- yesterday
Russia orders closure of German consulate in St. Petersburg following Leipzig drone dispute
Moscow ordered Germany to close its St. Petersburg consulate by September 18 and shutter Goethe-Institut branches, retaliating against Berlin's closure of Russian diplomatic sites following an airport drone incident.
- 2d ago
US envoys Witkoff and Kushner conclude Kyiv talks with Zelensky without breakthrough on peace terms
US mediators Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner met Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in Kyiv for three rounds of talks, discussing winter aid and security guarantees while core territorial disputes remained unresolved.
- 6d ago
German judge remands two Bulgarians over Munich arson attempt near defense firms
An investigating judge in Munich has remanded two Bulgarian nationals in custody on charges of attempted arson after incendiary devices were thrown near the headquarters of drone maker Helsing and Rohde & Schwarz.
- Sep 1
Ukraine warns airlines of Russian airspace danger as Putin rejects talks
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky advised airlines and insurers that Russian skies are unsafe due to drone operations, prompting Vladimir Putin to call the warning state terrorism.
- Sep 1
Zelenskyy warns airlines over Russian airspace as Ukraine targets 1,000 daily drones
Ukraine has warned commercial airlines that Russian skies are factually closed due to expanding long-range drone strikes, prompting Vladimir Putin to denounce the statement as state terrorism during a visit to Kyrgyzstan.
- Aug 29
Russian drone strike on Kyiv munitions depot kills 37 as Ukraine investigates storage rules
A Russian drone strike on an ammunition warehouse in the village of Myla killed at least 37 people, prompting Ukrainian prosecutors to open an investigation into illegal weapons storage near residential areas.
- Aug 28
Sven Schulze wins Saxony-Anhalt CDU caucus vote following election defeat
Saxony-Anhalt Minister-President Sven Schulze won an 8–7 vote to lead his party's state parliamentary group on Tuesday, two days after the CDU fell to 17.2% in the state election.
- Aug 27
Russian air defence lieutenant colonel killed by car bomb in Saint Petersburg
A bomb placed under a vehicle in southern Saint Petersburg killed an air defence lieutenant colonel and hospitalised his wife on 27 August 2026.
- Aug 27
Russia threatens strikes on British military bases over Storm Shadow missile technology transfer
Moscow warned that British military sites in Europe and beyond could be struck after London agreed to share blueprints allowing Ukraine to manufacture Storm Shadow cruise missiles locally.
- Aug 25
Germany blames Russia for Leipzig airport drone plot and closes consulate as Moscow retaliates
Berlin has shuttered a Russian consulate and cultural center following an attempted August drone sabotage at Leipzig/Halle Airport, prompting Moscow to order the closure of three Goethe-Institut branches.
- Aug 25
Gazprom Arena denies contract for Kanye West concerts in Saint Petersburg
Saint Petersburg's Gazprom Arena stated that no rental contract exists for two scheduled October concerts by Ye, formerly known as Kanye West, while promoter Say Agency maintains the shows will proceed.
- Aug 25
CIA Director Ratcliffe warns Moscow on NATO as Trump downplays secret trip
CIA Director John Ratcliffe secretly visited Moscow to warn Russian intelligence against targeting NATO and urge peace in Ukraine, while President Donald Trump dismissed reports of rising tensions.
- Aug 24
Ukraine expands logistics strikes to Ozon warehouses after hitting 15 Wildberries hubs
Ukrainian drones struck Ozon logistics centres in Orenburg and Samara for two straight days, forcing more than 300 evacuations following earlier strikes on 15 Wildberries facilities.
- Aug 18
Kanye West schedules October concerts in Russia at 70,000-seat Gazprom Arena
American rapper Ye has booked two performances at Saint Petersburg's Gazprom Arena on 10 and 11 October 2026, with tickets priced between 9,000 and 160,000 rubles selling out rapidly.
- Aug 17
Ukraine disables 7 of 10 Wildberries logistics centers in massive overnight drone attack on Moscow
Ukraine's Defence Ministry says overnight drone strikes on 16 August put 7 of the 10 largest Wildberries logistics centers out of service, with Russia reporting 822 drones destroyed.
- Aug 15
Ukraine sends 600 drones at Moscow in one of war's largest attacks as Russia strikes Kyiv and Kryvyi Rih
Ukraine sent 600 drones toward the Moscow region overnight in one of the largest attacks of the war, hitting a Wildberries warehouse and killing at least six in Russia, while Russian missile strikes on Ukraine killed at least five.
- Aug 11
Chinese shipping firm Sea Legend launches first regular Arctic container route, halving Ningbo-Felixstowe transit to 20 days
Chinese shipping company Sea Legend begins the first regular weekly container service through the Arctic on August 12, cutting the Ningbo-to-Felixstowe journey from 40 days to roughly 20 while bypassing conflict zones around the Strait of Hormuz and Bab al-Mandeb.
- Aug 10
Ukrainian drone strike on Russian oil refinery in Tatarstan kills 13, including seven Uzbek citizens
A Ukrainian drone attack on the industrial city of Nizhnekamsk in Russia's Tatarstan region killed at least 13 people, including seven Uzbek citizens and a child, while Kyiv also struck a petrochemical facility 2,500 km away in Tobolsk.
- Aug 4
Ukrainian drones hit Russian retailer Wildberries for 18th time, also strike Turkish cargo ship in Black Sea
Ukrainian drones struck a Wildberries logistics centre in Vladimir region for the 18th time since mid-July, while a separate attack on a Turkish cargo vessel near Novorossiysk left three sailors seriously injured.
- Aug 1
Moscow restaurant blast kills five; Russian general may have been target of homemade bomb
An improvised explosive device detonated on the veranda at the entrance to the Balzi Rossi restaurant in central Moscow on Saturday evening, killing five people and wounding 21. Unconfirmed reports say a private birthday party for a senior Russian aerospace forces commander was underway inside.
