Ukraine

A Russian strike has hit a second major bridge in Kyiv, Mayor Vitaliy Klitschko has said, as Moscow ramps up attacks on critical infrastructure in Ukraine's capital.

The war in Ukraine is a human rights catastrophe that is “growing and intensifying by the week” and threatening an even greater disaster across the region, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk said on Friday. Addressing the Human Rights Council in Geneva, Mr. Türk said his office had verified some 15,280 civilians killed and injured in Ukraine during the first eight months of this year – on average more than 400 every week, and 55 per cent more than in the same period in 2025.

The death toll from Russia's jet-powered drone attacks mounted in Ukraine while Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy warned that the Kremlin is preparing for a new troop mobilization at home and a fresh deployment of 10,000 North Korean soldiers.

The US and Ukrainian presidents have each expressed cautious optimism regarding a potential timeline for the end of the Russia-Ukraine war. Donald Trump did not mention specific dates, but said that peace could come "sooner than people think." Volodymyr Zelenskyy went further, expressing hope that the war could end before the onset of winter.

Russia's parliamentary election for the first time includes residents of regions that Moscow illegally annexed from Ukraine after the start of its full-scale invasion more than 4 1/2 years ago, part of the Kremlin's efforts to cement its gains.

Ukraine has authorized 81 companies to operate their own air defense groups as Kyiv expands the role of private industry in protecting infrastructure from Russian drone attacks.

Over 1,000 cases of sexual violence against civilians and prisoners of war (POWs) in Ukraine have been documented from the start of Russia’s invasion to the end of July this year. … Russian authorities – including members of the armed forces, prison service and national security service – were responsible for 89 per cent of the documented cases.

Russia resumed its missile and drone attacks on Ukrainian cities on September 17, hours after the US Congress passed a sanctions package that supporters say will increase pressure on Moscow and countries that help it finance its war against 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.