widening graft probe. James C. Reynolds and Alex Croft report
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Analysts say that Putin could seize assets if cash is needed for his stalling invasion


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Mykhailo Fedorov says Ukraine faces ‘systemic crisis of governance’

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Poland says it is activating a range of defensive measures in response to the strikes unfolding across the border
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Ukraine is projecting the conflict deep into Russian territory

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The withdrawals are causing liquidity problems in Russia, a senior finance official said
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The economist’s claims come as Ukraine has repeatedly attacked Russia’s oil refineries and largest retailer Wildberries this summer
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Nato has raised the alarm over the threat of a Russian attack amid repeated incursions by Moscow’s drones

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Lev Shlosberg was sentenced to 11 years in jail on Monday
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Ukraine has successfully targeted Wildberries hubs seven times in six weeks as part of a campaign to bring the war to Russia
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The attack on the rocket fuel plant was part of what Moscow says was Kyiv’s largest drone attack of 2026

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Kyiv has been striking targets beyond enemy lines in recent months
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Russian official says suspect was acting ‘on instructions from Ukrainian intelligence agencies’. Kyiv has not publicly commented on the attack
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Russian authorities said Kyiv fired around 600 drones to the capital of Moscow
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Conor Kennedy said he was ‘willing to die’ in Ukraine after signing up to fight in 2022. Four years later he has been accused of acting as a mercenary by a Russian court

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An annual monsoon in the area is complicating salvage efforts near a nature reserve
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Reports in Russia claim the deceased is a former Ukrainian navy official who defected to Russia
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An anti-missile launch pad was left ‘ablaze and sputtering for three hours’, according to Ukraine’s military

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Earlier, Zelensky says his forces struck Russia’s Novorossiysk naval base with drones, missiles and unmanned boats
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Ukrainian leader accused Russia of using Korean ballistic missiles to exploit shortages of American air defences
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First used in the 1991 Gulf War, the US Patriot air defence system has seen demand spike sharply this year

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Ukrainian warns Putin is poised to escalate the conflict as air defences run dry
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Ukraine said the attacks on key air defence systems would allow them to strike deeper into Russia

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Moscow denies Ukrainian claims that Kyiv’s forces are killing Russian troops faster than they are being recruited
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Ukrainian drone attack hits targets over 600 miles deep inside Russia, killing 13 people

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Ukraine and Russia accused each other of deadly attacks on Sunday
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Ukrainian President says Ukraine has hit two more oil facilities deep inside Russia

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The drone incident was framed as the latest in a series of hybrid attacks across Europe

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Lithuania also fears Putin may be planning a ‘false flag’ strike on the Baltics

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Kyiv says that Ukraine has been supplied with a third of the air defence missiles it was given in 2025
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Kyiv said it does not target civilians but is ramping up long-range strikes

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North Korean missiles are bigger than Russia’s
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Warehouses in several parts of Ukraine under attack overnight as Russia pounds Kyiv and surrounding regions

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Kyiv has not yet acknowledged killing Russian civilians on a Black Sea beach, but as it strikes deeper at Moscow, these tragedies will multiply – and that’s not the only worry, explains world affairs editor Sam Kiley

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Ukraine’s foreign minister branded the drone’s pilot as a ‘sadist’ and accused them of knowingly targeting a civilian

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Soldier killed four people and injured three in apparent random rampage in Russian-occupied Crimea

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Ukraine’s foreign minister said the attack formed part of a deliberate Russian campaign to intimidate civilians.
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Officials said 40 people were injured in the attack on a holiday resort

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More than 300 drones hit Russian cities and warehouses in overnight attacks, says its defence ministry
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The war has upended normal life for hundreds of thousands of Ukrainian children, with many seeing their homes destroyed. The No Sirens camp, run by Hope for Ukraine, tells Alex Croft that they aim to help restore the joy of childhood that has been lost

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Ukraine launched at least 635 drones at targets including a Wildberries warehouse, according to Russian officials
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The explosion occurred near an upscale Italian restaurant located in one of Moscow's seven Stalin-era skyscrapers at Kudrinkskaya Square
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