Fedorov is launching a defense tech company backed by Palantir CEO Alex Karp, aiming to turn Ukraine’s wartime experience into new technologies.

Since Mr. Trump launched his war against Iran with Israel in late February, Russia has backed the Iranians with intelligence, including on U.S. assets in the Persian Gulf, and shipped drone components to Tehran via the Caspian Sea. The United States and Iran resumed trading strikes this week after what had been a weekslong hiatus in fighting.

Ukraine thwarted an alleged Russian terrorist plot against Russian opposition figure Stepan Kaplunov, a source in Ukraine's Defense Forces told the Kyiv Independent on Sept. 2. Kaplunov, deputy commander of the Russian Volunteer Corps (RVC) that fights alongside Kyiv, was in Ukraine for Independence Day celebrations on Aug. 24.

The dead man has been identified as Vavilala Sudarshan Goud, a resident of Husnabad village. He had gone to Ukraine around four months ago with a relative in search of work and found employment in the construction sector.

Russian President Vladimir Putin said Ukrainian attacks inflicted damage equivalent to about 1% of Russia’s gross domestic product during a 40-day campaign of strikes ordered by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

Ukraine is intensifying its aerial assault against Russia with drones that fly for longer and carry a larger payload, boosting Kyiv's profile as allied nations race to distill its battle-tested insights.

Ukraine says Russia is deliberately attacking its culture, after strikes on publishers and churches.

Ukraine has been conducting a long-range strike campaign, hitting Russia's oil and gas facilities to try to hurt its economy and war effort.

As many as 14 other Australians, including 26-year-old former ADF soldier Samuel Pedrazzini, have been killed fighting in Ukraine. Former Melbourne schoolteacher Oscar Jenkins was sentenced by a Russian court last year to 13 years in prison after being captured while fighting for Ukraine.

A WEARY world may not want to hear it, but the war in Ukraine is intensifying, not ending. As it deepens, the conflict is also expanding. Increasingly, serious-minded governments across northern Europe are planning to defend themselves against Russia for decades to come.