Ukraine has attacked another warehouse belonging to Russian online retailer Wildberries in a huge overnight air attack including more than 800 drones, Russian authorities have said.
The Russian Defence Ministry said it had destroyed 822 drones overnight, with 600 directed towards the capital. Moscow does not confirm the total number of drones fired by Kyiv in its daily updates.
The Wildberries site in Podolsk, in the Moscow region, is reportedly the largest owned by the retailer. Images show the vast warehouse completely destroyed, as Kyiv continues its campaign against the so-called ‘Russian Amazon’ which aims to “bring home the war” to ordinary Russians.
Moscow region Governor Andrei Vorobyov said an 83-year-old man had been killed, in the drone attack on Moscow.
In Kyiv, at least three people were injured in missile and drone attacks early on Sunday, mayor Vitali Klitschko said.
The attacks come after Ukraine used flamingo missiles to strike a Russian rocket and space centre in Samara that it says supports Russia's nascent Starlink-style satellite internet network, president Volodymyr Zelensky said on Saturday.
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- Putin’s visit to disputed island prompts strong reaction from Japan
Nato jet downs drone in Romanian airspace
04:34 , Arpan RaiRomania’s ministry of national defence said on Sunday that a Spanish Air and Space Force F-18 fighter jet shot down a drone that had entered Romanian airspace.
The drone’s entry into the Nato member’s airspace was detected by surveillance systems at 4.44am, the ministry said, about 24km (14.9 miles) north of the eastern city of Galati near the border with neighboring Moldova. Moldova is a landlocked country between Ukraine and Romania.
A Spanish F-18 aircraft that was performing air policing duties “made radar contact with the target and received engagement approval,” the ministry said. “The drone was safely shot down by the F-18 aircraft at 05.01.”
The ministry later said that drone debris was also reported in the Black Sea around 10am on Sunday, about 1.5km (0.9 miles) from the coastal city of Constanta.
Officials did not specify the drone’s origin.
The incident comes weeks after Romanian pilots shot down three drones over three days as Russia intensified attacks against Ukraine near the border.
Six killed in Russia as Ukraine launches one of its largest aerial attacks of the war
04:09 , Arpan RaiUkraine launched hundreds of drones across Russia on Sunday, killing at least six people in one of Kyiv’s largest aerial attacks of the war.
Russia’s defence ministry said it had destroyed 822 Ukrainian drones overnight. Some 600 drones were detected headed toward the Russian capital, Moscow mayor Sergei Sobyanin said, with a third of those destroyed over the Moscow region itself.
An 83-year-old man was killed after a Ukrainian drone hit a private home in the Moscow region, local governor Andrey Vorobyov said.
He also confirmed that a Ukrainian attack had sparked a blaze at a Wildberries warehouse in the town of Podolsk.
A drone attack targeted three towns in Russia’s southwestern Rostov region, killing five people, local governor Yury Slyusar said.
The attack, with more than 150 drones, damaged several homes and a railway station and sparked a forest fire.
Russia says it has taken two villages in eastern Ukraine
03:00 , Alex CroftWe’ve heard earlier from Russia's Defence Ministry which said on Sunday that its forces have taken the village of Pershomarivka in Ukraine's eastern Donetsk region
The ministry said that Moscow’s forces have also sezied Kudiivka in the northeastern Kharkiv region, state news agency TASS reported.
Kim Jong Un reaffirms deepening ties with Putin
01:29 , Alex CroftNorth Korean leader Kim Jong Un reaffirmed deepening ties with Russia in a message to Russian president Vladimir Putin on the anniversary of Pyongyang's liberation from Japanese colonial rule.
Earlier, Putin said the bond between Moscow and Pyongyang was forged as Soviet soldiers "fought against Japan", and that cooperation would continue "in all the sectors".
Kim expressed hope for the future of the ties between the two countries that had "carried forward the history of common struggle for justice and precious traditions of friendship", KNCA reported.
North Korea's ties with Russia have deepened after Pyongyang began deploying troops and weapons to support Russia's war against Ukraine.
Russia warns of 'serious damage' to relations with US and Turkey
Monday 17 August 2026 00:00 , Alex CroftRussia conveyed its concern to the US and Turkey over their upcoming transfer of arms to Ukraine, saying the shipment could cause "serious damage" to relations with the two countries.
Delivering the weapons would cause "serious damage to our bilateral relations with Washington and Ankara", Russian foreign ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova said.
"Attempts to use peace-promoting rhetoric while simultaneously supplying weapons to (Ukraine) inevitably erode mutual trust, especially against the backdrop of repeated assurances by Turkish officials that Turkey is avoiding 'lethal' deliveries to Kyiv."
Why Putin is testing Japan’s limits with visit to contested Pacific islands
Sunday 16 August 2026 23:01 , Alex CroftFor a few hours last week, the volcanic island of Iturup became the stage for a confrontation that had been decades in the making.
Vladimir Putin, accompanied by the governor of the Sakhalin region, toured a fish-processing complex, a hospital and a school on the island. For Russia, it was a routine presidential visit to a remote territory. For neighbouring Japan, its symbolism was hard to miss.
Japan, after all, claims the island, which it calls Etorofu, as part of its “Northern Territories”.
Prime minister Sanae Takaichi described Putin’s visit to the island as “absolutely unacceptable” while foreign minister Toshimitsu Motegi summoned Russia’s ambassador to protest.
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Ukraine says it targeted Russian airbase
Sunday 16 August 2026 22:00 , Alex CroftUkraine said yesterday that its forces struck Russia's Savasleyka airbase, which houses MiG-31K fighter jets that Moscow uses to launch ballistic missiles against Kyiv.
Ukraine also carried out a missile strike against a key Russian space rocket centre in Samara city which it claimed deploys satellite communications systems for the battlefield.
The rocket centre has been instrumental in developing Soyuz-type launch vehicles, including the Soyuz-2.1b three-stage carrier rocket, Kyiv claimed.
Ukrainian defence manufacturer Fire Point confirmed yesterday that Kyiv used FP-5 Flamingo cruise missiles to strike the Progress Space Rocket Centre.
The attacks come amid Kyiv's widely reported anti-ballistic missile interceptor shortage.
Romania shoots down drone breaching its airspace
Sunday 16 August 2026 21:01 , Alex CroftRomania shot down a drone illegally entering its airspace today, marking the fourth time the eastern European country has neutralised an uncrewed aircraft breaching its borders.
Romania's defence ministry did not share details on the origin of the drone, but said its radars detected it entering the country from neighbouring Moldova,
The drone was shot down by a Spanish F-18 fighter jet pilot on a NATO air policing mission.
The jet "made radar contact with the target and received permission to engage it," the defence ministry said, adding that the unmanned vehicle was shot down at 5.01am local time.
British drones used in Ukrainian attacks deep inside Russia for first time, says report
Sunday 16 August 2026 20:01 , Alex CroftUkrainian forces have used British drones to attack deep inside Russia’s mainland for the first time, according to a report.
In an indication of strengthening military ties between the UK and Kyiv, Ukrainian army sources told The Times that drones made by two British companies have been used in the past six months to attack targets including oil refineries in Volgograd and near Moscow and logistics hubs.
The intensifying drone attacks, which have also targeted transport infrastructure and sites belonging to Russia’s largest online retailer, Wildberries, have been crucial in inflicting heavy damage on Moscow’s economy.
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Putin puts RFK Jr’s son Conor on most wanted list for fighting in Ukraine war
Sunday 16 August 2026 19:00 , Alex CroftRobert F Kennedy Jr’s son Conor has been placed on Russia’s international wanted list for fighting in the Ukraine war, according to Russia’s state media.
The U.S. health secretary’s third child revealed he joined an international group of volunteers to fight against Vladimir Putin’s soldiers in 2022, the year the still-ongoing conflict began. At the time, Kennedy said he wanted to help the Ukrainians following Putin’s illegal invasion and was “willing to die” for the cause.
Four years later, according to Russia’s state news agency TASS, a Moscow court has authorised the 32 year-old Kennedy’s arrest in absentia while accusing him of acting as a mercenary for the Ukrainian army.
Putin puts RFK Jr’s son Conor on most wanted list for fighting in Ukraine war
Russian plot to assassinate Ukrainian-American in Warsaw foiled, Polish PM says
Sunday 16 August 2026 18:02 , Alex CroftA suspected Russian plot to assassinate a Ukrainian-American in Warsaw was foiled by Polish authorities, according to Polish prime minister Donald Tusk.
The suspect, allegedly recruited by Russia’s secret services, was arrested on 7 August.
Police said that he will be in custody for an initial three months.
Tusk said it was the first known attempt by “someone on the orders of Russia” to target a US citizen on the territory of another Nato country.
The target was reportedly a US citizen of Ukrainian origin who was considered “uncomfortable for Putin’s regime”, Tusk said during a press conference.
The operation involved US and Polish intelligence cooperation, Tomasz Siemoniak, Poland’s minister overseeing intelligence services, said.
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Sunday 16 August 2026 17:00 , Alex CroftCivilian deaths in Ukraine jumped in July as Russia hit cities, says UN
Sunday 16 August 2026 16:01 , Alex CroftCivilian casualties from the war in Ukraine rose by nearly a third month-on-month in July, to the highest level since May 2022, as Russia struck towns and cities far from the battlefield with missiles and drones, the UN said.
The United Nations Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine said in a report that it had confirmed at least 437 civilians killed and 2,610 injured in July, a 30% rise from June and a 70% jump from the same month last year.
Long-range weapons, such as missiles and drones, remained the leading cause of civilian deaths last month, accounting for 38% of the total.
"Most casualties from these weapons occurred far from the frontline in urban centres," the UN report said.
British drones used in Ukrainian attacks deep inside Russia for first time, says report
Sunday 16 August 2026 15:34 , Alex CroftUkrainian forces have used British drones to attack deep inside Russia’s mainland for the first time, according to a report.
In an indication of strengthening military ties between the UK and Kyiv, Ukrainian army sources told The Times that drones made by two British companies have been used in the past six months to attack targets including oil refineries in Volgograd and near Moscow and logistics hubs.
The intensifying drone attacks, which have also targeted transport infrastructure and sites belonging to Russia’s largest online retailer, Wildberries, have been crucial in inflicting heavy damage on Moscow’s economy.
British drones used in Ukrainian attacks deep inside Russia for first time - report
In pictures: Kyiv in flames after major Russian attack
Sunday 16 August 2026 15:20 , Alex Croft
Russia asks US and Turkey to explain reports of plans to arm Ukraine further
Sunday 16 August 2026 14:40 , Alex CroftRussia has asked Washington and Ankara to explain reports of possible plans to transfer to Kyiv a "substantial arsenal" of US weapons and ammunition held by Turkey, the spokeswoman for Russia's foreign ministry said on Saturday.
Such a transfer would cause "serious harm ... to our bilateral relations with Washington and Ankara," spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said in a statement.
Russian strike on apartment block in southeastern Ukraine kills baby, local officials say
Sunday 16 August 2026 14:10 , Alex CroftA Russian strike on an apartment block in southeastern Ukraine on Saturday killed a three-month-old baby and wounded 11 people, local officials said.
Drones hit the building in the town of Marhanets, said Oleksandr Hanzha, head of the Dnipropetrovsk Regional Military Administration.
Meanwhile, hundreds of mourners gathered in Kyiv at a memorial ceremony dedicated to 3-year-old Dmytro Kucher and his grandparents, Halyna and Petro Kucher, who were killed by a Russian drone strike on August 8.
Multiple Russian drones destroyed the family’s home in the Brovary district, northeast of Kyiv. An initial ceremony was held at Kyiv’s Spaskyi Lyceum, where Halyna had served as school principal for more than 20 years, before moving to a churchyard in the suburb of Zazymia, close to the former family home.
The couple’s son, Oleksandr Kucher, said that his parents had been together since the fifth grade. “They died together,” he said. “The Shahed (drone) completely tore my mother apart. We recovered only about two kilograms (about 4.4 pounds) of her remains.”
He described his 3-year-old son, Dmytro, as “our little miracle” and “the soul of our family.”
“He kept my parents, me and our entire family going,” Kucher said. Russia's Ministry of Defense also said Saturday that it had targeted warehouses and infrastructure at the Ukrainian ports of Odesa, Izmail and Yuzhnyi.Ukraine’s Air Force said that Russia launched 152 drones over the country Saturday, of which 124 were destroyed.
Why Putin is testing Japan’s limits with visit to contested Pacific islands
Sunday 16 August 2026 13:45 , Alex CroftFor a few hours last week, the volcanic island of Iturup became the stage for a confrontation that had been decades in the making.
Vladimir Putin, accompanied by the governor of the Sakhalin region, toured a fish-processing complex, a hospital and a school on the island. For Russia, it was a routine presidential visit to a remote territory. For neighbouring Japan, its symbolism was hard to miss.
Japan, after all, claims the island, which it calls Etorofu, as part of its “Northern Territories”.
Prime minister Sanae Takaichi described Putin’s visit to the island as “absolutely unacceptable” while foreign minister Toshimitsu Motegi summoned Russia’s ambassador to protest.
Putin’s visit wasn’t simply a territorial dispute being replayed. It was a statement about the changing security order around Japan.
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Why Putin is testing Japan’s limits with visit to contested Pacific islands
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Sunday 16 August 2026 13:20 , Alex CroftRussia says it has taken two villages in eastern Ukraine
Sunday 16 August 2026 12:56 , Alex CroftWe’ve just heard from Russia's Defence Ministry which said on Sunday that its forces have taken the village of Pershomarivka in Ukraine's eastern Donetsk region
The ministry said that Moscow’s forces have also sezied Kudiivka in the northeastern Kharkiv region, state news agency TASS reported.
Ukraine strikes missile factory in Rostov region, Kyiv says
Sunday 16 August 2026 12:33 , Alex CroftUkraine has struck a missile fuel production facility in Russia's Rostov region overnight, Kyiv’s military said.
"The company...manufactures solid rocket propellant for multiple launch rocket systems, as well as for a range of missile systems and airborne weapons," the military said on Telegram.
We’ll bring you more on the attack as it comes in.
Kim Jong Un reaffirms deepening ties with Putin
Sunday 16 August 2026 12:06 , Alex CroftNorth Korean leader Kim Jong Un reaffirmed deepening ties with Russia in a message to Russian president Vladimir Putin on the anniversary of Pyongyang's liberation from Japanese colonial rule.
Earlier, Putin said the bond between Moscow and Pyongyang was forged as Soviet soldiers "fought against Japan", and that cooperation would continue "in all the sectors".
Kim expressed hope for the future of the ties between the two countries that had "carried forward the history of common struggle for justice and precious traditions of friendship", KNCA reported.
North Korea's ties with Russia have deepened after Pyongyang began deploying troops and weapons to support Russia's war against Ukraine.
Poland's army will soon be 'largest in Europe', Tusk says
Sunday 16 August 2026 11:41 , Vishwam SankaranPolish president Donald Tusk said the country's army will soon be the "largest in Europe" as Warsaw celebrated Army Day yesterday.
"Our army, our armed forces, will soon be the largest in Europe," Tusk said during a speech at a naval parade in Gdynia that featured a record-breaking 300 armoured vehicles and approximately 2,000 soldiers.
"We can already say that we are building a force that will determine the fate of the region with its modernity and sheer numbers, and the entire world appreciates this, especially our allies," he said.
In pictures: Ukraine launches another huge attack on Russia's Wildberries site
Sunday 16 August 2026 11:03 , Alex Croft
Russia warns of 'serious damage' to relations with US and Turkey
Sunday 16 August 2026 10:30 , Vishwam SankaranRussia conveyed its concern to the US and Turkey over their upcoming transfer of arms to Ukraine, saying the shipment could cause "serious damage" to relations with the two countries.
Delivering the weapons would cause "serious damage to our bilateral relations with Washington and Ankara", Russian foreign ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova said.
"Attempts to use peace-promoting rhetoric while simultaneously supplying weapons to (Ukraine) inevitably erode mutual trust, especially against the backdrop of repeated assurances by Turkish officials that Turkey is avoiding 'lethal' deliveries to Kyiv."
Kyiv launches more than 800 drones at Russia in massive aerial assault
Sunday 16 August 2026 09:59 , Alex CroftUkraine has fired more than 800 drones at Russia, killing at least six, Russian authorities have said.
In what is one of Kyiv’s largest aerial assaults of the war, the Russian Defence Ministry said it had destroyed 822 drones overnight, with 600 directed towards the capital.
Moscow does not confirm the total number of drones fired by Kyiv in its daily updates.
Moscow region Governor Andrei Vorobyov said an 83-year-old man had been killed, with several more injured in Podolsk, where he said a warehouse belonging to online retailer Wildberries was struck.
In Kyiv, at least three people were injured in missile and drone attacks early on Sunday, mayor Vitali Klitschko said.
In pictures: Russian airstrikes across Kyiv spark fire
Sunday 16 August 2026 09:30 , Vishwam Sankaran
Ukraine says it targeted Russian airbase
Sunday 16 August 2026 09:00 , Vishwam SankaranUkraine said yesterday that its forces struck Russia's Savasleyka airbase, which houses MiG-31K fighter jets that Moscow uses to launch ballistic missiles against Kyiv.
Ukraine also carried out a missile strike against a key Russian space rocket centre in Samara city which it claimed deploys satellite communications systems for the battlefield.
The rocket centre has been instrumental in developing Soyuz-type launch vehicles, including the Soyuz-2.1b three-stage carrier rocket, Kyiv claimed.
Ukrainian defence manufacturer Fire Point confirmed yesterday that Kyiv used FP-5 Flamingo cruise missiles to strike the Progress Space Rocket Centre.
The attacks come amid Kyiv's widely reported anti-ballistic missile interceptor shortage.
In video: Ukraine strikes key Russian rocket centre
Sunday 16 August 2026 08:30 , Vishwam SankaranUkraine using British drones for deep strikes within Russia
Sunday 16 August 2026 08:00 , Vishwam SankaranKyiv has reportedly been using British drones to carry out deep strikes within Russia over the past six months.
While most of the strikes have been carried out by Ukrainian drones, British drones have also yielded success, The Times reported yesterday, citing a Ukrainian military source.
The British drones have struck oil refineries near Moscow as well as in Yaroslavl and Volgograd.
The Nyan jet-powered drone, tested by the British Royal Navy, has also been used to target the Russian city of Belgorod near Ukraine's border with Russia, according to the paper.
Russian strikes on Kyiv spark fires
Sunday 16 August 2026 07:00 , Vishwam SankaranRussian missile strikes on Kyiv sparked fires in at least two districts, mayor Vitali Klitschko said.
The fires were caused by falling debris from the airstrikes in a non-residential part of a northern suburb, he said in a Telegram post.
The strikes injured at least one person, the city's military administration said.
Kim Jong Un reaffirms deepening ties with Putin
Sunday 16 August 2026 06:30 , Vishwam SankaranNorth Korean leader Kim Jong Un reaffirmed deepening ties with Russia in a message to Russian president Vladimir Putin on the anniversary of Pyongyang's liberation from Japanese colonial rule.
Earlier, Putin said the bond between Moscow and Pyongyang was forged as Soviet soldiers "fought against Japan", and that cooperation would continue "in all the sectors".
Kim expressed hope for the future of the ties between the two countries that had "carried forward the history of common struggle for justice and precious traditions of friendship", KNCA reported.
North Korea's ties with Russia have deepened after Pyongyang began deploying troops and weapons to support Russia's war against Ukraine.
Romania shoots down drone breaching its airspace
Sunday 16 August 2026 06:09 , Vishwam SankaranRomania shot down a drone illegally entering its airspace today, marking the fourth time the eastern European country has neutralised an uncrewed aircraft breaching its borders.
Romania's defence ministry did not share details on the origin of the drone, but said its radars detected it entering the country from neighbouring Moldova,
The drone was shot down by a Spanish F-18 fighter jet pilot on a NATO air policing mission.
The jet "made radar contact with the target and received permission to engage it," the defence ministry said, adding that the unmanned vehicle was shot down at 5.01am local time.
Russian strike on apartment block in southeastern Ukraine kills baby, local officials say
Sunday 16 August 2026 04:01 , Holly BancroftA Russian strike on an apartment block in southeastern Ukraine on Saturday killed a three-month-old baby and wounded 11 people, local officials said.
Drones hit the building in the town of Marhanets, said Oleksandr Hanzha, head of the Dnipropetrovsk Regional Military Administration.
Meanwhile, hundreds of mourners gathered in Kyiv at a memorial ceremony dedicated to 3-year-old Dmytro Kucher and his grandparents, Halyna and Petro Kucher, who were killed by a Russian drone strike on August 8.
Multiple Russian drones destroyed the family’s home in the Brovary district, northeast of Kyiv. An initial ceremony was held at Kyiv’s Spaskyi Lyceum, where Halyna had served as school principal for more than 20 years, before moving to a churchyard in the suburb of Zazymia, close to the former family home.
The couple’s son, Oleksandr Kucher, said that his parents had been together since the fifth grade. “They died together,” he said. “The Shahed (drone) completely tore my mother apart. We recovered only about two kilograms (about 4.4 pounds) of her remains.”
He described his 3-year-old son, Dmytro, as “our little miracle” and “the soul of our family.”
“He kept my parents, me and our entire family going,” Kucher said. Russia's Ministry of Defense also said Saturday that it had targeted warehouses and infrastructure at the Ukrainian ports of Odesa, Izmail and Yuzhnyi.Ukraine’s Air Force said that Russia launched 152 drones over the country Saturday, of which 124 were destroyed.
Recap: Ukrainian long-range strikes hit Russian rocket centre
Sunday 16 August 2026 03:10 , Holly BancroftUkraine said on Saturday its long-range strikes had hit a Russian military airfield and a rocket centre that Kyiv says supports Russia's nascent Starlink-style satellite internet network.
President Volodymyr Zelensky said Flamingo cruise missiles struck the rocket facility, about 900 km (560 miles) from Ukraine's border, as part of Kyiv's campaign to pressure Moscow to end the more than four-year war by targeting sites deep inside Russia.
"It is important that Russia's war potential be reduced. Peace is needed, and this must be evident in Russia through concrete damage to specific facilities," he said in a post on X.
Russia asks US and Turkey to explain reports of plans to arm Ukraine further
Sunday 16 August 2026 02:06 , Holly BancroftRussia has asked Washington and Ankara to explain reports of possible plans to transfer to Kyiv a "substantial arsenal" of US weapons and ammunition held by Turkey, the spokeswoman for Russia's foreign ministry said on Saturday.
Such a transfer would cause "serious harm ... to our bilateral relations with Washington and Ankara," spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said in a statement.
Ukrainian attack strikes industrial infrastructure in Samara region, Russia says
Sunday 16 August 2026 02:03 , Holly BancroftA large-scale Ukrainian attack struck industrial infrastructure in Russia’s southwestern Samara region Saturday, a Russian official said.
Ivan Noskov, head of the region's capital, Samara, said air defense forces had repelled a “massive” missile attack, with “localized damage” to the city’s industrial sites.
He also said that medical assistance has been provided to those injured in the attack, but did not give further details.
Ukraine has stepped up its long-range aerial attacks on Russian military industries and energy facilities, aiming to cut Moscow’s revenue for the war and make Russians feel the consequences of the invasion, now in its fifth year.
While most of Ukraine’s strikes have a range of less than 200 kilometers (125 miles), its longer-range attacks have increased dramatically this year.
It launched three times as many of those strikes in July as it did in January, according to data from ACLED, an independent conflict monitor. Repeatedly hitting deep into Russia has forced its military to stretch air defenses over a larger area.
Russia’s Ministry of Defense said Saturday that it had shot down 598 Ukrainian drones over 19 Russian regions, as well as the Black and Azov Seas and the annexed Ukrainian peninsula of Crimea.
Pictured: A woman stands next to a placard depicting Zelensky made from portraits of the missing Ukrainian servicemen
Sunday 16 August 2026 01:00 , Bryony Gooch
Recap: Putin puts RFK Jr’s son Conor on wanted list for fighting in Ukraine
Sunday 16 August 2026 00:00 , Bryony GoochPutin puts RFK Jr’s son Conor on most wanted list for fighting in Ukraine war
Pictured: Relatives and friends attend a funeral ceremony of three years-old boy and his grandparents killed in a Russian drone attack
Saturday 15 August 2026 23:00 , Bryony Gooch
Watch: CNN interviewer makes Zelensky burst out laughing with final question
Saturday 15 August 2026 22:00 , Bryony GoochRecap: US backs Japan over Putin’s visit to disputed islands
Saturday 15 August 2026 21:00 , Bryony GoochThe US has backed Japan in its territorial dispute with Russia after Vladimir Putin visited a group of disputed islands on Thursday.
US Ambassador to Tokyo George Glass said Washington recognises Japanese sovereignty over the islands and remains “unwavering” in its support for Japan.
“The United States remains unwavering in its support of its most important ally and in its recognition of Japanese sovereignty over the Northern Territories,” Glass said on X, using the Japanese name for the Kuril islands visited for the first time by Putin on Thursday.
“At a time when the US-Japan Alliance is dedicated to cultivating prosperity across the Indo-Pacific, we strongly oppose any action that undermines its peace and stability,” Glass added.
Recap: Zelensky mocks Putin over Russia's reliance on North Korea
Saturday 15 August 2026 20:00 , Bryony GoochAs Vladimir Putin once again convenes with Kim Jong Un over regional security matters, here is a clip of Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky mocking the Russian president over his reliance on North Korea from earlier this week.
Pictured: Putin visits Samara region space centre attacked by Ukraine
Saturday 15 August 2026 19:00 , Bryony Gooch
Watch: Russia Tried To Assassinate American Citizen In Nato Country
Saturday 15 August 2026 18:00 , Bryony GoochDrone shot down over Latvia as Ukraine hits Russian oil refinery
Saturday 15 August 2026 17:00 , Bryony Gooch
Drone shot down over Latvia as Ukraine hits Russian oil refinery
Recap: Russia and North Korea cooperating across regional security, state media reports
Saturday 15 August 2026 16:00 , Bryony GoochRussian president Vladimir Putin told North Korean leader Kim Jong Un that Moscow and Pyongyang were cooperating across all areas and coordinating efforts to ensure regional security and stability, North Korean state media KCNA reported on Saturday.
Putin said in a message to Kim marking the anniversary of Korea's liberation from Japanese colonial rule that he was confident Russia and North Korea would continue "constructive joint work" on bilateral and international issues, KCNA said.
Kim had visited Pyongyang's Liberation Tower on Friday to pay tribute to Soviet soldiers who fought Japan in World War Two, KCNA reported. A wreath at the tower in Kim's name bore the words: "We do not forget the feats of the Soviet army martyrs."
Kim said the legacy of blood ties and combat friendship between the two countries had become a cornerstone of their expanding relations, KCNA reported.
Former Russian president Dmitry Medvedev also sent Kim greetings, KCNA said.
Russia seeks explanation from US and Turkey over reports of possible arms transfer
Saturday 15 August 2026 15:30 , Bryony GoochRussia has asked Washington and Ankara to explain reports of possible plans to transfer to Kyiv a "substantial arsenal" of US weapons and ammunition held by Turkey, the spokeswoman for Russia's foreign ministry said on Saturday.
Such a transfer would cause "serious harm ... to our bilateral relations with Washington and Ankara," spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said in a statement.
Baby killed in drone strike in southeastern Ukraine
Saturday 15 August 2026 15:00 , Bryony GoochA Russian strike on an apartment block in southeastern Ukraine on Saturday killed a three-month-old baby and wounded 11 people, local officials said.
Drones hit the building in the town of Marhanets, said Oleksandr Hanzha, head of the Dnipropetrovsk Regional Military Administration.
Russia's Ministry of Defense also said that it had targeted warehouses and infrastructure at the Ukrainian ports of Odesa, Izmail and Yuzhnyi.Ukraine's Air Force said that Russia launched 152 drones over the country Saturday, of which 124 were destroyed.
Russian troops claim to control 19 settlements in Dnipropetrovsk and Zaporizhzhia
Saturday 15 August 2026 14:00 , Bryony GoochRussian troops have taken control of 19 settlements in southeastern Ukraine's Dnipropetrovsk and Zaporizhzhia regions over their summer campaign, the Russian defence ministry said on Saturday.
In a statement, the ministry cited a report by Pyotr Bolgarev, commander of the eastern group of forces. It did not name the settlements.
Separately, the ministry said its forces had recently taken control of the settlement of Rybalskoye in Zaporizhzhia region, news agency Interfax reported.
Reuters could not independently verify the battlefield reports.
Russian advances on the frontline have slowed this year even as Moscow has intensified its ballistic strikes on Kyiv and other Ukrainian cities.
On Wednesday, Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky said his forces had recaptured 745 square km (288 square miles) of Russian-held land this year across the southeastern front.
Breaking: Rocket centre hit by Ukraine supports Russia's Starlink-style satellite internet
Saturday 15 August 2026 13:13 , Bryony GoochUkraine said on Saturday its long-range strikes had hit a Russian military airfield and a rocket centre that Kyiv says supports Russia's nascent Starlink-style satellite internet network.
President Volodymyr Zelensky said Flamingo cruise missiles struck the rocket facility, about 900 km (560 miles) from Ukraine's border, as part of Kyiv's campaign to pressure Moscow to end the more than four-year war by targeting sites deep inside Russia.
"It is important that Russia's war potential be reduced. Peace is needed, and this must be evident in Russia – through concrete damage to specific facilities," he said in a post on X.
He said the airfield hosted aircraft used to attack Ukraine.
