Category: 2. RussianAggression

Russia carried out widespread drone and missile attacks against Ukraine on Monday, killing at least three people and knocking out power in parts of several cities, Ukrainian officials said. Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said on Telegram that Russian attacks affected 15 Ukrainian… Continue Reading

As Ukraine marks 33 years of independence on August 24, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has announced that 115 Ukrainian prisoners were released in a swap with Russia. “Another 115 of our defenders have returned home today. They are warriors from the National Guard, the Armed Forces, the Navy,… Continue Reading

This article is an on-site version of our Europe Express newsletter. Premium subscribers can sign up here to get the newsletter delivered every weekday and Saturday morning. Standard subscribers can upgrade to Premium here, or explore all FT newsletters Good morning, and welcome back to Europe… Continue Reading

A complex scheme devised by Moscow to swap Russian and western investors’ frozen assets and return more than $1bn to ordinary retail shareholders has fallen short of the Kremlin’s expectations, with less than 10 per cent of the original target delivered. Investitsionnaya Palata, a… Continue Reading

A member of the Reuters news agency team was reported missing and two others were seriously injured in a strike on a hotel in the Ukrainian city of Kramatorsk. A team of six journalists from Reuters was staying at the hotel, Reuters said in a statement. “One of our colleagues is unaccounted… Continue Reading

Authorities in Ukraine’s Donetsk region say a British citizen was found dead under the rubble on August 25, a day after a missile hit Hotel Sapfir in the eastern city of Kramatorsk. Six other people were wounded, among them several foreign journalists. A Russian missile struck the hotel before… Continue Reading

Kyiv —  Five people died in Ukrainian shelling in Russia’s border region of Belgorod, officials said Sunday, while Russian forces struck a hotel in eastern Ukraine, leaving one journalist missing and two others injured. Twelve other people were wounded in the Russian village of Rakitone,… Continue Reading

Ukraine and Russia conducted the first POW exchange since the beginning of the Ukrainian operation in the Kursk region. The exchange happened symbolically as Ukraine marks its 33rd Independence Day. Anna Chernikova reports from Kyiv. Camera: Vladyslav Smilianets Continue Reading

As Ukraine marks 33 years of independence on August 24, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has announced that 115 Ukrainian prisoners were released in a swap with Russia. “Another 115 of our defenders have returned home today. They are warriors from the National Guard, the Armed Forces, the Navy,… Continue Reading

KYIV —  Russia launched several missiles and drones overnight targeting northern and eastern Ukraine, injuring at least 29 people, Ukrainian military and local authorities said on Sunday. The attack targeted Ukraine’s frontline regions of Chernihiv, Sumy, Kharkiv and Donetsk, Ukraine’s air… Continue Reading