Putin consolidates grip on Russia as 49 Ukraine war veterans elected to parliament

Pro-Kremlin party’s record victory in tightly controlled vote likely to be used as evidence country supports war

Tuesday briefing: Europe thinks Russia is preparing to test Nato’s limits

In today’s newsletter: Intelligence chiefs warn that Russia’s appetite for risk is growing, as sabotage and other covert attacks target countries supporting Ukraine

Superpowers cannot solve world’s problems, UN chief says in final general assembly address

António Guterres says humanity faces unprecedented convergence of threats but mechanisms for collective action are under growing strain

EU removes oligarchs from Russia sanctions list as deadline looms

Alisher Usmanov and Mikhail Fridman delisted in what Ireland’s EU presidency called ‘a difficult compromise’ for the bloc

‘We hope he’ll accept’: US invites Putin to G20 summit at Trump golf club

Kremlin yet to respond publicly to US invitation that is likely to raise concerns from Ukraine and EU countries

‘My friend’: Anthony Albanese announces $60m more for Ukraine at Zelenskyy meeting

An emotional prime minister says that Kyiv’s cause is ‘an issue for the world’ as he also sets out the need for a new global order

The long-range drone war: Ukraine and Russia scramble for supremacy in the skies

A conflict that began with tanks and then artillery is now pivoting around a new generation of drones focused on military, industrial, economic and civilian targets

Ukrainians in UK fear cut to funds for Homes for Ukraine hosts could make them homeless

Scheme set up after Russian invasion in 2022 paid £350 a month to people hosting Ukrainians but this will reduce to £100 next year

Russia could attack a Nato country within months, Danish intelligence says

Warning comes hours after Poland says fire at Starlink satellite station was ‘act of sabotage’

‘Hell on earth’: last residents eat weeds to survive in Russian-occupied Oleshky

Supplies cut off from Ukrainian city where bodies are being left to be eaten by dogs because of deadly risk from drones

Staff killed and wounded in Russian strike on Kyiv’s science academy

Moscow’s jet-powered drones pummel Ukraine’s capital in switch to daytime attacks

Estonia blames Russia for arson attack on drone maker supplying Ukraine

European and Nato leaders express support for Estonia after August attack on manufacturer in Tallinn

Missile alerts cost Ukraine $45m for every hour they halt businesses

Figure cited by minister highlights trade-offs Kyiv faces as it tries to keep normal life moving amid Russian strikes

Kyiv Independent editor: ‘Our readers want Russia to suffer but we can’t be propagandists’

Olga Rudenko says news site has duty to report on Russian military gains and Ukrainian corruption even if subjects are not so well read

Ukraine persists with Russian oil refinery strikes, defying Trump on fuel price warnings

Kyiv’s long-range strikes are headache for Trump before crucial midterms, while analysts’ claim war in Iran is responsible for rising prices

‘The enemy is tearing our city apart’: terror in Kyiv as Russia ramps up attacks

Mayor Vitali Klitschko says Kyivans can no longer pretend it is ‘peacetime’ amid strikes on school, hospital and bridge

Jacob Rees-Mogg accuses Tucker Carlson of ‘verging on defending Hitler’

Former Tory minister defends UK decision to enter war in podcast with US rightwinger and Putin sympathiser

Russia strikes Kyiv bridge as German chancellor visits Ukraine in show of support

Attack happened shortly after Merz arrived in city on unannounced visit intended to underline Germany’s backing of Ukraine

Oil from South Korea being shipped to Russia as Ukraine war grinds on

Exclusive: Guardian analysis finds more than 150,000 tonnes of fuel was shipped to Russian ports in July and August, some using sanctioned tankers

Naval drone hits oil tanker off Russian resort city Sochi, triggering massive blaze

Russian officials said a Liberian-flagged tanker was attacked and a crew of 23 Indian nationals rescued