Ukraine: The Latest

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1. Storm Shadow missile blueprints gifted to Kyiv as Zelensky hands over 'goldmine of Ukrainian battlefield data'

   24 Aug 2026 · 46 min

   Day 1,641. Today we assess a hectic weekend of diplomacy, with Andy Burnham and other world leaders in Kyiv to mark Ukraine’s Independence Day – his first foreign trip as Britain’s new Prime Minister. He came ready to…

2. Exclusive: Russia defenceless in the Mediterranean & Crimea's ‘highway of death’ under constant drone attack

   21 Aug 2026 · 55 min

   Day 1,638. Today, as Russia is accused of yet another incursion into Nato airspace, there are reports of a major Ukrainian drone attack on occupied Crimea. Kyiv is apparently seeking approval – again – from Elon Musk,…

3. Putin breaks silence on Wildberries carnage as 15 killed in Russian bombardment on Kyiv

   20 Aug 2026 · 42 min

   Day 1,637 Today, as at least 15 people are killed in another terrible missile bombardment on Kyiv, Putin is finally forced to acknowledge the Wildberries strikes that have seen warehouses ablaze across Russia.…

4. Zelensky in crisis as axed defence minister Fedorov demands election

   19 Aug 2026 · 53 min

   Day 1,636. Today, in a blistering attack on his former boss, ousted Ukrainian defence minister Mykhailo Fedorov has taken aim at President Zelensky, calling out government corruption and a governance system “in…

5. Drone blitz on Moscow as Ukraine launches 637 drones & UN 'not fit for purpose', says UN

   18 Aug 2026 · 57 min

   Day 1,635. Today, after a huge drone attack on the Moscow region – potentially breaking another record – we report on the latest major Red Square military parade to be cancelled. Meanwhile, the Kremlin reportedly…

6. Smoke fills Moscow sky after Ukraine wipes out key Wildberries warehouse in 'largest attack of the year'

   17 Aug 2026 · 45 min

   Day 1,634. Today, Ukraine sets the sky alight over Moscow oblast as it wipes out the latest Wildberries warehouse. Plus, in what Moscow said was Kyiv’s biggest attack of the year, the plant manufacturing rockets for…

7. Ukraine 'destroys North Korean missiles 6000km inside Russia' & huge explosion rips through Italian munitions factory

   14 Aug 2026 · 49 min

   Day 1,631. Today, a train in Siberia, said to be carrying ballistic missiles from North Korea, goes up in flames. Then, not to be outdone, a Russian oil terminal near St Petersburg announces it has “completely” shut…

8. Ukraine liberates 745 square kilometers & Putin enrages Japan with 'unacceptable' trip to disputed island

   13 Aug 2026 · 44 min

   Day 1,630. Today, following the significant raid on the home of Russia’s Black Sea fleet, hitting warships and port infrastructure, we look at Putin’s decision to threaten the seizure of ships belonging to countries…

9. Black Sea naval base in flames after huge Ukrainian drone attack as Trump asks Kyiv to limit strikes on oil tankers

   12 Aug 2026 · 39 min

   Day 1,629 Today, just as Ukraine attacks a naval base, an oil terminal and port infrastructure in the Black Sea, we hear that US Vice President JD Vance asked Kyiv last month to stop drone strikes on oil tankers in…

10. North Korea 'sending 50,000 troops' as its missiles fall on Ukraine & Wildberries campaign re-ignites as 156,000m2 warehouse ablaze

    11 Aug 2026 · 40 min

    Day 1,628. Today, as President Zelensky warns that as many as 50,000 North Korean troops could be preparing to deploy to Russia, we examine what a renewed role for Pyongyang could mean for the war in Ukraine. We also…

11. Revealed: Why Trump u-turned on Patriot missiles for Ukraine & Kyiv fires 600+ drones in a single night

    10 Aug 2026 · 35 min

    Day 1,627. Today, after a weekend that may have seen a record number of drones launched across Ukraine and Russia, we examine what it is actually like to endure a ballistic missile attack – and how different that…

12. Russia ‘could attack Nato within weeks’, US intelligence warns & Ukraine burns Wildberries site 2000km from frontline

    7 Aug 2026 · 33 min

    Day 1,624. Today, as Kyiv is in mourning following Wednesday's attack, President Donald Trump continues to backtrack on the promised Patriot blueprints. Ukraine hits another Wildberry warehouse overnight, which brings…

13. Moscow blamed for explosive drone at German airport & fuel queues return to Russia as Ukraine hits refineries

    6 Aug 2026 · 45 min

    Day 1,623. Today, after an extraordinary drone attack in Germany raises fresh questions about Russia’s campaign against the West, we ask whether it is finally time to stop describing Moscow’s actions as “hybrid”,…

14. Russian soldier opens fire on his own platoon as Moscow rains missiles on Kyiv in heaviest attack this year

    5 Aug 2026 · 58 min

    Day 1,622. Today, Kyiv reels from the deadliest attack this year after failing to intercept any Russian missiles overnight, as North Korea continues to support Russia’s war, providing 120 ballistic missiles and six…

15. Russia’s ‘barbaric’ drone safari caught on film as another Wildberries warehouse burns

    4 Aug 2026 · 49 min

    Day 1,621. Putin finds himself in a sticky situation this morning after two more Wildberry distribution centres are attacked. There is also more evidence of Russia’s drone safari against civilians after a market…

16. Wildberries strikes light up sky 1000km inside Russia as Zelensky ‘reveals’ wartime death tolls

    3 Aug 2026 · 42 min

    Day 1,620. Today, we report on another weekend of intense military activity: from renewed strikes on Wildberries warehouses – so severe that the company's owner and CEO Tatyana Kim was compelled to issue a public…

17. Russians 'fear being killed by drones in Red Square' & Zelensky asks Elon Musk a favour

    31 Jul 2026 · 45 min

    Day 1,617. As yet more Russian Wildberries distribution sites reach for the stars, Ukrainian missile producer Firepoint wins the month’s top-trolling award by offering merch to anyone who correctly predicts their next…

18. Russian missile leaves crater in Poland & Fedorov reveals all in first interview since sacking

    30 Jul 2026 · 45 min

    Day 1,616. A Russian cruise missile is believed to have landed in Poland overnight, just after President Zelensky and Polish prime minister Donald Tusk met to patch up a rumbling diplomatic spat. Meanwhile, inside…

19. Ukraine wipes out seventh Wildberries warehouse and major oil refinery as US senate advances key Russia sanctions bill

    29 Jul 2026 · 37 min

    Day 1,615. After Russia sees another night of Ukrainian drone strikes on a Wildberries warehouse and oil refinery attacks, Francis examines Kyiv’s campaign to disrupt Putin’s logistics and wartime economy. He also…

20. Crimea 'without power' after deadly raids as Zelensky meets Trump

    28 Jul 2026 · 47 min

    Day 1,614. As Ukraine strikes a target more than 1,300 kilometres from Kyiv, Francis and Alex Nichol assess the significance of President Zelensky’s visit to Washington for Lindsey Graham’s funeral and to meet with…

21. ‘Humiliated’ Putin poses with fake submarine after navy parade cancelled & Ukraine strikes Iranian tanker in Caspian Sea

    27 Jul 2026 · 39 min

    Day 1,613. As Putin is forced to cancel his annual Navy Day parade in St. Petersburg for the second year in a row – forced to stand by an image of a submarine instead – we report on another major weekend on the…

22. Major fire in St. Petersburg as Ukraine’s new ‘number one’ target revealed & touring Mykolaiv with Kyiv’s new Veterans Minister

    24 Jul 2026 · 49 min

    Day 1,610. Today, as Ukraine expands its long-range strike campaign with fresh attacks on Russian logistics hubs and warehouses – including targets in St Petersburg – we examine the growing economic cost to Moscow as…

23. 'He hates us': Russians react to new ‘tank hero’ Ukrainian Commander-in-Chief

    23 Jul 2026 · 42 min

    Day 1,609. Today, after Mykhailo Drapatyi is appointed Commander-in-Chief of Ukraine’s Armed Forces, we examine the reaction from Russian soldiers and military commentators as Kyiv reshapes its wartime leadership. We…

24. Ukraine's ‘legendary’ new commander takes charge after biggest military shake-up of war

    22 Jul 2026 · 40 min

    Day 1,608. Today, in another historic day for the war, Commander-in-Chief Oleksandr Syrskyi is replaced with one of the most famous generals in Ukraine: Mykhailo Drapatyi, a popular and innovative military leader with…

25. Russia faces bloodiest month for a year and half & interview with P*ssy Riot founder Nadya Tolokonnikova

    21 Jul 2026 · 43 min

    Day 1,607. Today, as Ukraine strikes a plant belonging to Russia’s largest steel producer, we assess Moscow’s increasing use of ballistic missiles as the fighting on the frontline heads towards Russia’s bloodiest…

26. Putin unleashes largest ballistic missile attack of the war as Ukraine strikes warehouses of ‘Russian Amazon’ in revenge strikes

    20 Jul 2026 · 40 min

    Day 1,606. Today, after one of its biggest ballistic missile attacks on Kyiv of the war, we hear about Ukraine’s strikes on warehouses belonging to Russia’s equivalent to Amazon, costing millions in damages and a 2000…

27. Spy chief named Ukraine's new defence minister amid Fedorov sacking fallout & 12 Russian shadow fleet ships hit in single day

    17 Jul 2026 · 49 min

    Day 1,603. Today, as Ukraine reels from the dismissal of its popular Defence Minister, Mykhailo Fedorov, we examine the speculation surrounding his sudden departure, and reveal details of his new successor. We also…

28. Protests sweep Ukraine after Zelensky sacks 'modernising' defence minister Fedorov

    16 Jul 2026 · 54 min

    Day 1,602. Following President Zelensky’s seismic sacking of 35-year-old Defence Minister Mykhailo Fedorov – a popular, dynamic moderniser in the government – we bring you the reaction on the streets of Kyiv, where…

29. 'Moscow will fall through Crimea': Ukraine's new Black Sea strike campaign revealed

    15 Jul 2026 · 45 min

    Day 1,601. As Ukraine expands its campaign in the Black Sea, tightening Kyiv’s stranglehold on occupied Crimea, Dom reports on the fifth consecutive day of combined missile and drone attacks on the southern Odesa…

30. Russian recruits run dry as Paris holds biggest Bastille Day parade since WWII

    14 Jul 2026 · 55 min

    Day 1,600. In Paris, the Coalition of the Willing announces a new joint anti-missile defence system to ensure Ukraine’s winter supply of Patriots before attending the military parade on Bastille Day. Dom reports on…

31. Ukraine hits 100 Russian tankers in Sea of Azov & what Lindsey Graham’s death means for Kyiv

    13 Jul 2026 · 51 min

    Day 1,599. After a weekend that took the tally of oil exporting Russian ships hit by drones in the Sea of Azov to over 100, Dom reports how Ukraine has trialled an autonomous amphibious assault into Russian-held…

32. Ukraine smashes major Russian oil refinery & US sells Tomahawks to Germany

    10 Jul 2026 · 50 min

    Day 1,596. Ukraine continues playing its game of Whack-A-Hole on the Kremlin's energy plants. Dom looks at technical developments on the battlefield, including the suggestion Ukrainian troops are now deliberately…

33. Ukraine strikes 30 Russian ships in four days as Putin under pressure over Crimea fuel crisis

    9 Jul 2026 · 47 min

    Day 1,595. Ukraine strikes yet more Russian shadow fleet tankers in the Black Sea, bringing their total to more than 30 in just four days. Adelie reports on how Kyiv’s latest strikes on oil facilities has President…

34. ‘Make them yourself’: Trump unlocks Patriot missile blueprints for Ukraine in NATO triumph for Zelensky

    8 Jul 2026 · 55 min

    Day 1,594. Donald Trump has handed Ukraine permission to build its own Patriot missiles as he met with Volodymyr Zelensky at the Nato summit. It comes after the American president told the meeting in Ankara the…

35. Ukraine hits Russia with ‘biggest drone attack in two years’ as Trump tells NATO war will ‘end soon’

    7 Jul 2026 · 39 min

    Day 1,593. Today, as Ukraine reportedly launches one of the largest waves of air strikes inside Russia since the full-scale invasion began – while also targeting multiple Russian vessels in the Sea of Azov – we bring…

36. Kyiv strikes St Petersburg again as NATO leaders prepare for Trump summit

    6 Jul 2026 · 40 min

    Day 1,592. Ahead of the NATO summit in Turkey, Russia kills more Ukrainian civilians in the second mass aerial strike in four days. Moscow also claims they’ve taken the Donbas city of Kostiantynivka, then later says…

37. Russia planning attack on Poland, US warns as Ukraine strikes shut down occupied oil refineries

    3 Jul 2026 · 52 min

    Day 1,589. Russia’s fuel crisis continues, to the intense frustration of ordinary Russians, and to the delight of Ukrainians, who are trolling Russians by flooding a fuel availability app with fake reviews. After…

38. Ukraine's '40-day campaign' to break Russia continues as Kyiv suffers huge attack & shadow fleet drones spy on Europe's nuclear warheads

    2 Jul 2026 · 47 min

    Day 1,588. After Russia unleashes one of its deadliest attacks on Kyiv in recent weeks, killing at least 20 people and injuring dozens more, Dom reports on a city that knew the assault was coming hours in advance. He…

39. Ukraine prepares for fresh attack from north & Russians survive 'only 35 minutes' on frontline

    1 Jul 2026 · 48 min

    Day 1,587. As more of Russia’s ground-based space infrastructure is launched by Ukraine into low earth orbit, eight days after the first such strike, Dom asks: where are the air defences? In the words of Ukrainian…

40. Ukraine blows up railway bridges and Russian space centre & UK claims army will be '10 times more lethal' as new defence plan revealed

    30 Jun 2026 · 44 min

    Day 1,586. Today, as Vladimir Putin continues to make grossly exaggerated claims about Russia’s gains on the battlefield, we assess the latest military progress of both sides, before looking at the long-delayed and…

41. Putin confesses 'problems' in Ukraine war for first time & fuel hoarding sweeps Russia

    29 Jun 2026 · 44 min

    Day 1,585. After a weekend that saw Ukraine’s Constitution Day celebrated with yet more lengthy queues at petrol stations in Russia and Crimea – a situation not helped by Russian oil refineries continuing to…

42. Crimea declares state of emergency as Kyiv launches 40-day Russia blitz

    26 Jun 2026 · 54 min

    Day 1,582. Crimea declares a state of emergency after days of intense Ukrainian attacks, as footage shows thousands of cars queuing to leave the Russian-occupied peninsula. It comes as president Zelensky authorises a…

43. Putin sacrifices Crimea air defences to shield Moscow & Zelensky says 'Russia will be forced to choose peace'

    25 Jun 2026 · 33 min

    Day 1,581. As the clock ticks down on President Zelensky’s ultimatum to Belarus, Dom examines reports that the drone relay stations Kyiv accused Minsk of hosting have suddenly stopped working – and asks whether…

44. Putin breaks silence over Moscow strikes humiliation & fuel shortages grip Russia

    24 Jun 2026 · 53 min

    Day 1,580. Today, after days of memes and mounting panic across Russia, Vladimir Putin finally breaks his silence on last week’s dramatic strikes on Moscow – insisting they are not a sign of vulnerability, but proof…

45. Revealed: Trump backed Ukraine’s ruthless new campaign & exclusive interview with EU's first defence commissioner

    23 Jun 2026 · 33 min

    Day 1,579. Today, as reports emerge that Donald Trump urged President Zelensky to act “more boldly” towards Russia, the clock is ticking on Ukraine’s threat to target drone relay stations in Belarus that Kyiv says are…

46. Ukraine destroys bridges as strike campaign cuts off Crimea & UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer resigns

    22 Jun 2026 · 40 min

    Day 1,578. As fresh waves of drones are reported heading towards Moscow, Francis and Dom examine Ukraine’s escalating campaign against Crimea, where new strikes on key infrastructure have prompted restrictions on…

47. 'Black rain over Moscow' as Ukraine attacks again & Russia's 'own goal' revealed after oil refinery blast

    19 Jun 2026 · 51 min

    Day 1,575. After one of the most significant raids of the war left a cloud hanging over Moscow – in every sense – we report a fresh Ukrainian drone attack targeting the Russian capital. As the true extent of the chaos…

48. Ukraine blitzes Moscow with 1,000 drones in biggest attack of war

    18 Jun 2026 · 45 min

    Day 1,574. Today, as President Zelensky declares that “if Ukraine burns, so will Moscow”, we report on a wave of strikes inside Russia that have produced some of the most dramatic images of the war so far, with more…

49. Russian warship fires shots at boat in English Channel & Putin 'hiding in bunkers' as popularity plummets

    17 Jun 2026 · 46 min

    Day 1,573. Today, after a Russian warship fires warning shots at an unarmed vessel in the English Channel, we take you to the G7 Summit, where observers are describing a “turning point” in perceptions of Ukraine’s…

50. Trump tells Putin to ‘make a deal’ at G7 & 'Revenge strike' as Kyiv hits major Moscow oil refinery

    16 Jun 2026 · 42 min

    Day 1,572. Today, as Donald Trump tells the G7 summit that “Russia should make a deal”, we examine what this apparent shift in tone from the US president could mean for Ukraine, and what President Volodymyr Zelensky…