Ukraine war briefing: F-16 crashes while chasing Russian air targets

Pilot found safe and taken for medical treatment after ‘malfunction’; Russian drone company chief shot. What we know on day 1,618 Continue reading...

By Warren Murray and agencies

Russian ballistic missile strikes on Kyiv come after Zelenskyy’s warning

Returning from the US, Zelenskyy says Ukraine's safety depends on allies’ willingness to provide anti-missile defences.

Ex-Defence Minister Fedorov: Zelenskyy told me about Klymenko's candidacy just before faction meeting

Former Defence Minister Mykhailo Fedorov has said that President Volodymyr Zelenskyy informed him of his intention to appoint Ihor Klymenko as the new defence minister about half an hour before the Servant of the People parliamentary faction meeting.

By Anastasia Prots

Ukraine has found a new pressure point in Russia’s wartime economy

Ukraine's drone attacks on Russia's biggest online retailer Wildberries have ratcheted up the pressure on Moscow's wartime economy.

Explosions in Kyiv after Zelenskyy warns of Russian strikes

At least one person was killed in a Russian air strike on Ukraine's capital, Kyiv. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy had warned that Russia had "prepared a massive attack," citing air force reports.

Zelensky warns of possible major Russian strike overnight

The warning comes as Kyiv pushes its allies for additional Patriot interceptor missiles, which Ukraine says are crucial to countering a surge in Russian ballistic missile attacks.

By FRANCE 24

13 Indian seafarers remain stranded aboard MV AMIR1 at Chornomorsk port: Ukrainian Embassy

Ukrainian Embassy said that disturbing news continues to emerge from Ukraine's Black Sea ports, as it claimed that Russia has “intensified its attacks”.

Zelensky Says Massive Russian Airstrikes Overnight Likely On Ukraine

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky warned on Wednesday that Russia would likely carry out another massive attack on the country overnight, in a message posted on social media.

Wildberries says Ukraine’s drone strikes are force majeure. Does that actually get the marketplace off the hook in Russia?

On July 18, Ukrainian forces began striking the logistics warehouses of Wildberries, Russia’s largest online marketplace. By July 29, drones had hit 11 of the marketplace’s warehouses. Much of the stock burned, and sellers suffered losses — some of them losing millions of rubles. The marketplace has already announced relief measures for sellers, but it began paying out only several days after the first strikes, and the payouts came to far less than the losses. Meduza asked a lawyer whether se...

SSU detains two Russian agents coordinating strikes on Kramatorsk and Lyman

The counterintelligence of the Security Service of Ukraine detained two agents of the Russian Federation’s special services in the Donetsk region who are suspected of coordinating strikes on Kramatorsk and Lyman.