Trump says he is hopeful 'something may come out of' CIA chief’s meetings in Russia

Neither the White House or the Kremlin have offered an explanation for the first trip by a US spy chief to the Russian capital in nearly five years

Elon Musk, founder of SpaceX, has emerged as a central, if controversial, private figure in Ukraine's defense effort

His feat captured the country's attention and earned him its highest military honour

Trump says he is hopeful 'something may come out of' CIA chief’s meetings in Russia

Neither the Kremlin nor the CIA have commented on the visit

Ratcliffe’s purpose and meetings in Russia are not immediately clear but it marks the first known trip from a US spy chief since November 2021

The 33-year-old was previously described as someone who was ‘not a fighter’

The UK is providing Ukraine with the blueprints to long-range SCALP missiles, the prime minister announced in Kyiv

Kyiv has increasingly targeted online retail logistics centres, accusing them of providing support to the Russian armed forces

Ukrainian drones spark fire at a logistics hub belonging to online retailer Ozon, after weeks of attacks targeting Wildberries

Search for survivors continues with nine people still missing following two strikes on a shopping centre in Kryvyi Rih

Andrey Kelin reportedly left his role in July

The suspect is accused of being a member of a team of Ukrainian divers that allegedly planted explosives on the pipelines between Russia and Germany in 2022

Decision comes despite the Iran war showing the need for the U.S. to learn lessons about drone warfare from Ukraine

Putin’s posturing is a poor attempt to scare off broader Western support for Kyiv, say experts. Suha Kidwai reports

Crisis is the Kremlin’s ‘biggest domestic challenge’ since the outbreak of war against Ukraine, say experts

Nine people, including two children, are missing following Russia’s attack on a Ukrainian mall, according to local official

Ukraine increasingly contributes battlefield-tested designs and operational knowledge, while Britain can provide engineering expertise, industrial capacity, certification, capital and access to international markets

Anti-corruption bodies continue to scalp high-ranking Ukrainian officials amid a widening graft probe. James C. Reynolds and Alex Croft report

Analysts say that Putin could seize assets if cash is needed for his stalling invasion

Mykhailo Fedorov says Ukraine faces ‘systemic crisis of governance’

Poland says it is activating a range of defensive measures in response to the strikes unfolding across the border

Ukraine is projecting the conflict deep into Russian territory

The withdrawals are causing liquidity problems in Russia, a senior finance official said

The economist’s claims come as Ukraine has repeatedly attacked Russia’s oil refineries and largest retailer Wildberries this summer

Nato has raised the alarm over the threat of a Russian attack amid repeated incursions by Moscow’s drones

Lev Shlosberg was sentenced to 11 years in jail on Monday

Ukraine has successfully targeted Wildberries hubs seven times in six weeks as part of a campaign to bring the war to Russia

The attack on the rocket fuel plant was part of what Moscow says was Kyiv’s largest drone attack of 2026

Kyiv has been striking targets beyond enemy lines in recent months

Russian official says suspect was acting ‘on instructions from Ukrainian intelligence agencies’. Kyiv has not publicly commented on the attack

Russian authorities said Kyiv fired around 600 drones to the capital of Moscow

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

An annual monsoon in the ‌area is complicating salvage efforts near a nature reserve

Reports in Russia claim the deceased is a former Ukrainian navy official who defected to Russia

An anti-missile launch pad was left ‘ablaze and sputtering for three hours’, according to Ukraine’s military

Earlier, Zelensky says his forces struck ‌Russia’s Novorossiysk ‌naval base with drones, ‌missiles and unmanned ‌boats

Ukrainian leader accused Russia of using Korean ballistic missiles to exploit shortages of American air defences

First used in the 1991 Gulf War, the US Patriot air defence system has seen demand spike sharply this year

Ukrainian warns Putin is poised to escalate the conflict as air defences run dry

Ukraine said the attacks on key air defence systems would allow them to strike deeper into Russia

Moscow denies Ukrainian claims that Kyiv’s forces are killing Russian troops faster than they are being recruited