Conflict News from Ukraine

Russia's Defense Ministry said a Battlegroup Center air-defense crew used the F-1 interceptor for the first time and destroyed more than 20 Ukrainian drones in four days.

Rodion Miroshnik said strikes on civilian infrastructure rose three to four times after the first funds from an EU military loan and an EU–Ukraine drone alliance.

Ghana’s president says he intends to use the Russia-Africa Summit to ask Vladimir Putin for a ceasefire in the war in Ukraine.

Britain rejected Steve Witkoff’s description of Vladimir Putin as a humanitarian after the US envoy met him in St Petersburg while Russian strikes on Ukraine continued.

Britain’s defence secretary said there is a clear line between appeasement and a peace process after a US envoy on the Ukraine war called Vladimir Putin a humanitarian.

Donald Trump said Elon Musk restored Ukraine's Starlink access, while Volodymyr Zelenskyy said the military satellite link has not returned to full speed.

Garry Kasparov told TV Rain that trading sanctions relief for Russian political prisoners would give Moscow greater capacity to kill people in Ukraine.

Russia’s president said an agreement with Washington covers readiness for trilateral talks on post-peace security, while claiming about 500,000 Ukrainian soldiers have deserted.

Zelensky accused Russia of targeting civilians in Kyiv with cluster munitions, as talks continue over Donetsk and a possible summit with Trump and Putin.

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said in New Delhi that the conflict in Ukraine cannot be solved militarily and that Washington is prepared to mediate.

Foreign ministers from seven countries will meet in Istanbul on Friday, with efforts to end the Russia-Ukraine war and keep it from spreading to the Black Sea on the agenda.