Warning sirens are going west: Russian jet-powered drones bring strikes closer to NATO country
Poland is expanding its warning-siren network as officials prepare for more Russian attacks near the border.
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Russia has already destroyed more than two-fifths of Ukraine’s modern warehouse space as it escalates attacks on economic infrastructure – FT
2.1 million square meters of warehouse capacity have been destroyed as Russian strikes increasingly target the infrastructure Ukraine needs to store and move goods.
Europe gave Russia years to perfect its aerial killing. Ukraine is paying the price. Europe may be next.
Russia has spent four years adapting its drones, missiles and tactics against Ukraine. As Russian attacks become harder to stop, Ukrainian civilians are paying the price – while Europe is increasingly worried about a threat it has had years to prepare for.
Russia is using inaccurate missiles that can miss by hundreds of meters to attack Ukrainian cities – and plans to scale them up
Russia is increasingly using RM48U missiles originally designed as air-defense training targets to attack Ukraine. Their large margin of error makes them especially dangerous when fired at Ukrainian cities, where they can strike civilian areas far from any intended targets.
Thousands are starving in occupied Oleshky. People have no food, no way out, and Russian forces bomb incoming aid
More than 6,000 people, including around 200 children, may remain trapped in the Russian-occupied city, where civilians lack food, water and medicine and some are risking mined fields to escape.
Russia’s war has devastated Donetsk Oblast, with losses already exceeding $26 billion
The preliminary estimate covers destroyed industry, energy infrastructure, agriculture, transport, and other sectors, while much of the damage remains impossible to assess.
No missiles intercepted again: Russia strikes Kyiv water infrastructure amid warnings of harsher winter attacks
Russia also struck residential areas in Odesa and Zaporizhzhia, injuring civilians and damaging homes and other civilian infrastructure.
Russia keeps hitting Kyiv’s gas stations. Now they get military air-threat tracking
Authorities are giving fuel-station workers real-time information on aerial threats after a series of strikes on stations across the capital.
Russia strikes passenger train near Polish border as drone swarms reach deeper into western Ukraine
Russia’s attacks on railways and border crossings are putting civilian travel at growing risk. Poland’s Donald Tusk warned days earlier that Moscow could target Ukraine’s crossings with Poland.
Poland expects Russia to target border crossings as attacks on Ukraine escalate – Russia has already hit crossings with Moldova and Romania
Moscow has already struck at least five crossings with Moldova and NATO member Romania since late August, pushing its aerial campaign farther from the front line.
Kyiv stockpiles food and water as Russia’s new aerial tactics threaten a brutal winter
Russia has already targeted food storage around Kyiv, while Ukraine’s limited air defenses struggle to stop ballistic missiles and faster drones.
Russian drone strikes SBU headquarters in central Kyiv. Zelenskyy says “geography” of Ukraine’s response is set
The midday strike injured 12 people and damaged the nearby Sofia Kyivska historic complex, as Russia continues its relentless drone campaign against the capital.
Zaporizhzhia’s largest mall closes as Russia’s attacks seek to make Ukrainian cities unlivable
City Mall will remain closed throughout September after a Russian strike hit a nearby hypermarket, as repeated attacks disrupt businesses and everyday life across Ukraine.
Russia has burned millions of Ukrainian books, striking at the infrastructure of Ukrainian culture
More than 60,000 books were destroyed in a single warehouse strike near Kyiv this week, adding to losses that publishers say are becoming impossible to absorb.
Four days of Russian attacks keep Kyiv under near-constant fire. Ukraine is struggling to defend its skies
Russia has launched nearly 2,000 attack drones, more than 1,600 guided bombs and 31 missiles against Ukraine this week, while Kyiv faces repeated strikes and a shortage of critical air defense interceptors.
Russia has destroyed 90% of Ukraine’s modern commercial storage capacity. Retail logistics are being reshaped
Agriculture Minister Taras Vysotskyi says the country faces no threat of famine, but warns stores could see a narrower range of products.
Kyiv has been under attack for 2 days nonstop. Russia is targeting the capital’s civilian supply chains
Russian jet-powered drones have repeatedly struck warehouses, businesses and logistics facilities around the capital, disrupting supplies while rescuers work under threat of further attacks.
Ukraine warns Russia could exploit upcoming Independence Day for attacks and sabotage
Ukraine’s security service urged vigilance ahead of 24 August, warning about potential attacks, sabotage, suspicious activity, and attempts to gather military information.
14 killed as Russia unleashes massive overnight barrage on unprotected Kyiv, striking homes, hospital, school and railway infrastructure
Russia attacked Kyiv with ballistic and cruise missiles, including Zircon, Iskander-M and S-400 missiles, as well as 168 Shahed-type and other drones in a massive overnight barrage.
Russia launches “massive” attack on Ukrainian power plant as Kyiv braces for extremely difficult winter
The strike halted electricity generation at the plant as Moscow steps up attacks on Ukraine’s critical infrastructure ahead of the cold season.