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Ukraine/Russia
Russia's war against Ukraine combines battlefield developments, air strikes, diplomacy, sanctions and competing claims about territory. The dossier separates confirmed developments from political messaging and watches how official statements change across the day.
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Live dossierAt least 37 dead and hundreds evacuated after strike on Kyiv weapons depot
An investigation has begun into the storage of weapons for Ukraine's military near a residential area. This event card combines 4 sources; each original remains available below.
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BBC World, France 24 - English, The Guardian - World, Al Jazeera - All News
Turkiye summons Ukraine ambassador over Black Sea attacks
Two Turkish-operated vessels have been struck this week as a result of the war between Russia and Ukraine.
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Al Jazeera - All News
Russian strike near Kyiv kills 37, in one of the year's deadliest attacks
The deadly strike comes amid 72 hours of near constant drone strikes across Ukraine, severely disrupting daily life. This event card combines 4 sources; each original remains available below.
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NPR - World, SBS News - World, Al Jazeera - All News, Euronews - News
Warehouse hit by Russian attack stored munitions, Zelensky says
A depot that exploded in a Russian strike overnight was owned by the Ukrainian military and stored shells, drones, and other munitions, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Saturday. FRANCE 24's Emmanuelle Chaze reports.
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France 24 - English
Russia ramps up rhetoric but wants to avoid war with Nato, Western officials say
But they say Moscow will likely continue its "hybrid activity" against Nato members, short of direct military action.
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BBC World
Ukraine’s Zelenskyy plans to hit Russia with ‘1,000 drones’ a day
Ongoing Russian attacks have killed several people and wounded dozens across Ukraine.
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Al Jazeera - All News
Russia ‘losing 6,000 more troops in Ukraine each month than it can recruit’
Moscow recruits an estimated 1,000 people a day but western officials say it cannot keep up with casualty level Russia is losing about 6,000 more troops in Ukraine each month than it can recruit, western officials have said. While Russia is still acquiring new battlefield recruits at speed, with an estimated rate of 1,000 a day, in the last two months even this has not been sufficient to replace those killed or injured. Continue reading...
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The Guardian - World
Ukraine reinforces Donetsk as it seeks to disrupt Russia’s weapons flow
After repeated disappointments over US Patriots, Kyiv switches to attacking Russia using European weapons.
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Al Jazeera - All News
Ukraine: 2025 Cash & Voucher Assistance Analysis
Ukraine: 2025 Cash & Voucher Assistance Analysis
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ReliefWeb: Ukraine Cash Working Group
WHO reports more than 3,200 attacks on Ukraine’s healthcare system since full-scale invasion
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.
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UN News - All
Ukraine: Violence Against Health Care in Conflict 2025 [EN/UK]
Ukraine: Violence Against Health Care in Conflict 2025 [EN/UK]
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ReliefWeb: Insecurity Insight, Safeguarding Health in Conflict
Russia plans to mobilise 600,000 troops this year and next, Ukraine says
Ukrainian intelligence said Moscow has already decided to call up 300,000 this year and 300,000 in 2027, driven by massive losses and a collapse in voluntary recruitment. Kyiv expects the announcement to come after September's elections.
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Euronews - News
Ukraine: Humanitarian Response and Funding Snapshot (May 2026) [EN/UK]
Ukraine: Humanitarian Response and Funding Snapshot (May 2026) [EN/UK]
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ReliefWeb: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
Russia: CIA director visits Moscow
CIA director John Ratcliffe held talks with Russian intelligence services in Moscow, the Kremlin confirmed Wednesday, the first know visit by a US spy chief to the Russian capital since 2021. It is not known what Ratcliffe discussed with his Russian counterparts, but the talks come as the war in Ukraine is escalating and as efforts to reach a lasting peace between the US and Iran have stalled. This event card combines 3 sources; each original remains available below.
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France 24 - English, The Guardian - World, Al Jazeera - All News
Russia warns it could target UK in response to Kyiv firing British missiles
Foreign ministry warns against 'terrorism' of firing long-range British cruise missiles at targets in Russia.
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Al Jazeera - All News
Ukraine’s drone attacks have left Russia desperately scrambling for oil imports
The once world-leading producer of crude oil has plunged into an energy crisis as Kyiv targets its refineries A sanctioned shadow fleet tanker carries oil from Nato member Turkey to a Russian Baltic port. A deal is signed for Russian oil to be processed in Kazakhstan. Fuel cargoes arrive from India via Egypt. The Kremlin pressures allies to sell it badly needed fuel. The data points may be diverse, but they point to a single inescapable conclusion. Continu...
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The Guardian - World
Game of Drones: Deep strikes into Russia keeping Ukraine 'in this game'
Mark Owen is pleased to welcome Peter Zalmayev, Director of the Eurasia Democracy Initiative. He argues that Ukraine’s expanding long-range strike campaign has helped Ukraine “stay in this game” by raising the economic, military and social costs of Russia’s invasion and, crucially, by bringing the consequences of a distant war increasingly into Russian life. As Ukraine braces for another brutal winter with dangerously depleted air defenses, Kiev seeks to p...
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France 24 - English
Ukraine: Returns to unsafe frontline areas: exploring the drivers of return and the experiences of returnees in Sumska Oblast, August 2026
Ukraine: Returns to unsafe frontline areas: exploring the drivers of return and the experiences of returnees in Sumska Oblast, August 2026
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ReliefWeb: REACH Initiative
Trump downplays Moscow visit by CIA director as ‘semi-routine’
President denies visit was to gain support for Iran sanctions or due to fears that Putin plans to ‘test Nato resolve’ Donald Trump has downplayed a visit to Moscow by the CIA director, John Ratcliffe, as “semi-routine” after he turned up in the Russian capital unannounced, triggering a wave of speculation about the reasons for his trip. Ratcliffe was reported to have flown to Moscow on a government transport plane on Tuesday in a rare visit after taking of...
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The Guardian - World
Putin and al-Sharaa discuss Russia-Syria relations, deal on military bases
Syria has been in talks on the fate of Khmeimim and Tartous bases, which Russia used to support ousted Assad regime.
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Al Jazeera - All News
Ukrainian air attacks kill three in Russia as Kyiv steps up drone campaign
Attacks spark fires at Lukoil's NORSI refinery and a Wildberries hub as Kyiv claims 16 targets hit across Russia.
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Al Jazeera - All News
Kyiv residents adapt to life under Russian bombardment
Kyiv residents describe how repeated Russian missile attacks have transformed daily life as the war reaches far beyond the front lines.
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Euronews - News
Russia's second-biggest online retailer targeted in Ukrainian strikes
Ozon says its warehouses across southern Russia, including in Dagestan and Krasnodar, were hit in the overnight strikes. This event card combines 2 sources; each original remains available below.
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BBC World, Al Jazeera - All News
As Ukraine hits Russia's refineries, Russia targets Ukraine's petrol pumps
Fuel companies are urging customers not to linger at the pumps after a wave of deadly attacks.
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BBC World
CIA chief travels to Moscow for unannounced talks, US media reports
Flight tracking data confirms an American military aircraft travelled to Russia from the US via Latvia on Tuesday.
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BBC World
Children killed and injured in latest attacks across Ukraine as monthly child casualties reach four-year high
Children killed and injured in latest attacks across Ukraine as monthly child casualties reach four-year high
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ReliefWeb: UN Children's Fund
Burnham to take Zelenskyy’s pleas for Patriot missiles to Trump – as it happened
UK PM to join delegation of leaders lobbying US president to step up supplies, as Kremlin accuses Burnham of wanting to continue war Burnham plans trip to New York as Ukraine pleads for US-made missiles Vatican envoy Paul Gallagher met Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov in Moscow earlier today, and Reuters has some snap quotes from Pope Leo XIV’s representative following the meeting. He is quoted as saying that “The Ukrainian war must end” and that the...
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The Guardian - World
‘Not an isolated incident’: Russian drones stalk Ukraine’s civilians in ‘human safaris’
The video of a Ukrainian cyclist being targeted and killed by a short-range drone posted – and later deleted – by the Russian military Friday left viewers outraged and shaken. But it’s not the first time that Russian drone operators have been accused of terrorising Ukrainian civilians by deliberately targeting them in “human safaris” denounced as a war crime by an independent UN commission.
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France 24 - English
US military transport plane arrives in Moscow in rare occurrence
A US military C-17 transport plane has mysteriously landed at Moscow’s Vnukovo Airport from Riga, Latvia
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Al Jazeera - All News
‘The Trump-Putin relationship is the biggest mystery in international politics’: foreign correspondent Luke Harding answered your questions
The Guardian’s Luke Harding discussed Trump, Putin and the state of the war in Ukraine, his expulsion from Russia, his new book Betrayal, and his career as a foreign correspondent Ipswichred asks: Why is Russia considered a wider threat when it cannot even defeat Ukraine? Pressfreedomorbust asks: What do you think is the likelihood of Russia taking military action (drones or troops) against another country such as Poland or Estonia? This would force Nato t...
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The Guardian - World
UK to back Ukraine with missile blueprints amid Russia-Ukraine strikes
UK PM Andy Burnham visited Kyiv on his first foreign trip, pledging to give cruise missile designs to Ukraine. This event card combines 2 sources; each original remains available below.
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Al Jazeera - All News, The Guardian - World
Russia mobilisation fears grow amid reports of intimidating tactics
Military recruitment efforts are reportedly more aggressive as Russia prepares for a winter offensive in Ukraine.
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Al Jazeera - All News
Yorkshireman believed to be first Briton to die fighting for Russia against Ukraine
Bradley Townsend reportedly killed by a drone on 10 June in Donetsk region after joining up with separatists Europe live – latest updates A man from South Yorkshire is believed to be the first British citizen to die fighting for Russia in its war against Ukraine. Bradley Townsend, a 33-year-old fisher from Barnsley, left Britain in April to join up with Russian separatists in eastern Donbas to aid in their invasion of Ukraine, despite having no previous co... This event card combines 2 sources; each original remains available below.
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The Guardian - World, Sky News - World
Kremlin adviser warns UK drone factories could face attacks
Russia says UK decision to share missile blueprints with Ukraine is evidence of direct military involvement in the war.
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Al Jazeera - All News
Burnham plans trip to New York as Ukraine pleads for US-made missiles
UK prime minister ‘likely’ to attend UN general assembly, after meeting Zelenskyy and saying supply problem is fixable Europe live – latest updates Andy Burnham has said he is likely to attend the UN general assembly in New York next month, a chance for the new prime minister to meet a host of world leaders. While Downing Street said the plans were not definite, the prime minister told Bloomberg in an interview: “I’m looking forward to going to New York in...
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The Guardian - World
London and Paris landmarks light up for Ukraine’s Independence Day
The UK Parliament and Eiffel Tower are lit in blue and yellow as London and Paris mark Ukraine's 35th Independence Day with landmark light-ups.
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Euronews - News
U.K. will help Ukraine make long-range missiles by sharing classified tech information
Burnham, who was in Kyiv for Ukraine's Independence Day, said defense firm MBDA will release details on U.K.-made parts for the SCALP missile to Ukraine to help the country assemble the weapons. This event card combines 3 sources; each original remains available below.
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NPR - World, France 24 - English, Al Jazeera - All News
UK PM Burnham vows support for Ukraine despite 'outrageous threats' from Russia
It comes after Moscow warned of "consequences" over the reported use of British drones by Ukraine. This event card combines 2 sources; each original remains available below.
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BBC World, The Guardian - World
Volodymyr Zelenskyy forced to rule out elections as he faces an enemy from within
A former defence minister has urged Ukraine's leader to hold elections, despite their suspension following Russia’s invasion. This event card combines 4 sources; each original remains available below.
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SBS News - World, France 24 - English, BBC World, Al Jazeera - All News
Under-Secretary-General for Political and Peacebuilding Affairs Rosemary A. Dicarlo - Remarks to the Security Council on Ukraine (New York, 24 August 2026)
Under-Secretary-General for Political and Peacebuilding Affairs Rosemary A. Dicarlo - Remarks to the Security Council on Ukraine (New York, 24 August 2026) This event card combines 3 sources; each original remains available below.
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ReliefWeb: UN Department of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs, UN News - Peace and Security, Google News: UN News
Ukraine's allies pledge to continue support with focus on air defence
Ukraine's allies on Monday pledged to keep up their support in the war against Russia, with a renewed focus on air defence investment to counter a shortage of US Patriot interceptors.
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RFI - English
UK to use Ukraine battlefield data to train AI to protect sensitive sites
London and Kyiv in deal to help stop protesters and hostile states targeting military bases and critical infrastructure AI models trained on Ukrainian battlefield data will be used to stop protesters and foreign states targeting UK defence sites, railways and energy plants under a deal struck between London and Kyiv. Private companies will also be given access to the vast trove of data from Ukraine’s Avengers AI lab to help build new systems, the first agr...
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The Guardian - World
UK, France ‘re-announce’ anti-missile technology for Ukraine: ‘None will be online for years’
Annette Young is pleased to welcome Dr. Frank Ledwidge, former military intelligence officer and Senior Lecturer in Strategy at Portsmouth University. According to Dr. Ledwidge, the latest European commitments to Ukraine are merely politically symbolic. He warns that the coalition is failing to address Kyiv's most urgent problem: air defence. Ukraine needs interceptors capable of defeating Russian ballistic and hypersonic missiles, The war-torn country rem...
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France 24 - English
What the renewed Black Sea blockade means for Ukraine’s farmers
As Ukraine and Russia hammer each other’s Black Sea ports, the amount of grain being shipped through the crucial waterway has slowed to a crawl. For Ukraine’s farmers, the Black Sea blockade could hardly have come at a worse time.
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France 24 - English
Russia to seize poorly protected infrastructure amid Ukraine drone attacks
Owners could lose control of facilities if regulators find them too slow to repair damage.
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Al Jazeera - All News
Burnham’s visit to Kyiv marks a renewal of badly needed support for Ukraine
As well as pledging military help and diplomatic backing, the prime minister could be useful in dealing with the US Since moving into Downing Street in July, Andy Burnham – a foreign policy neophyte – has expressed strong support for Ukraine. But on Monday he saw the bitter human cost of the war up close for the first time, visiting Kyiv during his first international trip as prime minister. The occasion was the 35th anniversary of Ukraine’s independence. ...
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The Guardian - World
Ukraine celebrates Independence Day amid war's latest escalation
Ukraine wants peace but will not just give in to Russia at any price, President Volodymyr Zelensky said in a defiant speech on Monday as foreign leaders gathered in Kyiv to mark its Independence Day celebrations.
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France 24 - English
Are the Iran and Ukraine crises morphing into a world war?
Are the Iran and Ukraine crises morphing into a world war? This event card combines 2 sources; each original remains available below.
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Google News: dw.com, Al Jazeera - All News
Is UK's Storm Shadow missile a game changer for Ukraine?
Correspondent Joe Inwood breaks down the weapons technology that could make a difference in the Russia-Ukraine war.
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BBC World
Ukraine showing ‘remarkable innovation’: Kyiv ‘holding front line’ while striking Russia’s economy
Genie Godula is pleased to welcome Samantha de Bendern, Associate Fellow at Chatham House. Europe is taking increasingly consequential steps to support Ukraine, but de Bendern warns that they remain insufficient to address the country's fundamental vulnerability. Are Ukraine's allies prepared to actively help protect Ukrainian airspace? That debate reaches back to the earliest weeks of the full-scale invasion: even after President Biden warned in 2022 of a...
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France 24 - English
Warehouse burns near St Petersburg as Ukraine targets Ozon sites
Firefighters tackled a blaze at a logistics centre next to an Ozon facility on the outskirts of St Petersburg, as Ukraine said it was expanding its drone campaign against Russian e-commerce warehouses.
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Euronews - News
Europe ramps up support to Ukraine as its US-dependent air defence runs low
European leaders are meeting Kyiv as Ukraine holds celebrations for its 35th Independence Day. The so-called Coalition of the Willing is set to hold talks regarding support to the country, four-and-a-half years after the Russian invasion started, with the European Union having announced it was releasing over six billion euros in aid. But US support to Kyiv regarding critical air defence is still missing. FRANCE 24's Kethevane Gorjestani tells us more. This event card combines 2 sources; each original remains available below.
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France 24 - English, Al Jazeera - All News
Ukraine’s offensive against Russia causes petrol panic across Central Asia
War-induced shortages set off cross-border fuel runs and deepen energy problems for Russia's allies.
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Al Jazeera - All News
War-torn Ukraine celebrates resilience on anniversary of its independence
August 24 marks the 35th anniversary of Ukraine's independence, and it also marks four and a half years of conflict with Russia. As European leaders meet in Kyiv, the Coalition of the Willing is set to chair a meeting with Volodymr Zelensky to discuss ways to bolster support for Ukraine, which is facing an escalating bombing campaign from Moscow.
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France 24 - English
Ukraine sanctions creators of popular Russian cartoon series, 'Masha and the Bear'
Ukraine has imposed sanctions on the creators of the popular Russian cartoon series for allegedly spreading "pro-Russia narratives" and posing a threat to national security. This event card combines 2 sources; each original remains available below.
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NPR - World, Al Jazeera - All News
Could Russia's growing fuel crisis help end the Ukraine war?
Could Russia's growing fuel crisis help end the Ukraine war?
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Google News: dw.com
The challenge brewing behind the front lines in Ukraine
A growing dispute has opened a new political front for Ukraine's president as the country continues to fight for its future.
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SBS News - World
Oxfam in Ukraine: Final Accountability Update
Oxfam in Ukraine: Final Accountability Update
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ReliefWeb: Oxfam
Photos: Ukraine celebrates National Flag Day
People observe a minute of silence for those killed in war to mark the holiday established in 2004.
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Al Jazeera - All News
The week in pictures: a French woman in space, wildfires in Europe and the war in Ukraine
Russian drones carry out deadly strikes in Ukraine, astronaut Sophie Adenot becomes the first French woman to spacewalk, fires rage in Belgium and across Europe, and torrential rain hits the Philippines: FRANCE 24 takes a look at the week's most striking images. This event card combines 2 sources; each original remains available below.
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France 24 - English, SBS News - World