The Latest Breaking News on War in Ukraine

Disarray in Putin’s military command exposed by Ukraine’s attack in Russia, says Zelensky’s chief adviser

Exclusive: Mykhailo Podolyak tells The Independent that the cross-border assault into the Kursk region shows that Putin has ‘very little control’ over the border

The Independent UK · Aug 16, 2024

Russian state TV makes rare admission over Ukraine war

Film director Karen Shakhnazarov made several candid statements while discussing Ukraine’s advance into Kursk

Evening Standard · Aug 16, 2024

What’s the final score? An overview of Russian disinformation about the 2024 Olympics

Our team has identified at least 38 fake news stories about the 2024 Paris Olympic Games that circulated online since the start of the year, most of them thought to have been manufactured by Russia – from made-up terrorist threats to fictional attacks on athletes to fake media reports. Even…

France 24 · Aug 16, 2024

Kursk incursion: how Ukraine turned the tables and struck back at Russia

Secrecy was key in attack that has opened a new front in the war and left Russians looking leaden-footed

The Guardian - UK · Aug 16, 2024

As Ukraine invades Russia’s Kursk region, where are Putin’s allies?

While Belarus’s Lukashenko has commented on the cross-border attacks, Central Asian nations stay mum.

Al Jazeera · Aug 16, 2024

US military presence in Syria carries substantial risks, but so does complete withdrawal

U.S.-backed forces in eastern Syria launched a major attack on three posts manned by pro-government gunmen on Aug. 12, 2024, killing at least 18 fighters in a rare provocation near the border with Iraq.

The Conversation · Aug 16, 2024

Russia-Ukraine war: Russian army ‘deployed in greater force’ in Kursk after Ukrainian offensive – as it happened

The UK’s Ministry of Defence said Russian forces were initially disorganised following Ukraine’s lightning offensive

The Guardian - UK · Aug 16, 2024

Ukraine’s swift push into the Kursk region shocked Russia and exposed its vulnerabilities

A daring Ukrainian military push into Russia’s Kursk region has seen Kyiv’s forces seize scores of villages, attack air bases and force the evacuation of tens of thousands of civilians in what has become the largest attack on the country since World War II

The Independent UK · Aug 16, 2024

Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 903

As the war enters its 903rd day, these are the main developments.

Al Jazeera · Aug 16, 2024

Ukraine war briefing: Russia hiring trench diggers after Kursk invasion

Ukraine sets up military commandant’s office in Kursk; Russians grind on towards strategic Pokrovsk in Donbas. What we know on day 905

The Guardian - AU · Aug 16, 2024