Europe Ukraine Russian attacks on Ukraine over the past eight days have destroyed 30% of the country's power plants, causing 'massive blackouts across the country', Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky tweeted
Europe Ukraine An audiovisual art installation titled “The Future Remembers” was inaugurated at the “Motherland” monument in Kiev; marking the 35th anniversary of Ukraine’s independence; the five-minute video will be shown every evening from today to 1 September
Europe Ukraine Infighting that led to the firing of the defense minister - and to streets protests - and days later of top general Syrskyi, also cracked the all-important sense of wartime unity and overshadowed the narrative that Ukraine is riding high in the war
Europe Ukraine The body of Anastasiia Berezovka, suspected of attacking oligarch Yermolaiev in Monaco, has been recovered: the woman was gunshot in her head; the investigation focuses on the tycoon's controversial financial activities and this link to "Monaco Battalion"
Europe Ukraine Ukrainian drone attacks targeted military and energy infrastructure and oil depots on the Baltic coast; the attack came on the opening day of St Petersburg Economic Forum, a three-day event that also welcomed US representatives after years