All Ukraine’s bold attacks on Russia after nuclear plant hit in KurskTom Watling30 August 2025 20:06Russian mass drone and missile attack on southern Ukraine kills 1 and wounds dozensTom Watling30 August 2025 19:02Trump’s ceasefire deal is dead – and Ukraine should count its blessingsTom Watling30 August 2025 18:02Has Donald Trump lost interest in bringing peace to Ukraine?Has Donald Trump lost interest in bringing peace to Ukraine?As the US president leaves Russia and Ukraine to sort a ceasefire among themselves, Sean O’Grady asks if this is Trump’s famously short attention span at play – or whether he is merely reluctant to be associated with near-certain failureTom Watling30 August 2025 17:03Putin accused of ‘sabotaging peace’ after devastating airstrike on Kyiv kills 23 and hits British Council buildingTom Watling30 August 2025 16:12Ukraine-Russia buffer zone ‘being considered by European leaders’ to get peace deal with PutinTom Watling30 August 2025 15:28Russian troops waging offensives along entire Ukraine front line, says military chiefThe chief of Russia’s general staff, Valery Gerasimov, said on Saturday that Russian forces were conducting non-stop offensives along the entire front line in Ukraine.In an address to his deputies published by Zvezda, the official outlet of the Defence Ministry, Gerasimov also said that Russia now controls 99.7 per cent of Ukraine’s Luhansk region, 79 per cent of the Donetsk region, 74 per cent of the Zaporizhzhia region and 76 per cent of the Kherson region.Since March, Russia has captured more than 3,500 square km (1,351 square miles) of territory in Ukraine and taken control of 149 villages, Gerasimov added.Tom Watling30 August 2025 15:02North Korea leader Kim promises ‘beautiful life’ for families of ‘martyrs’ killed in RussiaNorth Korean leader Kim Jong Un promised “a beautiful life” for the families of “martyrs” who perished fighting for Russia in the war against Ukraine, state media said on Saturday, praising the bereaved for the heroism of their sons and husbands.Kim on Friday hosted the families of soldiers and expressed “grief at having failed to save the precious lives” of the fallen men who sacrificed their lives to defend the country’s honour, KCNA state news agency reported.The heroic feats of the soldiers and officers were possible because of the strength and courage given to them by families who are “the most tenacious, patriotic and just people in the world”, Kim told the parents, wives and children, KCNA said.“They did not write even a short letter to me, but I think they must have entrusted their families, including those beloved children, to me,” Kim was quoted as saying.The country will “provide you with a beautiful life in the country defended at the cost of the lives of the martyrs,” he said.North Korea’s state television showed Kim bowing deeply to family members who appeared overcome with emotion at the event.The meeting was the latest honouring of troops who suffered heavy casualties in Russia’s Kursk region that borders Ukraine, after Kim and Russian President Vladimir Putin acknowledged the deployment in April after months of silence.State television on Saturday aired a 25-minute documentary that included footage of soldiers purportedly taking part in “Operation Kursk Liberation” to drive Ukrainian troops from the Russian region bordering Ukraine.Tom Watling30 August 2025 14:28Tributes pour in for killed MP Tributes have poured in from colleagues in Ukrainian parliament and the government, praising Andriy Parubiy’s contribution to Ukraine’s fight for sovereignty and independence as one of the leaders of what became known as the Euromaidan protests in 2013-14.Former President Petro Poroshenko said on Telegram that the killing of Parubiy, who was a member of the parliamentary committee on national security, defence and intelligence, was “a shot fired at the heart of Ukraine”. “Andriy was a great man and a true friend. That is why they take revenge, that is what they are afraid of,” he said, lauding Parubiy’s contribution to building out the Ukrainian army.In a statement on Telegram, Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha described Parubiy as “a patriot and statesman who made an enormous contribution to the defence of Ukraine’s freedom, independence and sovereignty. He was a man who rightfully belongs in the history books”. Ukrainian law enforcement provided no information on the killer’s identity or motives.Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko called for a prompt investigation of the murder, calling it “a profound loss” for the country.“You always remained a patriot of Ukraine and made a great contribution to the formation of our state,” she wrote on X.Tom Watling30 August 2025 14:00Manhunt underway for killer of MP A manhunt has been launched to find an attacker who shot dead Ukrainian politician Andriy Parubiy, authorities have announced. The suspect reportedly fled the scene on an electric bike and had been dressed as a delivery person. Tom Watling30 August 2025 13:20
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Ukraine-Russia war latest: Politician Andriy Parubiy shot dead in Lviv after Moscow fires missiles and drones at Kyiv
