Ukraine

Mark Rutte says attack that narrowly missed Boris Johnson and David Petraeus shows Vladimir Putin’s desperation.

Ukraine denounced a 'systematic attack' on its rail network while Poland, a NATO member, said it feared 'escalation' from Russia after a drone hit a passenger train on Sunday. Another train carrying European and American dignitaries had just left the targeted station.

It is so dangerous now in Slovyansk and Kramatorsk that police say it is time for civilians to get out. These neighbouring cities are the biggest still under full Ukrainian control in the eastern Donbas region.

A drone strike on the protective structure at the Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant could have endangered the safety of millions of people, UN Development Programme (UNDP) Administrator Alexander De Croo told reporters via video link from Kyiv on Thursday.

A sharp rise in Russian drone incursions is prompting Moldova and Romania to work more closely with neighbouring Ukraine on producing their own drones to shoot them down. 

Ukraine and Germany are developing joint measures to counter drones and strengthen the protection of critical infrastructure following Berlin’s attribution of an attempted attack at Leipzig Airport to Russia … Ukrainian Ambassador Oleksii Makeiev said Kyiv is sharing its experience in detecting Russian drones and protecting energy and transport networks with Germany’s Interior Ministry.

The recent incident at Leipzig Airport in which explosive-laden drones interrupted flights is the "new normal," European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said on September 2, vowing more restrictive measures on Moscow. … France, Belgium, Portugal, and the Netherlands announced on September 2 that they were summoning Russian ambassadors over the incident, and the European Union said it would summon Moscow's representative to Brussels. 

India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi told Russian President Vladimir Putin that India supports every effort to end the war in Ukraine. The two leaders met in Bishkek at the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summit.

Since the beginning of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, 3,205 attacks on healthcare facilities have been carried out, World Health Organization (WHO) Representative for Ukraine Jarno Habicht reported on Friday following fresh overnight strikes. Such attacks undermine the ability of humanitarian organizations to provide support to people in need.

US President Donald Trump, in an interview, called John Ratcliffe's visit 'semi-routine,' while implying that the intelligence chief was in the Russian capital to discuss the Ukraine war.