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.

Excise duty cuts to be refinanced, new aid for Ukraine to be sent (perhaps by September, though there are those within the majority who oppose this) and the promises made to Amatrice: the challenges facing the Prime Minister (and the government) as they return to work

In 45 minutes, 24 Iskander missiles and 4 Zircon missiles were launched at Kyiv. But the country is preparing for winter, including through diplomatic efforts to force Moscow to make peace. “We will continue,” says Budanov, head of President Zelensky’s Office

This is how people travel, sleep and die. To discover just how real the Russian threat is, you need only take a train: Putin’s bombs have started hitting those too. Ukraine did not choose war; it found itself on the receiving end of a barrage of Russian hatred. What it did choose was resistance