Live: Deadly Russian air attack hits railway depot in Kyiv
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A massive Russian aerial assault on Kyiv killed at least eight people, including seven at a railway depot, as Russia carried out strikes using ballistic missiles and drones. Ukrainian officials said the attack targeted military and industrial facilities in the capital and surrounding regions.
01/09/2026 - 11:21
In Pictures: Apartment building struck during Russian drone and missile attack on Kyiv
Firefighters and residents gather at the site of an apartment building damaged by a Russian drone strike in Kyiv, Ukraine. Photos: Gleb Garanich, Reuters.
01/09/2026 - 10:47
Death toll from Russian strikes in and around Kyiv rises to 12 dead, 21 wounded
01/09/2026 - 10:40
Russia to name new ambassador to UK after 'difficult period' in bilateral relations
Russia said it would announce a new ambassador to Britain in due course, weeks after its previous envoy left London at a time of exceptional tension in bilateral ties.
The departure of Andrei Kelin in July, after more than seven years in the post, prompted media speculation – denied by the embassy – that Moscow was downgrading diplomatic relations with Britain.
Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova told reporters that Kelin had served through an extremely difficult period "in the face of British efforts to completely dismantle bilateral relations".
01/09/2026 - 10:35
More than 2,800 jet-powered drones launched at Ukraine by Russia in August
More than 2,800 jet-powered Russian drones were fired at Ukraine in August, a spokesman for Ukraine's air force said on Tuesday.
01/09/2026 - 10:18
Ukraine grain harvest on track to nearly reach last year's output, farm lobby says
For several weeks, missile strikes have targeted grain export terminals and commercial container ships in and around Black Sea ports cutting off access in and out of the crucial sea route. However, farmers in Ukraine hope to harvest almost the same total amount of grain this year as in 2025.
Ukraine has harvested about 32 million metric tons of grain from 6.82 million hectares, or from 58 percent of the sown area, as of August 31, the farm lobby UCAB said on Tuesday.
It noted the yield averaged 4.68 tons per hectare. UCAB said farmers had also started the sunflower harvest, threshing the fist 10,860 tons from 9,200 hectares. They also started harvesting soy beans.
Ukraine plans to harvest around 60 million tons of grain in 2026, ministry officials have previously said.
01/09/2026 - 09:44
Russia says its response to any hostile action in the Baltic will be 'devastating'
Russia will deliver a devastating response to any hostile action against it in the Baltic region, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said.
"In the event of a further escalation of the military-political situation in the Baltic region, it must be emphasised once again: Russia’s response to the instigators of reckless anti-Russian ventures will be decisive. And they need to know this – it will be devastating for them," Zakharova told reporters at her weekly briefing.
01/09/2026 - 09:30
Nearly 350 first responders mobilised in Kyiv region in wake of Russian strikes, Zelensky says
01/09/2026 - 09:18
Russia rejects a moratorium on Black Sea attacks, deputy FM says
Russia believes that a moratorium on attacks in the Black Sea, a major grain trading route, will not bring the prospect of a peaceful resolution to the war any closer, Interfax quoted deputy foreign minister Alexander Grushko as saying.
Both Russia and Ukraine have been pounding each other's export terminals and grain-carrying vessels in the Black Sea in an escalation that has created the biggest risks to Black Sea trade in the 4-1/2 years of the war.
Turkey's Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said on August 31 that Turkey had prepared a plan for the safe passage of grain through the Black Sea and was working on an agreement similar to the 2022 grain deal to allow safe exports.
01/09/2026 - 08:59
Port infrastructure in southern Odesa region came under Russian attack, emergency service says
Port infrastructure in Ukraine's southern Black Sea region of Odesa came under Russian attack, Ukraine's emergency service said.
The "massive" strike also targeted energy infrastructure and caused a fire at a residential building, where one person was hurt, it said on the Telegram messaging app.
01/09/2026 - 08:54
In Pictures: Russian strikes on Boryspil east of Kyiv kill one person
Residents stand near burned cars and a gutted apartment building after a Russian missile strike in the town of Boryspil, east of Kyiv. Photos by Valentyn Ogirenko, Reuters.
01/09/2026 - 08:41
Ukraine hit 54 Russian 'shadow fleet' vessels in August, drone forces commander says
Ukraine hit 54 vessels alleged to belong to Russian "shadow fleet" in August, according to the commander of Ukraine's Unmanned Systems Forces Robert Brovdi.
01/09/2026 - 08:36
Fire at Russia's Ust-Luga Baltic port extinguished, governor says
A fire at the port of Ust-Luga caused by a Ukraine drone attack in Russia's Leningrad region has been extinguished, regional authorities said.
01/09/2026 - 07:59
NATO ready to protect allied territory, Estonia foreign minister says after drone alert
NATO reacted swiftly and exactly as planned and the alliance is 'vigilant and ready' to protect its territory, Estonian Foreign Minister Margus Tsahkna said on X, after NATO scrambled fighter jets on Tuesday following alerts.
The NATO Baltic air policing mission briefly activated jet fighters in Latvia, and Finland has restricted air and maritime traffic close to Russia, armed forces of both countries said separately on X.
01/09/2026 - 07:57
One person killed in Ukrainian attack on Russia's Belgorod region, acting governor says
01/09/2026 - 07:56
Ukraine drone attack causes fire in port area of Russia's Ust-Luga, governor says
A fire broke out at Russia's Baltic port of Ust-Luga following a drone attack, the regional governor said.
"Damage has been recorded in the Ust-Luga port area as a result of the drone attack, and there is a fire," Leningrad regional Governor Aleksandr Drozdenko said on Telegram, adding that "efforts to repel the attack continue".
Ukraine has repeatedly attacked the port of Ust-Luga – one of the most important export hubs for oil in western Russia.
01/09/2026 - 07:55
Ukraine air attack damages civilian facilities in Russia's Samara region, governor says
A Ukrainian air attack has damaged civilian facilities in Russia's Samara region, its Governor Vyacheslav Fedorishchev said on Telegram, adding that there appeared to be no fatalities.
The Samara region, on the Volga river, is home to a number of Russia's major oil refineries.
Kyiv has repeatedly hammered Russia's oil and energy infrastructure in recent months in the hope of throttling the lucrative fossil fuel exports that partly fund Moscow's advance.
01/09/2026 - 07:52
'Massive' Russian air attack on Kyiv kills eight people
A "massive" Russian attack killed at least eight people in Kyiv overnight, including seven at a railways depot, officials said.
Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko said eight people were killed and five wounded, including two children, in the overnight bombardment, which included ballistic missiles and drones.
Oleksandr Pertsovskyi, chief executive of Ukrainian Railways, said a missile hit a railway depot and other railway facilities in Kyiv.
"The ballistic strike took the lives of 7 people, 6 of whom were our employees," he said, adding that another railway worker had been hospitalised.
One person was killed in strikes in Boryspil, east of Kyiv, regional officials said.
Russia's defence ministry said its forces had carried out a "massive strike" using long-range weapons and attack drones, targeting what it described as military-industrial and fuel and energy facilities in Kyiv and the surrounding region.
In Pictures: Apartment building struck during Russian drone and missile attack on Kyiv
Firefighters and residents gather at the site of an apartment building damaged by a Russian drone strike in Kyiv, Ukraine. Photos: Gleb Garanich, Reuters.
01/09/2026 - 10:47
Death toll from Russian strikes in and around Kyiv rises to 12 dead, 21 wounded
01/09/2026 - 10:40
Russia to name new ambassador to UK after 'difficult period' in bilateral relations
Russia said it would announce a new ambassador to Britain in due course, weeks after its previous envoy left London at a time of exceptional tension in bilateral ties.
The departure of Andrei Kelin in July, after more than seven years in the post, prompted media speculation – denied by the embassy – that Moscow was downgrading diplomatic relations with Britain.
Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova told reporters that Kelin had served through an extremely difficult period "in the face of British efforts to completely dismantle bilateral relations".
01/09/2026 - 10:35
More than 2,800 jet-powered drones launched at Ukraine by Russia in August
More than 2,800 jet-powered Russian drones were fired at Ukraine in August, a spokesman for Ukraine's air force said on Tuesday.
01/09/2026 - 10:18
Ukraine grain harvest on track to nearly reach last year's output, farm lobby says
For several weeks, missile strikes have targeted grain export terminals and commercial container ships in and around Black Sea ports cutting off access in and out of the crucial sea route. However, farmers in Ukraine hope to harvest almost the same total amount of grain this year as in 2025.
Ukraine has harvested about 32 million metric tons of grain from 6.82 million hectares, or from 58 percent of the sown area, as of August 31, the farm lobby UCAB said on Tuesday.
It noted the yield averaged 4.68 tons per hectare. UCAB said farmers had also started the sunflower harvest, threshing the fist 10,860 tons from 9,200 hectares. They also started harvesting soy beans.
Ukraine plans to harvest around 60 million tons of grain in 2026, ministry officials have previously said.
01/09/2026 - 09:44
Russia says its response to any hostile action in the Baltic will be 'devastating'
Russia will deliver a devastating response to any hostile action against it in the Baltic region, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said.
"In the event of a further escalation of the military-political situation in the Baltic region, it must be emphasised once again: Russia’s response to the instigators of reckless anti-Russian ventures will be decisive. And they need to know this – it will be devastating for them," Zakharova told reporters at her weekly briefing.
01/09/2026 - 09:30
Nearly 350 first responders mobilised in Kyiv region in wake of Russian strikes, Zelensky says
01/09/2026 - 09:18
Russia rejects a moratorium on Black Sea attacks, deputy FM says
Russia believes that a moratorium on attacks in the Black Sea, a major grain trading route, will not bring the prospect of a peaceful resolution to the war any closer, Interfax quoted deputy foreign minister Alexander Grushko as saying.
Both Russia and Ukraine have been pounding each other's export terminals and grain-carrying vessels in the Black Sea in an escalation that has created the biggest risks to Black Sea trade in the 4-1/2 years of the war.
Turkey's Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said on August 31 that Turkey had prepared a plan for the safe passage of grain through the Black Sea and was working on an agreement similar to the 2022 grain deal to allow safe exports.
01/09/2026 - 08:59
Port infrastructure in southern Odesa region came under Russian attack, emergency service says
Port infrastructure in Ukraine's southern Black Sea region of Odesa came under Russian attack, Ukraine's emergency service said.
The "massive" strike also targeted energy infrastructure and caused a fire at a residential building, where one person was hurt, it said on the Telegram messaging app.
01/09/2026 - 08:54
In Pictures: Russian strikes on Boryspil east of Kyiv kill one person
Residents stand near burned cars and a gutted apartment building after a Russian missile strike in the town of Boryspil, east of Kyiv. Photos by Valentyn Ogirenko, Reuters.
01/09/2026 - 08:41
Ukraine hit 54 Russian 'shadow fleet' vessels in August, drone forces commander says
Ukraine hit 54 vessels alleged to belong to Russian "shadow fleet" in August, according to the commander of Ukraine's Unmanned Systems Forces Robert Brovdi.
01/09/2026 - 08:36
Fire at Russia's Ust-Luga Baltic port extinguished, governor says
A fire at the port of Ust-Luga caused by a Ukraine drone attack in Russia's Leningrad region has been extinguished, regional authorities said.
01/09/2026 - 07:59
NATO ready to protect allied territory, Estonia foreign minister says after drone alert
NATO reacted swiftly and exactly as planned and the alliance is 'vigilant and ready' to protect its territory, Estonian Foreign Minister Margus Tsahkna said on X, after NATO scrambled fighter jets on Tuesday following alerts.
The NATO Baltic air policing mission briefly activated jet fighters in Latvia, and Finland has restricted air and maritime traffic close to Russia, armed forces of both countries said separately on X.
01/09/2026 - 07:57
One person killed in Ukrainian attack on Russia's Belgorod region, acting governor says
01/09/2026 - 07:56
Ukraine drone attack causes fire in port area of Russia's Ust-Luga, governor says
A fire broke out at Russia's Baltic port of Ust-Luga following a drone attack, the regional governor said.
"Damage has been recorded in the Ust-Luga port area as a result of the drone attack, and there is a fire," Leningrad regional Governor Aleksandr Drozdenko said on Telegram, adding that "efforts to repel the attack continue".
Ukraine has repeatedly attacked the port of Ust-Luga – one of the most important export hubs for oil in western Russia.
01/09/2026 - 07:55
Ukraine air attack damages civilian facilities in Russia's Samara region, governor says
A Ukrainian air attack has damaged civilian facilities in Russia's Samara region, its Governor Vyacheslav Fedorishchev said on Telegram, adding that there appeared to be no fatalities.
The Samara region, on the Volga river, is home to a number of Russia's major oil refineries.
Kyiv has repeatedly hammered Russia's oil and energy infrastructure in recent months in the hope of throttling the lucrative fossil fuel exports that partly fund Moscow's advance.
01/09/2026 - 07:52
'Massive' Russian air attack on Kyiv kills eight people
A "massive" Russian attack killed at least eight people in Kyiv overnight, including seven at a railways depot, officials said.
Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko said eight people were killed and five wounded, including two children, in the overnight bombardment, which included ballistic missiles and drones.
Oleksandr Pertsovskyi, chief executive of Ukrainian Railways, said a missile hit a railway depot and other railway facilities in Kyiv.
"The ballistic strike took the lives of 7 people, 6 of whom were our employees," he said, adding that another railway worker had been hospitalised.
One person was killed in strikes in Boryspil, east of Kyiv, regional officials said.
Russia's defence ministry said its forces had carried out a "massive strike" using long-range weapons and attack drones, targeting what it described as military-industrial and fuel and energy facilities in Kyiv and the surrounding region.
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