Zelensky has 'questions to answer' about corruption in his government, sacked minister says

The sacked former defence minister has also called for elections to be held in Ukraine.

Zelenskyy Says Putin Rejected Offer of Black Sea Shipping Truce

Ukraine offered Russia a truce on attacks against ships carrying agricultural commodities through the Black Sea, but Moscow rejected the deal because it wanted guarantees against strikes on its energy infrastructure, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said.

By Volodymyr Verbianyi

Photos: Russia celebrates National Flag Day amid war and tensions with the West

Participants in St Petersburg honour Russia’s tricolour with patriotic events and ribbon distributions across the city.

Zelenskyy: Fedorov suggested "honestly dismissing both" himself and Syrskyi

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said that, amid the conflict between then defence minister Mykhailo Fedorov and commander-in-chief Oleksandr Syrskyi, Fedorov suggested dismissing them both.

By Roman Petrenko

Ukraine: Zelenskyy rejects wartime elections

The Ukrainian president says wartime elections, as called for by the ex-defense minister, could "split Ukraine." He also said Russia was planning to mobilize hundreds of thousands of troops after September polls there.

Ukraine: Zelensky asks for more Patriot interceptors as civilian deaths hit highest level since 2022

Kryvyi Rih is still digging through the wreckage. The Russian strike on a shopping centre there, in President Zelensky's own hometown, has now claimed at least sixteen lives, with several people still unaccounted for. It has added urgency to the request Zelensky has been making for months: he needs Patriot interceptors as the threat of winter looms. Camille Knight has more.

By FRANCE24

Ukraine-Russia war latest: Macron to deliver missile interceptors to Kyiv as Putin pulls ambassador from UK

Andrey Kelin reportedly left his role in July

By Rebecca Whittaker and Alisha Rahaman Sarkar

Putin wants to draft 300,000 new troops, Zelenskiy says

Ukraine thinks Russia is planning to draft an additional 300,000 troops for its war effort after Russian parliamentary elections in mid-September, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said. Moscow’s forces are pressing ahead with an effort to capture the rest of eastern Ukraine’s industrialised Donbas region, where its troops have ground forward at what Kyiv says is […]

Russian and Ukrainian attacks kill 10 people, a day after deadly shopping mall drone strike

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) -- Russian drone and missile strikes killed at least seven people in Ukraine, officials said Saturday, while a Ukrainian drone atta

'Will Be Like A Tsunami, Split Ukraine': Zelensky Rejects Wartime Elections

Ukraine has suspended elections under martial law, a measure still widely supported by the population as the country focuses on fighting off Russian forces.

Zelenskyy rejects wartime elections after former defence minister calls for vote

Zelenskyy said a vote would “split” Ukraine.

Putin Says Ukraine Opened ‘Pandora's Box’ With Strikes on Economic Targets

Putin threatened to hit back at Ukraine's “most sensitive economic sectors.”

Russia planning 'peripheral' mobilization of 300,000 men after elections, Zelensky says

Russia's voluntary recruitment system has increasingly struggled to make up for losses on the battlefield, while diminishing returns in Russian offensives on the front line have fuelled talk of a new wave of mobilization in the country.

By Francis Farrell

Zelenskyy dismisses talks of wartime polls over 'split' Ukraine fears

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Sunday that holding an election while Ukraine fights Russia's invasion would be too dangerous, following a call by his former defense minist...

Ukrainian Defense Forces strike Russian radar station, naval drone launch site in Crimea

Ukraine’s Defense Forces struck a radar station and a site used by Russian forces to store and launch unmanned surface vessels in temporarily occupied Crimea overnight on August 23.

Prime minister in Kyiv: Russia shouldn't count on us tiring of Ukraine support

Ukraine must receive everything it needs to defend itself, Prime Minister Kristen Michal (Reform) said as he arrived in Kyiv for an NB8 summit with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

Itsekiri youths fault PAP over 2026 scholarship list

National leadership of the Itsekiri National Youth Council, INYC, has expressed dissatisfaction with what it described as ethnic bigotry in the Presidential Amnesty Programme, PAP. INYC accused those coordinating the programme of excluding Itsekiri youths from the 2026 Presidential Amnesty Scholarship. Public Relations Officer of the INYC, Tuoyo Ebigbeyi, in a statement, urged the National […] The post Itsekiri youths fault PAP over 2026 scholarship list appeared first on Vanguard News.

By Urowayino Jeremiah

Zelensky has 'questions to answer' about corruption in his government, sacked minister tells BBC - the-star.co.ke

Zelensky has 'questions to answer' about corruption in his government, sacked minister tells BBC  the-star.co.ke

Stubb pledges continued support for Ukraine during Kyiv visit

Finnish President Alexander Stubb pledged continued support for Ukraine during a visit to Kyiv on Sunday, as Nordic and Baltic leaders gathered for talks on defence, security and further assistance to the country. Stubb attended Ukraine’s National Flag Day ceremony with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and leaders from Denmark, Norway, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.

Putin: Kyiv opened Pandora's box by striking civilians

Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Saturday that Ukraine "opened the Pandora's box" when it started attacking civilian targets, and added that Moscow will respond to these attacks.