The Latest Breaking News on War in Ukraine

Secret Ukraine operation 'hits bridge linking Crimea to Russia with 1,100kg of explosives' in dawn attack

The vast bridge has come under repeated attack by Kyiv forces

Evening Standard · Jun 3, 2025

Putin threat of biological attack on UK streets: Novichok poisonings in Salisbury were 'wake-up call'

The Novichok poisonings in Salisbury were a “wake-up call” to the threat from Vladimir Putin’s Russia of a chemical or biological attack on Britain’s streets, says Defence Secretary John Healey.

Evening Standard · Jun 3, 2025

Colorado flamethrower suspect told police he targeted ‘Zionist group’ and ‘planned attack for a year’

Mohammed Sabry Soliman, 45, appeared at a court hearing via a video link from a Colorado jail wearing an orange jumpsuit

Evening Standard · Jun 3, 2025

Colorado rally attack suspect charged with federal hate crime in US

US Attorney General Pam Bondi says alleged attacker Mohamed Sabry Soliman to be prosecuted to law’s ‘fullest extent’.

Al Jazeera · Jun 2, 2025

Second round of Ukraine-Russia talks end with PoW deal but no ceasefire

Delegations in Istanbul agree swap of at least 1,000 prisoners, and Ukraine says Russia agreed to return some abducted children

The Guardian - UK · Jun 2, 2025

Russia and Ukraine agree to prisoner swap but peace talks stall in Istanbul

The two sides agree to swap prisoners and remains of about 6,000 soldiers killed in combat but are at odds over a truce.

Al Jazeera · Jun 2, 2025

Ukraine's drone attack on Russian warplanes was a serious blow to the Kremlin's strategic arsenal

A surprise Ukrainian drone attack that targeted Russian air bases hosting nuclear-capable strategic bombers was unprecedented in its scope and sophistication, and dealt a heavy blow to the Russian military

The Independent UK · Jun 2, 2025

Russia continues to reject an unconditional ceasefire says Ukraine after peace talks

The second round of peace talks between Russia and Ukraine lasted just over an hour

Evening Standard · Jun 2, 2025

Greenpeace steals Macron wax figure from Paris museum for anti-Russia protest

Greenpeace activists on Monday afternoon stole a wax figure of French President Emmanuel Macron from the Grévin wax museum in Paris museum and placed it in front of the Russian embassy as part of a pro-Ukraine protest.

Radio France Internationale · Jun 2, 2025

Voices: That’s fighting talk, prime minister – but can you deliver?

COMMENT: In the face of Russian aggression, Keir Starmer says he must ready the country for war by increasing military spending and building a platoon of nuclear submarines – but, as Mark Almond cautions, perhaps the only thing the Ministry of Defence can be guaranteed to produce on time are…

The Independent UK · Jun 2, 2025