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

Sophisticated technology transfer extends from the supersonic missile programme to the Russian engineers assisting the Iranians. But the US president prefers to turn a blind eye

“We must respond more swiftly to Putin’s ‘reckless’ behaviour,” says the EU, expressing solidarity with Germany. The Italian visa issued to a suspect in the failed attack in Leipzig and the European sanctions

Moscow may attempt to influence the elections, says the Foreign Secretary. His counterpart at the Home Office plays down the matter and accuses certain European countries of seeking “pretexts” to fuel the war

The Commission President receives Rutte at the Berlaymont and describes the incident in Leipzig as an attack using military equipment carried out by a Russian operation on European soil: this marks a shift in terminology from the usual language regarding ‘hybrid incidents’

The Financial Times reconstructs the general’s relationship with Russia through the accounts of diplomats and military personnel who knew him in Moscow. From his desire to re-establish cooperation with the Kremlin to his misjudgements regarding the invasion of Ukraine, right up to the positions that have now been incorporated into the Futuro Nazionale programme

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