Ukraine-Russia war latest: Kyiv launches one of biggest attacks yet on Moscow with 620 drones

A German court has convicted a Ukrainian man over what prosecutors have described as a plot linked to Russian intelligence.

The plan is understood to involve detonating parcels in Europe with the purpose of causing ⁠damage and undermining public confidence in security.

Three Ukrainians were involved in sending two packages with GPS trackers and spare auto parts from Germany to Ukraine using a Ukrainian parcel service in an operation initiated by a Russian state entity, the Higher Regional Court of Stuttgart has said in a statement.

A drone ​has exploded ⁠at ‌a bus stop used ‌by staff ‌of ⁠Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, the International ⁠Atomic Energy Agency has said. ⁠

The explosion is confirmed to have killed one person, and ‌injured ​several ‌others.

President Zelensky has nominated Yevhenii ⁠Khmara ​for parliamentary ⁠approval for defence minister ⁠and Andrii ​Sybiha for ⁠foreign ‌minister, lawmakers said on Tuesday.

Khmara served as acting minister following the abrupt dismissal of his predecessor, Mykhailo Fedorov, in July, a decision that sparked a political crisis for Zelensky.

The ​vote ‌is expected to take place ⁠on Wednesday.

Burnham has said he backs Ukraine ‘100 per cent’ after Moscow’s threat over use of Ukraine’s use of UK drones.

When asked on Tuesday what his message to Russian President Vladimir Putin was, Burnham responded: “This is the UK doing what it has long said it would do, which is to support Ukraine 100% against this illegal war led by Vladimir Putin.

“We are providing support so that Ukraine can defend itself, and that’s been the British position all the way through this conflict by previous prime ministers. It remains the case with me.

“We are not fair-weather friends. We will be there in Ukraine’s hour of need, and that won’t change.”

Ukraine has used drones made by two UK companies as part of what has been termed a ‘deep strike’ campaign on Tuesday, the Sunday Times reported.

FPV drones are turning Russian military hardware into targets with “devastating precision,” Ukraine’s ministry of defence has said.

FPV (first-person view) drones are modified commercial quadcopters equipped with explosives and flown directly into targets by operators wearing video goggles, and can achieve speeds up to 93 miles per hour.

The ministry has shared video footage captured by a Ukrainian FPV drone on X.

The European Union’s foreign policy chief has “welcomed” other countries aligning themselves with restrictions on Belarus.

The statement follows the EU council’s decision to impose further restrictions on Belarus in view of the state’s involvement in Russian aggression against Ukraine.

These restrictions include expanding the list of items which might contribute to Belarus’s military and technological enhancement or to the development of its defence and security sector.

Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Norway and Ukraine have publicly aligned themselves with the new measures.

The Ukrainian parliament has returned from its summer break, as the country awaits Zelensky’s decision on the future leadership of two crucial ministries.

The parliament went into recess in mid-July shortly after the president announced an unexpected government reshuffle, with the ousting of popular defence minister, Mykhailo Fedorov triggering mass protests across the country.

The decision on the new defence minister is being closely watched as protesters have gathered outside Ukraine’s parliament once again, calling for the reinstatement of Fedorov.

As of Tuesday, Ukraine has attacked seven of Wildberries’ 10 biggest warehouses in Russia.

Ukraine’s president Zelensky has made an attendance at a reburial ceremony for Yevhen Konovalets, one of founders and leaders of the Organisation of Ukrainian Nationalists (OUN), at the National Military Memorial Cemetery outside of Kyiv.

The Russian defence ministry has claimed that its forces have captured two settlements in Ukraine’s Donetsk region.

Roughly 80 per cent of the eastern territory, including the major cities and the port of Mariupol, is currently occupied or controlled by Russia.

On Monday, Russian troops killed one resident of the Donetsk region and wounded five others, according to the head of Donetsk’s regional state administration.