Ukraine

Russia, Ukraine begin localized ceasefire to allow for humanitarian operation in Oleshky

The ceasefire will enable aid deliveries and allow evacuations from a frontline town suffering acute shortages of food and medicine.

A still image taken from an undated drone video released September 12, 2026, shows a destroyed building in Oleshky, Kherson Region, Russian-controlled Ukraine.
Romanian President Nicusor Dan during a press conference at the B9 summit in Romanian capital Bucharest, May 13, 2026.

Romanian intelligence identifies Russian sabotage network thought to have caused industrial fire

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky speaks to the media in the Chernihiv region, Ukraine, October 8, 2026.

Ukraine has waited nearly a month for US to sign off on Patriot missiles, Zelensky says

Elon Musk receives the key to the White House from US President Donald Trump during a press conference in the Oval Office at the White House, in Washington, D.C., U.S., May 30, 2025

America's Wagner Group: Starlink crisis in Ukraine shows dangerous reality for US allies - opinion


Putin accuses Ukraine of interfering in Russian parliamentary election

Russian President Vladimir Putin claimed that Ukraine had "long degenerated into a dictatorship," referring to the country not holding a new presidential election since Russia's 2022 invasion.

Russian President Vladimir Putin votes online in the parliamentary election in Moscow, Russia, September 18, 2026.

Moscow summons British envoy over weapons supplies to Ukraine

Also on Friday, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said that Poland has joined an anti-ballistic missile coalition with Ukraine and other allies.

British Prime Minister Andy Burnham interacts with the President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky, during their visit to Portsmouth Naval Base to meet UK and Ukrainian troops, July 27, 2026.

Zelensky seeks stronger trade, security links through Carpathian Eight

The Carpathian Eight aims to reinforce regional trade and security cooperation after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky and other participants at the first-time Carpathian Eight Summit meeting, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Ivano-Frankivsk region, Ukraine, September 18, 2026.

US House approves Russia sanctions bill allowing Trump tariffs of up to 100% on Kremlin partners

Notably, the Kremlin said that if Trump signed the sanctions into law, it would make it harder to reach a peace deal in Ukraine.

The US Capitol exterior after the US House of Representatives approved legislation to avert a government shutdown before the midterm elections, at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, US, September 1, 2026.

Zelensky says Russia twice targeted his plane over Moldova in what he calls an intimidation attempt

"In Moldova, my presidential jet was there, and that's why they attacked Moldova," Zelenskyy said. "When we went back home, again through Chisinau, they did the same." 

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky arriving to the US.

Russia and Ukraine exchange bodies of 275 war dead at Belarusian border

Moscow handed over 252 corpses and received 23 bodies in the swap.

man walks between stands displaying portraits of fallen Azov Brigade fighters, which have been set up at St Sophia Square in the center of Kyiv on September 15, 2026, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Danny, my child of the year

Who is the wide-eyed boy who stands at the window every morning at Mishpacha Ukraine in Odessa, and what is the story behind him - a story no one planned to tell.

Danny with his personal caregiver, Mushki.

Ex-CIA chief Petraeus was at Ukrainian station where Russia struck train, calls it an act of terror

“For those who have not been under fire, this was terrifying,” Petraeus told the New York Times on Sunday. “This is the act of a truly barbaric leader trying to terrorize Ukrainian civilians.”

Firefighters extinguish a car of a passenger train hit by a Russian drone strike at a railway station, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Lutsk, Ukraine September 12, 2026.

Russian frigate fires flares at NATO member Denmark's military helicopter in international waters

Denmark will summon Russia's Copenhagen ambassador to a meeting over the incident, Defence Minister Jeppe Bruus separately told broadcaster TV2.

A Danish Air Force EH101 Merlin rescue helicopter comes in to land after the NATO military exercise Arctic Shield 2026 in Narsarsuaq, Greenland, on September 9, 2026.

Ukraine wins first reported naval drone‑on‑drone battle in the Black Sea

Ukrainian USVs have destroyed Russian ships both at port and at sea, hitting over 100 Russian vessels in the Sea of Azov and Black Sea over the summer

Ukraine's Sargan-3000 unmanned surface vessel