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Russia and Ukraine Agree to 'Biggest Humanitarian' Prisoner Swap After Abu Dhabi Talks
Jared Kushner says numbers will be finalized Thursday as he and Steve Witkoff head to Moscow to see Putin, then on to Dublin to meet Zelenskyy.
WorldMore Than 850,000 Ukrainians Lose Power as Russia Hits Grid Before Abu Dhabi Talks
Strikes on Dnipropetrovsk and Kharkiv regions followed a massive overnight attack that blacked out five regions; Zelenskyy says Moscow is applying pressure ahead of U.S.-brokered talks.
WorldU.S., Russia and Ukraine Hold Abu Dhabi Talks as Kyiv Is Asked to 'Trade the Donbas'
Zelenskyy says Washington floated Ukraine ceding the Donbas for security guarantees short of NATO membership; Moscow's Lavrov rejects a European-backed ceasefire.
WorldEurope Will Join Ukraine Peace Talks in Abu Dhabi, Defying Kremlin Objections
France says Europe's voice will be heard at Tuesday and Wednesday's U.S.-brokered session, as Zelenskyy warns that a deal Trump hinted at 'might involve all of Europe.'
WorldRussian Bunker-Busting Bombs Kill 29 at Ukrainian Aid Site as 48 Remain Missing
The strike on a humanitarian aid facility in Zaporizhzhia region came as a wave of overnight attacks on power plants and hospitals coincided with U.S. Election Day.
WorldHackers Hit Ukraine and Russia Alert Apps With Fake Nuclear and Radiation Warnings
Millions of Ukrainians got false alarms of a nuclear attack and street fighting in Kyiv, and Russia's Emergencies Ministry app told users in 33 regions to stock food and shelter in basements.
WorldState Department Approves $2.1 Billion Sale of 500 Patriot Missiles to Ukraine
Canada, Germany and Norway are paying for the Lockheed Martin interceptors, but Zelenskyy warns deliveries could take years and asks allies to hand over stockpiled missiles now.
WorldEvacuation of Besieged Oleshky Begins Under Melania Trump-Brokered Truce
Ukrainian and Russian delegations are moving residents out through Russia and Belarus, a route that gives skeptics in Kyiv new fears about Russian troop movements.
WorldSix-Day Truce in Occupied Oleshky Holds Into Third Day as Russian Strikes Kill Dozens
Both sides credit Melania Trump with helping broker a pause so aid can reach about 2,000 trapped residents, even as strikes elsewhere in Ukraine killed at least 14 at a Dnipro station.
WorldRussian Drone Hits Dnipro Train Station, Killing 14 as Passengers Waited to Board
At least 19 people died in Russian attacks across Ukraine on Thursday, and Zelensky blamed eased U.S. sanctions.
WorldFinland and Norway Leaders Hold Rare 90-Minute Call With Putin on Ukraine Peace
It was the first call between a European leader and the Russian president since Macron's in July 2025. Neither side said it moved the war toward an end, and Putin repeated his "root causes" demand.
WorldMusk Admits SpaceX Throttled Starlink in Ukraine, Says Kyiv Broke Rules With Drone Strikes
Zelenskyy says speeds are back to normal after more than a week of restrictions that commanders say cost them drones and disrupted missions at the front.
WatchTop NewsMelania Trump's Office Announces Russia-Ukraine Ceasefire for Occupied City of Oleshky
The first lady's office says both sides agreed to pause fighting from Oct. 29 so aid can enter and civilians can leave. Neither Moscow nor Kyiv has publicly commented.
WatchTop NewsRussia Frees Stephen Hubbard, Last Wrongfully Detained American, as Witkoff Meets Putin
President Trump says Putin agreed to release the 74-year-old Michigan retiree at his request and that the U.S. gave nothing in return, but Witkoff's praise of Putin as a 'humanitarian' is drawing fire.
PoliticsDHS Keeps Ukrainians' and Sudanese Deportation Shield in Place as Deadline Hits
Temporary Protected Status for tens of thousands of Ukrainians and hundreds of Sudanese was set to end Monday, but the department says enrolled immigrants will "retain protection" until a final decision.
WatchWorldUkraine Fires 1,000+ Drones at Russia, Setting St. Petersburg Oil Terminal Ablaze
One of Kyiv's largest aerial attacks of the war killed at least one person in St. Petersburg and hit an oil export terminal, a depot, a data center and a logistics hub, as Zelenskyy warned Washington that waiving Russia sanctions strengthens Putin.
WorldZelenskyy Says Starshield Speed Limit Leaves Ukraine Unable to Shoot Down Jet Drones
Rubio calls the slowdown accidental and says it has been restored, but Kyiv says it cannot confirm that and that no one at SpaceX or the Pentagon is answering.
WorldTrump Waives Russia Sanctions and 100% Oil Tariffs Hours Before Deadline
The president used a national-interest clause in the Lindsey Graham sanctions law he signed last month to stop tariffs on the world's five biggest Russian oil buyers, as Moscow's envoy calls the move 'historic.'
WatchTop NewsUkraine Says the U.S. Gave No Warning Before a Russian Barrage on Kyiv, and Starlink Went Dark Too
Zelenskyy says Ukraine got no advance notice of more than 39 ballistic missiles and 120 drones; sources tell CBS News the U.S. may have deliberately held back early-warning data.
WatchTop NewsTrump Declares an 'Energy Ceasefire' Between Russia and Ukraine; Zelenskyy Says It Was News to Him
The announcement came hours after Trump said Ukraine should get a new president and blamed Kyiv for record U.S. diesel prices. Zelenskyy says Ukraine will stop hitting Russian refineries only if Russia stops hitting Ukrainian energy sites.
WorldSouth Korea Recalls Its Ambassador to Ukraine in Row Over Zelenskyy's Disclosure of North Korean POW Transfer
Seoul says Kyiv broke a nondisclosure agreement when Zelenskyy mentioned in his U.N. speech that two captured North Korean soldiers had been sent to the South. Ukraine denies agreeing to any such deal.
WorldRussian Strikes Kill 30 in Eastern Ukraine, Including Attack on a Public Bus, as Kyiv Blackouts Worsen
Officials halted public transport in Kramatorsk and Sloviansk after the attacks, a day after a missile strike in Pryluky raised that town's death toll to 22.
WorldRussian Guided Bombs Kill 6 and Wound 59 in Kharkiv, Including Three Children
Three bombs hit an industrial area and a block near a high-rise in the Slobidskyi district on Monday. Moscow says Ukraine launched more than 650 drones overnight, killing two people in the Moscow region.
WorldMerz Unveils $1.5 Billion Ukraine Aid in Kyiv as Russia Strikes Academy of Sciences
The German chancellor arrived by train as a Russian drone attack killed two people at the National Academy of Sciences and damaged a Dnieper bridge.
Top NewsFamilies of Two Journalists Killed in Ukraine Sue Fox News Over Safety Failures
The parents of producer Oleksandra Kuvshynova and the family of cameraman Pierre Zakrzewski say Fox and correspondent Benjamin Hall ignored warnings before the March 2022 attack near Kyiv.
WorldUkraine Says Russia Lost a Record 46,230 Troops in September as Lyman Counteroffensive Gains Ground
Kyiv's Third Army Corps says it has retaken 176 square kilometers near Lyman, while Russia pounds Ukrainian cities and power lines and jet-powered drones begin to overwhelm air defenses.
WatchWorldRussian Drone Hits Kyiv School With 100 Children Sheltering Inside, but Warhead Fails to Explode
The 50-kilogram warhead tore into a stairwell and did not detonate, and everyone inside survived. Zelensky calls strikes on schools "a deliberate tactic."
WorldRussia Launches Its Biggest Strike on Kyiv's Power Grid Since Last Winter, Killing 4
Sirens sounded for more than 20 hours as drones and missiles hit the Trypilska power plant. Ukraine says Russia used a steel-cutting drone on a power pylon for the first time.
WorldZelenskyy Says North Korea Will Send 10,000 More Troops as Belgium Promises Three F-16s
Ukraine's president says Russia is mobilizing more men after Putin raised the army's ceiling again. Russian strikes hit Kyiv-area energy sites and a school in Sumy.
WorldRussian Strike Hits Ukraine's Academy of Sciences in Downtown Kyiv as Attacks Kill Seven
More than 50 people were wounded across Ukraine as the Kremlin said Kyiv 'will have to pay a price,' days after peace talk efforts at the United Nations.
WorldLavrov Tells the U.N. Europe Is Sabotaging Peace as Trump Urges Zelenskyy to 'Settle'
Russia's foreign minister vowed the war's aims 'will be achieved,' hours after President Trump said he wants Ukraine's leader to make a deal with Putin before the heavy winter.
WorldTrump Invites Putin to the G20 in Miami, His First Summit in Person Since Invading Ukraine
Marco Rubio announced the invitation after meeting Sergey Lavrov at the U.N. The December summit is set for Trump's Doral resort, and Putin still faces an International Criminal Court arrest warrant.
PoliticsTrump Signed the Lindsey Graham Sanctions Act Friday
H.R. 5334 passed the Senate 86-11 and the House 262-159 in honor of the senator who died in July. It bars new U.S. investment in Russia until Ukraine accepts a peace deal and extends Iran sanctions to 2031. A former State Department sanctions chief says Trump 'missed a chance to send a message to Putin.'
WorldPutin's Party Took 57.8% in Russia's First Wartime Parliamentary Election With Four-Fifths of the Vote Counted, Up From 49.8% in 2021
The Central Election Commission put turnout at 56.66% and reported more than 3,000 waves of DDoS attacks on election infrastructure. Voting was also held in occupied parts of Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia, which Kyiv called a 'farce.' Final results are not due before Sept. 25.
WatchTop NewsUkraine Fired More Than 1,000 Drones at Russia Overnight, Hundreds of Them at Moscow, on the Last Day of Putin's Election
Mayor Sergei Sobyanin called it the largest attack on Moscow of the war and said air defenses downed more than 1,600 drones since Saturday, 450 of them headed for the capital. Zelenskyy said domestically built Flamingo and Pelican missiles hit 'oil and logistics' targets worth 'billions of dollars that sustain the war machine.'
WatchPoliticsThe House Passed the Lindsey Graham Russia Sanctions Bill 262-159 on Its Last Day Before the Midterms, Handing Trump Power to Slap 100% Tariffs on China and India
Fifty-eight Democrats crossed over and seven Republicans defected. Hakeem Jeffries said Trump 'cannot be entrusted' with new tariff power. The bill now goes to a president who has spent months saying he wanted it.
ScienceIce Age Carvers in Ukraine Engraved 18,000-Year-Old 'Venus' Figurines With the Growth Rings of the Mammoth Tusks They Were Cut From
Microscopy and 3D models of 18 figurines from the Mizyn campsite show the Schreger and Owen lines inside ivory were copied onto the surface, an eastern tradition that predates Western Europe's.
WatchWorldA Russian Drone Blew Up a Kyiv-Warsaw Locomotive Two Kilometers From Poland, Minutes After Boris Johnson's Train Left Early
Ukraine's rail operator says it is 'highly probable' the intended target was the diplomatic train carrying Johnson, Carl Bildt and EU security advisers home from a Kyiv conference. Nobody was hurt. The strike came inside a 453-drone overnight barrage that killed six people across Ukraine.
PoliticsTrump Says Ukraine and Russia Both Agreed to Stop Hitting Energy Targets
The president blamed the world's diesel crisis on the Ukraine war rather than his own war on Iran. Zelenskyy said any halt has to last past Russia's 'elections' and not collapse the moment fuel prices ease.
PoliticsTrump Told Zelenskyy to Stop 'Knocking Out Diesel Fuel in Russia'
Speaking at his golf course in Ireland, the president said Ukraine can hit other targets but not refineries because the strikes are 'hurting the world.' U.S. diesel topped $6 a gallon on Friday.
WorldPutin Said European Troops in Ukraine Would Mean 'a War With Russia'
Speaking at the BRICS summit in India, the Russian president drew a red line around a European peacekeeping force while insisting Moscow poses 'no such threat' to Europe. Overnight attacks hit Odesa, Zaporizhzhia, Kryvyi Rih and Kramatorsk.
PoliticsDan Driscoll Resigned as Army Secretary 12 Days Ago
In his first public appearance since leaving the Pentagon, Driscoll praised the DELTA platform and warned that the U.S. plans to buy 300,000 drones a year while Ukraine builds 7 to 10 million.
WatchWorldWitkoff and Kushner Met Zelenskyy in Kyiv a Day After Sitting With Putin
The two American envoys called Sunday's talks substantive and said they were encouraged. Moscow and Kyiv agreed to stop firing at each other's capitals for the length of the visit, and nothing more.
WorldUkrainian Drones Set the Ryazan Refinery Burning and Kept Rostov's Air Defenses Firing for Four Hours
Ukraine's General Staff says the overnight raid also hit an airfield, a radar station and two Pantsir-S1 systems in Rostov Oblast. It came during a pause both sides had agreed to observe over their capitals.
WatchWorldRussia's Three-Day Pause Was Hours Old When a Strike on Kamianske Killed Five
Ukraine's military stood down at midnight under a truce arranged as Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner landed in Moscow. The shooting did not stop.
WatchTop NewsPutin Ordered a Three-Day Stop to Strikes on Kyiv. Witkoff and Kushner Had Just Landed in Moscow
The Kremlin said the pause begins at midnight Saturday and is tied to the American delegation's plan to visit the Ukrainian capital on Sunday. Russian missiles hit two airports outside Kyiv hours before the announcement.
WorldPutin Says There Is 'a Chance' of a Ukraine Deal. Chicago Wheat Fell 2% the Same Afternoon
The Russian president, speaking at an economic forum in the far east, said the U.S. and China are ready to back a settlement. Zelenskyy said American negotiators will visit both Moscow and Kyiv.
WorldGermany Says Russia Flew an Explosive Drone at a Ukrainian Cargo Plane. It Is Closing a Consulate Over It
Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt said the device found at Leipzig/Halle Airport on August 4 matched known Russian hybrid operations. Putin, speaking in Kyrgyzstan, said the evidence "has been planted."
WorldA Russian Drone Hit a Warehouse Near Kyiv. Zelenskyy's First Investigation Is of His Own Officials
At least 37 people were killed and about 50 apartment buildings damaged after the strike set off secondary explosions. Ukraine's president says ammunition was being stored where the law forbids it.
WorldUkrainian Drones Reached 2,200 Kilometers Into Siberia and Set Fire to the Plant That Makes Half of Russia's Plastic
The West Siberian Petrochemical Complex in Tobolsk lost its central gas fractionation unit to a drone strike on Monday. It is also the only place in Russia that makes maleic anhydride, a feedstock for aircraft and drone composites.
PoliticsThe Senate Passed Lindsey Graham's Russia Sanctions Bill 86-11. He Died in July
The act lets the president impose tariffs of up to 100% on the five largest buyers of Russian oil and gas. The House is on recess and will not vote before September.
WorldA Ukrainian Drone Strike 750 Miles Inside Russia Killed 12 in a City Built Around Two Refineries
Nizhnekamsk, in Tatarstan, was hit Monday morning in what regional authorities called a massive attack on industrial and civilian sites.
WorldA Drone Exploded 100 Yards Inside Bulgaria, Next to a Gas Pipeline. Kyiv Says It Wasn't Aiming There
The blast went off at 5 a.m. Saturday about 200 meters from a Romanian compressor station on the Trans-Balkan line. Bulgaria's defense ministry says the wreckage looks Ukrainian.
PoliticsThe Senate Votes Friday on the Sanctions Bill Named for Lindsey Graham
H.R. 5334 would let the president tariff the biggest buyers of Russian oil, blacklist Moscow's shadow fleet and extend Iran sanctions. Rand Paul gets one amendment vote first.
WorldUkraine Got One-Third the Air-Defense Missiles This Year That It Got Last Year, and Zero of 24 Ballistic Missiles Were Stopped Wednesday
Zelensky said allied interceptor deliveries have collapsed across the whole first half of 2026, blamed the Middle East war, and would not rule out that the squeeze is meant to push Kyiv toward a deal.
WorldA North Korean Missile Unit Is Moving Into Voronezh With as Many as 120 Ballistic Missiles Aimed at Ukraine
Ukrainian military intelligence says roughly 90 North Korean personnel will be embedded in Russia's 112th Missile Brigade with six launchers. Ukraine's thinnest defensive layer is exactly the one those weapons are built to beat.
WorldRussia Fired 24 Ballistic Missiles at the Kyiv Region and Ukraine Shot Down None of Them
Zelenskyy said the casualties were a direct consequence of Ukraine running out of Patriot interceptors, the only weapon in its arsenal that can stop a ballistic missile.
WatchWorldA Drone Came Down on a Crowded Russian Beach and Killed Seven, Including Three Children
Video verified by Reuters shows the aircraft veering hard and diving into sunbathers near the Black Sea resort of Gelendzhik. Russia calls it a deliberate attack on civilians; Ukraine says Russian air defense shot the drone down onto the crowd.
WorldA Ukrainian Drone Strike on an Industrial Park Outside Moscow Killed Five, as Kyiv Keeps Hitting Russia's Answer to Amazon
Drones struck three warehouses across Russia overnight, two of them run by e-commerce giant Wildberries. Russian bombs killed two children and an elderly woman in Sumy the same night.
WorldPolish and Ukrainian Teams Have Dug Up More Than 50 Bodies From a Massacre the Two Countries Still Argue About
Between 30% and 40% of the remains recovered in two abandoned villages in western Ukraine belonged to children. None have been identified yet.
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