Russian strikes on the Kyiv region overnight killed 37 people, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said. Zelenskyy added that the Ukrainian capital was under "virtually nonstop attack" from drones.
The UK doesn't want to, and has no plans to, downgrade diplomatic relations with Russia, Nigel Casey, London's Ambassador to Moscow has said, Russian state news agency Tass reported.
"I want to make it clear: we have no desire or plans to downgrade relations. I'm still here in Moscow and open to discussions," the diplomat said.
The European Union is making statements suggesting that it regards Russia as an "adversary and even an enemy," Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov has said, adding that Moscow sees no prospect of improved relations between Russia and the EU.
It was not immediately clear which statements Peskov was referring to. He added that the EU's current politicians are confrontational towards Russia, "not only in words but also in deeds".
"They are mobilising Europe's military capabilities and directing them against our country, whilst taking a direct part in hostilities against us," Peskov said.
Ukraine damaged a Russian drone command unit in overnight strikes, Ukraine's General Staff said on Telegram. Kyiv's military struck targets in Donetsk, eastern Ukraine, as well as on the Crimean peninsula, the General Staff said.
Russia's Ministry of Defence is set to expand its access to Russian citizens' personal and medical information, ahead of rumoured involuntary mobilisation after the September parliamentary elections, U.S. think tank the Institute for the Study of War has said.
The draft amendment to a law published on 28 August would allow Russian defence officials to obtain information from Russian federal bodies and companies when assessing citizens for certain military positions.
Details they would gain access to include income, employment, education, disability, banking and medical documents.
Russia's Ambassador to Moldova, Oleg Ozerov, has dismissed Chisinau's claims that Moscow has repeatedly violated its airspace with drones, calling the accusations "unsubstantiated."
"Unsurprisingly, these 'incidents,' which appear to be poorly orchestrated provocations, have already become a frequent target of ridicule for experts and the general public," Ozerov told Russian state news agency Tass in an interview, without giving further details.
Moldova's Defence Ministry said on Thursday that five drones had entered the country's airspace overnight without authorisation during attacks on Ukraine.
Moldovan President Maia Sandu branded the incursions an attempt to "intimidate" the country during Moldova Independence Day celebrations alongside Ukraine's President Zelenskyy later on Thursday.
Moldova is neither in NATO, nor the European Union. Russian drones have passed into its airspace around 70 times since the start of the war against Ukraine Moldova's army has said.
Russia is planning an offensive in northern Ukraine, possibly targeting the capital Kyiv or the city of Chernihiv, Ukrainian news outlet LIGA.net has reported, citing a closed-door briefing to journalists given by Deputy Head of the Presidential Office, Pavlo Palisa.
The outlet reported that Palisa said intelligence from several sources indicated that Russian military leadership had been tasked with planning several options for operations in northern Ukraine.
However, he added that Ukraine didn't see the creation of Russian offensive units in those areas at present, according to LIGA.net.
Russia troops have captured three villages in Ukraine, Russian state news agency Tass has reported, citing Moscow's Defence Ministry.
The Ministry said that the village of Khrapivshchyna in the northeastern Sumy region and villages of Andriivka and Rubizhne in the eastern Donetsk region had been taken.
Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko is meeting Russian President Vladimir Putin on 29 August for talks on bilateral cooperation, security matters and pressing international issues.
The meeting follows Lukashenko’s talks with Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin on 28 August and Russian First Deputy Prime Minister Denis Manturov’s earlier visit to Minsk.
The discussions come amid heightened regional tensions, including an unannounced visit to Moscow by CIA Director John Ratcliffe on 25 August, during which Washington reportedly urged Ukraine to pause strikes on the Russian capital.
A care home for the elderly and those with disabilities was damaged after a Russian drone strike on a warehouse in the village of Myla near Kyiv triggered a secondary detonation, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said.
Zelenskyy said that the Ukrainian capital was under "virtually nonstop attack" from drones, adding that multiple other regions were also hit overnight by more than 260 drones.
At least 27 people were killed in an overnight attack on the Kyiv region, Teymur Tkachenko Head of the Kyiv Regional Administration, said in a post on Telegram.
He added that 42 people had been injured and 381 people had been evacuated from the Bucha district, where the strike took place.
Three men died following attacks by Kyiv across the Belgorod in western Russia, the region's Acting Governor, Alexander Shuvaev, said in a statement on Telegram.
He said Ukraine has launched seven attacks, using artillery, aircrafts and rockets, as well as drones. A total of 14 people were injured in the attacks, he added.
Russia's air defences neutralised 313 Ukrainian drones over the country, as well as over the Sea of Azov and the Black Sea overnight, Russian state news agency Tass has reported, citing Moscow's Defence Ministry.
Seven people, including two children, were injured in Ukrainian strikes on Rostov, southern Russia, overnight, the region's Governor Yury Slyusar said.
Two apartment blocks in the city of Rostov-on-Don were damaged, as a result of falling drone wreckage, Slyusar added.
"UAV [unmanned aerial vehicle] wreckage was found in a warehouse," he said in a statement on Telegram, but didn't say who the facility belonged to.
A warehouse used by Russian retailer Ozon was attacked by a drone overnight, causing a fire, the company said on Telegram.
All employees were evacuated ahead of the strike at the warehouse in Rostov, southern Russia and the fire was immediately extinguished, Ozon said.
"We have temporarily suspended operations at the facility so emergency services can inspect the area and ensure it is completely safe," the firm said.
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Kremlin Spokesperson Dmitry Peskov has dismissed media reports that CIA Director John Ratcliffe visited Moscow earlier this week to warn Russia against attacking NATO, dismissing them as "scare stories," which had nothing to do with reality.
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has called for greater economic cooperation among Muslim countries, saying their combined economic weight remains disproportionately small compared with their population, strategic location and resources.
Iran is setting conditions for reopening the Strait of Hormuz, including an end to the war, the lifting of the U.S. blockade and sanctions. At the same time, Washington is stepping up economic pressure on Tehran through what the White House calls “Operation Economic Outcast.”
Mail sorting centres used by Nova Poshta, Ukraine's largest private postal company, were destroyed in Russian strikes overnight, the firm said. Elsewhere, four people were injured after drones struck an apartment building in Sevastopol, Crimea, according to the Moscow-installed governor.
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi accused U.S. government and Israel-aligned actors of manipulating energy markets to promote the war with Iran.
The U.S. is to take control of a fifth of Venezuela’s vast oil reserves, President Donald Trump announced on Friday. He said that Washington had secured control of more than 65 billion barrels of the South American country’s reserves through a partnership with private business.
Walmart has reached a settlement with the U.S. government over allegations that its pharmacies unlawfully dispensed opioid prescriptions, helping fuel the country's opioid epidemic.
Greenland’s opposition parties have called for Denmark to be held accountable before the International Court of Justice over a decades-long campaign in which women and girls were fitted with contraceptive devices, often without their consent.
Icelanders will vote on Saturday, 29 August, on whether to resume negotiations with the European Union, in a referendum that could reopen the country’s long-debated membership question.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has called for greater unity across the Islamic world, saying Türkiye is seeking to strengthen alliances and reduce divisions amid growing instability in the region.
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