Russian president Vladimir Putin warned European nations that sending troops to Ukraine would amount to “war with Russia” as Moscow escalated its drone strikes across the country.
Speaking on the sidelines of Brics summit in India, Putin insisted that Russia did not pose a threat to other European nations and astonishingly blamed “Western globalist elites” for his invasion of Ukraine.
“There is no such threat, and there has never been. We are not threatening European countries, nor are we going to threaten them. Why would we? No one seems to even consider that we have no grounds for any conflict with Europe,” he said on Friday.
Russia nevertheless struck two Kyiv petrol stations with jet-powered drones early on Friday, killing two people in an escalation of strikes that president Volodymyr Zelensky said were becoming “increasingly terrorist in nature.”
Russia has for two weeks been carrying out almost constant attacks with faster jet-powered drones that have killed a number of Kyiv residents and disrupted daily life in Ukraine's capital. The attacks were paused while US peace negotiators Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner visited Kyiv at the weekend, but then resumed.
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Key Points
- Russian strikes kill seven and wound 76 in Ukraine industrial hub of Pavlohrad
- Two injured as Russian air strikes hit nine-storey apartment building in Kyiv
- Russia's Ozon says Ukraine drones cause fire at its logistics hub in Saratov
- No trilateral talks before Russian election, Zelensky warns
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12:40 , James ReynoldsUkraine faces 'toughest winter' since invasion: UN
12:10 , James ReynoldsUkraine will face its toughest winter since the full-scale invasion this year, a top UN official has warned, as Kyiv scrambles to shore up support ahead of the colder months.
Alexander De Croo, the head of the UN development agency, told the BBC that there is a risk of “humanitarian catastrophe” if Russian attacks cut off water and power, as they did last year.
“This winter is going to be the toughest one since the war,” he said.
He said the UN was “very, very worried... about what this winter could become”, with concerns driven by Russia's “very systematic” targeting of civilian and energy infrastructure.
Kyiv has been seeking additional support from allies ahead of the bitter winter months, warning Russia is likely to step up its air attacks against Ukrainian infrastructure.
Both sides deny targeting civilians.
In pictures: Aftermath of latest strikes in Ukraine's Odesa
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The latest: Ukraine hits industrial facilities across Russia
11:10 , James ReynoldsIndustrial facilities in Russia's Samara region were attacked by Ukrainian drones on Saturday morning, Interfax reported.
Russia's defence ministry said its forces had downed 230 Ukrainian drones overnight over more than a dozen Russian regions, as well as over Crimea and the Azov and Black seas.
Regional governor Vyacheslav Fedorishchev did not specify which facilities were targeted or whether they had been damaged.
Ilya Sukhikh, mayor of the city of Togliatti in Samara region, said several residential buildings were damaged and one person was injured.
In a separate attack, four commercial properties were set ablaze in the city of Taganrog in the Rostov region, local mayor Svetlana Kambulova said, according to TASS.
‘Overnight we all became war correspondents’: Ukraine’s local newspapers face battle to stay alive
10:40 , James Reynolds“In one day, most of our journalists became war correspondents, especially in the frontline areas,” says Oksana Brovko, CEO of the Association of Independent Regional Press Publishers of Ukraine (AIRPPU).
“And that was not a professional decision. It was the environment which changed, in February 2022.”
Brovko has spent the last four years organising support for Ukraine’s battered regional media industry. In the early days, she says, that comprised delivering bulletproof vests, first aid kits, generators and charging stations, so that reporters could continue to work.
Read how Ukraine’s media landscape has been changed by four years of war:
‘We were local journalists in Ukraine. Then overnight we became war correspondents’
In focus: Russia kills two in fresh strikes on petrol stations
10:10 , James ReynoldsRussia attacked two Kyiv petrol stations with jet-powered drones early on Friday, killing two people in an escalation of strikes that President Volodymyr Zelensky said were becoming "increasingly terrorist in nature."
The two dead in Kyiv were at one of the two petrol stations that was attacked, officials said, one by a double-tap strike.
Friday's strikes followed what appeared to be the first attack on a Kyiv petrol station a day earlier. In recent months, Russia hit some 300 petrol stations, mainly in or near Ukraine's frontline regions.
"There is no military objective behind such strikes. This is terror of the civilian population," said Bohdan Kukura, CEO of Ukrainian oil company Ukrnafta.
A further 12 people, including a 12-year-old boy, were injured in Kyiv, Mayor Vitali Klitschko said. An attack on a Kyiv residential block injured eight people overnight.
Zelensky said Russia had hit a building used by Ukraine's largest mobile operator Kyivstar in Kyiv, and there were strikes in eight other Ukrainian regions. Kyivstar's network continued to operate, the company said.
Five killed and 67 injured as Russian strike hits shopping centre
09:40 , James ReynoldsReport: Putin has ‘absurd’ view of Ukraine war due to ‘culture of lying’ in Russian army
09:10 , James ReynoldsThe Russian army has a “pervasive culture of lying” over battlefield gains which has left Vladimir Putin with a “severely distorted” view of the frontline situation in Ukraine, military analysts have said.
Several Russian military bloggers have offered a bleak picture of the frontline near Lyman in the Donetsk region, where Ukrainian counterattacks are pushing back Russia’s forward positions and exposing misleading military reports from Russian forces.
One milblogger, according to the Institute for the Study of War (ISW), argued that “beautiful reports” – a term milbloggers have coined to refer to the pervasive culture of lying within the Russian armed forces and misinformation about the state of the frontlines – need to be “absolutely forbidden”.
Putin has ‘absurd’ view of Ukraine war due to ‘culture of lying’ in Russian army
Putin sends bones of medieval warrior to Ukraine frontline
08:40 , James ReynoldsRussia has sent bone fragments from a legendary Russian prince in a bizarre attempt to boost morale for its soldiers fighting in Putin’s war against Ukraine.
Tiny fragments from the sword hand of the medieval Grand Prince Dmitry Donskoy, who won a famous victory over the Mongols, have been sent in the Russian Orthodox Church's latest show of support for Putin's war.
The sarcophagus of the Grand Prince, who died in 1389 and is revered by Russian nationalists for defeating the Mongol Golden Horde at the 1380 Battle of Kulikovo, was uncovered this summer during restoration work at Moscow's Cathedral of the Archangel inside the Kremlin.
Russian military and church officials presented the discovery as a fortuitous find that could help Russian forces prevail in Ukraine, now in the fifth year of a grinding war.
Read our full story below.
Putin sends bones of warrior prince to Ukraine in desperate bid to boost morale
US House to vote on Russia sanctions backed by late Senator Graham
08:10 , Namita SinghThe US House of Representatives will begin consideration next week of a sweeping Russia sanctions bill championed by the late Republican Senator Lindsey Graham, which has passed the Senate but faces stiff opposition from House Democrats.
The House Rules Committee said it scheduled a meeting to consider the measure for Monday afternoon. Approval by the Republican-majority Rules Committee would pave the way for a vote in the full chamber later in the week.
Graham, a South Carolina Republican who died in July, was among Ukraine's most outspoken allies in Congress. His bill would sanction Russian officials and authorise stiff tariffs on China, India and other countries to reduce their dependence on Russian oil and gas. Its passage would be seen as an important message to Ukraine – and Russia – of US support for the government in Kyiv in its defence against Russia's full-scale invasion.
The bill aims to increase economic pressure on Moscow by cutting off sources of revenue used to fund the war.
Putin blames ‘Western global elites’ for his invasion of Ukraine
07:59 , Namita SinghVladimir Putin on Friday said Western countries had disregarded Russia's opposition to Nato's eastward expansion.
After a Russia-friendly president was forced to flee Ukraine in 2014, he said the West "immediately set the goal of dragging Ukraine into Nato. And this ultimately turned out to be the main reason for today's tragic events in Ukraine”.
"It is the Western globalist elites that are to blame for this, though they keep shifting the blame onto us all the time."
Putin says events in Europe, like AfD's win in Germany, caused by Western globalists
07:34 , Namita SinghRussian president Vladimir Putin said on Friday that events in Europe, including the far-right victory in a German state election, were the result of "system errors" committed by globalists in the West.
Putin, speaking to reporters in a pool report on the first day of a visit to India, also said the conflict in Ukraine was the fault of the West for constantly putting pressure on Moscow and seeking to "drag" Ukraine into the Nato alliance.
The Russian president said he would offer no comment on Sunday's top result for the Alternative for Germany (AfD) party in the German state of Saxony-Anhalt, but then added that Western elites were to blame for events on the continent, including the election.
"I think that everything happening in Europe right now is basically the result of system errors by the so-called West ... the Western globalists in politics, security, and economics," Putin said.
Explosion hits another weapons site in Bulgaria
07:33 , Namita SinghAn explosion caused a fire at a weapons storage site in central Bulgaria overnight, local media and officials said on Saturday, the second blaze at a munitions facility in the past few weeks.
No one was reported injured in the blaze, which broke out near the village of Tsareva Livada and could be seen lighting up the night sky in videos broadcast locally.
"At the moment, the fire is on the territory of the storage base of the factory. It is moving from warehouse to warehouse," Gabrovo regional governor Kristina Sidorova told journalists in the early hours of Saturday.
Local media reported that the fire was at a site run by EMCO, which experienced an explosion at another facility last month, citing an EMCO company official. Reuters was not immediately able to reach EMCO for comment.
EMCO is run by Bulgarian arms trader Emilian Gebrev, who Bulgarian prosecutors allege was the target of past attacks on his facilities by Russian operatives.
In 2024, Bulgaria issued an arrest warrant for six Russian citizens accused of involvement in the destruction of EMCO arms depots that were storing munitions for export to Ukraine and Georgia between 2011 and 2020.
Prosecutors at the time said that they could reasonably assume links between the blasts in Bulgaria, an attempted poisoning of Gebrev in 2015, and munitions depot explosions in the Czech Republic in 2014. Moscow has dismissed the allegations.
Ukraine hits Russia’s largest online retailer
06:06 , Namita SinghUkraine has attacked Russia's largest online retailers and oil refineries, often deep inside the country, as well as energy and fuel logistics in regions of its own territory occupied by Russian forces.
Volodymyr Zelensky said Ukrainian forces had hit an enterprise and an oil industry facility in the Saratov and Volgograd regions. He also reported strikes on unnamed targets in other regions and the Black Sea.
Dmitry Milyayev, the governor of Russia's Tula region, said two people were killed and three injured in Ukrainian drone attacks overnight. A 37-year-old man had been killed in a Ukrainian drone strike in the Kursk region, its governor said.
Russian e-commerce company Ozon said a drone had caused a fire at its logistics hub in the central city of Saratov. More than two dozen warehouses owned by Ozon and fellow online retailer Wildberries have been hit in recent attacks which Ukraine casts as part of a campaign against economic infrastructure underpinning Russia's war.
Ukraine's military said it hit an oil refinery in Saratov. Two people were injured in a missile attack that hit two residential buildings and damaged an industrial facility in Volgograd, south of Saratov on the Volga River, local authorities said, without identifying the industrial facility.
Two killed and 12 injured on Friday in Kyiv
06:03 , Namita SinghThe two dead in Kyiv were at one of the two petrol stations that was attacked, officials said, one by a double-tap strike.
Friday's strikes followed what appeared to be the first attack on a Kyiv petrol station a day earlier. In recent months, Russia hit some 300 petrol stations, mainly in or near Ukraine's frontline regions.
"There is no military objective behind such strikes. This is terror of the civilian population," said Bohdan Kukura, CEO of Ukrainian oil company Ukrnafta.
A further 12 people, including a 12-year-old boy, were injured in Kyiv, Mayor Vitali Klitschko said.
An attack on a Kyiv residential block injured eight people overnight. Zelenskiy said Russia had hit a building used by Ukraine's largest mobile operator Kyivstar in Kyiv, and there were strikes in eight other Ukrainian regions. Kyivstar's network continued to operate, the company said.
Ukrainian strikes kill three in Russia
05:21 , Namita SinghUkraine also carried out drone attacks on Russia, killing two people in the Tula region overnight and one on Friday in the Kursk region, local officials said.
With fighting on the front line largely stalled more than four and a half years into the war in Ukraine, Russia and Ukraine increasingly have struck logistics and other economic targets in recent weeks to try to damage the other's war effort.
Russian attacks on Kyiv petrol stations kill two
05:20 , Namita SinghRussia attacked two Kyiv petrol stations with jet-powered drones early on Friday, killing two people in an escalation of strikes that president Volodymyr Zelensky said were becoming "increasingly terrorist in nature".
Three more people were killed in Russian strikes in southeastern Ukraine's Dnipropetrovsk and Zaporizhzhia regions and in Kharkiv in the northeast, according to the governors of those regions.
EU approves £5.2bn tranche of defence funds to Ukraine
03:00 , Alex CroftThe European Commission has approved a disbursement of 6.1 billion euros (£5.2bn) to Ukraine, which it can use to buy Patriot air defence missiles and other supplies.
The funds are part of the 90 billion euros (£77.2bn) support loan the EU has promised Ukraine.
The new disbursement means the 28.3 billion euro in military support promised from the loan for 2026 has now been allocated, the Commission said.
Portugal says it supports use of frozen Russian assets to fund Ukraine - but understands Belgium's concerns
01:30 , Alex CroftPortugal has declared that it supports the use of frozen Russian assets to assist Ukraine, but is understanding of Belgium’s concerns over the financial risks, foreign minister Paulo Rangel said.
Brussels-based clearing house Euroclear hosts most of the roughly €200 billion ($232.54 billion) in frozen Russian assets held in Europe.
Last year, when the European Commission proposed using the assets to support a Ukraine loan, Belgium opposed the plan due to concerns over guarantees against the possibility of lawsuits and Russian compensation claims. It demanded the risks be shared across the EU.
"Portugal is favourable and will never be an obstacle to the use of those €200 billion," Mr Rangel said on Thursday.
But he added that the concerns in Brussels were “truly pertinent” and hoped for a “very constructive solution”.
Two industrial facilities attacked in Russia's Ural mountains
Saturday 12 September 2026 00:01 , Alex CroftTwo industrial facilities in the Perm region of Russia’s Ural mountains were attacked by Ukrainian drones, the regional governor said.
Governor Dmitry Makhonin did not name the facilities, saying only that the attack was on the northern part of the region and that there were no casualties.
German environmental groups sues to prevent Russian-linked nuclear permit
Friday 11 September 2026 23:00 , Kirsti KnolleA German environmental group has sued the state of Lower Saxony to overturn approval for expanding a nuclear fuel plant as part of a project linked to Russia's state-owned atomic energy company Rosatom, it said on Friday.
The case, brought by BUND Niedersachsen, challenges the state's clearance for a subsidiary of France's Framatome to produce nuclear fuel rods in the northern German town of Lingen, as part of a licensing agreement with the state-backed Russian firm.
The environment ministry in Lower Saxony granted approval subject to certain conditions, with guidance from the federal environment ministry and despite political concerns over Moscow’s invasion in Ukraine. The ministry said there was no legal basis for rejection.
BUND, collaborating with anti-nuclear group .ausgestrahlt, said the permit was the result of procedural errors and would pose a security risk because of Rosatom's role.
The killer robots behind Ukraine’s warfare ‘revolution’ hunting the frontline
Friday 11 September 2026 22:00 , Alex CroftIn a tiny Ukrainian workshop near the frontline ‘Chimera’ is preparing his robot army for battle.
Lined up in a row, the four-wheeled unmanned vehicles known as "Hyenas" will crawl toward Russian lines full of explosives. Hunting, looking to attack an enemy dugout or halt an advance.
"Imagine what 20 kilograms (44 pounds) of explosives is like: it's very powerful," Chimera, 44, who asked to be identified by his call sign, said. "Very powerful."
Workshops like this one, run by Ukraine's Third Army Corps, have sprouted up across the 1,200-km (745-mile) front as Kyiv's outmanned army seeks to gain the technological edge against Russia's unrelenting infantry assaults in the fifth year of war.
Unmanned ground vehicles are a critical new component of Ukraine's strategy to fight smarter by preserving the lives of its troops on a drone-saturated battlefield, where virtually any movement can prove deadly.
Read the full report:
The killer robots behind Ukraine’s warfare ‘revolution’ hunting the frontline
Two killed and three injured in drone attacks on Russia's Tula region
Friday 11 September 2026 21:01 , Alex CroftAt least two people were killed and another three were injured in drone attacks on central Russia's Tula region, the local governor said on Friday.
The Russian air defence units shot down 26 drones over the region overnight, the governor Dmitry Milyayev said.
Missile debris damages industrial facility in Russia's Volgograd
Friday 11 September 2026 20:02 , Alex CroftMissile debris damaged an industrial facility in the southern part of the Russian city of Volgograd on the Volga River, city officials said on Telegram.
The Volgograd regional administration, citing governor Andrei Bocharov, said two people were injured in an attack that also damaged a residential building in the city.
The post did not provide details about the industrial facility.
The Volgograd oil refinery run by Lukoil, one of Russia's biggest by processing capacity, is located in the southern part of the city.
Russia says it hits three cargo vessels near Ukrainian ports
Friday 11 September 2026 19:00 , Alex CroftThe Russian defence ministry said on Friday that its forces had hit three cargo vessels in the Black Sea near the ports of Chornomorsk and Odesa, claiming they were carrying equipment for the Ukrainian military.
Several logistic centres in various regions of Ukraine were also struck, the ministry said.
Canadian PM Carney says he spoke recently to Trump about Ukraine and Iran
Friday 11 September 2026 18:01 , Alex CroftCanadian prime minister Mark Carney said he had spoken to US president Donald Trump "a couple of times" recently about the war in Ukraine and issues related to the Iran conflict.
Carney, involved in a deepening trade war with the United States, told reporters in Calgary that he had talked to Trump "because part of our responsibility is to work together". He did not give details.
Watch: Five killed and 67 injured as Russian strike hits shopping centre
Friday 11 September 2026 17:01 , Alex CroftZelensky says no trilateral peace talks before elections in Russia
Friday 11 September 2026 16:30 , Alex CroftVolodymyr Zelensky has said there will be no trilateral meeting on how to end the war before the elections in Russia, due to be held on Sunday 20 September.
Zelensky said Ukrainian and US negotiators were in constant contact and he hoped for progress in talks on energy and grain at the end of September after his meeting with US president Donald Trump.
Just last week, the US sent its peace envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner to Moscow and Kyiv to hold back to back talks with the leaders for finding a settlement on the war. However, no breakthroughs were reported from both sides.
Nato allies foil Russian subsea cable sabotage plot
Friday 11 September 2026 16:01 , Alex CroftNato allies foiled a plot where Russian subs trained to unleash a secret weapon designed to disable critical undersea cables without leaving any fingerprints, it has been revealed.
A joint operation involving Britain, Norway and the United States tracked and confronted the Russian vessels at sea, officials told Reuters after a clandestine Russian operation was carried out by Moscow's GUGI undersea warfare directorate.
Deep-sea submersibles were used to simulate the deployment of the sophisticated and destructive technology capable of disrupting deep sea cables vital for global internet connectivity and financial transactions. The vessels were prevented from completing their exercise and eventually left the area.
The discovery of the new weapon, location of the operation and US involvement come months after Britain and Norway disclosed that they had uncovered a covert Russian operation in Arctic waters.
The deep-sea face-off comes at a time when some Western intelligence officials fear the Kremlin is ramping up sabotage operations in Europe and preparing for a conflict with Nato.
Watch: Russian drone strike on Sumy shopping mall kills two, injures 14
Friday 11 September 2026 15:29 , Bryony GoochPictured: Bearers carry a case with relics of a medieval Russian prince Dmitry Donskoy during a citywide procession in Moscow
Friday 11 September 2026 15:00 , Bryony Gooch
Kyiv says it hit Russian Saratov oil refinery overnight
Friday 11 September 2026 14:31 , Alex CroftUkraine's military said on Friday it hit a Russian oil refinery in Saratov overnight.
The attacks caused fires at the site, the general staff added on X.
⚡️ Ukraine's Defenсe Forces struck the Saratov oil refinery on the night of September 11. Fires were recorded at the facility. Damage assessment is ongoing.
— Defense of Ukraine (@DefenceU) September 11, 2026
The plant processes around 7 million tons of crude per year, producing gasoline, diesel and other petroleum products. It…
EU approves £5.2bn tranche of defence funds to Ukraine
Friday 11 September 2026 13:59 , Alex CroftThe European Commission has approved a disbursement of 6.1 billion euros (£5.2bn) to Ukraine, which it can use to buy Patriot air defence missiles and other supplies.
The funds are part of the 90 billion euros (£77.2bn) support loan the EU has promised Ukraine.
The new disbursement means the 28.3 billion euro in military support promised from the loan for 2026 has now been allocated, the Commission said.
Two killed in Russian drone attacks on Kyiv petrol stations - Klitschko
Friday 11 September 2026 13:30 , Alex CroftTwo people were killed in Russian drone attacks on petrol stations in the capital of Kyiv, mayor Vitali Klitschko hassaid.
"One person who was injured during an attack on a petrol station in the capital has died from injuries," Mr Klitschko said on the Telegram messaging app.
He later added that a second person had died in hospital as a result of the attack on two petrol stations.
Sweden, NATO’s newest member, is holding an election. Here’s what is at stake
Friday 11 September 2026 13:01 , Alex CroftVoters in Sweden will go to the polls on Sunday in a contest that will decide if the conservative government stays in power, potentially granting a hard-right party its first cabinet seats, or if the centre-left will regain control.
Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson is bidding for a second four-year term leading the European Union country, which recently became NATO’s newest member. His predecessor is attempting to reclaim office, with the battle over leadership largely overshadowing core policy debates.
More than eight million people, from a total population of around 10.6 million, are registered to vote for the 349-seat parliament in Stockholm, the Riksdag, which will subsequently select the nation's next prime minister.
Read more here:
Sweden, NATO’s newest member, is holding an election. Here’s what is at stake
Portugal says it supports use of frozen Russian assets to fund Ukraine - but understands Belgium's concerns
Friday 11 September 2026 12:31 , Alex CroftPortugal has declared that it supports the use of frozen Russian assets to assist Ukraine, but is understanding of Belgium’s concerns over the financial risks, foreign minister Paulo Rangel said.
Brussels-based clearing house Euroclear hosts most of the roughly €200 billion ($232.54 billion) in frozen Russian assets held in Europe.
Last year, when the European Commission proposed using the assets to support a Ukraine loan, Belgium opposed the plan due to concerns over guarantees against the possibility of lawsuits and Russian compensation claims. It demanded the risks be shared across the EU.
"Portugal is favourable and will never be an obstacle to the use of those €200 billion," Mr Rangel said on Thursday.
But he added that the concerns in Brussels were “truly pertinent” and hoped for a “very constructive solution”.
Five killed and 67 injured as Russian strike hits shopping centre
Friday 11 September 2026 12:05 , Alex CroftGerman environmental groups sues to prevent Russian-linked nuclear permit
Friday 11 September 2026 11:41 , Kirsti KnolleA German environmental group has sued the state of Lower Saxony to overturn approval for expanding a nuclear fuel plant as part of a project linked to Russia's state-owned atomic energy company Rosatom, it said on Friday.
The case, brought by BUND Niedersachsen, challenges the state's clearance for a subsidiary of France's Framatome to produce nuclear fuel rods in the northern German town of Lingen, as part of a licensing agreement with the state-backed Russian firm.
The environment ministry in Lower Saxony granted approval subject to certain conditions, with guidance from the federal environment ministry and despite political concerns over Moscow’s invasion in Ukraine. The ministry said there was no legal basis for rejection.
BUND, collaborating with anti-nuclear group .ausgestrahlt, said the permit was the result of procedural errors and would pose a security risk because of Rosatom's role.
Two industrial facilities attacked in Russia's Ural mountains
Friday 11 September 2026 11:15 , Alex CroftTwo industrial facilities in the Perm region of Russia’s Ural mountains were attacked by Ukrainian drones, the regional governor said.
Governor Dmitry Makhonin did not name the facilities, saying only that the attack was on the northern part of the region and that there were no casualties.
In pictures: Russian forces strike petrol station in Kyiv
Friday 11 September 2026 10:51 , Alex Croft
Nato allies foil Russian subsea cable sabotage plot
Friday 11 September 2026 10:26 , Arpan RaiNato allies foiled a plot where Russian subs trained to unleash a secret weapon designed to disable critical undersea cables without leaving any fingerprints, it has been revealed.
A joint operation involving Britain, Norway and the United States tracked and confronted the Russian vessels at sea, officials told Reuters after a clandestine Russian operation was carried out by Moscow's GUGI undersea warfare directorate.
Deep-sea submersibles were used to simulate the deployment of the sophisticated and destructive technology capable of disrupting deep sea cables vital for global internet connectivity and financial transactions. The vessels were prevented from completing their exercise and eventually left the area.
The discovery of the new weapon, location of the operation and US involvement come months after Britain and Norway disclosed that they had uncovered a covert Russian operation in Arctic waters.
The deep-sea face-off comes at a time when some Western intelligence officials fear the Kremlin is ramping up sabotage operations in Europe and preparing for a conflict with Nato.
Canadian PM Carney says he spoke recently to Trump about Ukraine and Iran
Friday 11 September 2026 10:00 , Arpan RaiCanadian prime minister Mark Carney said he had spoken to US president Donald Trump "a couple of times" recently about the war in Ukraine and issues related to the Iran conflict.
Carney, involved in a deepening trade war with the United States, told reporters in Calgary that he had talked to Trump "because part of our responsibility is to work together". He did not give details.
The killer robots behind Ukraine’s warfare ‘revolution’ hunting the frontline
Friday 11 September 2026 09:30 , Alex CroftIn a tiny Ukrainian workshop near the frontline ‘Chimera’ is preparing his robot army for battle.
Lined up in a row, the four-wheeled unmanned vehicles known as "Hyenas" will crawl toward Russian lines full of explosives. Hunting, looking to attack an enemy dugout or halt an advance.
"Imagine what 20 kilograms (44 pounds) of explosives is like: it's very powerful," Chimera, 44, who asked to be identified by his call sign, said. "Very powerful."
Workshops like this one, run by Ukraine's Third Army Corps, have sprouted up across the 1,200-km (745-mile) front as Kyiv's outmanned army seeks to gain the technological edge against Russia's unrelenting infantry assaults in the fifth year of war.
Unmanned ground vehicles are a critical new component of Ukraine's strategy to fight smarter by preserving the lives of its troops on a drone-saturated battlefield, where virtually any movement can prove deadly.
Read the full report:
The killer robots behind Ukraine’s warfare ‘revolution’ hunting the frontline
Two killed and three injured in drone attacks on Russia's Tula region
Friday 11 September 2026 09:10 , Arpan RaiAt least two people were killed and another three were injured in drone attacks on central Russia's Tula region, the local governor said on Friday.
The Russian air defence units shot down 26 drones over the region overnight, the governor Dmitry Milyayev said.
Missile debris damages industrial facility in Russia's Volgograd
Friday 11 September 2026 08:50 , Arpan RaiMissile debris damaged an industrial facility in the southern part of the Russian city of Volgograd on the Volga River, city officials said on Telegram.
The Volgograd regional administration, citing governor Andrei Bocharov, said two people were injured in an attack that also damaged a residential building in the city.
The post did not provide details about the industrial facility.
The Volgograd oil refinery run by Lukoil, one of Russia's biggest by processing capacity, is located in the southern part of the city.
No trilateral talks before Russian election, Zelensky warns
Friday 11 September 2026 07:29 , Arpan RaiUkraine's president Volodymyr Zelensky said on Thursday there would be no trilateral meeting on how to end the war before the elections in Russia.
Zelensky said Ukrainian and US negotiators were in constant contact and he hoped for progress in talks on energy and grain at the end of September after his meeting with US President Donald Trump.
Russia will hold parliamentary elections on 20 September, and Zelensky expects to meet Trump in the second half of this month.
Eight injured as Russian air strikes hit nine-storey apartment building in Kyiv
Friday 11 September 2026 07:29 , Arpan RaiRussian air strikes injured eight and caused a fire in a nine-storey apartment building in the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv in the early hours today.
The city officials have asked people in the area to seek shelter amid a drone alert.
Russian strikes kill seven and wound 76 in Ukraine industrial hub of Pavlohrad
Friday 11 September 2026 07:28 , Arpan RaiAt least seven people were killed as Russian forces launched a broad onslaught on the industrial city of Pavlohrad in southeastern Ukraine yesterday.
The strikes also targeted a petrol station in the capital Kyiv and an international agribusiness facility in Dnipro as Moscow intensifies attacks on logistics and economic targets.
Regional governor Oleksandr Hanzha said Russian forces deployed drones, artillery and aerial bombs in hitting five districts of Pavlohrad, a rail and logistics hub serving a coal-mining area with a pre-war population of about 120,000.
A total of 76 people were injured, including several children. Photos posted online showed shattered shops and burned-out vehicles in the city, which has acted as a critical supply route for the Ukrainian military connecting central Ukraine to eastern front lines.
Russia says it hits three cargo vessels near Ukrainian ports
Friday 11 September 2026 07:28 , Arpan RaiThe Russian defence ministry said on Friday that its forces had hit three cargo vessels in the Black Sea near the ports of Chornomorsk and Odesa, claiming they were carrying equipment for the Ukrainian military.
Several logistic centres in various regions of Ukraine were also struck, the ministry said.
Canadian PM Carney says he spoke recently to Trump about Ukraine and Iran
Friday 11 September 2026 07:07 , Arpan RaiCanadian prime minister Mark Carney said he had spoken to US president Donald Trump "a couple of times" recently about the war in Ukraine and issues related to the Iran conflict.
Carney, involved in a deepening trade war with the United States, told reporters in Calgary that he had talked to Trump "because part of our responsibility is to work together". He did not give details.
Two killed and three injured in drone attacks on Russia's Tula region
Friday 11 September 2026 06:41 , Arpan RaiAt least two people were killed and another three were injured in drone attacks on central Russia's Tula region, the local governor said on Friday.
The Russian air defence units shot down 26 drones over the region overnight, the governor Dmitry Milyayev said.
Watch: Five killed and 67 injured as Russian strike hits shopping centre
Friday 11 September 2026 06:37 , Arpan RaiZelensky says no trilateral peace talks before elections in Russia
Friday 11 September 2026 06:00 , Arpan RaiVolodymyr Zelensky has said there will be no trilateral meeting on how to end the war before the elections in Russia, due to be held on Sunday 20 September.
Zelensky said Ukrainian and US negotiators were in constant contact and he hoped for progress in talks on energy and grain at the end of September after his meeting with US president Donald Trump.
Just last week, the US sent its peace envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner to Moscow and Kyiv to hold back to back talks with the leaders for finding a settlement on the war. However, no breakthroughs were reported from both sides.
Putin sends bones of medieval warrior to Ukraine frontline
Friday 11 September 2026 05:40 , Arpan RaiRussia has sent bone fragments from a legendary Russian prince in a bizarre attempt to boost morale for its soldiers fighting in Putin’s war against Ukraine.
Tiny fragments from the sword hand of the medieval Grand Prince Dmitry Donskoy, who won a famous victory over the Mongols, have been sent in the Russian Orthodox Church's latest show of support for Putin's war.
The sarcophagus of the Grand Prince, who died in 1389 and is revered by Russian nationalists for defeating the Mongol Golden Horde at the 1380 Battle of Kulikovo, was uncovered this summer during restoration work at Moscow's Cathedral of the Archangel inside the Kremlin.
Russian military and church officials presented the discovery as a fortuitous find that could help Russian forces prevail in Ukraine, now in the fifth year of a grinding war.
Missile debris damages industrial facility in Russia's Volgograd
Friday 11 September 2026 05:17 , Arpan RaiMissile debris damaged an industrial facility in the southern part of the Russian city of Volgograd on the Volga River, city officials said on Telegram.
The Volgograd regional administration, citing governor Andrei Bocharov, said two people were injured in an attack that also damaged a residential building in the city.
The post did not provide details about the industrial facility.
The Volgograd oil refinery run by Lukoil, one of Russia's biggest by processing capacity, is located in the southern part of the city.
Reminder: Ukraine’s children begin school year with missiles overhead
Friday 11 September 2026 05:00 , Jane DaltonIn case you missed it:
Ukraine’s children begin school year with balloons and missiles overhead
Russian strikes kill seven and wound 76 in Ukraine industrial hub of Pavlohrad
Friday 11 September 2026 04:24 , Arpan RaiAt least seven people were killed as Russian forces launched a broad onslaught on the industrial city of Pavlohrad in southeastern Ukraine yesterday.
The strikes also targeted a petrol station in the capital Kyiv and an international agribusiness facility in Dnipro as Moscow intensifies attacks on logistics and economic targets.
Regional governor Oleksandr Hanzha said Russian forces deployed drones, artillery and aerial bombs in hitting five districts of Pavlohrad, a rail and logistics hub serving a coal-mining area with a pre-war population of about 120,000.
A total of 76 people were injured, including several children. Photos posted online showed shattered shops and burned-out vehicles in the city, which has acted as a critical supply route for the Ukrainian military connecting central Ukraine to eastern front lines.
