All news on the topic: War in Ukraine

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UK sanctions Russia over forced deportation of Ukrainian children
Britain on Wednesday imposed sanctions on 11 new individuals and entities affiliated with the Russian state, targeting those involved in what it said were Moscow’s attempts to forcibly deport and indoctrinate Ukraine’s children.
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Glocks, Lapua ammo, and Tuscan wine: The global supply chain behind Russia’s war
In 2023, the Russian company Promtekhnologiya imported 200 Austrian Glock pistols. The firm had previously been a partner of Glock GmbH and assembled pistols in Russia with components produced in Austria.
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Putin repeats lies on Ukraine war at SCO summit in China
War criminal Vladimir Putin is currently visiting China to attend the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit.
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$600 drones disrupt Russian supply routes near the Ukrainian border
Ukraine has said it destroyed two bridges inside Russia by using a couple of cheap drones to hit stashes of mines and ammunition hidden there by Russian forces.
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Russian missile strike on Kyiv kills 19, including 3 children, damages British Council and EU delegation
Nineteen people - including three children - were killed in the strike by Moscow, President Zelensky confirmed on Thursday.
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NATO scrambles jets after Putin unleashes record missile strike on Kyiv
NATO has scrambled several warplanes after Vladimir Putin launched a record-breaking missile attack on Ukraine.
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Russian missile strike kills 8 in Kyiv, including 14-year-old girl, nearly 100 buildings damaged
A 14-year-old girl and another child were among the eight people killed in a Russian missile attack on Ukraine’s capital overnight.
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Miracle survival: Ukrainian soldier crawls five days after throat slit by Russian troops
A Ukrainian soldier is lucky to be alive after having his throat slit by Russian soldiers and being thrown into a pit.
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US blocks Ukraine from using long-range Atacms to strike inside Russia — WSJ
US defense officials have blocked Ukraine from using US-supplied long-range missiles to strike targets inside Russia since late spring as part of a Trump administration effort to get Vladimir Putin to engage in peace talks, according to a report on Saturday.
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Aid mission ends in tragedy: volunteer Annie Lewis Marffy killed in russian drone strike in Ukraine
The family of a British aid volunteer reportedly killed in a drone strike in Ukraine expressed that they were very disappointed by the response from the Foreign Office.
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Ukraine strike on Druzhba pipeline cuts Russian oil supplies to Hungary and Slovakia
Ukraine has targeted a crucial pumping station on the Druzhba oil pipeline, which delivers fuel from Russia to Europe, halting supplies to Hungary and Slovakia, the only EU member states still receiving Russian oil.
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Phantom drones worth $1bn: how Ukraine’s customs mafia and shell companies plunder defence procurements
In 2025, drones worth more than 1 billion dollars were imported into Ukraine, although some of them exist only on paper and were not actually brought into the country.
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Lithuania builds three-tier “line of death” on border with Russia and Belarus: mines, traps and explosive bridges
Lithuania has revealed plans to dig a 30-mile-wide ribbon of defences on its borders with Russia and Belarus that will include minefields and bridges set to blow up in case Russia invades.
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UK to offer troops for Ukraine security but rules out frontline combat with Russia
The head of the British armed forces will inform his American counterparts that the UK is prepared to deploy troops to defend Ukraine’s skies and seas, but not to the frontline with Russia, as planning intensifies for a postwar settlement.
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"Today has shown that we have moved forward," says Keir Starmer after Trump–Putin talks
Keir Starmer praised Donald Trump’s efforts to end the war in Ukraine after being asked by BBC Breakfast about his feelings on seeing Vladimir Putin receive red carpet treatment in Alaska.
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Russians mock Ukraine by placing Russian and US flags on captured equipment
Russian soldiers have been filmed taunting Ukraine over Donald Trump’s perceived support for Vladimir Putin.
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Starmer: Trump has brought end of Ukraine war ‘closer than ever before’ despite no Alaska ceasefire deal
US President Donald Trump’s actions have brought the end of the war in Ukraine "closer than ever before", Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has said.
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Putin invites Trump to Moscow: US president urges Ukraine to “make a deal”
After his meeting with Vladimir Putin in Alaska, Donald Trump said the talks went “ten out of ten” and confirmed that he has “a great relationship” with the Russian president.
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Trump reveals ‘no deal’ with Putin after grinning through Alaska summit and letting Russian leader take the lead
US President Donald Trump revealed that ‘no deal’ was made on Ukraine but beamed at his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin and let him speak first in a historic joint news briefing.
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Putin twice cynically “ignored” question about killing of peaceful Ukrainians
Russian dictator Vladimir Putin ignored journalists’ question about the killing of civilians in Ukraine.
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Three killed by sea mine explosions on Ukrainian beaches in Zatoka and Karolino-Buhaz
Three swimmers were killed in explosions when sea mines washed up too close to a beach crowded with families in Ukraine.
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Russian explosives plant tied to military expansion secures Siemens gear via Chinese intermediaries, bypassing Western sanctions
Despite Western sanctions, a Russian explosives plant has purchased Siemens equipment through a network of intermediaries.
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Trump seeks joint meeting with Putin and Zelensky to push for Ukraine war talks
US President Donald Trump reportedly plans to meet with his Russian and Ukrainian counterparts, Vladimir Putin and Volodymyr Zelensky, simultaneously as soon as next week.
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Russia threatens to deploy nuclear missiles after Trump moves submarines
Russia has suggested it could once again deploy short and intermediate-range nuclear missiles as tensions between the Kremlin and the United States continue to mount.
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SSU investigates Latin American drug cartels infiltrating Ukrainian Armed Forces for drone training
The SSU, Ukraine’s domestic intelligence service, is investigating whether Spanish-speaking volunteers linked to Latin American drug cartels have infiltrated the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) in the hopes of receiving FPV drone training.