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July 14, 2026 9:25 AM

Ukraine and allies set up coalition to tackle Russia ballistic missile threat

Ukraine and key Western allies on Monday announced an air-defence coalition that would include jointly developing a new anti-ballistic missile system as an alternative and cheaper solution to the U.S. Patriot system. With Ukraine increasingly exposed to Russian ballistic missiles, leaders gathered in Paris for a summit, where 10 countries, along with about a dozen firms from the defence sector, met to press on with what they called the Integrated Anti-Ballistic Missile Coalition. "We b...

July 14, 2026 1:00 AM

Ukraine to produce French missiles, orders war planes, Macron says

President Emmanuel Macron said on Monday that France would allow Ukraine to produce French-made cruise missiles, precision guided bombs and air defence interceptor missiles after Kyiv ordered next generation Franco-Italian air defence systems and Rafale fighter jets. "Earlier this afternoon President (Volodymyr) Zelenskiy and I agreed on a roadmap between our two countries, implementing what had been agreed in principle last November regarding our bilateral defense cooperation," Macron said at ...

July 7, 2026 10:30 AM

Russian strikes kill 28 in Kyiv area, exposing Ukraine air-defence shortages

Russia hammered Kyiv and the surrounding region with missiles and drones early on Monday, killing at least 28 people and exposing Ukraine's critical shortage of U.S.-made air-defence interceptors, officials said. Rescuers were digging bodies from the rubble of a Kyiv high-rise ripped open in the overnight bombardment. The latest attack came on the eve of a NATO summit where U.S. President Donald Trump is due to hold talks with Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy in a renewed push for peace....

July 6, 2026 8:10 AM

Trump to meet leaders of Ukraine, Syria alongside NATO summit

U.S. President Donald Trump will meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy while in Turkey this week for a NATO summit to make a renewed push to end the war in Ukraine, a senior U.S. official said on Sunday. Trump is scheduled to arrive at the summit on Tuesday. His first meeting will be with the summit host, Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan. Trump will also meet with Syrian ⁠President Ahmed al-Sharaa and hold a news conference, the White House said. A senior U.S. official who...

July 5, 2026 10:37 AM

Trump offers to help Putin find deal with Ukraine, also speaks with Zelenskiy

U.S. President Donald Trump, speaking to Russian leader Vladimir Putin by telephone for nearly 90 minutes, offered to help find a solution to the Ukraine war, Kremlin aide Yuri Ushakov said in comments made public early on Sunday. Ushakov said Trump made the offer during the call on Saturday, U.S. Independence Day, in the context of his participation next week at the NATO summit in Turkey. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said he also spoke to Trump. "The American president once again ...

June 27, 2026 3:31 PM

Ukraine hits defence plant in Russia’s Volgograd region, Zelenskiy says

Ukrainian-made Flamingo missiles hit a plant producing artillery systems and components for missile launch systems in Russia's Volgograd region overnight, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Saturday. The strikes caused a fire at the premises of the Titan-Barrikady plant, he said on the Telegram app. Ukraine's SBU security service also said its drones attacked the "Vtorovo" oil pumping station in Russia's Vladimir region for the second time this month. The station is a key logistics hub use...

June 24, 2026 12:29 PM

Russian-held Sevastopol, Moscow-controlled parts of Ukraine’s Kherson grabble with power outages

The city of Sevastopol in Russia-annexed Crimea and Moscow-held parts of the Ukrainian region of Kherson were facing power outages on Wednesday, the Kremlin-installed authorities said, adding to fuel shortages as Kyiv intensifies attacks. Sevastopol, the biggest city on the Crimea peninsula that Russia annexed in 2014, was left with no power after Ukraine attacked energy facilities there, Mikhail Razvozhayev, the city's Russian-installed governor, said on Telegram. Sevastopol was under drone a...

June 17, 2026 10:12 AM

G7 leaders express optimism for peace after Trump’s ‘very good’ Zelenskiy meeting

U.S. President Donald Trump said Russia should make peace with Ukraine after a "very good" meeting with President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Tuesday, in comments that sparked cautious optimism among G7 leaders that a peace deal could be struck. The upbeat mood ‌over the Ukraine war, now deep into its fifth year, stands in stark contrast to Zelenskiy's meeting with Trump in the Oval Office last year, when he was told he had no leverage in potential peace talks with Russia. Zelenskiy and his Eu...

June 3, 2026 3:55 PM

Russia accuses Ukraine of killing eight civilians in drone strike on a passenger bus

Russia on Wednesday accused Ukraine of killing eight civilians and of wounding 11 more in a drone attack on a passenger bus travelling in a Russian-controlled part of the Donetsk region in eastern Ukraine. Denis Pushilin, the Russian-installed head of the region, said the Ukrainian drone had struck the bus when it stopped to pick up passengers in the settlement of Yenakiievo in Donetsk, along its route from Moscow to Simferopol in Russia-controlled Crimea. Kyiv's forces, he said in a statement...

June 1, 2026 3:50 PM

Ukraine attacks Russian energy sites – What has been hit?

Kyiv has stepped up attacks on Russian energy facilities in recent months as peace talks to end the Ukraine war have failed to produce progress. Following is a summary of the attacks - in chronological order with the most recent first - and their impact: YAROSLAVL Ukrainian forces attacked a Russian oil refinery in Yaroslavl, some 700 km (435 miles) from the Ukrainian border, on May 25, according to President Volodymyr Zelenskiy. The refinery has processing capacity of 15 million metric tons...