Before Russia invaded, Iryna Terekh designed patios. Now she runs a Ukrainian defense company testing a missile she says will soon put Moscow in range.

An unexpected request from President Volodymyr Zelensky offered a stark reminder that the cost of the war will rise, challenging Europe.

Sept 9 (Reuters) - Russian drones hit a border crossing between Ukraine and Moldova in the southern region of Odesa, killing two people, and attacked the country's capital Kyiv overnight, Ukrainian authorities said on Wednesday.

Ukraine is struggling to counter Russia’s new, much faster Geran-4 and -5 drones, which fly at up to 600kph and are rolling off production lines at 3,000 per month. Their turbojet engines are mainly Chinese-supplied,

Russian authorities say they have detained a suspect in last week’s shooting that wounded a senior military officer, the latest in a series of attacks on personnel and figures linked to the war in Ukraine.

The Trump administration had let the peace process enter such a freeze that a trip to Kyiv was just an initial step. Any new talks will happen alongside escalating fighting.

John Sawers tells FT Weekend Festival that enduring peace ‘not really conceivable’ while Vladimir Putin remains in office

President Donald Trump's special envoy Steve Witkoff and son-in-law Jared Kushner arrived in the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv on Sunday.

Germany's right-wing party makes historic gains, Trump's envoys make little progress in Russia or Ukraine, and air travel is disrupted across the globe.

MOSCOW, Sept 7 (Reuters) - The Kremlin said on Monday that it did not rule out the resumption of peace talks between Russia, Ukraine and the United States, but said it was too early to say when and where such talks might take place.

Alex Plitsas also laid into U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff for thanking Russian President Vladimir Putin for “all these incredible stories” they’ll have.