Russia fired missiles at energy infrastructure in the northeast Ukrainian city of Sumy on Tuesday hours after an overnight drone strike on the region, reducing power in some areas and forcing authorities to use back-up power systems.

Russian drone attacks overnight targeted energy facilities in northeastern Ukraine, officials said Tuesday. The attacks knocked out power in the Sumy region, where officials said Ukrainian air defenses shot down 16 of the drones.

Moscow’s prolific echo chambers are trying to fashion a narrative in which US support for Ukraine is somehow extremist.

Moscow’s troops have retaken a few villages in a border area that Kyiv’s forces invaded last month and are also advancing steadily in eastern Ukraine.

The high losses on both sides are posing problems on the battlefield and accelerating demographic fears.

We begin with an exclusive story on EU plans to raise up to €40bn in loans for Ukraine without the US. Brussels is preparing to provide the new financing by the end of the year regardless of US participation,

The Kyiv International Institute of Sociology has found that 79% of Ukrainians would choose to remain in Ukraine even if granted citizenship by the US or any European country. Source: results of a poll conducted by the Kyiv International Institute of Sociology (KIIS) Details: From 1-6 2024,