Moscow warns UK over reports Ukraine using British drones to attack Russia

Ministry of Defence rebuffs threat of ‘consequences … for deliberately opting for an escalation of the Ukraine crisis’

‘Our task is to laugh at these enemies’: the Ukrainian unit posting drone videos of Russian soldiers’ last moments

Creators of chase compilations reject any moral qualms and say they show ‘death is waiting’ for those who join war

Ukraine’s dismissed defence minister calls for wartime presidential election

Mykhailo Fedorov’s appeal is most direct challenge to Volodymyr Zelenskyy since Russian invasion in 2022

Is Bulgarian prime minister Rumen Radev sizing up the EU’s Orbán-shaped hole?

Rightwing populist’s inconsistent positions on Europe and Russia suggest he is testing how far he can push partners and electorate

Ukrainian diver arrested in Croatia over Nord Stream pipeline bombings

Berlin to seek suspect’s extradition for 2022 explosions that damaged gas pipelines to Russia

Volodymyr Zelenskyy sacks senior aide amid Ukraine corruption crisis

Pesidential deputy chief of staff Iryna Mudra dismissed day after former defence minister called for wartime election

Kyiv comes under Russian missile attack, killing at least six

Death reported after residential areas and warehouses hit in heavy bombardment in capital and surrounding region

Ukrainian publishers call for support after Russian attacks destroy 10m books

The country risks ‘the collapse of the entire book ecosystem’ following destruction of warehouses in July and August, say Ukrainian publishers

Man arrested over Nord Stream bombing was consultant on film about it starring Sean Penn

Volodymyr Zhuravlev had been consulted on Snake Island, a dramatised reconstruction of incident

Australian police charge man accused of attempting to share Ukrainian military intel with Russian agents

Vladmir Teslov, 27, charged after allegedly seeking to provide information about Ukrainian forces to ‘Russian intelligence services’

Attack on Ukraine shopping centre that killed 16 is ‘terror by design’, says EU foreign policy chief

Kaja Kallas, the EU’s top diplomat, threatens harshest sanctions yet on Russia after strike on Kryvyi Rih, the home town of Volodymyr Zelenskyy

The ‘ordinary’ woman accused of assassinating a Russian commander in Crimea

Friends close to Margarita Reutt are shocked she could allegedly plant bomb that killed Ukrainian defector Robert Shageev, while others recall a stubborn grit to see any plan through

Russia withdraws ambassador to UK as Kremlin ratchets pressure over Ukraine support

Andrey Kelin left last month after seven years in diplomatic post

Holding election in wartime would risk destroying Ukraine, says Zelenskyy

President sharply criticises proposal, saying ‘elections right now are a tsunami for the state that will split Ukraine’

Burnham to visit Ukraine with promise of boost for Kyiv’s long-range missiles

PM will use independence day trip to announce sharing of classified information about Storm Shadow components

UK ‘adding fuel to the fire’ by giving weaponry blueprints to Ukraine, says Russia

Moscow warns of increased tensions with Britain as Burnham visits Kyiv to offer declassified details of missile components

‘Fix that little spot’: Danish PM receives beauty tips even when in a war zone

Mette Frederiksen who was attending meeting in Kyiv advises high-profile women to embrace self-acceptance

UK to use Ukraine battlefield data to train AI to protect sensitive sites

London and Kyiv in deal to help stop protesters and hostile states targeting military bases and critical infrastructure

Burnham plans trip to New York as Ukraine pleads for US-made missiles

UK prime minister ‘likely’ to travel to US in September, after meeting Zelenskyy and saying supply problem is ‘fixable’

Yorkshireman believed to be first Briton to die fighting for Russia against Ukraine

Bradley Townsend reportedly killed by a drone on 10 June in Donetsk region after joining up with separatists