Russia hits Ukrainian train shortly after Boris Johnson leaves station
A Russian drone struck a train near Ukraine-Poland border, shortly after Former UK PM Boris Johnson left the station.
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A Russian drone struck a train near Ukraine-Poland border, shortly after Former UK PM Boris Johnson left the station.
Tusk's statement comes a day after Russia launched drones overnight at western Ukraine, striking a gas station near the Yahodyn-Dorohusk border crossing and a Kyiv-Warsaw passenger train just 2 kilometers (1.2 miles) from the Polish border.
Experts, including a former CIA chief, warn that security in Asia is under threat as the three powers work ever more closely on missiles, drones and other tech in the war on Ukraine.
Western officials including ex-UK PM Boris Johnson were nearby when Russia hit a train at the Poland-Ukraine border.
The former Prime Minister was on a charter train from Kyiv when it received a drone alert as it approached the Polish border.
Train struck on route used by David Petraeus, Boris Johnson, Carl Bildt and other senior officials
The US president says Ukraine's attacks on Russian diesel infrastructure are contributing to global fuel shortages.
Incredibly fast and destructive, ballistic missiles have become a key feature of Russia's continuing long-range assault against Ukrainian cities. And while Kyiv has built world-leading drone technology, when it comes to producing ballistic missiles, a key capability in modern warfare, Ukraine still decisively lags behind Russia.This could
Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov claimed Russia had previously avoided indiscriminate strikes but changed its approach after Ukraine began targeting Russian economic and strategic infrastructure.
In Sloviansk, a city in Donestk Oblast that has faced Russian attacks since 2014, residents continue to seek spiritual support as the threat of occupation and further destruction draws closer.
Ukraine has for months been targeting Russia’s oil and gas industry with long-range strikes, prompting fuel rationing across the country.
Polish Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski argued that NATO should conduct aggressive military exercises near Russia’s Kaliningrad exclave to exploit Moscow’s localized vulnerabilities and force Vladimir Putin to redeploy troops away from Ukraine. Sikorski noted that Kaliningrad currently holds “practically no troops” because the Kremlin assumes NATO will not act, suggesting decisive allied maneuvers would inject strategic ambiguity.
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni rejected speculation that she could form political coalitions with parties opposed to military aid for Ukraine, saying that she will not abandon her principles for electoral advantage ahead of elections next year. Her comments deliver a sharp warning to far-right politician Roberto Vannacci, an outspoken critic of arms deliveries to Kyiv who has gained momentum in domestic polls.
Moscow’s attacks are turning the Dnipro river into a daily barrier between the city’s two halves. But there are fears not only for Kyiv’s physical bridges, with the need to also maintain social bonds across Ukraine, especially as winter approaches and hopes for peace recede.
Russia’s attacks on railways and border crossings are putting civilian travel at growing risk. Poland’s Donald Tusk warned days earlier that Moscow could target Ukraine’s crossings with Poland.
US special envoy Jared Kushner stated at the YES 2026 conference in Kyiv that territorial disputes remain the chief obstacle preventing a peace agreement between Ukraine and Russia. Kushner explained that while Vladimir Putin outlined Moscow’s territorial demands, Ukraine firmly refuses to retreat, leaving mediators to craft a creative formula that satisfies Kyiv while compelling Russia to end hostilities. Kushner noted that trilateral discussions in Abu Dhabi finalized a military-backed monitoring mechanism to enforce any eventual frontline settlement, while promoting post-war economic investment as a lasting peace incentive.
Dayana Yastremska's 22nd floor flat in Odesa was reduced to rubble when it was struck by a Russian cruise missile on Friday night.
"Ukraine right now does not want to do that," U.S. President Donald Trump's envoy and son-in-law Jared Kushner said.
Prime Minister Serhii Koretskyi announced that Ukraine is testing an automated early warning system to alert filling station networks of approaching drones following intensified Russian strikes. The software predicts drone trajectories to trigger preemptive safety measures, with plans to expand the platform to other industrial sectors. The government also agreed to reinforce physical blast barriers at stations, fast-track customs for fuel tankers, and prioritize rail deliveries amid rising global oil prices.
Head of the Office of the President Kyrylo Budanov announced at the YES 2026 conference in Kyiv that a renewed round of trilateral peace negotiations could take place in early October, focusing on practical measures to curb aerial strikes against critical infrastructure and ensure safe navigation in the Black Sea. Following consultations with national security advisers from the UK, France, Germany, and Italy, Budanov emphasized that direct US and European participation remains indispensable to establishing a durable European security framework.
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Russian forces struck southern Ukraine overnight Saturday-Sunday, hitting a residential high-rise in Odesa and striking a Nova Poshta logistics branch with a jet-powered drone, injuring two people. Concurrently, a Russian strike on energy infrastructure in Mykolaiv caused localized blackouts across several city districts.
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The statement follows a renewed U.S. diplomatic push to restart negotiations.
Canada, Ukraine and Norway will host an international conference in Toronto focused on returning Ukrainian children, detained civilians and prisoners of war.
Russia continued to pound the Ukrainian civilian population, killing at least nine people in attacks throughout the country, while Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy repeated he'd be willing to meet Russia’s Vladimir Putin at the upcoming G20 summit -- something the Kremlin called “impossible.”
The 942-year-old Kherson city has spent months cut off, its aid convoys shelled.
Vladimir Putin made it clear that Russia would see the sending of a peacekeeping force to Ukraine as meaning war, with some European leaders pledging their commitment to the plan
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explicare.deUkrainian forces struck multiple Russian military command posts, drone storage sites, and equipment depots on Sept. 11 and early Sept. 12. Precision strikes hit UAV command posts in Polohy and Zaliznyi Port, as well as drone warehouses in Donetsk, Selydove, Kurakhivka, and Malyi Kermenchyk. In occupied Alchevsk, forces targeted a logistics warehouse and weapons depot.
The latest incident comes amid broader concern over fires, explosions, and suspected sabotage at European defense facilities supplying Ukraine.
A dedicated fund is opening to pay for more trips, more often.
After refusing even a temporary ceasefire or a leader-level meeting in a noncombatant country, Lavrov went on to emphasize the level of "goodwill" Moscow was displaying in the peace process.
Russia’s full-scale war in Ukraine cost Poland an estimated €113.4 billion between 2022 and 2025, according to Statistics Poland. The losses include reduced economic output, higher inflation, lower real wage growth, and increased defense and Ukraine-related spending.
Russia's new drones and cruise weapons navigate rather than fly, so Ukraine has to jam GPS, not the operator link.
A roundup of the weeks biggest military and political events in Ukraine. The AFU finally announces the results of its somewhat secret Lyman counteroffensive. Ukraine is poised to defeat Russia’s Black Sea Fleet – again. The air battle continues with tit-for-tat barrages. And the Kushner-Witkoff vaudeville show bombs.
A Russian lawmaker separately warned that a fourth Oreshnik missile strike is coming.
The country's interior minister has ordered every ammunition depot in the country inspected and says outside interference cannot be excluded.
The figure includes 1,500 casualties that Russian forces suffered over the past day.