Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky renewed his plea for Western air defenses following a deadly overnight Russian attack, hours after US President Donald Trump backed away from a public pledge to allow Ukraine to manufacture Patriot interceptors.

Russian satellite surveillance and signals intelligence are likely allowing Iran to better defend itself against U.S. airstrikes and refine its own aerial assaults, officials said.

By Olena Harmash and Yurii Kovalenko KYIV, Aug 1 (Reuters) - Russia pounded Kyiv in a heavy ballistic missile attack early on Saturday, killing nine people, as President Volodymyr Zelenskiy warned that Ukraine had run out of interceptor missiles for its U.

Russia is attacking Ukraine’s Black Sea ports to choke its economy and boost Moscow’s leverage by inflicting pain on major grain importers in Africa and Asia.

Russia launched an intense barrage of ballistic missiles and drones overnight into Saturday, killing at least 10 people and wounding 30 civilians in the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv, authorities said.

Russian billionaire Valery ⁠Kustov, ⁠executives of his Efko ⁠company and a government official responsible for drone ​development have all been detained in a major fraud investigation, multiple ‌news outlets reported on ‌Thursday.

Ukrainian drone strikes hit Wildberries warehouses across Russia, with 16 distribution centres damaged or destroyed in the past fortnight. As the country's biggest online retailer faces disruption and a Lukoil oil refinery is also hit, we examine why Ukraine is targeting Russian business infrastructure.

A Russian ballistic missile and drone barrage across Ukraine overnight killed at least 10 civilians, including children, and wounded more than 50, officials said Thursday. NATO scrambled its warplanes after one of the missiles crossed the country's western border into Poland.

The seizures come after years of arrests of members of the Jehovah's Witnesses organization.

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio says Washington will intensify efforts to restart Russia-Ukraine peace talks, while warning major 'red lines' still divide both sides.