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European Council president says communication channel with Kremlin remains open, but Russia not ready for dialogue
Khrystyna Bondarieva,Alona Mazurenko European Council President António Costa has said that a channel of communication with the Kremlin remains open, but Russia has so far shown no signs that it is ready for serious...
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Alive cat spent five days under rubble after Russian attack on Sloviansk - video
Anna Kovalenko After five days of search operations a live cat has been found under the rubble of a multi-storey building hit by a Russian high-explosive aerial bomb in the city of Sloviansk in Donetsk Oblast. State Emergency...
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Putin begins meeting with Trump's envoy Witkoff
Anastasia Prots Russian ruler Vladimir Putin has begun a meeting with US Special Envoy Steve Witkoff, who said the talks in Oslo were productive and that progress has been made. Kremlin-aligned Russ Source: ian news agencies Interfax...
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Poland considers joint border controls with Ukraine on Polish side of border
Olha Romanska,Anastasia Prots The Ministry of the Interior and Administration of Poland has stated its readiness to agree to joint border controls with Ukraine on Polish territory should the security situation demand it. A...
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Ukraine forces evacuate wounded soldier using aerial drone for the first time video -
Soldiers from the Unmanned Ground Systems Company of the 92nd Separate Assault Brigade, together with other units, have evacuated a wounded infantryman from the front line using a heavy hexacopter made by Ukrainian manufacturer Gurzuf Defence. Source:...
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Russian airstrikes on Sloviansk kill six, injure 15, people trapped under rubble - photos
Six people were killed and 15 were injured in Russian airstrikes and drone attacks on Sloviansk on 17 October. More than 20 houses were damaged. Vadym Liakh, Head of Source: Sloviansk City Military Administration; State Emergency...
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"Sanctions blackout": Zelenskyy says "Graham Act" has been completely ignored
Khrystyna Bondarieva,STANISLAV POHORILOV President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has described the lifting of sanctions against Russia under the so-called Graham Act, signed by US President Donald Trump, as a "sanctions blackout". However, he...
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Danish says Ukraine needs frozen Russian assets PM as it is running out of money
Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen has said Ukraine needs funding to continue fighting Russia and that frozen Russian assets are the most obvious source of additional EU support. Source: Frederiksen speaking ahead of the second day of the European...
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Hungary’s Magyar says he will hold brief meeting with Zelenskyy in Brussels and hopes for "new chapter"
Sergiy Sydorenko,Anastasia Prots Hungarian Prime Minister Péter Magyar has announced that he plans to meet Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Friday to discuss changes in the relationship between the two countries. Magyar...
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Ukrainian foreign minister: Putin is not simply attacking Ukraine, he is openly defying the US
Iryna Kutielieva,Oleksandr Shumilin Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha, commenting on overnight Russian strikes on Ukrainian cities, has said Kremlin ruler Vladimir Putin has rejected the US-proposed "energy...
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Philippe Sands to write book on special tribunal for Russia told through story of Victoria Amelina's killing
Daria Lobanok The French-British lawyer and writer Philippe Sands, winner of the 2026 Peace Prize of the German Book Trade, is writing a book about the setting up of a special tribunal for the crime of Russian aggression, told through the...
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Zelenskyy: US should have concluded a "diesel agreement" with Ukraine
Khrystyna Bondarieva President Volodymyr Zelenskyy believes that the United States should have concluded a "diesel agreement" with Ukraine, since it is Ukraine that determines which Russian oil refineries operate and which ships...
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Ukraine ready to stop striking Russian refineries if Russia stops attacking Ukrainian energy …
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said Ukraine is ready to stop striking Russian oil refineries, provided Russian forces stop attacking Ukraine's energy infrastructure. Source: Zelenskyy on X (Twitter) Quote: "The real cause of the war in Europe is...
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Kyiv Metro halted amid disruptions to power and water supplies
Kyiv Metro services and escalators have been temporarily suspended after the loss of power from external supply centres. The capital is also experiencing disruptions to electricity and water supplies. Source: Kyiv City State Administration Details: The...
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Russians forcibly remove Ukrainians from Kharkiv Oblast - 25 Ukrainian human rights commissioner
Russian forces have forcibly removed 25 civilians, including children, from the occupied part of Kharkiv Oblast to an unknown location. Dmytro Lubinets, Source: Ukrainian Parliament Commissioner for Human Rights, on...
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Animal shelter in Odesa Oblast comes under Russian attack: fire extinguished
An animal shelter in Odesa Oblast has come under Russian attack for the second time in two weeks - this time, the Liubov i Laska (Love and Tenderness) shelter was targeted. A fire broke out on the premises but has since been extinguished. Source: Oleh...
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Sanctuary in
A Russian strike hit Sadyba Niushanik, a bird sanctuary in Kyiv Oblast that cares for many birds and rescues dozens of orphaned storks every year. Sadyba Niushanik's Source: founder Iryna Snopko on Facebook Snopko posted a video Details:...
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Ukraine hits record number of systems in September
In September 2026, Ukraine's defence forces hit the largest number of Russian air defence systems recorded since the e-points programme was launched. Source: Ukraine's Defence Ministry Details: The targets hit included Russian radar stations. According...
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In- Chief Drapatyi predecessor Syrskyi's micromanagement -
Mykhailo Drapatyi, Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, has chosen to move away from the micromanagement practised by his predecessor Oleksandr Syrskyi, opting instead to decentralise command. Source: Ukrainska Pravda article (English...
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Zelenskyy announces important agreements Germany amid chancellor's
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has announced "important agreements" between Ukraine and Germany on strengthening defence. Source: Zelenskyy on X (Twitter), as reported by European Pravda Details: Zelenskyy noted that German Chancellor Friedrich Merz is...
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Ukrainian border guards report regaining over sq km of territory
The Forpost Border Guard Brigade has regained control of more than 10 sq km of territory in its sector of the South Slobozhanshchyna front. Source: State Border Guard Service of Ukraine Details: The State Border Guard Service reported that the brigade...
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Increases military spending as for years of war Bloomberg
Russia is preparing for the war in Ukraine to last for years, as record military spending in its draft 2027 budget indicates. Source: Bloomberg Quote: "The shift offers one of the clearest indications yet of how deeply embedded conflict has become in...
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Russian drones hit near Pivdennyi Bridge in Kyiv: public transport traffic halted video -
Two drone strikes were recorded near the support structure of the Pivdennyi (South) Bridge in Kyiv. Metro traffic and surface public transit across the bridge have been halted while experts inspect the structure. Source: Ukrainian news agency 5 Kanal;...
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Ukraine's Foreign Ministry urges international community to demand Russia end siege of Oleshky
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha has called on the international community and international organisations to step up pressure on Russia to end the siege of Oleshky. Source: Sybiha on X (Twitter), as reported by European Pravda Details: Sybiha...
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FIDE refuses to reinstate Russian Chess Federation - Kremlin backed media -
The General Assembly of the International Chess Federation (FIDE) has decided not to lift the suspension of the Chess Federation of Russia (CFR). Source: TASS, a Kremlin-aligned Russian news outlet Details: According to the source, during a meeting in...
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Novyny LIVE TV channel suspends broadcasts after Russian strikes on
Ukrainian TV channel Novyny.LIVE has temporarily suspended broadcasts because of disruptions affecting some of its services following a Russian attack on infrastructure in Kyiv. Source: Novyny.LIVE editorial team Details: Technical experts are...
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Strike and Novoshakhtinsk
Ukraine's defence forces struck two oil refineries, a defence plant and a radar station on Russian territory on the night of 24-25 September. Source: Zelenskyy on X (Twitter); General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on Facebook Quote: "We are...
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Russians destroy jewellery company in
Russia destroyed the Dukachi jewellery company in a missile attack on Kyiv on the night of 23-24 September. Source: Dukachi co-founder Anna Knyzhenko on Facebook Details: No one was injured in the attack. "Today, our jewellery company was completely...
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Sees no way for talks to move towards peace but again invites Zelenskyy to
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has said the current circumstances do not allow the negotiations to move towards peace, but once again reiterated that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy could come to Moscow for negotiations. Source:...
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Seven injured
Russia launched a ballistic missile strike targeting a civilian industrial enterprise belonging to the Interpipe company on the night of 21-22 September. Source: Interpipe on its website Details: As a result of the attack, four company employees were...
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Russian strikes halted 90% of Ukraine's steel production - FT
Three plants that produced 90% of Ukraine's steel have halted operations following Russian strikes. Source: Financial Times Details: In early September, Russian ballistic missile strikes knocked out Ukraine's three remaining major steel plants, located...
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Ukraine's General Staff details strike on Refinery, reports hits on Buk- and M3
Ukraine's General Staff has reported that three units at the Moscow Oil Refinery were damaged in an overnight strike. The defence forces also hit a Russian Buk-M3 air defence system, a Nebo-U radar station and a drone production site in occupied...
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Russians attack third passenger train this morning injuries reported
Russian forces have attacked a commuter diesel train in Sumy Oblast, injuring passengers. This was the third Russian strike on trains on the morning of 8 September. Source: Oleksandr Pertsovskyi, Chairman of the Board of Ukrzaliznytsia (Ukrainian...
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Details emerge of 36th Ukraine Defence Contact Group meeting
The 36th meeting of the Ukraine Defence Contact Group (also known as the Ramstein format) will take place remotely, co-chaired by the defence ministers of the UK and Germany. Source: European Pravda, citing its own sources Details: The Ramstein...
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Zelenskyy meets Ukrainian negotiating team ahead of US envoys' arrival - photos
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has held a meeting with Ukraine's negotiating team ahead of talks with US President Donald Trump's representatives Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, who are due to arrive in Kyiv on 6 September. Source: Zelenskyy on X...
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Zelenskyy: Russia strikes airports in Zhuliany and Boryspil
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said that Russia deliberately attacked Kyiv Airport (Zhuliany) and Boryspil Airport on the night of 4-5 September for the first time in a long while. Source: Zelenskyy on X (Twitter) Details: Zelenskyy linked the...
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Visit to Kyiv by US envoys at risk due to Russian intimidation
US President Donald Trump's special envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner are discussing alternative plans for their visit to Kyiv in the coming days amid Russian intimidation. Source: Kyiv Independent, citing a source familiar with the matter, as...
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Russia strikes logistics company warehouses in Dnipro killing one and injuring five ,
A Russian strike on Dnipro on 3 September caused a fire at warehouses belonging to a logistics company, killing one person and injuring five others. Source: Oleksandr Hanzha, Head of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast Military Administration Details: Initial...
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National Berlin blamed Russia for Leipzig
Sweden has held a meeting of its National Security Council after the German government blamed Russia for the incident in which a drone carrying explosives was found at Leipzig Airport. Source: Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson on X (Twitter), as reported...
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Raid warnings will work in shelter during airphotos
Verkhovna Rada (Ukrainian Parliament) sessions are planned to continue in a shelter during air-raid warnings. Workstations for members of parliament have been set up in the basement, in the parliamentary conference hall and adjacent corridors. Source:...
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Russian vessel attacked by drone runs aground off Türkiye's coast
The Russian dry cargo vessel Omskiy-107, damaged in an attack near the port of Novorossiysk, was carried by waves to the northern coast of Türkiye, where it ran aground. Source: Turkish news agency DHA, as reported by European Pravda Details: The...
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Number of jet-powered Shahed drones used by Russia has risen by at least 67%
The number of jet-powered Shahed drones used by Russia to attack Ukraine has risen by at least 67% in a month, from around 1,500 to more than 2,500. Source: Serhii "Flash" Beskrestnov, an adviser on the development of defence technology areas to the...
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Child injured after drone attack on Kyiv video -
A drone crash damaged a café and injured a child in the Obolonskyi district of Kyiv on the afternoon of 29 August. Another drone struck a non-residential building in the Podilskyi district of the capital. Source: Vitali Klitschko, Kyiv Mayor; local...
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Poland's Sikorski calls for faster defence warns against trusting Russia's
Polish Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski said the country needs to accelerate preparations for its defence and compared Russian assurances to CIA Director John Ratcliffe that Putin does not want to provoke NATO with promises not to invade Ukraine....
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Foreign intelligence head director with CIA
Sergei Naryshkin, head of Russia's Foreign Intelligence Service, has confirmed that he met and held talks with CIA Director John Ratcliffe during Ratcliffe's visit to Moscow on 25 August. Source: Naryshkin in a comment to TASS, a Kremlin-aligned...
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Russians attack Zaporizhzhia: three injured, including two children
Three people, including two underage girls, have been injured in a Russian drone attack on Zaporizhzhia. Source: Ivan Fedorov, Head of Zaporizhzhia Oblast Military Administration, on Telegram Quote: "Three people, including two underage girls, have...
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Ukraine hits Russian electronic warfare systems in Luhansk and Crimea as well as depots in , …
Ukraine's defence forces struck Russian electronic warfare systems in occupied Luhansk and in the village of Myrnyi in Crimea on 24 August and on the night of 24-25 August, as well as fuel, ammunition and logistics depots in Berdiansk and Prymorsk in...
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Ukraine's General Staff confirm strike on Kamensky Combine rocket fuel producer in Russia - photo
Ukraine's defence forces carried out a second strike on the Kamensky Combine, a military plant in Kamensk-Shakhtinsky in Russia's Rostov Oblast, on the night of 23-24 August, causing a fire at the plant. Source: General Staff of the Armed Forces of...
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Zelenskyy: Fedorov suggested "honestly dismissing both" himself and Syrskyi SUNDAY AUGUST 2026 09:38
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said that, amid the conflict between then defence minister Mykhailo Fedorov and commander-in-chief Oleksandr Syrskyi, Fedorov suggested dismissing them both. Source: Zelenskyy speaking to journalists, as reported by...
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One killed after daytime ballistic attack in Boryspil district
One person has been killed and five others have been injured in a Russian ballistic attack on the Boryspil district, Kyiv Oblast. Source: Kyiv Oblast Military Administration Details: The oblast authorities reported that information on the number of...
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Of Coalition of the August on 24
A meeting of the Coalition of the Willing on further support for Ukraine, involving leaders of member states, will take place on 24 August. Source: European Pravda, citing the NATO press service Details: The agenda and format of the meeting, which will...
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"Testing the resolve of NATO": Ukrainian foreign minister responds to Russian drones entering…
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha has responded to incidents in which Russian drones violated Moldovan and Romanian airspace on the night of 19-20 August, noting that Moscow is increasingly testing the resolve of NATO and its partners. Source:...
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Russian drone strikes car in central Kherson killing , woman and injuring man
One person was killed and another injured in a Russian drone strike on a car in central Kherson on the morning of 19 August. Source: Oleksandr Prokudin, Head of Kherson Oblast Military Administration, on Telegram Quote: "At around 10:00, a woman from...
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Ukrainian forces strike Russian ammunition depot and five ground control stations General Staff -
Ukraine's defence forces struck a number of Russian military facilities on 17 August and on the night of 17-18 August, including an ammunition depot and ground control stations. Source: General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on Telegram Details:...
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Polish Defence Ministry says it is preparing for war with Russia and expects Kremlin provocations
Cezary Tomczyk, Deputy Minister of National Defence of Poland, has said his country is preparing for a potential war with Russia but hopes it will never happen. Source: European Pravda, citing Polsat News, a Polish news channel Quote: "We are preparing...
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NATO says drone shot down in Romania appears to be Russian
US Colonel Martin O'Donnell, a spokesperson for the Headquarters of the Supreme Allied Powers Europe, has said the drone shot down in Romania on the night of 15-16 August appears to be Russian. Source: Reuters, citing O'Donnell, as reported by European...
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