Poland scrambled fighter jets in the early hours of Tuesday as it responded to Russia's latest attack on Ukraine involving jet-powered drones.
Ukraine’s Air Force issued several warnings to Ukrainians, asking them to seek shelter as Russian forces fired jet-powered drones across all of Ukraine.
It remains unclear how many drones were fired but at least some of them likely travelled beyond Ukraine's borders, with a Nato fighter jet shooting down a drone in Lithuania shortly after midnight on Tuesday.
Lithuanian officials said the drone likely entered from Belarus and was shot down near Pratkunai village in southern Lithuania, near Kaunas.
A drone alert was issued earlier in the capital Vilnius and surrounding region.
Military drones straying into the airspace of Russia's neighbours have stoked concerns that Russia's war in Ukraine is spilling over Nato's borders.
This comes as Volodymyr Zelensky said Kyiv was ready to support a US-led proposal for a Russia-Ukraine ceasefire protecting energy sites – but only if Washington could ensure Moscow was genuinely ready to comply.
Key Points
- Nato fighter jet shoots down drone in Lithuania
- Poland scrambles jets amid Russian drone attacks on Ukraine
- Member of UK armed forces dies in Ukraine, MoD says
- Russian strike on train on Ukraine-Poland border was meant to scare Western states, says EU's Kallas
Zelensky says Ukraine will support energy ceasefire as 'first step' to end war
04:40 , Arpan Rai
Volodymyr Zelensky has said Kyiv was ready to support a US-led proposal for a Russia-Ukraine ceasefire protecting energy sites – but only if Washington could ensure Moscow was genuinely ready to end its war.
Zelensky made his comments in his nightly video address after US president Donald Trump said that Ukraine and Russia had both agreed not to hit each other's energy targets.
“If this can become the first de-escalatory step, a step towards ending Russian strikes against our critical infrastructure and our strikes in response, Ukraine is ready to support de-escalation,” Zelensky said.
"So far, no one has seen any genuine willingness on Russia's part to bring the war to an end. But if our American partners can secure Russia's genuine readiness to end the war aimed at destroying lives, and to do so honestly and on a long-term basis, Ukraine will take its own de-escalatory steps,” Zelensky said.
Drone attack damages industrial facility in Russia's Samara region
04:28 , Arpan Rai
A drone attack has damaged an industrial facility in the Russian Samara region on the Volga River, governor Vyacheslav Fedorishchev said on Telegram, without naming the facility.
The region is home to a number of large oil refineries.
Missile attack damages Ozon warehouse in Russia's Taganrog
04:06 , Arpan Rai
A missile attack has damaged a warehouse of Russian e-commerce company Ozon in the port city of Taganrog in Russia's south, regional governor Yuri Slyusar said on Telegram.
He added that a gas pipe and a few residential buildings were also hit.
Nato fighter jet shoots down drone in Lithuania
03:55 , Arpan Rai
A Nato fighter jet shot down a drone in Lithuania shortly after midnight on Tuesday, the Lithuanian national crisis management centre said.
The drone, which likely entered from Belarus, was shot down near Pratkunai village in southern Lithuania, near Kaunas, the second-largest city, the centre's spokesperson said. Its origin is yet to be determined, he said.
A drone alert was issued earlier in the capital Vilnius and surrounding region.
Fighters with the Nato Baltic Air Defence mission have patrolled the skies of Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia since the Baltic countries joined the alliance in 2004.
The mission's jets shot down stray Ukrainian drones over Estonia in May, and Latvia in June and August.
Military drones straying into the airspace of Russia's neighbours have stoked concerns that Russia's war in Ukraine is spilling over Nato's borders.
Poland scrambles jets amid Russian drone attacks on Ukraine
03:53 , Arpan Rai
Poland has commenced military aviation operations in the early hours of Tuesday as a preventive measure to secure its airspace, amid Russian jet-powered drone attacks on Ukraine, Poland's Armed Forces said in a statement on social media website X.
Member of UK armed forces dies in Ukraine, MoD says
03:00 , Bryony Gooch
Member of UK armed forces dies in Ukraine, MoD says
Watch: Ukrainian animal rescuers injured in drone attack while on mission
02:00 , Bryony Gooch
Kyiv ‘wipes out all of Moscow’s battlefield gains since March’ in blow to Putin
01:00 , Maira Butt
Nearly all of Russia’s territorial gains this year have been wiped out, according to a new assessment by the Institute for the Study of War.
Ukrainian forces have held Russian forces to “near-zero net gains since March 2026”, read the report.
“The situation remains dynamic, and Russian commanders are reportedly pressing Russian President Vladimir Putin for a massive mobilization likely aimed at restoring their ability to seize and hold the initiative,” the ISW said.
Russia will celebrate almost killing Boris Johnson – this is Putin’s plan for chaos
Tuesday 15 September 2026 00:00 , Bryony Gooch
Johnson and other signatories had a close call on Ukraine’s border with Poland - it’s all part of Putin’s plan even if it was a fluke, explains world affairs editor Sam Kiley.
Russia will celebrate almost killing Boris Johnson – this is Putin’s plan for chaos
NATO fighter shoots down drone in Lithuania
Monday 14 September 2026 23:42 , Bryony Gooch
A NATO fighter jet shot down a drone in Lithuania shortly after midnight on Tuesday, the Lithuanian national crisis management centre said.
The drone, which likely entered from Belarus, was shot down near Pratkunai village in southern Lithuania, near Kaunas, the second-largest city, the centre's spokesperson said. Its origin is yet to be determined, he said.
A drone alert was issued earlier in the capital Vilnius and surrounding region.
Fighters with the NATO Baltic Air Defence mission have patrolled the skies of Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia since the Baltic countries joined the alliance in 2004. The mission's jets shot down stray Ukrainian drones over Estonia in May, and Latvia in June and August.
Military drones straying into the airspace of Russia's neighbours have stoked concerns that Russia's war in Ukraine is spilling over NATO's borders.
Ukraine has stepped up long-range drone attacks on Russia, including in the Baltic Sea area, and several Ukrainian military drones have strayed into the airspace of Finland, Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia.
Ukraine blamed the incidents on Russia affecting the drones' paths with electromagnetic warfare.
Pictured: Electoral commission visits residents in Russian-controlled Donetsk during early voting in Russia's parliamentary election
Monday 14 September 2026 23:00 , Bryony Gooch
European leaders meet as Arctic thaw opens shipping routes and Russian buildup stokes security fears
Monday 14 September 2026 22:00 , Maira Butt
European leaders were meeting Monday to discuss growing competition in the Arctic, where global warming is opening new shipping routes, governments are vying for vast natural resources and a Russian military buildup is heightening security concerns.
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz and Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen were among leaders expected for the European Arctic Summit in Rovaniemi, Finland, a city perhaps best known for its Santa Claus village.
The two-day gathering that began Sunday comes on the heels of a Norwegian seizure of a Russian vessel earlier this month in the remote Arctic archipelago of Svalbard at the request of Ukraine, drawing the condemnation of Russian President Vladimir Putin.
European leaders meet as Arctic thaw opens shipping routes and Russian buildup stokes security fears
US imposes Iran-related sanctions on Russia's VTB
Monday 14 September 2026 21:00 , Bryony Gooch
The United States imposed Iran-related sanctions Monday on Russia's VTB Bank Public Joint Stock Company, accusing it of involvement in Iranian sanctions evasion, the Treasury Department said as Washington seeks to ramp up economic pressure on Tehran.
The action builds on sanctions imposed against VTB, Russia's second-largest lender, in 2022, when the bank was targetedfollowing Moscow's full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
“Under Operation Economic Outcast, Treasury will continue to target and disrupt those who provide material, technological, or financial support that allows the Iranian regime to sustain its terrorist enterprise,” Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said in the statement.
“Treasury will not tolerate any support to the regime and will continue to identify, expose, and isolate Iran’s enablers.”
Bessent warned last week that resident Donald Trump's administration would sanction a large bank as it continues to apply economic pressure on Tehran to end a more than six-month US conflict with Iran.
The United States has imposed a range of economic measures against Iran since the conflict began in February, targeting oil exports, shipping networks, weapons procurement channels, financial intermediaries, digital asset exchanges and aviation links.
Russian strike on train on Ukraine-Poland border was meant to scare Western states, says EU's Kallas
Monday 14 September 2026 20:00 , Maira Butt
A Russian drone attack on a train on Ukraine's border with Nato member Poland on Sunday was meant to scare Western countries supporting Ukraine, European Union's foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said on Monday.
“I think we should act the opposite. We should show that we are there for Ukraine and we are not scared,” she told reporters in Rovaniemi, Finland where she attended a summit on Arctic strategy.
Sam Kiley: Kremlin will celebrate Russia’s attack close to Boris Johnson’s train
Monday 14 September 2026 19:00 , Maira Butt
Analysis: Russia will celebrate almost killing Boris Johnson – this is Putin’s plan for chaos
Monday 14 September 2026 18:30 , Maira Butt
If blowing up a petrol station and railway carriage close to a train carrying two former European prime ministers and the man who used to run America's war in Afghanistan, the CIA - and rewrote US military doctrine - was an accident, it isn’t one the Russians are admitting to in the Kremlin.
Boris Johnson, Carl Bilt - once Sweden’s PM - and general David Petraeus, the “warrior priest” of America’s War on Terror, are tiptop scalps for Vladimir Putin’s collection and his external spy agency, the FSB, will get kudos for nearly taking them.
Johnson, especially, is a national hero in Ukraine. His record in Britain, where he enhanced Russia’s strategic standing by helping take the UK out of Europe, doesn’t worry frontline soldiers in a country that is grateful for his stentorian support from the early days of the 2022 full-scale Russian invasion.
Russia will celebrate almost killing Boris Johnson – this is Putin’s plan for chaos
Watch: Ukrainian animal rescuers injured in drone attack while on mission
Monday 14 September 2026 18:00 , Maira Butt
Zelensky: Ukraine wants specifics from partners on halting strikes
Monday 14 September 2026 17:57 , Bryony Gooch
Ukraine is ready to halt strikes on Russia if its partners ensure that Moscow will refrain from hitting Ukrainian energy facilities, infrastructure and food supply routes, President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Monday.
Posting his comments after US president Donald Trump said Ukraine and Russia had agreed not to hit each other's energy targets, Zelensky said Ukraine was not convinced that Russia was willing to abide by any agreement.
"The war must be brought to an end. And a de-escalatory step regarding critical infrastructure could be the first step toward peace. We expect specifics from our partners," Zelensky said on the Telegram app.
Poland pledges to strengthen security after drone strikes along border with Ukraine
Monday 14 September 2026 17:30 , Maira Butt
Poland pledged increased security along its border with Ukraine after a wave of Russian drone strikes near the frontier, including two that landed within kilometers of Polish territory.
The move came as Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk warned that Moscow appears poised to intensify its campaign against Ukraine’s borders with European countries. Ukraine is under mounting pressure from Russia’s intensifying air campaign that uses ballistic missiles and jet-powered drones to pierce defenses.
“These coming weeks and months will be a time of very intensified actions on the Russian side, and unfortunately we cannot rule out that this escalation will also affect our territory,” Tusk said Sunday after a governmental security briefing in Warsaw. He issued a similar warning on Thursday.
Poland pledges to strengthen security after drone strikes along border with Ukraine
Europe faces critical weeks for defending peace on the continent, says Merz
Monday 14 September 2026 17:00 , Maira Butt
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said on Monday that Europe was facing decisive weeks and months ahead in terms of "defending the freedom and peace of our continent" against Russia.
“I will do everything I can to keep up our support and to get people convinced that this is in our own interest to do that,” said Merz, speaking at a press conference in Finland.
Canada looks beyond America with plans for ‘unique alliance’ with EU
Monday 14 September 2026 16:30 , Maira Butt
Canada is pursuing a "unique alliance" with the European Union as Prime Minister Mark Carney looks to deepen economic ties beyond the United States amid an escalating trade war with Washington.
Speaking at the Toronto International Film Festival, Carney dismissed reports that Canada was considering becoming an "associate member" of the EU, saying Ottawa instead wants to forge a new kind of partnership with the 27-nation bloc.
"We're not looking to become a member of the European Union," Carney said. "What we are looking — and will begin discussions for — is a unique alliance between Canada and the European Union."
Canada looks beyond America with plans for ‘unique alliance’ with EU
