Putin is striking cities and attacking shopping centres, but his soldiers on the front line are making slow progress and are sometimes retreating

Iran has resumed its attacks, and in Jordan, sixty Patriot interceptors were deployed in a single night. Ukraine is requesting three hundred; the more that are used up in the Middle East, the fewer will reach Kyiv. Calculations

Kyiv and Moscow are fighting with the aim of crippling their opponent’s ability to function. For Kyiv, it is a matter of survival; for Putin, it is an obsession

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 

Kyiv is making plans with Warsaw: a powerful symbol of a free country and our duty

Support for Ukraine takes a back seat to the celebrations over Meloni’s record. And the decree due at the end of the summer is still being finalised. Tajani’s awkward moments at European summits

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