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Yan Dobronosov/Global Images Ukraine via Getty Images (LONDON) — Russian drones attacked a thermal power generation facility in the Kyiv region overnight into Monday, Ukraine’s Energy Ministry said, as Moscow continued its long-range cross-border barrages despite U.S. President Donald Trump again expressing his frustration at such strikes. Ukraine’s air force said Russia launched 142 drones […]

Mustafa Yalcin/Anadolu via Getty Images (LONDON) —  Russia’s Foreign Ministry again warned that Moscow will not accept the presence of any Western troops in Ukraine as part of a future peace deal, as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met a group of top European leaders in Paris on Thursday. “Russia does not intend to discuss unacceptable […]

Mustafa Yalcin/Anadolu via Getty Images (LONDON) — Russia’s Foreign Ministry again warned that Moscow will not accept the presence of any Western troops in Ukraine as part of a future peace deal, as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy prepared to meet a group of top European leaders in Paris on Thursday. “Russia does not intend to […]

Danylo Antoniuk/Anadolu via Getty Images (LONDON) — Russia launched drones and a missile into Ukraine overnight into Sunday, the air force in Kyiv said, as the country kicked off independence day celebrations marking the anniversary of its 1991 declaration of independence from the Soviet Union. Ukraine’s air force said Russia launched 72 drones and one […]

Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (LONDON) — Ukraine’s air force reported a major Russian attack on Monday night and into Tuesday morning — the largest overnight barrage for weeks, coming while Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met with President Donald Trump and a delegation of European leaders in Washington. The air force said Russia launched 270 drones and […]

Ben Stansall – WPA Pool/Getty Images (LONDON) — Russian President Vladimir Putin’s continued refusal to accept a ceasefire is “complicating” efforts to reach a peace deal, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Saturday, as he prepared to travel to the White House to meet with U.S. President Donald Trump. Friday’s summit between Trump and Putin in […]

Francisco Richart Barbeira/NurPhoto via Getty Images (LONDON) — Russia and Ukraine exchanged large waves of attack drones overnight into Sunday as the two combatants maneuvered ahead of Friday’s planned summit in Alaska between U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin. Ukraine’s air force said Russia launched 100 drones into the country overnight, of […]

Maxym Marusenko/NurPhoto via Getty Images (LONDON) — More than three years into Russia’s full-scale invasion, Ukrainians across the country retreat each night to bomb shelters and metro stations in a nightly ritual necessitated by the long reach of Moscow’s drones and missiles. This summer, Ukrainians are spending more time in such shelters than ever before. The […]

(LONDON) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Saturday morning that Russia had attacked Ukraine overnight with more than 300 drones and over 30 missiles. The strikes, which occurred Friday night into Saturday morning, affected the regions of Donetsk, Kirovohrad, Dnipro, Sumy, Kherson, Volyn, Zaporizhzhia, Mykolaiv, Odesa and Zhytomyr. At least one person was killed and […]

Contributor/Getty Images (LONDON) — Russia continued its nightly bombardment of Ukraine overnight into Tuesday, shortly after President Donald Trump announced his decision to supply Ukraine with new military equipment and White House threats of further economic measures against Moscow. Ukraine’s air force said Russia targeted several regions overnight with 267 drones, of which around 200 […]