Europe News Russia plotting 'false flag' using Ukrainian drones, Lithuania warns Moscow could use recovered Ukrainian drone parts to stage an attack on Baltic infrastructure in a bid to undermine NATO support for Kyiv, Lithuania’s defence minister said. 07/08/2026
Europe News Euronews Belarus ban turns viewers into targets, Tsikhanouskaya says Belarusian opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya has condemned Minsk’s designation of Euronews as “extremist” media, calling it an attack on both press freedom and the broadcaster’s audience in Belarus. 07/08/2026
Europe News Sweden to hand over seized Russian 'shadow fleet' ship to Ukraine Moscow's "shadow fleet" consists of vessels used to skirt Western sanctions. They are often ageing ships in poor condition, without proper insurance and with opaque ownership. 06/08/2026
Europe News Ukraine hits Russian refineries as Moscow strikes train station More than four years after the start of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, diplomacy is at a standstill and the two countries are ramping up long-range strikes, causing a growing number of civilian casualties. 06/08/2026
Europe News German brigade key to deterring Russia, Lithuanian FM tells Euronews As Germany prepares to permanently station thousands of troops in Lithuania, Foreign Minister Kęstutis Budrys explains why Vilnius believes the deployment is essential to preserving peace. 06/08/2026
Europe News Ukraine’s former ambassador to US faces anti-corruption probe Two days after President Volodymyr Zelenskyy officially dismissed Olha Stefanishyna as Ukraine’s ambassador to the US, she has been formally notified that she is a suspect in an anti-corruption investigation. 05/08/2026
Europe News Ukraine failed to shoot down any Russian missiles in overnight strikes Ukraine’s president Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Wednesday called for allies to send more anti-ballistic air defence, after Russian strikes killed at least 17 people overnight. 05/08/2026
No Comment Fires rage after Russian missile and drone attack on Kyiv Firefighters battled multiple warehouse and building fires overnight after Russian missile and drone strikes killed at least 15 people and wounded 42 across Kyiv and the surrounding region. 05/08/2026
Europe News Ukrainian vendor hunted by Russian FPV drone recalls the attack A market trader in Kherson described how a Russian first-person-view drone chased him around his stall before exploding beside his van, in an attack Ukraine has called a war crime. 05/08/2026
Europe News Russian barrage on Ukraine kills 17 in Kyiv and surrounding region Kyiv has in recent months urged allies to supply more US-made Patriot interceptors as Russia steps up its use of ballistic missiles more than four years into its full-scale invasion. 05/08/2026
Europe News Shocking video shows Russian drone hunting civilian at Kherson market A video shared by Ukraine’s police shows a Russian drone deliberately tracking a man at a market in Kherson. President Zelenskyy said the footage is evidence of Moscow’s “drone safari” against civilians. 04/08/2026
Europe News Will Ukraine get the Patriot licence? Washington sends mixed signals Russia's barrages of ballistic missiles have left Kyiv desperate to start producing its own Patriot interceptors, but despite Trump’s initial green light for a production licence, the US has yet to offer any certainty. 04/08/2026
Ukraine Soldier kills four in Crimea, Moscow-installed governor says Crimea, a peninsula illegally annexed by Russia from Ukraine in 2014, has for weeks been the target of Ukrainian retaliatory attacks aimed at disrupting the logistics of Russian forces deployed in southern Ukraine. 04/08/2026
Europe in Motion Where does Ukraine's EU bid have the most support? A recent poll found that 49% of citizens across the EU support Ukraine joining the bloc, while 12% aren't sure. 04/08/2026
Europe News Zelenskyy’s military shake‑up continues – but Fedorov remains out The Ukrainian president has appointed one of Kyiv’s key peace deal negotiators as the new head of the Foreign Intelligence Service, but the political crisis triggered by the dismissal of Mykhailo Fedorov is still ongoing. 03/08/2026
Europe News Russia fires glide bombs at southern Ukraine, killing one person Meanwhile, a Russian strike on a warehouse in northeastern Ukraine over the weekend destroyed 8 million books, the publishing house said, slamming it as an attack on Ukrainian culture. 03/08/2026
Europe News Why is Ukraine targeting Wildberries, Russia's e-commerce giant? Ukraine has struck dozens of Wildberries logistics sites across Russia since mid-July, stating that the e‑commerce giant is being used to help supply Moscow’s military. Wildberries is a critical piece of Russia’s wartime economy, giving Kyiv a new pressure point on Moscow. 03/08/2026
Europe News Fire reported at another Wildberries warehouse in Russia Video footage circulating on social media appears to show a large blaze at the warehouse, with flames engulfing the building and huge plumes of black smoke billowing into the sky. 02/08/2026
Europe News Russian ballistic missile strikes on Kyiv kill nine Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Russian forces launched 35 missiles, including 27 ballistic missiles, and 185 attack drones at Ukraine overnight. 01/08/2026
Europe News NATO speaking with Polish authorities after 'Russian missile' crash Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha suggested the object that crashed in Poland was a Russian cruise missile that had been intended to strike Ukraine. 30/07/2026