Russia's war on Ukraine

Russia's war on Ukraine: a running story on the front pages of 8 newsrooms from 10 January 2026 to 10 September 2026, 128 headlines over 244 days.

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10 September 2026

• Al Jazeera In maps and charts: Russian and Ukrainian attacks on civilian targets

9 September 2026

• BBC News Ukrainian TV channel building hit by Russian drone as five killed in Kyiv

8 September 2026

• South China Morning Post Russia resumes strikes on Kyiv after pause for Trump envoys’ visit

7 September 2026

• Al Jazeera US envoys hold ‘substantive’ talks with Zelenskyy in first visit to Kyiv
• BBC News Zelensky says he expects war to continue into winter after talks with US envoys
• Al Jazeera US envoys meet Putin: What’s behind latest diplomacy on Russia-Ukraine war?
• Al Jazeera US envoys hold ‘substantive’ talks with Zelenskyy in first visit to Kyiv

6 September 2026

• BBC News US envoys meet Putin in Moscow for Ukraine talks
• Al Jazeera Russia’s Putin meets US envoys to discuss Trump proposal to end Ukraine war
• AP Putin meets with US envoys at the Kremlin for renewed talks on ending the war in Ukraine
• South China Morning Post US envoys Witkoff, Kushner arrive in Kyiv after Moscow talks with Putin
• Al Jazeera Russia’s Putin meets US envoys to discuss Trump proposal to end Ukraine war

5 September 2026

• BBC News Trump's peace envoys to visit Moscow and Kyiv over weekend
• BBC News Russia hits Ukrainian security headquarters in drone attack, Zelensky says

4 September 2026

• Al Jazeera Ten injured in Ukraine as Kyiv expects talks with US envoys in coming days

30 August 2026

• CNN Russian attack on Ukrainian ammunition warehouse triggers waves of blasts, killing 37

28 August 2026

• BBC News What we should make of CIA boss's secret trip to Moscow

27 August 2026

• AP The Kremlin says the CIA director held talks in Moscow with his intelligence counterparts
• BBC News Trump says 'something may come out of' CIA head's unannounced visit to Moscow

26 August 2026

• AP Putin decree lets Russia take control of infrastructure damaged in Ukrainian drone attacks
• BBC News CIA chief travels to Moscow for unannounced talks, US media reports
• CNN CIA director makes unannounced visit to Moscow to meet with Russian officials, source says

23 August 2026

• South China Morning Post Ukrainian drones kill at least 10, hit warehouse of Russian online retailer Ozon

22 August 2026

• South China Morning Post Russian drone strikes on Ukraine shopping centre kill 16
• BBC News Russian double-tap drone strike kills 15 in Ukrainian mall, officials say
• CNN At least 15 killed and over 100 wounded in Russian ‘double-tap’ strike on a Ukrainian shopping center

19 August 2026

• Al Jazeera Russia reports Ukrainian drone strike near Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant

17 August 2026

• Al Jazeera At least six people killed in Ukrainian missile attack on Russia’s Belgorod
• CNN Ukraine attacks Russia with hundreds of drones – one of Kyiv’s largest assaults of the conflict

15 August 2026

• Al Jazeera Russian ballistic attacks intensify as Kyiv claims Dnipropetrovsk advance

14 August 2026

• AP Ukrainian drones strike a major refinery deep inside Russia, setting it ablaze

13 August 2026

• CNN Sell Ukraine 10% of the US stockpile and ‘we will destroy all the Russians’ ballistic missiles,’ Zelensky tells CNN

12 August 2026

• Al Jazeera N Korea launches ballistic missile as S Korea, US plan military drills

11 August 2026

• Al Jazeera At least 13 killed in Ukrainian drone attack on Russia’s Nizhnekamsk
• BBC News At least 13 killed in Ukrainian drone strike deep into Russia

9 August 2026

• BBC News Child among three killed in Russian missile attacks near Kyiv

6 August 2026

• BBC News After deadly Kyiv strike, Ukraine warns interceptor shortage is costing lives

5 August 2026

• Al Jazeera One killed, 12 injured in Russian ballistic missile attack on Kyiv

4 August 2026

• Al Jazeera At least 22 killed as Russia and Ukraine trade heavy attacks

2 August 2026

• BBC News Nine killed in strikes on Kyiv, as Ukraine sinks Russian container ship

1 August 2026

• Al Jazeera Russian missile attack kills three in Ukraine’s Kyiv

30 July 2026

• CNN Russia striking Kyiv with ballistic missiles after Zelensky warned of ‘massive attack’
• Al Jazeera At least 14 killed as Russia strikes Ukraine a day after Zelenskyy warning

26 July 2026

• BBC News Ten killed in Russian attack on drone exhibition near Kyiv

25 July 2026

• BBC News Ten killed in Russian attack on drone exhibition near Kyiv

22 July 2026

• Al Jazeera Zelenskyy replaces Ukraine military chief after protests

21 July 2026

• AP Ukraine fires 400 drones toward Moscow as Zelenskyy grapples with protests

20 July 2026

• BBC News Russia launches major ballistic missile attack on Ukrainian cities

18 July 2026

• Al Jazeera Ukraine ‘cuts off’ Crimea from Russia, plunging it into an energy crisis

16 July 2026

• BBC News Russian attacks kill 14 as Ukraine hits Black Sea oil tankers

15 July 2026

• Al Jazeera Russia-Ukraine war: What is Europe’s new ballistic missile shield plan?

11 July 2026

• Al Jazeera Ukraine chokes fuel to Crimea, Russian consumers, targeting military supply

10 July 2026

• AP Ukrainian drones batter Russian oil facilities and set more oil tankers ablaze
• BBC News Ukraine strikes Russian ships near Crimea, escalating attacks on fuel supplies

7 July 2026

• AP Russia's missile and drone attacks on Ukraine kill at least 22
• BBC News Ukraine warns of interceptor missile shortage as 23 killed in Kyiv region

3 July 2026

• New York Times Crimea’s State of Emergency

2 July 2026

• AP Ukrainian drone attacks on oil refineries plunge Russia into a summer fuel crisis
• South China Morning Post ‘Massive’ Russian missile and drone barrage pounds Ukraine capital

30 June 2026

• Al Jazeera Russian missile and drone attacks kill at least eight in Ukraine

29 June 2026

• AP Ukrainian drones set another Russian oil refinery ablaze as Putin admits fuel shortages
• Wall Street Journal Strikes on fuel and power infrastructure have cut electricity in parts of Crimea, strained water supplies and pushed residents to the black market for gasoline.

27 June 2026

• Al Jazeera Ukraine decimates Russian logistics, bringing chaos to Crimea

25 June 2026

• BBC News Biggest city in Crimea without power after Ukraine strikes

22 June 2026

• AP Ukrainian attacks prompt Russian-held Crimea to halt civilian gasoline sales
• BBC News Fuel sales halted in occupied Crimea as Ukraine targets oil facilities

21 June 2026

• Al Jazeera Ukraine says Russian attack kills five people in Zaporizhzhia
• BBC News Moscow oil refinery attack brings Russia's war with Ukraine closer to home
• Al Jazeera Petrol shortages and ‘oil rain’ bring Ukraine war home to Moscow

20 June 2026

• Al Jazeera Petrol shortages and ‘oil rain’ bring Ukraine war home to Moscow

19 June 2026

• AP Ukrainian drones set a Moscow refinery ablaze in a major attack on the Russian capital
• BBC News Moscow residents complain of black rain after largest Ukrainian attack hits oil refinery
• Al Jazeera Ukraine hits Moscow refinery as Zelenskyy seeks Trump support to end war

13 June 2026

• AP Ukraine hits fuel supplies to Crimea, sparking a fuel crisis on the Russian-held peninsula
• Al Jazeera Putin admits Ukraine attacks hitting Russian economy, society

6 June 2026

• BBC News Putin says there is 'no point' meeting Zelensky over ending Ukraine war

3 June 2026

• BBC News Putin remains uncompromising on Ukraine, but is public discourse on war changing in Russia?

2 June 2026

• South China Morning Post Trump ‘personally called for China’s help’ to end Ukraine war in summit with Xi

30 May 2026

• AP With a stalemate in Ukraine and discontent at home, Putin seems ready to escalate his war

27 May 2026

• BBC News Can EU find a Russia whisperer to mediate an end to war in Ukraine?

25 May 2026

• Fox News Putin's biggest backfire: Ukraine now called 'number one army in Europe'

20 May 2026

• Al Jazeera Putin meets Xi: Why Russia and China need each other
• Al Jazeera More than 15,800 people killed in Russia’s all-out war on Ukraine: UN

17 May 2026

• CNN Russia’s winning streak in Ukraine is over

16 May 2026

• CNN Russia’s winning streak in Ukraine is over

12 May 2026

• BBC News Why welfare isn't winning elections in India like it used to
• Al Jazeera Putin hints at ending Russia’s war in Ukraine, but why now?

11 May 2026

• Al Jazeera Putin hints at ending Russia’s war in Ukraine, but why now?
• Al Jazeera Putin suggests Russia’s war on Ukraine ‘coming to an end’
• BBC News Putin says he thinks Ukraine conflict 'coming to an end'

10 May 2026

• Fox News Putin drops big hint about Ukraine war amid Trump-brokered deal

5 May 2026

• Al Jazeera Winning peace in Lebanon is harder than winning war
• New York Times A Guide to the Winning Books 3 min read

8 March 2026

• Al Jazeera Russia kills 10 in Ukraine strike including children with new missile

27 February 2026

• Al Jazeera Devastation and frozen frontlines: Ukraine marks four years of Russia’s war
• BBC News Russia and Ukraine exchange more than 1,000 soldiers' bodies
• BBC News Kenyan charged with luring young men to fight for Russia in Ukraine

26 February 2026

• Al Jazeera Devastation and frozen frontlines: Ukraine marks four years of Russia’s war

25 February 2026

• Al Jazeera Russia ‘has not won’ as Ukraine war enters fifth year, Zelenskyy says
• Al Jazeera Devastation and frozen frontlines: Ukraine marks four years of Russia’s war
• Al Jazeera How four years of war in Ukraine have changed Russia

24 February 2026

• New York Times As fighting continues, Russia and Ukraine are engaging in near-weekly peace talks.
• Al Jazeera How four years of war in Ukraine have changed Russia
• BBC News Four years into its full-scale war in Ukraine, Russia is feeling the effects

23 February 2026

• Al Jazeera How four years of war in Ukraine have changed Russia

22 February 2026

• CNN Four years in, Russia is still paying for a fatal miscalculation in Ukraine

16 February 2026

• Fox News Zelenskyy ally detained trying to escape Ukraine as massive corruption probe deepens

15 February 2026

• Fox News Rubio tells Zelenskyy that Trump wants solution that 'ends bloodshed' in Ukraine

14 February 2026

• Al Jazeera Russia and Ukraine to hold more talks in Geneva next week

8 February 2026

• AP US gave Ukraine and Russia a June deadline to reach agreement to end war, Zelenskyy says
• BBC News US wants Russia and Ukraine to end war by June, says Zelensky
• Al Jazeera US has given Ukraine and Russia June deadline to end war: Zelenskyy

7 February 2026

• South China Morning Post Russia strikes Ukraine power grid despite ongoing US-led peace talks

6 February 2026

• BBC News Russia and Ukraine exchange prisoners as peace talks end without breakthrough
• Al Jazeera Zelenskyy reveals 55,000 Ukrainian soldiers killed fighting against Russia

5 February 2026

• Al Jazeera Ukraine says first day of peace talks with Russia ‘productive’

3 February 2026

• Al Jazeera Zelenskyy warns of ‘logistics terror’ as Russia hits Ukraine railway

1 February 2026

• Al Jazeera US envoy Witkoff says Ukraine talks with Russia ‘productive’

31 January 2026

• CNN Russia strikes civilian train in Ukraine, killing five, in an attack Zelensky calls ‘terrorism’

26 January 2026

• AP US security agreement for Ukraine is '100% ready' to be signed, Zelenskyy says

25 January 2026

• Al Jazeera US-brokered talks close without breakthrough after Russia bombards Ukraine
• South China Morning Post US-brokered Ukraine peace talks end with no deal, as Russian strikes continue

24 January 2026

• BBC News High stakes but low expectations for Ukraine talks with Russia and US

23 January 2026

• BBC News 'It's all about the land': Zelensky says Ukraine to talk to US and Russia
• Al Jazeera Zelenskyy meets Trump, says US, Ukraine and Russia officials to meet in UAE

11 January 2026

• Al Jazeera Russia hits Ukraine with Oreshnik hypersonic missile: Why it matters

10 January 2026

• BBC News Russia hits Ukraine with rarely used Oreshnik missile in fresh strikes
• CNN What is the Oreshnik ballistic missile fired by Russia into Ukraine?