Ukraine’s top sanctions official says he remains optimistic about prospects for a sweeping Russia sanctions bill in the US Congress despite growing uncertainty over when the House will take it up, as lawmakers face a sharply shortened legislative calendar ahead of the November elections.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said he spoke with the two US special envoys who told him they will visit Kyiv "in the coming days" and that they will also travel to Moscow for talks, even as Russian strikes continued on the Ukrainian capital.
Images captured by maritime enthusiasts along the Turkish coast offer a glimpse into the intensity of the ongoing war on Black Sea shipping by Ukrainian and Russian attack drone teams.
Days after Ukranie's president warned airlines of the dangers of Russian airspace, flight cancellations and airport closures swept Russia. Ukraine’s drone campaign has caused such disruption before, but Kyiv’s hint that it could up the ante raises the question of how much worse it could get.
An armed clash between Ukraine’s military intelligence and security service left three officers wounded in Kyiv. Both sides gave conflicting accounts, while President Zelenskyy called the incident “absolutely disgraceful.”
KYIV -- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy called for “accountability” and “personnel decisions” after a shootout in Kyiv involving the country’s major security services.
WASHINGTON -- US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has confirmed that Washington and Kyiv are negotiating a license that could allow Ukraine to produce missiles for the US-made Patriot air-defense system, reviving an idea that President Donald Trump appeared to downplay only weeks ago.
The recent incident at Leipzig Airport in which Russian explosive-laden drones interrupted flights is the "new normal," said European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, as she vowed to double down on support for Ukraine and more restrictive measures on Moscow.
Armed only with an assault rifle in an open cockpit, a Ukrainian gunner is part of an aerial unit that is shooting down Russian drones from Soviet-era Yak-52 propeller planes. Three low-cost planes donated by a Dutch NGO patrol the Odesa region, downing multiple Shahed drones in a single flight.
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy warned airlines using Russian airspace about the threat posed by Ukrainian drones, saying the skies above Russia are no longer safe amid Moscow's continued escalation.
Russian air strikes pounded the Kyiv region, killing and injuring local residents as children across Ukraine headed to school for their first day of classes on September 1.
Germany has accused Russia of carrying out what the country's top police official called a “hybrid attack” involving an explosive-laden drone that disrupted flights at Leipzig airport in early August, saying it was part of a long-term campaign of destabilization operations against Europe.
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