2 h. ago Nato scrambles fighters as Putin savages Ukraine with one of the harshest missile and drone onslaughts of the war while US claims 'constructive discussions' in peace talks

Russian forces unleashed 51 missiles and 653 drones overnight into Saturday - even as Washington insisted 'constructive discussions' had been held in peace talks.

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2 h. ago Russia launches attacks across Ukraine as Miami peace talks continue

Targets of more than Russian 650 drones and 51 missiles include western regions with sirens sounding in eastern Poland Russia launched a massive drone and missile attack on Ukraine in the early hours of Saturday, as US and Ukrainian officials continue talks in Miami that the White House hopes will bring an end to the conflict.Russia used more than 650 drones and 51 missiles overnight, Ukraine’s armed forces said, with drones targeting locations across the country, including in the western regions hundreds of miles from the frontline. Warning sirens also sounded in parts of eastern Poland, close to the Ukrainian border. Continue reading...

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3 h. ago EU says US ‘still our biggest ally’ despite release of policy paper supporting Europe’s far

The Trump administration released a policy paper on Friday that made explicit Washington’s support for Europe’s nationalist far-right partiesOvernight Russian missile and drone strikes left parts of Ukraine without power on Saturday morning, Ukraine’s energy ministry said on Telegram.The strikes hit energy infrastructure in the Kyiv, Chernihiv, Lviv, Odesa, Zaporizhia, Dnipropetrovsk, Mykolaiv and Kharkiv regions, according to the ministry. Continue reading...

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4 h. ago Russia unleashes massive drone and missile attack on Ukraine as diplomatic talks continue

Russia launched a massive attack on Ukraine overnight into Saturday, firing 653 drones and 51 missiles across the country as it marked Armed Forces Day, Ukraine’s air force said

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7 h. ago Bombed Chornobyl shelter no longer blocks radiation and needs major repair – IAEA

Drone attack that Ukraine blamed on Russia blew hole in painstakingly erected €1.5bn shield meant to allow for final clean-up of 1986 meltdown siteThe protective shield over the Chornobyl disaster nuclear reactor in Ukraine, which was hit by a drone in February, can no longer perform its main function of blocking radiation, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has announced.In February a drone strike blew a hole in the “new safe confinement”, which was painstakingly built at a cost of €1.5bn ($1.75bn) next to the destroyed reactor and then hauled into place on tracks, with the work completed in 2019 by a Europe-led initiative. The IAEA said an inspection last week of the steel confinement structure found the drone impact had degraded the structure. Continue reading...

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24 h. ago Spy HQ 'attacked' by Ukraine as Russian drone attack kills boy, 12

Horror Russian drone attack kills boy, 12, as Ukraine's shadowy kamikaze drone teams target Chechnyan spy headquarters in latest war twist as Zelensky lashes out at Putin delays

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6 d. ago Russian drone and missile blitz on Ukraine's energy infrastructure leaves more than 600,000 in Kyiv without power

Three people were killed and more than 30 injured in the overnight air assault, involving more than 600 drones and 36 ballistic missiles. Among the wounded was a 13-year-old boy.

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6 d. ago Russian shadow fleet tanker bursts into flames and explodes in Black Sea after Ukraine drone strike

Two Russian sea tankers exploded into fireballs after they were hit by a coordinated Ukraine drone attack in the Black Sea.

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7 d. ago Russian attack on Kyiv cuts power to half of city and leaves two dead

Missile and drone attacks come amid Moscow’s campaign to break Ukrainian civil resistance by attacking energy gridTwo people were killed and 37 were injured in Kyiv by a Russian drone and missile attack on the capital that cut power to the western half of the city, leaving at least 500,000 residents without electricity.Nearly 600 drones and 36 rockets were fired into the country in an attack that its president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, said highlighted Ukraine’s need for western help with air defence, as well as other financial and political support. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Russian attacks kills 2 in Kyiv as diplomatic efforts to end the war in Ukraine gain momentum

Russian drone and missile attacks on Kyiv killed at least two people and wounded 15 Saturday, officials said, as renewed U.S.-led peace negotiations gathered momentum

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9 d. ago US deal must punish Russia war crimes, says Ukraine’s Nobel peace prize winner

Oleksandra Matviichuk warns any amnesty could encourage authoritarian leaders to attack their neighbours Any peace agreement between Russia and Ukraine that includes an amnesty for war crimes could encourage other authoritarian leaders to attack their neighbours, Ukraine’s only Nobel peace prize winner has warned.Oleksandra Matviichuk said the leaked 28-point US-Russia plan did not account for “the human dimension” and she supported President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s efforts to rewrite it in dialogue with White House. Continue reading...

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1 week ago As Russia pummels Ukraine’s energy systems, Kyiv hopes US gas will fill the gap

Ukraine's gas facilities have suffered severe damage from Russian drone and missile attacks, forcing the country to import more gas

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1 week ago Kyiv hit by deadly Russian airstrikes as international talks to end war intensify

Vladimir Putin’s forces bombard Ukraine’s capital Kyiv with drones and missiles, striking at least two residential buildings and killing two people

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1 week ago Thousands without heating as Ukraine launches drone attack deep inside Russia

The Shatura Power Station, located approximately 120 km (75 miles) east of the Kremlin, was hit early on Sunday

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1 week ago Moment Ukrainian deep strike drone shoots down Russian helicopter in attack that ‘changes rules of war’

THIS is the moment Ukrainian forces down a prize Russian helicopter with a brutal new tactic for the first time. Troops shot down an £11million Mi-8 helicopter with a deep strike drone inside Russia, Ukraine's Special Forces said. Scope-view footage of the incredible take down shows the helicopter wavering in the bottom of the shot,...

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1 week ago G20 leaders reject Trump peace plan: Anger at US deal as critics warn it will leave Kyiv at mercy of Russian attacks

G20 leader said the proposals, which critics claim blatantly favour Russia, would leave Ukraine 'vulnerable to attack' and could not be accepted in their current form.

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2 w. ago Ukrainians 'sabotaged Poland railway on behalf of Russia' in 'terrorist' attack

Two Ukrainian men are to be charged with sabotage of a terrorist nature on behalf of Russia after an explosion on a Polish rail line which delivers aid to Ukraine occurred

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2 w. ago US and Russian officials draft new peace plan based on capitulation from Ukraine

Unclear if Trump administration backs deal that would mean Kyiv giving up territory and slashing size of militaryUS and Russian officials have quietly drafted a new plan to end the war in Ukraine that would require Kyiv to surrender territory and severely limit the size of its military, it was reported on Wednesday as Russian drone and missile strikes killed at least 25 people in the city of Ternopil.. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago US and Russian officials draft plan to end Ukraine war based on capitulation from Kyiv

It is unclear if Trump administration backs deal that would mean Kyiv giving up territory and slashing size of militaryUS and Russian officials have quietly drafted a new plan to end the war in Ukraine that would require Kyiv to surrender territory and severely limit the size of its military, it was reported on Wednesday as Russian drone and missile strikes killed at least 25 people in the city of Ternopil.The draft plan, which was reportedly developed by Donald Trump’s envoy, Steve Witkoff, and the Kremlin adviser Kirill Dmitriev, would force draconian measures on Ukraine that would give Russia unprecedented control over the country’s military and political sovereignty. The plan is likely to be viewed as surrender in Kyiv. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Death toll from Russian attack rises to 25 as Ukraine says it will raise issue at UN – Europe live

Ukraine to raise the overnight attack on Ternopil, in which more than 70 people were injured, at the security council tomorrowThe Dutch economy minister said he had moved to take effective control of Nexperia to ensure Europe was not locked out of chip production “in an emergency”.He said the decision to lift the legal move to prevent Nexperia from moving intellectual property and physical assets from its European factory in Hamburg and its corporate headquarters in Nijmegen was the “right step” after consultation with the European Commission and others.“The Netherlands has considered it the right moment to take a constructive step by suspending the order under the Goods Availability Act, in close consultation with European and international partners. The Netherlands will continue to engage in constructive dialogue with the Chinese authorities in the period ahead.” Continue reading...

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