Ukraine
Russian drone strikes Ukraine’s SBU headquarters days after security agencies clash in Kyiv
A Russian drone struck the headquarters of Ukraine’s SBU domestic security service in the heart of Kyiv on Friday, targeting the office of its acting chief and injuring at least 12 people, according to Ukrainian officials.
Missile War Monitor: Russian oil firms miss 60% of gasoline contracts as Ukraine's drone campaign bites
Russian oil companies failed to fulfil about 60% of gasoline supply contracts on the St Petersburg exchange between May and September, industry sources told Kommersant on September 3.
Russian general accused over Kyiv children's hospital strike shot in Saratov
A Russian general charged by Kyiv over the 2024 missile strike on Ukraine's main children's hospital has been shot and badly wounded in the Saratov region.
Putin holds out a Ukraine deal while Russia braces for a longer war
President Vladimir Putin says there is still a chance of a peace deal with Ukraine, and that contacts between the two countries are continuing, mainly through their security services.
COMMENT: Zelenskiy has kept control of Ukraine but lost his team's unity
President Volodymyr Zelenskiy won every immediate fight over Ukraine's government reshuffle and still came out of it weaker, a Carnegie Politika analysis argues.
India’s Kyiv outreach contrasts with lower level Russia forum presence
India continues to import crude oil, as well as other hydrocarbons and commodities from Russia even as the risk of Western and especially US sanctions mount.
Hungary keeps Ukraine EU accession talks blocked over minority rights
Budapest will continue to block the opening of further chapters in Ukraine’s EU accession talks until Kyiv implements an agreement on the rights of the Hungarian minority in Transcarpathia.
Ankara ‘incompetence’ exposes sensitive US arms sale to Ukraine
Bureaucratic clumsiness said to have put transaction in public eye. Missiles, rockets and cluster munitions package showed up in congressional records.
Ukrainian business sentiment weakens in August as strikes, port blockade weigh on confidence
Russian strikes, disruptions to logistics and a blockade of seaports weighed on companies' expectations, while only the construction sector remained cautiously optimistic.
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European pump prices hit records as Iran war escalation drives oil higher
Petrol prices hit records in Germany and the Netherlands and European gas futures reached a three-year high, as the Iran-US war escalation drove oil higher, landing the Gulf conflict directly on European household budgets.
Zelenskiy sacks SBU official after Ukraine's security agencies trade fire in Kyiv
Three Ukrainian military intelligence officers were wounded in a shooting between the SBU security service and HUR military intelligence in Kyiv, their lawyer said, on September 2. COUNTRIES: Ukraine, Russia SECTORS: Politics, Security
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Missile War Monitor: Russia cuts power to 350,000 families in Odesa
A massed Russian missile and drone attack on Odesa region's backbone energy assets cut power to more than 350,000 families, grid operator DTEK Odesa Grids said, on September 2.
Germany blames Russia for Leipzig airport bomb as EU readies more sanctions
Germany has formally accused Russia of putting an explosive drone on the tarmac at Leipzig airport, and the European Commission has promised a clear response.
Putin rules out talks with Kyiv after Zelenskiy threatens to close Russia's skies
Russia does not negotiate with terrorists, President Vladimir Putin said, after President Volodymyr Zelenskiy warned airlines that Ukrainian drones would make Russian airspace unsafe.
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Missile War Monitor: Putin orders massive strikes on Ukraine's energy grid
President Vladimir Putin has ordered the Russian armed forces to prepare massive strikes on Ukraine's energy infrastructure, in what he cast as retaliation for Ukrainian attacks on Russian refineries.
11 EU members push to curb foreign policy vetoes as bloc weighs wider reform
Reform discussion ongoing amid questions over whether the EU's institutions are equipped for another round of enlargement.
Missile War Monitor: Odesa down to one ship a day as Russia closes Ukraine's export routes
Russia has driven shipping out of Ukraine's Black Sea ports, cutting vessel calls from seven or eight a day to one and shutting the Orlivka ferry crossing on the Romanian border, while Ukrainian drones reached a logistics centre in Yekaterinburg
Russia destroys 90% of Ukraine retail warehouses, minister says
Agriculture Minister Taras Vysotskyi says businesses have been forced to decentralise logistics and move to smaller, dispersed warehouses.
European officials find no sign Russia is preparing to attack Nato
European officials say they have no evidence that Russia is preparing a conventional attack on Nato or on a Baltic state.
Missile War Monitor: petrol queues in Russia, purchase limits in Ukraine's supermarkets
Petrol was on sale at fewer than a third of Russian filling stations this month after 21 strikes on refineries in August, while Ukraine's biggest supermarket chain began capping purchases at six items after a month of strikes on the warehouses...