Speaking to a group of media outlets by telephone, the Ukrainian president stated that he had had no recent contact with former Defence Minister Fedorov. And on the possibility of a trilateral meeting with Moscow: “The sooner, the better.”

Witkoff and Kushner discuss negotiating positions, whilst the Russian president has never ceased to respond by citing the ‘root causes’: the denazification and demilitarisation of Ukraine. The European approach that can (and must) change

Kremlin drones flying over children returning to school: the fear and resilience of a people. “Europe does not understand that Ukraine is defending the peaceful lives of Westerners,” says Major Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk 

The Russian attack on the SBU whilst Trump’s envoys are travelling to Moscow is not a sign of peace. Nor does the pace of missile production in the Kremlin’s factories indicate a willingness to negotiate. Figures 

A drone from Moscow has struck the headquarters of the Ukrainian security services. President Zelensky announces a retaliatory strike whilst Witkoff and Kushner prepare for the mission between Moscow and Kyiv.

American silence on the acts of sabotage in Germany is emboldening the Kremlin, which continues to see an ally in the White House

If Putin wants to strangle Kyiv, the Ukrainians are telling him: you will suffocate with us. Zelensky announces an operation to ‘knock out’ Russian airspace and ground civilian aviation. Results, reactions and warnings

Kyiv begins the new school year under bombardment, whilst Moscow is writing a book to train future soldiers in the classroom – a book to be taken along during the invasion