Ukraine

Utku Ucrak/Anadolu via Getty Images (KYIV and LONDON) — Amid a U.S.-proposed plan to end Russia’s nearly four-year war in Ukraine, the Office of the President of Ukraine said Saturday that “consultations on steps to end the war will take place in the coming days.” “Yesterday, the President of Ukraine approved the composition of the […]

Kostiantyn Liberov/Libkos/Getty Images (LONDON) — Ukraine appears at increasing risk of losing the city of Pokrovsk, an important stronghold in eastern Ukraine where its embattled defenders have held off Russia’s grinding assaults for more than a year and a half. The devastated city — which was home to some 60,000 people before Russia’s February 2022 […]

Contributor/Getty Images (LONDON) — Ukrainian drones attacked the Russian Black Sea coast overnight into Tuesday morning, according to the Russian Defense Ministry and local officials, just hours after President Vladimir Putin took virtual meetings from his residence there in the coastal resort city of Sochi. Russia’s Defense Ministry said its forces shot down at least […]

Vitalii Nosach/Global Images Ukraine via Getty Images (LONDON) — Ukraine’s cabinet building in Kyiv was among the targets of Russia’s largest drone and missile attack of the war overnight into Sunday morning, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said. Ukraine’s air force said in a post to Telegram that Russia launched 810 drones and 13 missiles into […]

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky listens as German Chancellor Friedrich Merz (not pictured) speaks during a joint press conference at the Chancellery following a virtual meeting hosted by Merz between European leaders and U.S. President Donald Trump on August 13, 2025 in Berlin, Germany./Photo by Omer Messinger/Getty Images) ()LONDON) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has warned that […]

Antonio Masiello/Getty Images (LONDON) — Ukrainian forces are increasing the intensity of long-range drone strikes deep into Russia, according to data released by Moscow, ahead of Friday’s planned meeting between Presidents Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin in Alaska. Russia’s Defense Ministry reported downing another 59 Ukrainian drones overnight into Monday morning, with Moscow Mayor Sergei […]

Kherson Regional Military Administration/Anadolu via Getty Images (LONDON) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s top adviser urged the U.S. to “strangle” Russia’s economy by imposing secondary sanctions on Moscow’s trading partners, as the White House push for a ceasefire appears to languish. “Sanctions are working,” Andriy Yermak, the head of Zelenskyy’s office, wrote on Telegram on […]

Andrew Harnik/Getty Images (LONDON) — President Donald Trump on Monday sought to increase pressure on Russian President Vladimir Putin in a bid to secure an end to Moscow’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, announcing that he would shorten a 50-day negotiating window to “10 or 12 days from today.” “I’m disappointed in President Putin, very disappointed […]

Handout/Ukrainian State Emergency Service (LONDON) — Russia’s Defense Ministry said its forces shot down at least 126 Ukrainian drones overnight into Thursday morning, with at least three craft intercepted over the capital Moscow region. The attack was Ukraine’s largest drone barrage into Russia since it launched 167 craft into the country on July 11, according […]

State Emergency Service of Ukraine/Anadolu via Getty Images (LONDON) — This week marked a possible pivot by President Donald Trump regarding Russia’s ongoing full-scale invasion of Ukraine, with his Monday announcement of a “really big” deal to provide Kyiv with new weapons and threats to impose further sanctions on Russia if it fails to agree […]