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  1. Russia defence ministry says Ukrainian attack was 'largest-scale' since start of year - state mediapublished at 13:10 BST

    Russian state news agency Tass says that Russia shot down 822 Ukrainian drones overnight, citing the defence ministry.

    It quotes the Russian defence ministry as saying the Ukrainian attack was at "the largest scale" seen the start of the year.

    Earlier, Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said more than 600 Ukrainian drones had been intercepted heading for the Russian capital.

  2. Wildberries strike the latest in a series against online retailerpublished at 12:46 BST

    The drone attack on a Wildberries warehouse in the Moscow region is the latest in Ukraine's campaign against the Russian retailer.

    Ukraine has hit a number of Wildberries logistics hubs, describing them as legitimate targets because they provide the Russian military with drone components, navigation equipment and other gear. Russia denies this.

    You can read more about the company here - and take a look at the map below to see other Wildberries sites targeted in previous strikes.

    Map of western Russia showing reported strikes on Wildberries sites between 18 July and 16 August. Recent strikes are marked with dark red symbols and previous strikes with light pink symbols. One recent strike is shown in Koledino, around 25km (15.5 miles) from the centre of Moscow, and another in the Chishminsky District of Bashkortostan, while numerous earlier strikes are scattered across central, southern and eastern Russia.
  3. Ukraine says it has disabled largest Wildberries warehouse with overnight attackpublished at 12:36 BST

    People watch as smoke rises above a Wildberries facility following a reported Ukrainian drone strike at the Koledino Industrial Park near PodolskImage source, Shutterstock

    As we've been reporting, Ukraine has hit another warehouse belonging to online retailer Wildberries.

    Following that, Ukraine's defence ministry says it believes the logistics hub in Koledino Industrial Park has ceased operations.

    "It was the largest warehouse of the Wildberries company in terms of area – 250,000sq m," the ministry says, adding that it has now disabled seven of the company's 10 largest logistics centres.

    Earlier this morning, Wildberries published a statement saying an attack on a logistics facility in the area had led to a fire.

    "Logistics chains have been reorganised, and the receipt of deliveries and the shipment of orders are being handled at other facilities," it says.

    A helicopter flies above a large cloud of smoke and prepares to drop a load of water. Several lorries with 'Wildberries' written on the side can be seen in front of the smokeImage source, Getty Images
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    A firefighting helicopter prepares to drop a load of water over the Wildberries complex in Koledino

    A Wildberries employee looks on as thick plumes of smoke rise behind several lorries with the company's brandingImage source, Getty Images
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    A Wildberries employee looks at a plume of smoke rising during the fire

  4. Romania says Nato fighter jet shot down drone in its airspacepublished at 12:21 BST

    A Spanish F-18 fighter jet on a Nato air-policing mission shot down a drone that had breached Romanian airspace, the country’s defence ministry says.

    It did not specify the drone’s origin, with the ministry saying it entered the country from neighbouring Moldova.

    News agency Reuters quotes Nato military headquarters spokesperson Martin O’Donnell as saying the incident "remains under investigation, but the drone appears to be Russian".

    Romania says the F-18 jet, part of a Spanish Nato contingent deployed in Romania, "made radar contact with the target and received permission to engage".

    The drone was shot down at 05:01 local time (03:01 BST), it adds, and fragments from the drone appear to have fallen in an uninhabited area between two villages.

    It is the fourth unmanned aircraft shot down over the country this year.

  5. War in Ukraine: What's the latest from the front?published at 12:09 BST

    Russian forces have been making slow advances towards the Zaporizhzhia region’s village of Hulyaipole, the US-based Institute for Study of War (ISW) says in its latest assessment of the war, external.

    However, the ISW also notes that the Russian Ministry of Defence (MoD) has been “exaggerating” its progress in the region as Moscow seeks to “propagate claims of expansive Russian gains”.

    Russia has also been claiming advances in the illegally-occupied Donetsk region – claims Ukraine has rejected, reporting the liberation of 26 villages in the area up to August 2026.

    The institute also reports Ukrainian forces have made advances towards the city of Slovyansk, and geolocated footage shows they have also “advanced or maintained positions” towards Pokrovsk – also in Donetsk.

    No ground activity towards Kherson has been reported for either Ukraine or Russia in the past 24 hours, the ISW says.

    "Ukrainian forces continue striking Russian military assets and energy infrastructure in occupied Crimea," it adds.

    Map focusing on southern and eastern Ukraine, highlighting Russian military control. Pink shading covers Crimea and stretches across Kherson, Zaporizhzhia, Donetsk and Luhansk regions. A narrow band of red diagonal stripes marks the active front line, with small orange pockets showing claimed control. The Dnipro River and cities such as Kyiv, Kharkiv and Odesa are labelled for reference.
  6. These strikes illustrate the risk Ukrainians face every daypublished at 11:58 BST

    Dan Johnson
    Ukraine correspondent, reporting from Kyiv

    A firefighter walks past flames inside a damaged building in Kyiv.Image source, EPA/Shutterstock

    There are still pockets of flame among the twisted and charred market stalls.

    The missile attack has reduced hundreds of tiny individual businesses to smouldering wreckage.

    There are damaged books on the floor drenched in water and covered in ash.

    Russia says it struck Kyiv overnight targeting sites supplying Ukraine’s military, but this was a second-hand market selling records, posters, toys and tools.

    A week ago I was here myself browsing the bric-a-brac with the families hunting for a bargain.

    In daytime hundreds of people would have been picking through the stalls.

    Some of them have come to see the destruction and are moved to tears.

    This early morning strike injured a handful of people; another illustration of the risk Ukrainians face in everyday activities.

  7. 'This business was my baby, many of the vinyl destroyed were irreplaceable'published at 11:48 BST

    Isabella Jewell
    Reporting from Kyiv

    Luba leans against a wall and speaks to camera. She is wearing a blue top and is holding several jackets

    Luba tells the BBC she lost around 500,000 hryvnias worth of stock (£8,262) in the Russian strike on a Kyiv market.

    "I want Russia to disappear from this earth," the 42-year-old says. "Some people lost even more than me in this strike.

    "This business was my baby, many of the vinyl destroyed were rare and irreplaceable."

    Valentina, 69, has also been searching through the rubble of the market.

    “You never think that it will happen to you," she says. "All these books in the street were from my husband's stall in the market, I recognise them on the floor."

  8. Burnt books strewn amid fires at Kyiv strike sitepublished at 11:40 BST

    Isabella Jewell
    Reporting from Kyiv

    Here in Kyiv, firefighters continue to put out flames at a book market at Pochayna.

    Burnt books and bric-a-brac can seen among the smoke and ash, while small fires are still burning.

    Some men are picking through the lesser-burnt books.

    Books are seen on the floor surrounded by mud and debris
    Firefighters carry several yellow hoses across the charred ground following an attack in Kyiv
    Firefighters work in front of shattered corrugated iron following a strike
  9. Russian officals say seven killed in Ukrainian strikespublished at 11:24 BST

    The governor of the Rostov region in southern Russia says five people have died in overnight Ukrainian strikes on the area.

    Yury Slyusar says the attack also caused damage to several buildings and sparked a fire in two forest areas.

    In the Belgorod region, Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov says a woman was killed after a bus was struck in the Rakityansky district. Another woman suffered "severe traumatic brain injuries" and remains in hospital.

    Earlier, we reported an 83-year-old has been killed in a drone attack on the Ramensky district of the Moscow region.

  10. European interceptors cannot sit in storage, says Zelenskypublished at 11:20 BST

    Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky looks stern as he stands in front of a Ukrainian flagImage source, Reuters

    Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky says that European interceptors "cannot simply be allowed to sit in storage" following another round of Russian strikes on Ukraine.

    In recent weeks, Zelensky has repeatedly called for more air defence support in the face of increased Russian attacks.

    In a post on X, Zelensky insists that "lives need to be protected" and claims that North Korean ballistic missiles are being used to "destroy infrastructure and claim lives here in Europe".

    He says that Russia must be stopped and adds that new packages of support "literally mean lives saved and infrastructure protected every single day".

  11. UK manufactured drones being used for deep strikes within Russiapublished at 11:08 BST

    Joe Inwood
    World news correspondent

    The Sunday Times reports, external that UK manufactured drones are now being used for deep strikes within Russia.

    The BBC has spoken to a well-placed military source who has confirmed the story.

    The drones, built by two separate British companies, have been part of a widespread and successful targeting of Russian industrial and military targets in mainland Russia, most notably refineries and warehouses of the online retailer Wildberries.

    According to the Sunday Times’ Dominic Hauschild and Vika Sybir, who wrote the original story, the campaign has caused more than £35bn in economic damage.

    British manufactured Storm Shadow missiles had previously been used in the conflict, although this new phase is having a far more decisive impact.

    Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova has previously said that drones using UK components and configurations have been used to attack Russian territory, including a fuel depot in the Kamensky district of Rostov.

  12. Ukraine's new war strategy brings the war to the Russian public - security expertpublished at 10:55 BST

    Hanna Shelest, a woman in her 30s with long brown hair, wearing a striped, long-sleeved shirt, speaks to the computer camera during a remove interviews. She's sitting in an office chair inside what appears to be a room in a residential building

    Russian civilians are starting to feel the impact of the ongoing war in Ukraine now that Kyiv has updated its military strategy, says security expert Dr Hanna Shelest.

    Kyiv has changed its approach from a mainly defensive one and is instead working on making it impossible for Moscow to strike in the first place, she tells the BBC. Its focus is on military enterprises with a dual use, she adds.

    Wildberries has emerged as one of the leading targets in Ukraine's latest strike campaigns.

    Shelest says this is due to the online retailer's alleged role aiding the Russian war effort - as well as it being widely used by the Russian public.

    "Civilians in Russia, for four years, didn’t feel the war existed," Shelest says.

    She adds: "For them, it was [like] a nice soap opera on TV and propaganda statements by the leadership.

    "But now they really see the fire, they see what the war means... they see the impact on the economy and they see the visual pictures, which is really important for the perception of the war."

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    Wildberries warehouse on fire after Ukrainian drone attack

  13. Ukraine says it hit a Russian missile fuel plant in Rostovpublished at 10:47 BST

    Ukraine's army says it has struck a missile fuel production facility in Russia.

    The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine says in a post on Telegram that it hit the Kamensky Plant in the Rostov region of western Russia.

    He describes it as "an important enemy military-industrial facility" that is "directly used to meet the needs of the Russian armed forces".

    Russian officials have yet to comment on the attack.

    Earlier, it said Ukraine had struck multiple "high-value military targets" in Saturday night.

  14. Man killed in drone attack in Moscow region - governorpublished at 10:42 BST

    Moscow Governor Andrey Vorobyov says an 83-year-old man has been killed in the Ramensky district, when a drone crashed on the grounds of a private house.

    He adds that several people have been injured, and emergency services are working to "mitigate the consequences of the attack".

  15. Russia's largest online retailer - what is Wildberries?published at 10:35 BST

    Close up of a smartphone screen showcasing the opening page of the Wildberries appImage source, Getty Images

    Often described as "Russia's Amazon", Wildberries is Russia's largest online retailer. Here's what you need to know about the company:

    Founded: 2004.

    USP: It connects independent sellers with buyers across Russia, storing and delivering their goods, and handling payments.

    CEO: Tatyana Kim, one of Russia's first female billionaires.

    Staff: About 48,000.

    Value: The merged RWB group, which combines Wildberries with advertising company Russ, was valued at about $12.6bn (£9.3bn) by Forbes Russia in 2026.

    Involvement in the war: Ukraine has hit a number of Wildberries logistics hubs, describing them as legitimate targets because they provide the Russian military with drone components, navigation equipment and other gear. Russia denies this.

  16. Smoke billows over Wildberries warehouse near Moscowpublished at 10:31 BST

    Pictures show plumes of smoke billowing over a warehouse belonging to online retailer Wildberries, following a reported drone attack by Ukraine.

    The drone attack - in Koledino, around 25km (15.5 miles) from the centre of Moscow - is the latest in Ukraine's campaign targeting the Russian retailer, often referred to as "Russia's Amazon".

    Ukraine says the warehouses are being used as "logistics facilities" for military equipment - something the Kremlin has denied.

    Smoke billows from the burning Wildberries warehouses following a Ukrainian drone attack, according to the regional governor, in the course of the Russia-Ukraine conflict, in Koledino, Moscow RegionImage source, Reuters
    People walk in front of the burning Wildberries warehouses following a Ukrainian drone attack, according to the regional governor, in the course of the Russia-Ukraine conflict, in Koledino, Moscow RegionImage source, Reuters
  17. Analysis

    Ukraine and Russia attacks intensifying in recent weekspublished at 10:19 BST

    Dan Johnson
    Ukraine correspondent, reporting from Kyiv

    Things have generally been increasing in intensity between both sides in the past few weeks.

    In terms of Kyiv, the capital, the last few nights have actually been very calm - but last night it was certainly a different picture, with rounds of air raids alerts and missiles and drones.

    There’s been a heavy exchange of fire by both sides in recent days.

    Ukraine has claimed success for the long-range drone attacks that it has launched against oil refineries but also against the warehouses of Wildberries, the Russian online retailer.

    One of those warehouses is burning again this morning on the edge of Moscow. Ukraine says it is targeting those facilities because Russia uses them to supply its military.

    People watch as Wildberries warehouse burns near Moscow on SundayImage source, Reuters
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    People watch as Wildberries warehouse burns near Moscow on Sunday

  18. Flames and plumes of smoke after Kyiv market hitpublished at 10:07 BST

    Firefighters have been tackling a fire that started overnight at a market in the Ukrainian capital Kyiv after it was hit by Russian missiles and drones - it has since been extinguished, emergency services say.

    Air-raid sirens have sounded five times since Saturday night in Kyiv. At least six people, including a child, were reportedly injured in the capital, Mayor Vitali Klitschko says.

    Thick clouds of smoke appear bright yellow and red above a number of shops in KyivImage source, Reuters
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    Thick clouds of smoke appear bright yellow and red above shops in the Ukrainian capital

    A firefighter walks past a burning building in Kyiv. Only the structure of the building remains and it has been engulfed in flames. The fire fighter is dragging a hose alongImage source, Reuters
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    A firefighter works at the scene of a book market hit by a Russian missile strike

    Two firefighters stand and one sits down next to damaged books on the floor, Debris is spread around them including pieces of wood and the earth has been charred and appears blackImage source, Reuters
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    Firefighters take a short rest while working at the site of the market blaze

  19. Fresh air raid alerts in Kyiv on Sunday morningpublished at 09:48 BST

    Dan Johnson
    Ukraine correspondent, reporting from Kyiv

    We have had another air raid alert in Kyiv, the fifth since midnight. Russian drones were reported as heading towards the eastern edge of the city.

    We've since been given the all clear.

  20. Moscow hit by 'one of the most massive drone attacks in recent memory'published at 09:47 BST

    Thick smoke clouds can be seen rising behind a row of houses. Some of the smoke has turned orangeImage source, Reuters

    Meanwhile, Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin says more than 600 Ukrainian drones have been intercepted heading for the Russian capital.

    Moscow regional governor Andrey Vorobyov describes how the region has been hit by "one of the most massive drone attacks in recent memory".

    He says that a drone strike caused a fire at a Wildberries warehouse in the Koledino Industrial Park and that employees were forced to evacuate. Ukraine has not commented on the attack.

    Wildberries - Russia's biggest online retailer - has been targeted in recent weeks by Ukraine, which says the company's warehouses are being used as "logistics facilities" for military equipment.

    The Kremlin has denied that online platforms are used for army supplies, but a variety of military-related goods such as body armour are on sale, alongside items with both civilian and drone-production applications.

    Thick smoke can be see rising from behind a retail store. Several officials can be seen standing in the road nearbyImage source, Reuters