One Ukraine out-produced third of EU’s steel. Russian strikes have now cut its output to zero
The 150-year-old industry made nothing last month after missiles wrecked almost every working blast furnace since August.
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Ukraine’s largest steelworks begins cold shutdown after extensive damage from Russian strikes, saying safe operation is impossible while war continues
The plant will spend two months shutting down safely before mothballing its industrial assets, with any restart dependent on conditions after the war.
Short on interceptors, Ukraine goes after the launchers: eight Russian ballistic systems hit, three destroyed since September, a minister says
Ukraine's Defense Minister says the hits made Moscow rework planned barrages, as he presses partners for anti-ballistic missiles in bulk instead of one-off deliveries.
A 3-year-old girl came to visit her aunt in Pryluky, Ukraine. By morning, a Russian missile had killed her grandmother and uncle
Zlatoslava is in hospital in Chernihiv. Her aunt, a police officer, was wounded in the strike.
22 killed in Russian missile strike on Pryluky, including five children
Rescuers have finished searching the rubble of the five-story apartment building a Russian missile hit yesterday morning, while residents were still asleep.
14 dead in Pryluky, two each in Kyiv, Kremenchuk, and Oleksandriia: Russia’s night of 70 missiles
Five children were among the 26 people injured when a missile collapsed part of a five-story building.
Ukraine’s battlefield gains may be pushing Putin to shift focus to early winter strikes, ISW says
Russia is likely starting its recurring winter campaign earlier than usual while Ukraine is still developing defenses against the ballistic missiles and jet-powered drones being used in increasingly large strike packages.
“Killing Ukraine’s internet would take nuclear or chemical weapons”—MiroHost founder whose data center Russia just destroyed
Most critical Ukrainian data and systems are already in the cloud and abroad—destroying data centers in Kyiv cannot bring the country offline.
Eight months of 2026 brought more Ukrainian civilian casualties than all of last year, UN says
A senior UN official told the Security Council the toll is worsening as strikes reach cities far from the front, with a dark winter ahead.
Russia’s new ballistic missile could reach western Ukraine—and it may be tested there within months
Russia is building more ballistic missiles as well as longer-ranged ones, part of a push to tip Ukraine into a social and economic crisis, Kyiv's military intelligence says.
Russia’s morning strike on a Kharkiv high-rise kills two men and wounds 21
Regional and city officials watched the toll climb through the day, with a young child among the many people hurt in the residential tower.
Warsaw confirms a Russian Kh-101 cruise missile overshot Ukraine and hit a field in Poland
The Kh-101 flew across Ukraine and traveled about 95 km inside a NATO member before it fell.
Ukraine detains organizer of defense industry event struck by Russian missile that killed 10, charged with negligence
Investigators are examining whether security failures contributed to the scale of the tragedy on 24 July, while emphasizing that Russia bears responsibility for the attack.
Day of Mourning in Kyiv: final toll from Russian missile strike reaches 24 dead, including three girls aged 12, 15, and 17
The 28-hour search-and-rescue operation ended at the destroyed apartment block in Darnytskyi district.
Russia struck Nova Poshta’s postal terminal in Zaporizhzhia — prosecutors opened a war crimes case
Nova Poshta said all employees had sheltered before impact, that four received concussions and two are in moderate condition.
“The Air Force has started performing better”: Zelenskyy says restructured air defenses are delivering results
Over 30 missiles intercepted in latest wave, most targeting energy sector.
No more surprise blackouts: Kyiv oblast finally gets outage schedules back
For the first time since 16 January, Kyiv Oblast residents now know when to expect electricity thanks to resumed timetables.
Lawsuits say Intel and AMD turned blind eye to Russia’s missile use of their chips
Filed in Texas, the suits claim “willful ignorance” allowed US semiconductors into Russian and Iranian weapons.
Russia launches largest strike on Ukraine’s gas infrastructure since start of war – Naftogaz
Missiles and drones struck energy facilities in eastern Ukraine overnight, causing critical damage to gas production sites.
Russia launched 60 drones and a missile overnight—Ukraine downed 40, but 12 locations still hit
Air Force says waves of Shaheds and decoys struck targets in three frontline oblasts late on 16 August.