The Latest Breaking News from Oleh Kiper

Putin met with a former top Wagner mercenary commander; Orbán sounds caution over Ukraine’s attempt to join EU

Ukraine claims to have shot down 34 of 44 drones; Greenpeace criticises monitoring of Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant; UK defence secretary visits Kyiv

Viktor Sokolov shown in footage released by defence ministry, day after Ukraine said he had been killed in missile strike

Russia has ramped up attacks on Ukraine’s grain exports after the Black Sea Grain initiative collapsed in July

Ukraine says 34 officers were killed including Black Sea fleet admiral Viktor Sokolov in its missile strike on Sevastapol last week

The Russian-installed head of Sevastopol in Russian-annexed Crimea on Monday said air defence forces were fending off an aerial attack over the peninsula. Russian air defences also saw action in the region of Belgorod bordering Ukraine, over which seven Ukrainian drones were destroyed, the Russian defence ministry wrote on Telegram.…

Ukrainian president said death of former mercenary leader was a window into the mind of his Russian counterpart

Officials say Russia has resumed its targeting of grain infrastructure in Ukraine’s southern Odesa region, using drones in overnight strikes on storage facilities and ports along the Danube River

The Ukrainian air force said it destroyed 16 out of the 28 cruise missiles launched by Russia overnight

Odesa hit by three waves of missile strikes; Russia’s rouble falls to lowest point in almost 17 months

Officials say Russia launched three waves of nighttime air attacks against the southern Ukrainian city of Odesa