The woman making Ukraine safe from landmines amid a brutal warThe woman making Ukraine safe from landmines amid a brutal war
Harriette Boucher29 August 2026 12:00
Zelensky vows to punish those responsible for deadly overnight attack
Volodymyr Zelensky has vowed to punish those responsible for the deadly overnight attack on the Kyiv region, which killed at least 27 people.
He said criminal cases had already been opened on charges of official negligence.
The Ukrainian president wrote on X: “Those who allowed this to happen must be held accountable for their decisions.
“There are regulations in place – ammunition cannot be stored near homes or other residential areas. Appropriate conclusions will certainly be drawn.”
Harriette Boucher29 August 2026 11:15
Dmytrivka community head killed in deadly strike on Kyiv
The head of the Dmytrivka community, which was attacked by Russia overnight, died rescuing people, Volodymyr Zelensky has said.
Taras Didych is one of the 27 people that have been reported killed.
The Ukrainian president said residential buildings, along with a care home for elderly people and people with disabilities, were damaged.
Harriette Boucher29 August 2026 10:32
The woman making Ukraine safe from landmines amid a brutal war
Vladimir Putin believes Donald Trump has been “weakened” by the war in Iran and this could allow the Russian president to ramp up aggression in Europe, US intelligence has indicated.
While the details of CIA director John Ratcliffe’s trip to Moscow this week remain elusive, The Washington Post has reported that the meeting cautioned Moscow against banking on the US president being distracted by conflict with Tehran to escalate action against Ukraine.
For Putin, the ground war in Ukraine has not proved to be the quick victory he presented to the Russian public, where in 2014, he claimed he could, if he chose to take Kiev, do so “in two weeks.”
Instead, as the war drags into its fifth year, Moscow has faced growing levels of internal division, putting pressure on the Russian president.
The past month has seen this division culminate to form what experts have labelled the Kremlin’s “biggest domestic challenge” so far.
Harriette Boucher29 August 2026 10:30
At least 27 killed in Russian strike on Kyiv region, governor says
At least 27 people were killed after a Russian drone strike on a Kyiv-area warehouse sparked a detonation.
Another 42 people were injured in the overnight Russian air attack, governor Tymur Tkachenko has said.
He said more than 380 were being evacuated from the strike area in the Bucha district, which damaged at least 50 residential buildings and sparked a large-scale fire that spread to homes and a restaurant.
Almost constant air raids in Kyiv have now reached their third day, choking the economy in the Ukrainian capital and severely disrupting civilian life more than 4½ years after Russia’s full-scale invasion of its neighbour.
Harriette Boucher29 August 2026 10:18
‘Where there were bombs, there are now sunflowers’: The woman ridding Ukraine of Russian mines
Ukraine has been littered with mines since Putin invaded the country in 2022, posing a devastating risk to civilians. Antonina Kulhava, a humanitarian deminer, tells Maira Butt how she is trying to make her country safer:
Harriette Boucher29 August 2026 09:45
Zelensky orders Ukrainian military to hit Russia with ‘1,000 drones a day’
Harriette Boucher29 August 2026 09:20
Russian troop losses hit 1,485,200, says Ukraine
Russia has lost an estimated 1,485,200 troops since its invasion of Ukraine in 2022, Kyiv’s defence has claimed.
This includes 1,420 people who have died in the past day.
It has also lost 12,310 tanks, 141, 059 fuel tanks, and 25,241 armoured fighting vehicles, according to its daily update.
Separately, the defence force claimed to have downed 233 Russian drones overnight.
Harriette Boucher29 August 2026 09:00
Three killed, nine injured in Ukrainian attack on Russia’s Belgorod region, authorities say
Three people have been killed and nine injured in a Ukrainian drone attack in the Russian Belgorod region, local authorities said on their Telegram channel.
Three of the injured are in a serious condition, the authorities said.
Harriette Boucher29 August 2026 08:32
More than 113,000 Russians flee to Georgia amid mobilisation fears
More than 113,000 Russians crossed into Georgia last week amid fears that the Kremlin is poised to announce a new mobilisation effort, Politico reported.
Fears have grown as Russia intensifies its recruitment measures, increases its data collection, and expands the National Guard’s remits.
Volodymyr Zelensky said earlier this week that Russia planned to mobilise 600,000 recruits in 2026-27.
Harriette Boucher29 August 2026 08:22