Russia has threatened Britain with retaliation after prime minister Andy Burnham vowed to provide Ukraine with access to technology to produce Storm Shadow missiles domestically.
Maria Zakharova, Russia’s foreign ministry spokesperson, said that London was just “one step away” from becoming legally complicit – in their eyes – for what she called “terrorism” against Russian civilians and warned of “inevitable catastrophic consequences” unless Britain changed course.
“We have repeatedly warned that any British military installations and equipment in Ukraine and beyond its borders could be targeted in response to Ukrainian strikes on Russian territory carried out using British weapons,” she said.
Zakharova accused both the UK and France of “playing with fire” after France also agreed to supply long-range missile technology to Ukraine.
After the comments on Thursday, a spokesperson for Britain’s ministry of defence said London stood “shoulder to shoulder” with Ukraine and was committed to providing the equipment that Kyiv needed “to defend itself against Putin’s illegal invasion”.
Ukraine receives small batch of US Patriot interceptors amid Russian attacks
Ukraine has received a small batch of US-made Patriot missile interceptors, president Volodymyr Zelensky said, as Russian forces continue using ballistic missiles against Ukrainian cities.
The systems are among the few air-defence weapons capable of intercepting Russia’s ballistic missiles.
The delivery comes as Ukraine faces another major Russian barrage involving drones, ballistic missiles and hypersonic weapons.
Maroosha Muzaffar28 August 2026 08:15
Four EU countries urge bloc to use frozen Russian assets for Ukraine
The Netherlands, Poland, Spain and Sweden are pushing the EU to reconsider using frozen Russian central bank assets to help fund Ukraine.
In a letter to the European Commission, the four countries said: “We believe now is the time to revert to the issue of how we can make further use of Russia’s immobilised assets for the benefit of Ukraine.”
The EU has struggled to agree on using the roughly €200bn held in frozen Russian assets, with Belgium raising concerns over potential legal liability.
Maroosha Muzaffar28 August 2026 07:45
One killed and two injured in Russian attack on shopping centre in Kharkiv, governor says
A lunchtime Russian strike on a shopping centre in Kharkiv killed one person and injured two others, Ukrainian officials said.
The attacks also hit commercial and industrial infrastructure elsewhere in the country, including a retail distribution centre in the Kyiv region and a shipment hub belonging to a toy company.
Roshen, the chocolate company founded by former Ukrainian president Petro Poroshenko, said one of its warehouses outside Kyiv was destroyed.
Strikes were also reported in Poltava, Odesa and Kryvyi Rih.
Maroosha Muzaffar28 August 2026 07:15
Russian strike knocks out Kherson power plant’s entire generating capacity
A Russian strike on a thermal power plant in Kherson has wiped out all of its generating capacity, according to Ukraine’s state oil and gas company Naftogaz.
“The Russians struck a purely civilian facility that provides heat” to a significant portion of Kherson’s residential buildings, Naftogaz CEO Sergiy Fedorenko said.
Regional governor Oleksandr Prokudin urged residents who can to leave, “especially families with children and elderly people”.
He warned: “Kherson may find itself without electricity or heating” for an extended period.
Maroosha Muzaffar28 August 2026 06:45
Russia launches major overnight attack on Ukraine, military says
Russia launched a major overnight assault on Ukraine, with the Ukrainian military saying it shot down seven ballistic missiles and 258 drones.
The attack continued into Thursday, hitting ports, grain storage sites, energy facilities, industrial targets and other infrastructure.
“Overnight, Russia carried out a massive strike against Ukraine, targeting ports, grain storage, energy, industry and other infrastructure with ballistic and hypersonic missiles and combat drones,” foreign minister Andrii Sybiha said.
In Kyiv, commuters headed to work as air defences fired at waves of incoming drones.
Maroosha Muzaffar28 August 2026 06:15
Russia strikes Nova Poshta warehouses near Kyiv, authorities say
Russian forces have struck warehouses belonging to Ukrainian delivery company Nova Poshta near Kyiv, according to local authorities.
The attack damaged logistics facilities in the area, adding to a series of Russian strikes targeting Ukraine’s infrastructure and civilian sites.
Maroosha Muzaffar28 August 2026 05:49
Kyiv records 13 air raid alerts in single day
Kyiv experienced a record 13 air-raid alerts in 24 hours on Thursday, keeping the capital under warning for nearly 15 hours as Russia launched waves of drones and missiles.
It was a single-day record for the capital since the start of Russia’s invasion in February 2022.
“For regions closer to the frontline, even longer alerts are an everyday reality,” the foreign ministry said in a post on X.
“But what Kyiv experienced on Aug. 27 shows another way Russia is using its weapons to disrupt civilian life: repeated drone launches keeping a city of millions under threat throughout the day.”
Explosions continued into the early hours of Friday, as Ukraine’s air defences face added pressure from a shortage of Patriot interceptor missiles, according to The Kyiv Independent.
Maroosha Muzaffar28 August 2026 05:45
Trump dismisses concerns over possible Russian attack on Nato
Donald Trump has dismissed concerns about a possible Russian attack on Nato after CIA chief John Ratcliffe’s Moscow visit, saying he was “not concerned … at all” and that “there is no problem”.
Trump called the trip “standard business” with “no message” and “nothing unusual”.”Ratcliffe sees his Russian counterpart once every six months or once every year. They have a very good relationship. There was no message and there was nothing unusual,” Trump told Axios.
However, US media reports say Ratcliffe warned Moscow against attacking Nato, amid intelligence that Russia could test the alliance with a limited move against a Baltic state, while also urging Russia to negotiate an end to the Ukraine war.
Maroosha Muzaffar28 August 2026 05:15
Kremlin dismisses reports of CIA warning
Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov has dismissed reports that CIA chief John Ratcliffe warned Moscow against attacking Nato, calling them “scare-story material”.
“A lot of this kind of scare-story material is being published right now. Of course, it has nothing to do with reality and nothing to do with the intentions of the Russian Federation,” he said.
It comes amid reports that CIA chief John Ratcliffe warned Moscow against attacking Nato during a secretive visit to Russia, following a US intelligence assessment that Russia could be considering a limited assault or other test of the alliance, potentially in the Baltics.
Meanwhile, concerns are growing over Nato’s ability to respond, with US and Nato stocks of Patriot missile interceptors in Europe reportedly at critically low levels.
Maroosha Muzaffar28 August 2026 04:45
Drones hit oil depots and apartment building in Crimea
Drones struck depots containing oil products and a five-storey apartment building in Sevastopol, in Russia-held Crimea, Russian news agencies quoted Moscow-installed authorities as saying on Friday.
Maroosha Muzaffar28 August 2026 04:22NewerOlder