🇬🇧 London friends, save the date! I'll return to the legendary Frontline Club on Monday, Oct. 27 for an event with colleagues still TBD to discuss Ukraine and the ongoing war. Our focus will be Ukraine's best security guarantee: a strong Ukrainian army. Tix here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/panel-disc...

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said the “massive Russian attack” on Ukraine lasted for more than 12 hours, calling it “savage” and “deliberate, targeted terror against ordinary cities”. He said that Russia had fired nearly 500 attack drones and more than 40 missiles, including ballistic missiles.

Russian missiles and drones pound Ukraine in ‘savage’ 12-hour attack on.ft.com/4gJIKLn

🎙️ I recently chatted with @ianbremmer.com for the @gzeromedia.com world podcast about the evolution of the Russo-Ukrainian war from a conventional land invasion into a high-tech war of attrition dominated by drones — and what it’s like reporting here in Ukraine: www.gzeromedia.com/podcast/gzer...

Denmark and the rest of Europe are waking up to potential attacks that could be directed against hundreds if not thousands of targets in each country on.ft.com/3VDScpZ

FT Investigation: Using radar data collected by European Space Agency satellites, the FT was able to locate the spy ship hovering over critical cables in the middle of the Irish Sea in November, at a point in the voyage when the ship was seeking to hide its activities. on.ft.com/46JjsIJ

Great piece by @chriscook.news @christopherjm.ft.com & @yoruk.bsky.social www.ft.com/content/93c2...

European officials fear Trump is preparing to blame them for Ukraine failure on.ft.com/4o8McBZ

“What is new in Trump’s statements made today or what do they mean for us? Absolutely nothing,” said Yaroslav Zheleznyak, a Ukrainian MP. “And what should we expect next? Also nothing.” On the Ukrainian and Russian reactions to Trump’s messages. w/ @maxseddon.bsky.social on.ft.com/3IdFawr

🔥 “It seems to be the most effective campaign that Ukraine has carried out so far.” Ukraine’s drone strike campaign against Russia’s oil refineries has left Russian fuel exports approaching their lowest level since 2020, disrupting a key source of revenue for the Kremlin. www.ft.com/content/8f8c...

A Chinese cargo ship visited the occupied port of Sevastopol in Crimea, under sanctions since 2014 — faking its route and making an unprecedented series of stops by a major foreign vessel to one of the Ukrainian ports seized by Russia. w/ @chriscook.news @financialtimes.com on.ft.com/3Ibs2b9

Workers in Kyiv are still cleaning up and repairing damage to several buildings in my neighborhood after Russia’s August 28th massive missile and drone attack on the Ukrainian capital. But many of the businesses damaged have reopened.

Guns and butter. Read my colleague Courtney Weaver's story on how Russia’s dairy industry has emerged as a surprisingly robust bright spot in Putin’s war economy, propped up by state subsidies and the pullback of western rivals since the full-scale invasion of Ukraine. www.ft.com/content/8a3d...

Russian forces are intensifying attacks on Ukraine’s railway infrastructure in an effort to disrupt passenger, freight and military transport and strain its wartime economy, according to Ukrainian officials. on.ft.com/4n2f52m

How not to tee up today’s bright shiny new EU-India deal, envisaged to pitch Brussels as a better friend than Moscow: While EU officials were in Delhi trying to strike the agreement, Indian soldiers were taking part in Russian war games rehearsing conflict with Europe on.ft.com/3K8BWe4

The EU will also set up a “drone alliance” with Kyiv, backed by €6bn in financing to “transform Ukrainian ingenuity into battlefield advantage and into joint industrialisation”, von der Leyen said.

Europe turns to Ukrainian tech for ‘drone wall’ against Russia on.ft.com/3K4XwQM

A US federal jury has convicted a former American army soldier who fought against Russia in Ukraine of charges including the murder of a Florida couple and violating the decades-old Neutrality Act.  on.ft.com/3VDnihD

Trump continues to give Russia break after break and benefit of the doubt. This will encourage Russia to further escalate, knowing the US won’t step up and respond. “I’m not happy about anything having to do with that whole situation. But hopefully it’s going to come to an end.”

If Vladimir Putin’s intention was to use an early-morning drone foray into Poland to test Nato’s air defences, the Russian president would be most pleased with the result. And, experts warn, he will probably be encouraged to go further next time. on.ft.com/3JUnOFg

Last night in Poland we saw the most serious European airspace violation by Russia since the war began, and indications suggest it was intentional, not accidental. I am in contact with NATO Secretary General Rutte and Poland FM Sikorski. The EU stands in full solidarity with Poland. (1/2)

The Polish military said that its airspace has been 'repeatedly violated by drone-type objects' and that an operation was under way to identify and neutralise them on.ft.com/46btnGK

Breaking news: Donald Trump made the extraordinary demand after dialling into a meeting between senior US and EU officials gathered in Washington to discuss ways to heighten the economic cost of the war in Ukraine for Moscow. on.ft.com/468KEjL

Pressure on supplies has become more acute after a US defence department review of military aid resulted in slower deliveries just as Moscow intensifies air attacks on.ft.com/4n0Cp0C

Ukraine is at risk of shortages of air defence weapons after a US DoD review of military aid in June resulted in slower deliveries. The review, stemming from a memo written by Pentagon's Elbridge Colby, remains in effect even as Moscow intensifies attacks. www.ft.com/content/26df...

Ukraine battles air defence shortage as Pentagon slows shipments on.ft.com/467nc6t

Historic selfie. Ukraine’s government leadership always visit the sites of Russia’s drone and missile attacks. Today Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko just had to walk down the hall. This is the cabinet of ministers building in central Kyiv after the biggest Russian drone attack of the war.

Putin faces tough choices at home as strain on Russia’s war economy mounts on.ft.com/3JWH19b

Russian forces launched the largest mass aerial attack on Ukraine since their full-scale invasion, firing more than 800 drones and a dozen missiles at targets across the country on.ft.com/45TE6qy

Zelensky calls out Trump’s shifting deadlines and failure to change Putin’s course after Russian air attack. “It has been repeatedly said in Washington that sanctions will follow a refusal to talk… The world can force the Kremlin criminals to stop the killings. All that is needed is political will.”

Russia launched the largest mass aerial attack on Ukraine of the war, firing 805 drones and 13 missiles at targets across the country. The Cabinet of Ministers in central Kyiv was struck for the first time in what Foreign Minister Andriy Sybiha called “a serious escalation.” on.ft.com/4ghT1hQ

We first reported this @financialtimes.com in our Aug. 26 story: US offers air and intelligence support to postwar force in Ukraine on.ft.com/4ga2gR3

💥 SCOOP! The US has informed Nato allies it will phase out security assistance programmes for European armies along Russia’s border, affecting hundreds of millions of dollars in funding under the Pentagon’s section 333 authority which helps to keep the continent safe on.ft.com/4lT4Bkp

Crypto scandal sinks Russian elite’s $8.5mn polar party cruise on.ft.com/4pmnBen

Lasers, hypersonic missiles and the ‘nuclear triad’: China flexes its military muscle on.ft.com/4p3YE7d

Scoop - Ursula von der Leyen's jet was hit by a suspected Russian GPS interference attack while attempting to land in Bulgaria yesterday, officials told the FT, forcing the pilot to ultimately land using paper maps. on.ft.com/4oZFHST @financialtimes.com

💥 European capitals are working on “pretty precise plans” for potential military deployments to post-conflict Ukraine including “the necessary items for a functioning build-up of troops” with US backing, EU president Ursula @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu tells @financialtimes.com on.ft.com/4p0FdvZ

Funny that an American Worker looks like he just stepped out of a 1960s Soviet factory somewhere in eastern Siberia , full of determination to fulfill a five-year plan in four years and conscious of the dangers of too much alcohol and talking to foreigners.

The assassination of Andriy Parubiy, the former speaker of Ukraine’s parliament and a fierce opponent of Russia, is the most significant killing in a string of high-profile murders since the war with Russia began. www.ft.com/content/d08a...

Andriy Parubiy, former Ukrainian speaker of parliament and a prominent nationalist figure who led many of the defense forces and security during Ukraine’s 2014 Euromaidan revolution, has been shot dead in Lviv, according to President Zelensky and authorities. Suspect on the run, motive unknown.

“China’s leader Xi Jinping will lay out Beijing’s ambitions for an alternative international order when he welcomes his counterparts from Russia, India and Iran to a security forum where he will seek to offer a contrast to US President Donald Trump’s global stewardship.” on.ft.com/3JZ5jze

FT Exclusive: Donald Trump suggested inviting China to supply peacekeepers to monitor a neutral zone along Ukraine's front line as part of a peace settlement with Russia, according to four people briefed on the discussions. on.ft.com/4g9Wzm3

The EU’s new €150bn loans-for-arms programme is set to be spent in full, @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu says, after 19 member states, including France and Poland, requested funding from the instrument as Brussels seeks to spur a surge in defence spending. @financialtimes.com on.ft.com/427TgG7

NEW: Trump suggested in meeting with Euro leaders & Zelensky at the White House last week deploying Chinese troops as peacekeepers in postwar Ukraine, lending support to a proposal first put forward by Putin. Scoop w @henryjfoy.ft.com Steff Chavez @jprathbone.bsky.social www.ft.com/content/dc64...

If Putin doesn't commit by Monday to meet Zelensky, "it means that once again President Putin played President Trump," French President Emmanuel Macron said at a joint news conference with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz on Friday. www.reuters.com/world/macron...

Exciting day for Ukraine, as Kyivstar, Ukraine's leading telecoms company, rings the opening bell at Nasdaq and becomes the only Ukrainian company listed on a US stock exchange. Ukrainian PM Yulia Svyrydenko and head of the presidential office Andriy Yermak were in attendance for the moment.

The death toll from Russia’s attack on Kyiv has again risen. The strikes killed at least 21 people including four children according to Ukraine’s state emergency service. Russia deployed 31 missiles and 598 drones, the country’s air force said. on.ft.com/45Vz3Vd

Death toll in Kyiv has now climbed to 17 after Russian air strikes with 31 missiles and 598 drones, according to Ukraine’s state emergency service, which is still searching the rubble of destroyed apartment blocks for trapped residents.

Less than two weeks after Trump rolled out the red carpet for Vladimir Putin on US soil, the Russian leader targeted central Kyiv — a European city of 4 million residents — with 32 missiles and 598 attack drones. This video shows 2 missiles striking Zhylianska St.

At least 15 people killed, including 4 children, in the latest Russian missile and drone attack on Kyiv, says Ukraine Interior Ministry. And EU mission and British Council buildings were damaged. Biggest attack since Trump met Putin, and one of the deadliest attacks this year.