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September 20, 2026 4:11 PM

Ukraine launches biggest Moscow drone attack as Russia votes

Ukraine launched what Moscow's mayor called the biggest drone attack yet on the Russian capital on Sunday, as Russians voted on the final day of a parliamentary election that President Vladimir Putin has cast as a test of support for the war in Ukraine. The drone strikes killed two people in the Moscow region and two more in the Russian-held part of Ukraine's Kherson region, including an election official, according to Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin and election authorities. A facility at Moscow'...

September 19, 2026 10:04 AM

Trump signs Russia sanctions bill into law

US President Donald Trump on Friday signed the sweeping Russia sanctions bill into law, the White House said in a statement, paving the way for increased economic pressure on Russia over its invasion of Ukraine. The legislation targets Russia's energy and defense industries, as well as its "shadow fleet" of tankers that evade existing sanctions, in order to deprive Moscow of funds used to pay for its war with Ukraine. Critics say the legislation, which also levies tariffs on Russia's biggest t...

September 14, 2026 12:48 AM

Trump tells Ukraine’s Zelenskiy to stop hitting Russian diesel

U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday called on Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy to stop targeting Russian diesel infrastructure, saying the attacks were causing a shortage of the fuel that is "hurting the world". A wave of long-distance Ukrainian drone attacks on Russian oil refineries in recent months has reduced that country's fuel production, triggering gasoline shortages across the country. Ukraine, which faces regular Russian attacks on its own energy infrastructure, says refineri...

September 10, 2026 12:46 AM

Russia says it hopes US-mediated talks with Ukraine will resume soon

Russia hopes that U.S.-mediated peace talks on ending the war in Ukraine will resume soon, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Wednesday. No such talks between Russia and Ukraine have taken place since February, but President Donald Trump sent his negotiators to Moscow and then Kyiv at the weekend in a bid to relaunch the stalled process. Peskov was responding to a comment by U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio that it may be possible to draw up a roadmap to restart talks and work towards ...

September 9, 2026 12:22 AM

Trump told Putin he wants swift end to Ukraine war and US-Russia ties restored, Kremlin says

Donald Trump told Russian President Vladimir Putin by phone on Tuesday that he wanted a swift end to the war in Ukraine, which would allow U.S.-Russia ties to be fully restored, the Kremlin said, adding that Putin had supported the U.S. president's view. The call, which the Kremlin said lasted an hour, followed a weekend visit to Moscow and Kyiv by U.S. envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, who are trying to revive stalled talks designed to find a way to end the fighting. Their weekend diplo...

September 7, 2026 10:59 PM

UK’s Burnham, Trump discuss working towards Ukraine-Russia ceasefire, Downing Street says

Britain's Prime Minister Andy Burnham spoke with U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday, with the two leaders agreeing on "the need to continue working towards a ceasefire" to end Russia's war in Ukraine, Downing Street said. "The Prime Minister reiterated the UK's support for Ukraine and for recent U.S.-led peace negotiations," a Downing Street spokesperson said. Burnham and Trump also discussed the Middle East, with Burnham "stressing the importance of the two-state solution, the reopening of...

September 6, 2026 12:45 PM

Kremlin says Ukraine talks with US envoys were useful; no sign of breakthrough

Russian President Vladimir Putin held more than three hours of "highly useful" talks on Saturday with two U.S. envoys seeking a deal to end the Ukraine war, a Kremlin aide said, but he gave no indication of any breakthrough. The aide, Yuri Ushakov, said Americans Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner "outlined a number of ideas regarding possible avenues for a settlement". Ushakov did not say what these ideas were. He said Putin had told the pair that Russia was making "real progress" on the battlef...

September 3, 2026 9:17 PM

Ukraine calls India ‘global power’, welcomes PM Modi’s appeal to end endless war

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha on Thursday described India as a "global power" and welcomed Prime Minister Narendra Modi's call to move from an "endless war" towards an "end to the war" in the context of the Ukraine conflict. Sybiha made the remarks after meeting External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar in Kyiv during the latter's visit to Ukraine. The Ukrainian Foreign Minister said Jaishankar's visit was taking place amid what he described as escalating Russian attacks on Ukrainian c...

September 3, 2026 9:02 PM

‘Solutions will not emerge from battlefield’: Jaishankar reaffirms India’s stand on Ukraine war

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Thursday reiterated India's call for dialogue and diplomacy to resolve the Ukraine conflict, saying solutions to the war cannot emerge from the battlefield and that New Delhi is ready to assist in efforts to find a path towards peace. Jaishankar made the remarks after holding bilateral talks with Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha in Kyiv. He reiterated Prime Minister Narendra Modi's message that "this is not an era of war" and stressed that every...

September 2, 2026 2:24 PM

EAM Jaishankar to visit Ukraine, Poland from September 3 to 5

External Affairs Minister Dr. S. Jaishankar will undertake an official visit to Ukraine and Poland from September 3 to 5, said the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA). During his visit, EAM Jaishankar will hold bilateral consultations with his counterparts FM Andrii Sybiha of Ukraine and Deputy Prime Minister & Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski of Poland. The MEA said that the visit will focus on enhancing bilateral relations and also provide an opportunity to exchange views on regional de...