Ukraine

Russian strikes have knocked out two power installations in Ukraine's northern Chernihiv region, cutting electricity to roughly 212,000 customers, the regional distributor said. Chernihivoblenergo reported that an attack on an energy site in Chernihiv district left nearly 150,000 households and businesses in the city of Chernihiv and its environs without power. The company later said an assault on a separate energy facility in Nizhynskyi district deprived almost another 62,000 consumers across three districts of electricity.…

Russia launched nearly 1,000 drones at Ukraine over the past 24 hours, Ukraine’s air force said, after an unprecedented daytime barrage that left at least three people dead across the country. "Taking into account the night attack ... the enemy used almost 1,000 strike drones," the air force wrote on Telegram, saying the daytime strikes covered a broader geographic area than overnight raids and reached western parts of Ukraine, hundreds of kilometres from the front lines. Kyiv's air force reported it shot down 541 of the 556…

For Kyiv, Tehran has become a belligerent power. Over the past four years of Russia’s full-scale invasion, Iran has supplied Moscow with thousands of Shahed kamikaze drones — weapons responsible for killing hundreds of Ukrainian civilians and wounding thousands more. At first glance, a US war with Iran — a partner of Russia — and resultant regime change in Tehran might be expected to strain US-Russian ties and indirectly help Ukraine’s cause. Yet that rupture has not occurred, even after Russian President Vladimir Putin…

Two residents of Zaporizhzhia were killed and much of Chernihiv region was plunged into darkness after Russian strikes, Ukrainian officials reported. Zaporizhzhia Governor Ivan Fedorov said the morning attack on the city claimed the lives of a man and a woman and wounded six other people, among them two children. In neighboring Chernihiv, Governor Viacheslav Chaus said crews were working to repair damage from a drone strike that struck an energy facility. The northern region, which shares borders with Russia and Belarus, had…

A high-stakes push by European Union leaders at a Brussels summit fell short, leaving Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s veto on a €90 billion EU loan for Ukraine firmly in place, officials said. "They tried. They failed," one European official said of the efforts by other EU leaders to convince Mr Orban at a summit in Brussels. The loan was signed off by EU leaders in December, but Mr Orban — who keeps cordial ties with Russia and has clashed with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky — has stalled its rollout, citing…

Britain, Ukraine agree drone exports, new AI center Britain and Ukraine agreed to work together to sell drone technology abroad and deepen battlefield AI cooperation during Volodymyr Zelensky’s visit to London, according to a Downing Street statement. By Abdiwahab AhmedAxadle Times international–Monitoring Britain said it will combine Ukraine’s drone expertise with the United Kingdom’s manufacturing base under a new military‑industrial partnership aimed at boosting the supply of drones and ensuring artificial intelligence is…

KYIV, Ukraine — Russian drone and missile strikes across Ukraine killed six people and wounded dozens, officials said, as Kyiv reported damage to homes, schools, businesses and energy sites from a sweeping overnight barrage. Mykola Kalashnyk, head of the Kyiv regional military administration, said five people were killed in the region and four of the wounded were in critical condition after attacks that “targeted ordinary settlements in the region: residential buildings, educational institutions, businesses, and critical…

Ukraine to dispatch counter-drone teams to Middle East as demand surges after ‘Operation Epic Fury’ Ukraine is sending drone defense specialists to the Middle East this week after 11 countries requested help countering Iranian-made drones fired in retaliation for U.S.-Israeli strikes launched under Operation Epic Fury, Ukrainian officials said. Speaking at the Ukrainian Embassy in Washington, Ambassador Olha Stefanishyna said Kyiv’s response is designed to provide immediate, practical support rather than “concern or…

Russia launched a barrage of missiles and drones across Ukraine overnight, killing 12 people and wounding more than a dozen, authorities said, as strikes hit apartment blocks and critical energy and rail infrastructure from Kharkiv to Kyiv. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Russia fired 29 missiles and 480 drones, several of which targeted power and railway facilities. He urged Kyiv’s allies to sustain military support, saying, “Russia has not abandoned its attempts to destroy Ukraine’s residential and critical…

EU says US missiles insufficient to cover Gulf and Ukraine as Middle East war enters seventh day The European Union said there are not enough U.S. missiles to meet simultaneous needs in the Gulf and Ukraine, a stark assessment delivered as war in the Middle East entered its seventh day and pressure mounted on Western stockpiles across multiple fronts. The brief statement underscored growing concerns about the capacity of transatlantic partners to sustain parallel security commitments. It also highlighted a difficult…