Category: 1. Ukraine

As the war enters its 921st day, these are the main developments.

Here is the situation on Tuesday, September 3, 2024.

Fighting

• Russia struck Kyiv with dozens of drones and missiles in the early morning, in a bombardment that coincided with the…

Belarusian dictator Alexander Lukashenko said earlier this month that he had deployed nearly one-third of his country’s armed forces to the border with Ukraine, telling state-run TV the move came in response to Kyiv amassing troops near its…

Due to ongoing repair work, travel between Poland and Ukraine will encounter delays at major border checkpoints until mid-November.

In August 2024, Poland closed the Dorohusk checkpoint, located near Ukrainian Yahotyn, for essential repairs. This…

Ukrainian troops staged a surprise cross-border attack into Russia early last week, and now Kyiv claims to control more than 1,100 square kilometres of its neighbour’s territory.

The incursion has reframed the war and caused chaos in western…

During the past week, Ukraine has launched an offensive in Kursk in the most significant cross-border attack since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine began in February 2022.

The Kursk region, located in western Russia and bordering…

Units of the Ukrainian army crossed the border into Russia for the first time on August 6, marking the launch of a surprise…

A Ukrainian incursion into Russia’s Kursk region – the largest since the war began with about 1,000 soldiers and more than two dozen tanks and other armoured vehicles storming over the border this week – poses a threat to a major gas supply…

• a powerful display honouring the Ukrainian athletes who have been killed since Russia’s full-scale invasion has been unveiled today in Parliament Square
• more than 487 Ukrainian athletes have been killed, with the lives of former and…