The UK commits €116m for Ukraine's winter air defence, including Patriot missiles.

Britain announced on Tuesday it was committing £100 million (€116 m) to boost Ukraine's air defence capabilities this winter, including with Patriot missiles.

The UK has been one of Ukraine's biggest backers in its effort to repel Russia following Moscow's full-scale invasion of its neighbour in February 2022.

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#UK #WarInUkraine #Defence #Russia

Russia shifts tactics with round-the-clock air strikes on Kyiv.

For much of the war, Russian drone and missile attacks on the Ukrainian capital Kyiv followed a particular rhythm; they almost always came at night.

Now, Russia has changed tactics with the use of fast-flying, jet-powered drones and the expectation that daylight brings a return to normal life has been shattered.

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#Ukraine #WarInUkraine #Russia #Kyiv

Germany blames Russia for an attempted airport drone attack.

Investigators believe an explosives-laden drone was deliberately targeting a Ukrainian cargo aircraft at Leipzig/Halle airport in early August.

The German government said on Tuesday that it held Russia “responsible.”

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#Germany #Russia #Leipzig #WarInUkraine #Drone #HybridWarfare #EU #NATO

EU states revive a plan to use frozen Russian assets for Ukraine.

EU countries including Sweden, the Netherlands, Spain and Poland are urging Brussels to renew efforts to leverage immobilised Russian sovereign assets to fund Ukraine, in response to fears that Kyiv faces a renewed funding crisis.

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#Ukraine #Russia #WarInUkraine #Sweden #Netherlands #Spain #Poland #EU

The EU approves €6.1 billion for Ukraine’s defences.

As Ukraine continues to sustain brutal Russian bombardment, the European Union has approved €6.1 billion for the war-torn country’s defences as part of the bloc’s €90 billion loan programme.

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#WarInUkraine #Ukraine #EU #Defence

Zelenskyy: Elections would ‘tear Ukraine apart’.

The Ukrainian president argues that holding a vote today would only play into Vladimir Putin’s hands.

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#Ukraine #Politics #WarInUkraine #Zelenskyy #Fedorov #Putin

Macron announces interceptor missile delivery to Ukraine.

France will send new interceptor missiles to Ukraine as Kyiv’s air defences struggle after deadly Russian attacks.

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#Macron #Ukraine #WarInUkraine #Defense #Missiles

Ukraine eyes anti-ballistic systems with the EU’s €90 billion loan.

Officials in Kyiv have floated the idea of using the next parcel of funds from the European Union’s €90 billion loan to purchase anti-ballistic missile capabilities, an official close to the discussions told Euronews.

Questions loom over where they could come from.

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#Ukraine #WarInUkraine #Defense #EU #Weapons

Russia runs out of petrol at seven in 10 stations as its fuel crisis worsens.

The Ukrainian drone campaign on Russia’s energy infrastructure has caused fuel shortages so severe that the Kremlin has admitted it.

Queues in Moscow are forming for the first time, and Russia has brought back banned low-grade fuel to plug the gap, while detaining residents who complained publicly.

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#Russia #Fuel #WarInUkraine #FuelCrisis #Putin

Russia expands its Rassvet satellite system for drone control.

Moscow is rapidly building the Rassvet satellite system.

The technology threatens Ukraine and could pose new challenges for Europe in the future.

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#Rassvet #Russia #Satellites #Drones #Europe #WarInUkraine #Space #Buro1440 #Starlink

NATO fighter jets shoot down a drone over Romania near the Moldova border.

Two Spanish F-18s deployed in Romania for a NATO mission on Sunday intercepted and destroyed an unidentified drone near the Moldovan border, Romania’s defence minister Radu Miruta confirmed.

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#Romania #Drone #NATO #WarInUkraine #Spain #Drones #Moldova #Bulgaria

Russia admits new petrol shortages amid ongoing Ukrainian strikes.

Russian authorities acknowledged on Friday that some regions face new petrol shortages.

Ukraine has been targeting Russia’s energy sites with drones and missiles for months, hoping to hit a vital source of revenue for the Russian army.

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#Fuel #WarInUkraine #Energy #Russia #Ukraine

Russia bars its only anti-war party ‘Yabloko’ from parliamentary elections.

Russia’s Supreme Court on Monday barred the country’s only anti-war party, Yabloko (Apple), from running in September’s parliamentary elections.

About a hundred protesters gathered outside the courthouse chanting, “Shame! Shame!” after the ruling was delivered.

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#Russia #Politics #Yabloko #WarInUkraine

“Russia’s Amazon”: 5 billion US dollars in damage from Ukrainian attacks.

The Ukrainian drone attacks on Wildberries warehouses are causing enormous economic damage.

A state rescue is reportedly being negotiated.

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#Wildberries #Russia #WarInUkraine

Two drones spotted flying over a military base in the western part of the country, German armed forces say.

The incident comes just days after a drone carrying explosives was found on the tarmac at Germany’s Leipzig-Halle airport, near a Ukrainian Antonov Airlines cargo plane.

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#Drones #Germany #Military #WarInUkraine

Serbia’s Vučić sends a signal to Brussels and Moscow by hosting Zelenskyy with pomp and circumstance.

The talks between Zelenskyy and Vučić come as Russia’s war against Ukraine once again intensifies.

Despite Serbia’s historical ties to Russia, its bid to join the EU now seems to have taken the lead in considerations.

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#Serbia #Zelensky #Vucic #Russia #WarInUkraine #Ukraine #EU #EUEnlargement #Politics

An unidentified drone explodes in Bulgaria, close to a major gas pipeline.

An as yet unidentified drone exploded in Bulgaria on Saturday, close to the border with Romania.

Bulgaria’s prime minister said both Bulgarian and Romanian authorities had failed to pick up the drone as it made its way through their respective airspace.

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#Drones #WarInUkraine #Romania #Bulgaria

Will Russia start a fresh mobilisation drive?

Russia is preparing a new mobilisation campaign to boost troop numbers, Ukrainian officials and independent Russian media outlets report.

The Kremlin denies this.

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#Russia #WarInUkraine #Mobilisation #Soldiers #Military

A bomb disposal robot was deployed after a drone carrying explosives was found at Leipzig airport.

A DHL plane also collided midair with unknown object.

The counter-terrorism team and the Saxony state police have taken over the investigation into the incidents, which security experts said could amount to a serious escalation in tensions with Russia if it was determined the Kremlin played a role.

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#Drones #Terrorism #Airport #Germany #Russia #WarInUkraine

Russia steps up ship protection in the Black Sea as attacks threaten grain exports.

Russia’s Transportation Ministry said Monday that it was stepping up protection of ships in the Azov-Black Sea basin while also developing alternative cargo routes, in a move that follows a sharp escalation of attacks at sea by both sides in the war in Ukraine.

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#Russia #BlackSea #WarInUkraine #Shipping #Grain

Wildberries freezes loan repayments for merchants after drone strikes.

E-commerce giant Wildberries announced Friday that it has frozen loan repayments for small and medium-sized businesses whose inventory was destroyed in recent Ukrainian drone attacks on its warehouses.

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#Wildberries #Russia #WarInUkraine

A Ukrainian drone strike ignites a major blaze at St Petersburg Wildberries warehouses.

The drone strike sparked a major fire early on Friday, sending thick smoke across the city.

Ukraine describes such operations as “long-range sanctions”, arguing that logistics hubs play a role in supplying dual-use goods, electronics and components used by Russia’s defence industry. Moscow rejects that claim.

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#Russia #WarInUkraine #Wildberries

War in Ukraine: EU agrees 21st round of sanctions on Russia.

EU ​ambassadors on Thursday ​reached a political agreement on a new round of sanctions against Russia over the Ukraine war, according to EU diplomats.

The ​21st ‌sanctions package includes ⁠a 12-month freeze on the Russian oil price cap.

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#Russia #Sanctions #EU #WarInUkraine #Oil

European Forces intercepted a ‘Shadow Fleet’ oil tanker in the Mediterranean Sea.

A European naval mission boarded a Russia-linked oil tanker suspected of sailing under a false flag this week, the EU’s top diplomat Kaja Kallas said Wednesday.

Personnel operating under the Mediterranean naval initiative Operation EUNAVFOR MED IRINI boarded the MV South Star on Monday for “flag verification”.

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#ShadowFleet #Russia #Europe #Oil #KajaKallas #Sanctions #WarInUkraine

Zelenskyy fires Ukraine’s army chief and offers Fedorov ‘prominent position’

Volodymyr Zelenskyy has fired Ukraine’s commander-in-chief Oleksandr Syrskyi and offered a “prominent position” to defence minister Mykhailo Fedorov he sacked last week, in a move that sparked nationwide protests.

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#Ukraine #Zelenskyy #Syrskyi #Fedorov #WarInUkraine

An oil depot in Noginsk, Russia's Moscow region, is on fire following a Ukrainian drone attack.

The facility is used for the storage and handling of light petroleum products (gasoline, diesel, and kerosene).

The depot has 24 tanks with a total storage capacity of ~11,500 cubic meters.
#AureFreePress #News #WARINUKRAINE #BreakingNews #Breaking

Thousands protest in Kyiv for a second day over the ouster of popular defence minister Fedorov.

Protesters rallied for a second day in the Ukrainian capital on Friday, angered by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s decision to fire youthful defence minister Mykhailo Fedorov, seen as an innovator who pioneered the country’s successful drone warfare but clashed with the traditional military establishment.

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#Ukraine #Protests #Fedorov #Zelenskyy #Politics #WarInUkraine

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer tells Ukraine that UK support will ‘endure’ after his departure.

The outgoing prime minister will use his final visit to Kyiv to tell Volodymyr Zelenskyy Ukraine’s resistance has helped preserve Europe’s security and that UK support will continue after he steps down.

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#UK #Ukraine #KeirStarmer #WarInUkraine #Europe #Politics

Ukrainians hold a rare wartime protest over the defence minister’s dismissal.

For the first time since last summer’s protests in support of their country’s anti‑corruption watchdogs, Ukrainians have mobilised online over the dismissal of Defence Minister Mykhailo Fedorov.

A wave of social media posts quickly turned into calls to gather across Ukrainian cities on Thursday.

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#Ukraine #Protest #Fedorov #Zelenskyy #WarInUkraine

Ukraine modernises its air fleet with 16 Rafale fighter jets and accompanying armaments from France.

Deliveries are expected after Ukrainian pilots complete training, scheduled to begin as early as 2026.

The 4.5-generation aircraft form the backbone of France’s air force and are expected to become a key part of Ukraine’s planned postwar fleet alongside Sweden’s Gripen E fighters.

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#Ukraine #Defence #Rafale #Fighterjets #France #WarInUkraine

Venice Biennale Russian pavilion: the European Commission confirms funding withdrawal.

The reasons given by the Biennale were deemed insufficient, and the Commission has moved to withdraw funding over the reopening of the Russian pavilion.

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#Russia #EU #VeniceBiennale #Culture #Art #Venice #Italy #WarInUkraine

Volodymyr Zelenskyy signs defence deals with Denmark, Estonia and the Netherlands.

Ukraine signed three new agreements with Denmark, Estonia and the Netherlands to share its battlefield-tested drone expertise, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Tuesday, as Kyiv seeks to strengthen defence cooperation with NATO allies amid continued Russian missile attacks.

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#WarInUkraine #Ukraine #Defence #Denmark #Estonia #Netherlands #NATO #Zelenskyy

An Interpol Red Notice for a Ukrainian woman after the Monaco bomb attack targeting a sanctioned tycoon.

Interpol have issued a worldwide alert over a Ukrainian woman suspected of planting a bomb in Monaco that injured three people, including a tycoon of Ukrainian origin.

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#Monaco #Ukraine #Interpol #Sanctions #WarInUkraine #Yermlaiev

Lithuania moves to lift its nuclear weapons ban, following Finland’s lead.

President Gitanas Nauseda said Lithuania’s constitutional ban on nuclear weapons and foreign military bases had become “outdated,” as Finland’s own nuclear ban formally ended on Wednesday, prompting Russian threats that Moscow could destroy half the country.

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#Lithuania #NuclearWeapons #Russia #WarInUkraine #Finland

Russia closes its railway borders with Finland, Estonia and Latvia.

In an unexpected move, Russia announced several railway border crossings with Finland, Estonia and Latvia to be “temporarily” shut down.

Could this indicate an upcoming mobilisation in Russia as Moscow lacks troops for its ongoing all-out war against Ukraine?

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#Russia #Rail #Mobilisation #WarInUkraine #Finland #Estonia #Latvia #Railway

Russia-annexed Crimea declares an ‘emergency’ amid Ukrainian strikes and closes the beach season.

The announcement comes amid fuel shortages and power cuts triggered by the Ukrainian attacks on logistics chains and oil facilities across Crimea, the rest of Russian-occupied Ukraine and southern Russia.

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#Crimea #Russia #WarInUkraine #Ukraine

The European Commission proposes excluding fighting-age men from the Ukrainian refugee scheme.

The temporary protection scheme offers more than 4 million people who fled Ukraine the right to live, work and study in EU countries.

The scheme has been extended several times since the start of Russia’s invasion. Barring another extension, it expires in March 2027.

The fighting-age limitation wouldn’t apply to those already under protection.

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#WarInUkraine #EU #Refugees

Ukraine hits both ends of the Crimean Bridge corridor, targeting Russia’s logistical grasp on the occupied peninsula.

Ukraine struck fuel, port, and air defence infrastructure on both sides of the Crimean Bridge in an overnight operation targeting the corridor’s logistics network.

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#Crimea #CrimeanBridge #Ukraine #WarInUkraine #KerchStrait

Poland and Ukraine’s ‘honours war’ intensifies.

After Poland’s president stripped his Ukrainian counterpart of the country’s highest state honour, the Order of the White Eagle, current and former Ukrainian officials are renouncing their own awards.

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#Ukraine #Poland #WarInUkraine #Zelenskyy #Nawrocki #Tusk

A Moscow oil refinery is on fire after a ‘large-scale’ Ukrainian drone strike.

Ukrainian drones hit Moscow’s ⁠oil refinery for the second time ⁠this week, sending out flames and plumes ⁠of smoke over the south-eastern district of Kapotnya on Thursday morning.

The mayor of the Russian capital claims ‌about 180 drones heading to the city were shot down as flames and smoke billow over the outskirts.

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#Moscow #WarInUkraine #Russia #Drones

#WarInUkraine

Атака рф на Київ: горить Києво-Печерська лавра

Der groß angelegte Krieg dauert nun bereits im fünften Jahr an, und es tut immer noch genauso weh, Berichte über Beschüsse zu lesen, darüber, wie Städte zerstört werden und wie Menschen und Tiere sterben.

Ich lebe inzwischen seit anderthalb Jahren in Deutschland, aber der Krieg begleitet mich noch immer. Noch heute habe ich Träume, die damit zu tun haben

#Ukraine #StandWithUkraine #WarInUkraine #Photograph

The Venice Biennale jury resigns days before the start of the top art exhibition.

The entire jury of the Venice Biennale has resigned just nine days before the inauguration of the prestigious art event, amid growing tensions over the return of Russia for the first time since the full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

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#Art #VeniceBiennale #Russia #WarInUkraine

The destruction of a Russian Shahed drone as it neared Kyiv.

While Putin bombs cities in his terror campaign, Ukrainian Defenders attack Russia's military facilities, which will kill the archer, not the arrows.
#AureFreePress #News #press #WARINUKRAINE #BreakingNews #Breaking

After Operation Midas, $100 million was taken out of the country, but there are still no answers. Yulia Samayeva analyzes the role of the State Financial Monitoring Service.

#corruption #economy #finance #news #warinUkraine
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Bahmut before and after the Russian invasion.

Once a vibrant city, today it has been reduced to ruins.

In the fifth year of full-scale war, the Russian occupation leaves only destruction and death in its wake.
#AureFreePress #News #press #headline #WARINUKRAINE

A Russian soldier spent about six months in Kupiansk, Kharkiv region.

After failing to receive supplies and support from his command, he decided to surrender.

To do so, he used the I Want to Live chatbot, and the head of intelligence of the Ukrainian Khartiia battalion tactical group coordinated his extraction from the city.
#AureFreePress #Ukraine #Russia #surrender #WARINUKRAINE

"Tonight, who has the bullet with Putin's name on it?

Putin is SCARED AS HELL of a Russian uprising. First, he tried to cut off their social media including Telegram and YouTube, and now he's trying to tell Russians that he's not corrupt. That he hasn't poisoned anyone - he knows his days are numbered because of his invasion of Ukraine!"
- Aure

Putin says Russian legal system is now more fair than Western courts.
#AureFreePress #Russia #Putin #WARINUKRAINE #BreakingNews #Breaking