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Ukraine restores 'stable' connection to Musk's Starlink, Kyiv says

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Second Kyiv bridge hit in two days as Russia targets Dnipro crossings

With the Northern Bridge's traffic blocked a day after jet-powered drones forced the Southern Bridge shut, two of the eight Dnipro crossings joining Kyiv's halves are now disrupted.

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Traffic chaos in Kyiv as Russian drone strikes close key bridge

Ukraine has long feared an attack on its major transportation bridges since the start of Russia's full-scale invasion in February 2022.

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Russian attacks on Ukraine kill four and hit Kyiv power supply

Ensuring energy supply is critical as the cold winter months approach. Russian strikes on the sector last year cut light and heating as temperatures plunged to as low as -20C.

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Ukraine says Russian drones kill 14, hit Kyiv and Odesa infrastructure

Ukraine reports 14 dead and 57 injured after a massive Russian drone barrage hits Kyiv and Odesa on 27 September, damaging schools, hospitals and key infrastructure.

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EU ministers meet on Ukraine aid as Trump rejects Iran's Hormuz deal

EU defence ministers meet in Brussels on Ukraine aid and Russia's sanctions-busting "shadow fleet," as Moscow escalates missile and drone strikes. Elsewhere, Trump rejects Iran's Hormuz offer, claiming the US is "winning tremendously," and Pope Leo XIV heads to Metz for his final day in France.

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Russia strikes Ukraine as Putin denies plans to attack Europe

On Saturday, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha said Russia had also carried out a "double strike" attack on a logistics facility serving fast-food chain McDonald’s.

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Ukraine: Russian drone barrage on Kyiv kills teenage boy and wounds 20 residents

A 14-year-old boy was killed after a Russian drone tore into a 16-storey apartment block in Kyiv’s Pecherskyi district overnight on Friday 25 September 2026.

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Russia launches fresh attacks on Kyiv and Kharkiv

The International Atomic Energy Agency said it has been informed of the strike on the Kursk nuclear power plant and said it was not on fire despite being operational at the time

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Russia shifts tactics with round-the-clock air strikes on Kyiv

Meanwhile, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Thursday night he hoped to host US President Donald Trump's envoys in Kyiv in the coming days to resume efforts to end the war.

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General charged over Kyiv children's hospital strike shot in Russia

Major General Nikolai Varpakhovich, commander of a heavy bomber division and charged in absentia by Ukraine over the 2024 Okhmatdyt children's hospital strike, was shot twice by a motorbike gunman near Engels airbase and airlifted to Moscow in serious condition.

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'Massive' Russian missile and drone attack on Kyiv kills 12

The Ukrainian air force had warned that the threat of "ballistic weapons and other means of attack against Kyiv and the region remains in effect," and urged residents to remain in shelters.

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Russia threatens 'massive strikes' on Ukraine energy sites

As Moscow warns of a fresh bombing campaign and Kyiv absorbs one of the deadliest strikes to hit its own soil since the invasion began, four years of fighting show no sign of nearing a diplomatic end.

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At least 37 killed in Russian strike on warehouse in Bucha

Ukraine's Prosecutor General's Office said it had launched a pre-trial investigation into possible "negligence" surrounding storage conditions at the warehouse.

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Life under relentless air raid alerts: Russia attacks Kyiv for second day

Kyiv ground to a halt for the tenth time on Friday as air raid sirens sounded over the capital. The renewed attacks followed a record 13 alerts that kept the city under warning for almost 15 hours on Thursday.

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Russian drone strikes hit Ukraine as warehouses burn

Warehouses, homes and critical infrastructure were damaged across Ukraine, while officials in Kherson warned residents to leave ahead of a winter onslaught.

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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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