Germany’s Wadephul: Russia is shirking peace summit with Ukraine, USGermany’s foreign minister said on Monday that Russia is going out of its way to avoid a summit with Ukraine and the United States and instead continues to attack Ukraine.”Three weeks after the Alaska summit, we have to realise that Russia is using every excuse to continue its war and to avoid a tripartite summit,” Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul said in a speech to a gathering of ambassadors in Berlin.German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul (AFP via Getty Images)Nicole Wootton-Cane8 September 2025 09:00Canadian PM reacts to Russian attack on KyivCanadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has condemned Russian attacks on Kyiv over the weekend as “cowardly” and “brutal”.In a post on X, he wrote: “Russia brutally attacked Ukraine last night, killing innocent civilians in residential areas and damaging the Cabinet of Ministers building. “My thoughts are with the injured and everyone who is mourning their loved ones.”Nicole Wootton-Cane8 September 2025 08:30Smoke rises from government building after Russian attack on Kyiv – ICYMISmoke rises from government building after Russian attack on KyivAlex Croft8 September 2025 08:18EU exploring new sanctions on Russian banksThe European Union is exploring new sanctions on about half a dozen Russian banks and energy companies, Bloomberg News reported on Monday. The package could also see the EU target Russia’s payment and credit card systems and crypto exchanges, as well as further restrictions on the country’s oil trade, the report said.It comes after Donald Trump said he is ready to levy more sanctions against Russia after its forces targeted a Ukrainian government building.Alex Croft8 September 2025 08:08Pictured: Ukrainian air defences shoot down Russian missile over KyivUkrainian servicemen shoot down a Russian missile as smoke rises from the city during a Russian missile strike, amid Russia’s attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv (REUTERS)Alex Croft8 September 2025 07:53European leaders to visit US ahead of further Trump-Putin talksEuropean leaders will visit the United States this week to discuss ways to end the war in Ukraine, US president Donald Trump said.Speaking to reporters after returning from the US Open in New York City, Trump also said he would speak to Russian president Vladimir Putin soon.”Certain European leaders are coming over to our country on Monday or Tuesday individually,” Trump said, without confirming which leaders would attend.Trump added that he was “not happy” about the status of the Russia-Ukraine war, after reporters asked about a massive Russian air assault overnight on Sunday that Ukrainian officials said had set the main government building in Kyiv on fire. It comes after he said he was ready to push ahead with a new round of sanctions without specifying what the “second stage” of sanctions against Russia would look like.Alex Croft8 September 2025 07:40Russia attacks energy facility in Kyiv regionUkraine’s military has accused Russian forces of attacking a thermal power generation facility in the Kyiv region.Kyiv’s energy ministry released a statement on Monday morning regarding the attack, as rescuers and energy specialists work on the site. “The goal is obvious: to cause even more hardship to the peaceful population of Ukraine, to leave Ukrainian homes, hospitals, kindergartens and schools without light and heat,” the ministry wrote on Telegram.Alex Croft8 September 2025 07:29Ukraine strikes 60 Russian targets during August, says KyivUkraine struck 60 targets on Russian territory in August, Kyiv’s top military commander said on Monday.”The Russian Federation’s capabilities to produce fuel and lubricants for the army, their aviation weapons, missiles and UAVs, and air defence systems have been weakened, and the functioning of the transport system has been disrupted,” Oleksandr Syrskyi wrote on social media. Alex Croft8 September 2025 07:16Mass mortuaries, forensics and rare cooperation with Russia: The agonising task of identifying Ukraine’s war deadBryony Gooch speaks to a forensic specialist about the ongoing work to put names to bodies in Ukraine after Moscow agreed to return thousands of the fallen. Read here: Maroosha Muzaffar8 September 2025 06:33Russia’s attack shows Kremlin not interested in diplomatic peace, Trump’s envoy saysRussia appears to be escalating its war against Ukraine rather than seeking a negotiated peace, US special envoy Keith Kellogg said on Sunday, following Russia’s record-breaking drone and missile attack.Over 800 Shahed-type drones struck Ukraine overnight, injuring over 40 people and hitting the cabinet of ministers building in central Kyiv, the largest drone strike of the full-scale war.Kellogg said on social media: “The danger in any war is escalation.” He added: “Russia appears to be escalating with the largest attack of the war hitting offices of the (Ukrainian) Cabinet in Kyiv. … History shows events can escalate out of control through actions as these. It is why President Trump is working to stop this war.”Pointing to his recent visit to the targeted building, Kellogg said: “The attack was not a signal that Russia wants to diplomatically end this war.”Maroosha Muzaffar8 September 2025 06:10
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Ukraine-Russia war latest: Trump to discuss new sanctions on Moscow this week after largest aerial attack of war
