Russia targets Kyiv with missiles and drones, setting buildings ablaze and causing injuries

Multiple explosions heard in Ukraine capital with a hotel and several residential buildings on fire

Thursday briefing: Why Britain must adapt to the new age of warfare or risk falling behind

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MPs seek to end UK broadcast of Russian cartoon Masha and the Bear

Cross-party group writes to ministers of concerns children’s show contains unsubtle ‘propaganda content’

German prosecutors accuse Kyiv of ordering 2022 Nord Stream sabotage

Indictment against alleged leader of gas pipeline attack claims former Ukrainian army officer was directed by state

Woman suspected in Monaco parcel bombing reportedly seen in Germany

Suspect is said to be a woman who tried to pass off as a man during attack apparently targeting Ukrainian-born oligarch

Ukrainian drones hit St Petersburg oil terminal and nearby port

St Petersburg governor reports no victims after ‘large-scale’ overnight attack that also hit Baltic port of Vysotsk

Russia launches deadly missile and drone attacks on Kyiv

At least seven killed in the Ukraine capital in the second major assault on the city and its surrounds in less than a week

Ukraine hopes to sign ‘drone deals’ with seven Nato countries by end of year

Kyiv offers expertise on how to develop radar systems and ground stations as it turns from buyer to security provider

Nato braces for difficult summit as Trump puts pressure on spending

Meeting of 32 member states comes at crucial time for alliance after tensions with US over Iran and Greenland

Woman suspected of Monaco bombing found shot dead near Kyiv

Anastasiia Berezovska was being sought by police over attack that seriously injured a Ukraine-born businessman

Zelenskyy says Nato should let Ukraine join to ‘make all of us stronger’

Ukraine’s president says defensive capabilities built up in war with Russia mean it would be wrong to exclude it

Trump gives Zelenskyy vague promise of licence to manufacture Patriot missiles

Licence would be diplomatic coup for Kyiv but process of making munitions would likely be expensive, complex and long

Monaco bomb mystery deepens as Ukraine’s security services are linked to murder of prime suspect

Military intelligence officer admits witnessing killing of woman believed to have left explosive device outside oligarch’s home

US allies apprehensive after capricious Trump changes tune at Nato summit

Sudden shift may be linked to affinity for Erdoğan but what might be consequences of erratic behavior towards alliance?

Ukrainian drone strikes force Russia to suspend shipping in Sea of Azov

Vital maritime corridor closes after 90 vessels – including shadow fleet oil tankers – are attacked in under a week

‘Coalition of the willing’ to build shared European anti-ballistic programme

Ukraine and nine other countries including UK issue joint statement as leaders meet Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Paris

Japan admits growing need to counter espionage after Russian ‘den of spies’ report

Issue must be addressed with ‘even greater rigour’, says government spokesman, after New York Times report on how it has become a spy hub for Vladimir Putin

Polish-Ukrainian solidarity over Russian threat undermined by bitter historical dispute

Kyiv’s decision to honour second world war fighters who killed about 100,000 Poles has revived simmering tensions

As Russia’s assault continues, Ukraine’s politics shift and an old alliance begins to fray

Beneath the drone strikes and talk of ceasefires lies a battle over history that is testing Kyiv’s chances for an end to the conflict . Don’t get This Is Europe delivered to your inbox? Sign up here

Volodymyr Zelenskyy dismisses Ukraine’s popular defence minister

Mykhailo Fedorov, credited with transforming the ministry, ousted in reshuffle after six months in post

Target of Monaco bomb blames attack on Ukrainian spy agency

Vadym Iermolaiev says military intelligence officers were behind assassination attempt that seriously wounded his wife and child