Ukraine crisis

Ukraine claims to have intercepted 30,000 drones in March

Ukraine’s interceptor drones have become one of the most cost‑effective tools in the country’s arsenal, effectively turning Moscow’s “special operation” into a war of attrition. 

A person holds a Sting interceptor drone by the Ukrainian company Wild Hornets at an undisclosed location in Ukraine, March 16, 2026
Ukrainian servicemen operate an unmanned ground vehicle fit for delivery missions on the frontline in Donetsk region

Ukraine aims to deploy 25,000 UGVs for frontline logistics

 David Zaikin, founder and CEO of the Key Elements Group

The $3 million problem

Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky with Iranian Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi.

Ukraine's Zelensky meets Iran's Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi in Munich, demands end to dictatorships


Russia says it will punish Ukraine for attack on its tanker

A Ukrainian sea drone full of explosives struck a Russian fuel tanker overnight near a bridge linking Russia to annexed Crimea, the second such attack in 24 hours, both sides said on Saturday.

 A Russian Navy amphibious landing ship that was deployed to transport cars across the Kerch Strait, moves near the Crimean Bridge, a section of which was damaged by an alleged overnight attack, as seen from the city of Kerch, Crimea, July 17, 2023.

Ukrainian orphans taste freedom after fleeing Russian occupation

Save Ukraine, a charity that maintains an underground network inside occupied parts of Ukraine and Russia itself, has rescued hundreds of children from Russia.

 Ukrainian children and women who fled war zones in the Ukraine, arriving on a rescue train to Budapest, Hungary on  March 21,  2022.

Drones hit Ukraine's Kharkiv, injuring one and damaging dormitory -officials

A video posted on social media showed the top of a building ablaze and smoke billowing upwards. Suspilne said the half the college building was destroyed.

 A rescuer working in a residential building heavily damaged by a Russian missile strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kryvyi Rih, Dnipropetrovsk region, Ukraine June 13, 2023.

Volatile wheat prices, food crises ahead after Black Sea deal ends

The lack of access to Ukrainian and Russian grains is “an unnecessary shock” to 345 million people around the world, and for many countries in the Middle East, it will be “catastrophic.”

 Ears of wheat are seen during a harvesting in a field near the village Kyshchentsi, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Cherkasy region, Ukraine July 18, 2023.

Russian missiles kill six, including girl of 10, in Kryvyi Rih

At least six people, including a 10-year-old girl, were killed and several more were injured in Russian missile strikes on the Ukrainian city of Kryvyi Rih on Monday.

 A rescuer working in a residential building heavily damaged by a Russian missile strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kryvyi Rih, Dnipropetrovsk region, Ukraine June 13, 2023.

Russia's Medvedev: We'd have to use a nuclear weapon if Ukrainian offensive was a success

Former president and current deputy chairman of Russia's Security Council, Dimitry Medvedev, said that Russia would be forced to use nuclear weapons if Ukraine's counter-offensive succeeds.

 Russia's Deputy head of the Security Council Dmitry Medvedev, accompanied by Deputy Defence Minister Nikolay Pankov, visits the Prudboi military training ground in Volgograd region, Russia June 1, 2023.

African Union chair: Putin's grain offer not enough, Ukraine ceasefire needed

Putin was seeking to use the event to inject new momentum into Russia's ties with Africa and enlist its support in countering what he describes as US hegemony and Western neo-colonialism.

Russian President Vladimir Putin delivers a statement at a the final day of the Russia-Africa summit in Saint Petersburg, Russia, July 28, 2023.

Russian missiles target Ukrainian regions, commander says barrage repelled

It was not immediately clear if there was any damage. Authorities in the western Khmelnytskiy region confirmed the sound of explosions.

 A Kh-47 Kinzhal Russian hypersonic missile warhead, shot down by a Ukrainian Air Defence unit amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, is seen at a compound of the Scientific Research Institute in Kyiv, Ukraine May 12, 2023.

Ukraine's allies commit $244m. for humanitarian mine clearance

International partners have also committed to supplying hundreds of metal detectors and pyrotechnic machines, as well as individual demining kits and gear.

 Ukrainian serviceman examines anti tanks mines near a destroyed Russian Armoured Personnel Carrier (APC), as Russia's attack on Ukraine continues, near the town of Izium, recently liberated by Ukrainian Armed Forces, in Kharkiv region, Ukraine September 24, 2022.

Hillel center in Odesa, Ukraine, damaged by Russian strike

This is the second time a Hillel building in Ukraine was damaged by Russian fire since the start of the war last year.

 A woman removes debris at a site of a residential building damaged during Russian missile strikes, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Odesa, Ukraine July 23, 2023.