WorldA Russian strike on a warehouse in Bucha, Ukraine, triggered a major fire and explosions that killed at least 37 people. Ukraine’s Prosecutor General’s Office said it had opened a pre-trial investigation into possible negligence over the facility’s storage conditions.
WorldUkrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Saturday that the depot destroyed in an overnight Russian strike belonged to Ukraine’s military and held shells, drones and other munitions. FRANCE 24’s Emmanuelle Chaze reports.
WorldAt least three people were killed and nine injured in a Ukrainian attack on Belgorod. The report also says a Russian strike on the Kyiv region killed at least 27 people and wounded more than 40, as intensifying drone warfare increasingly disrupts civilian life.
WorldA Russian drone strike hit a warehouse in the Bucha district near Kyiv, causing a fire and a series of explosions. At least 27 people died and 42 were injured, including four children, while nearly 400 were evacuated. Authorities are investigating whether ammunition was stored there as search and rescue operations continued.
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WorldAt least 27 people were killed after a Russian drone struck a depot near Kyiv’s western suburbs overnight, Ukrainian authorities said. The attack triggered a huge fire and explosions.
WorldUkrainian authorities said early Saturday that a Russian drone strike caused a major fire and explosions at a warehouse outside Kyiv, forcing hundreds of people to evacuate the area. Homes and a shopping mall elsewhere in Ukraine were also hit.
WorldThe latest attacks come as prospects for a new round of peace talks involving Russia, Ukraine and the United States remain uncertain. Fighting continues despite diplomatic efforts, while Moscow and Kyiv remain divided over key issues and the possibility of renewed negotiations is unclear.
WorldCCTV footage showed a woman narrowly escaping a blast as Russia launched waves of drones at Kyiv and the surrounding region. The strikes damaged warehouses and homes and set cars ablaze.
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WorldRussian ballistic missile attacks are hitting Ukrainian cities harder than ever. Civilian deaths and injuries in July 2026 reached their highest monthly level since March 2022. As Moscow increases its use of ballistic missiles, Ukraine is struggling to defend cities far from the front line. The US-made Patriot remains its most effective defense against such attacks, but interceptor supplies are insufficient.
WorldRussian drone strikes damaged warehouses, homes and critical infrastructure across Ukraine, while officials in Kherson warned residents to leave ahead of a winter onslaught.
PoliticsBRICS leaders are expected to meet in New Delhi early next month, with Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping likely to attend. Iran and the United Arab Emirates’ membership has brought divisions over the Iran war to the fore, creating a difficult balancing challenge for Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi while India promotes development issues facing the Global South.
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WorldJohn Herbst, a former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine and now with the Atlantic Council’s Eurasia Center, said Ukrainian strikes were weakening Russia’s ability to wage war. He said Russia had “no new tactics” and was resorting to killing civilians, describing the latest strikes on Kyiv as “pure terror, pure war crimes.”
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WorldRussia struck logistics centers around the Kyiv region overnight, damaging warehouses and homes, killing one person and injuring several others. Ukraine said it shot down most of the incoming drones and missiles.
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EconomyUS equity futures climb after Nvidia boosts confidence in the AI trade with a bullish sales outlook for 2028. Russia is preparing to intensify attacks on Ukraine as peace talks are reportedly deadlocked. Central bank officials convene in Wyoming for the annual Jackson Hole Economic Symposium. Amy Wu Silverman of RBC Capital Markets discusses AI-trade momentum.
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WorldRussia is preparing to intensify attacks on Ukraine after concluding that peace negotiations have stalled, according to three people close to the Kremlin. They said Moscow is considering stronger conventional ballistic-missile strikes on Kyiv, potentially including the capital’s center, along with attacks on infrastructure in other Ukrainian cities. Nvidia is meanwhile bolstering confidence in an artificial-intelligence boom.
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WorldPeter Zalmayev, director of the Eurasia Democracy Initiative, says Ukraine’s expanding long-range strike campaign has helped it “stay in this game” by increasing the economic, military and social costs of Russia’s invasion. He says the attacks are also bringing the effects of a distant war increasingly into Russian life, while raising the difficult question of where legitimate retaliation ends and attacks on civilians or purely commercial infrastructure begin.
WorldUkraine has launched a new drone attack on a Wildberries depot. Russia is pressuring companies to finance their own defenses and rapidly repair damaged sites, while DW examines whether the approach can keep the Russian economy running and what the new decree means for private infrastructure owners.
Culture0:42Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy met former American professional boxer Terence Crawford in Kyiv. Crawford gave him a puppy named Freya as a gesture of solidarity with Ukraine.
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WorldUkrainian commander Vladyslav Polskyi saw two wounded fighters stranded on the battlefield and decided to intervene. His rescue astonished fellow soldiers and earned him Ukraine’s highest military honor.
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WorldAs the war reaches well beyond the front lines, residents of Kyiv describe how repeated Russian missile attacks have reshaped their everyday lives.
World0:41Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met former U.S. professional boxer Terence Crawford in Kyiv on Tuesday. Afterward, Crawford gave him a female American pit bull terrier puppy named Freya, after Ukraine’s anti-ballistic missile defense project.
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World0:58Former professional boxer Terence Crawford met Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Kyiv on August 25 and presented him with Freya, an American pit bull terrier puppy. The puppy’s grandfather survived during Russia’s 2022 occupation of Bucha.
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PoliticsFormer Ukrainian defence minister Mykhailo Fedorov, who modernised the military and pioneered drone warfare, was reportedly dismissed last month after falling out with the head of Ukraine’s armed forces. He now wants elections to be held in Ukraine and spoke to BBC correspondent Dan Johnson about his ambitions.
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WorldUkrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Monday that Ukraine had received 10 of its soldiers in the latest prisoner exchange with Russia, according to a Telegram post.
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