Author: David Brennan

LONDON — Russia’s Defense Ministry said its forces shot down at least 126 Ukrainian drones overnight into Thursday morning, with at least three craft intercepted over the capital Moscow region. The attack was Ukraine’s largest drone barrage into Russia since it launched 167 craft into the country on July 11, according to data published by […]

LONDON — The U.S.-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) said in a statement on Wednesday that at least 20 people were killed in an incident at one of its aid distribution sites in the southern Gaza Strip. The GHF said in a post to X that 19 of the dead were “trampled” and another was stabbed, […]

LONDON — This week marked a possible pivot by President Donald Trump regarding Russia’s ongoing full-scale invasion of Ukraine, with his Monday announcement of a “really big” deal to provide Kyiv with new weapons and threats to impose further sanctions on Russia if it fails to agree a ceasefire within 50 days. Though Trump’s decision […]

LONDON — Russia continued its nightly bombardment of Ukraine overnight into Tuesday, shortly after President Donald Trump announced his decision to supply Ukraine with new military equipment and White House threats of further economic measures against Moscow. Russia’s Defense Ministry, meanwhile, said its forces downed at least 66 Ukrainian drones overnight into Tuesday morning. Among […]

BUDAPEST — Russia launched four missiles and 136 drones into Ukraine overnight into Monday morning, according to Ukraine’s air force, after President Donald Trump said the U.S. would provide Kyiv with more Patriot surface-to-air systems to help defend against Russia’s nightly bombardments. Ukraine’s air force said in a post to Telegram that 108 drones were […]

LONDON — At least two people were killed in Kyiv and 16 others were injured across Ukraine in an overnight Russian drone and missile bombardment, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Thursday morning. The “massive combined strike” lasted for nearly 10 hours, Zelenskyy said. Ukraine’s air force said Russia launched 397 drones of various types […]

LONDON — Russia launched its largest drone attack of the war on Ukraine overnight into Wednesday, according to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, with 741 aerial attack vehicles used in the bombardment. Ukraine’s air force said in a post to Telegram that Russia launched 728 drones — a mix of attack drones and decoys — and […]

LONDON — The White House confirmed on Tuesday that President Donald Trump’s administration froze the shipment of some air defense and precision guided weapons that were on track to be sent to Ukraine. Officials said the decision followed an assessment of U.S. stockpiles. “This decision was made to put America’s interests first following a DOD […]

LONDON — Russia launched 537 drones and missiles into Ukraine overnight into Sunday morning, according to Ukraine’s air force, with a Ukrainian F-16 fighter jet and its pilot also reported lost during efforts to repel the attack. Ukraine’s air force wrote on Telegram that Russia launched 477 drones and 60 missiles at targets across the […]

LONDON — President Donald Trump — frustrated by the failure of his diplomatic efforts to date — has raised the prospect of entirely abandoning U.S. engagement in Russia’s 3-year-old invasion of Ukraine. “Sometimes you see two young children fighting in the park,” Trump said in June about the ongoing war, which is the largest armed […]