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The latest news, views and analysis of the conflict between Russia and Ukraine and its impacts on wider geo-political affairs.

APTOPIX Russia Ukraine War
Russia strikes at heart of Ukraine’s digital economy with attacks on ISPs and datacentres
As winter approaches, Kyiv fears disruption to vital networks that keep banks, payment systems and public services running

Sat, 26 Sep, 2026

DENMARK-POLITICS-DEFENCE
Russia could attack a Nato country within months, Danish intelligence says
Warning comes hours after Poland says fire at Starlink satellite station was ‘act of sabotage’

Thu, 24 Sep, 2026

‘We hope he’ll accept’: US invites Putin to G20 summit at Trump golf club
‘We hope he’ll accept’: US invites Putin to G20 summit at Trump golf club
Kremlin yet to respond publicly to US invitation that is likely to raise concerns from Ukraine and EU countries

Thu, 24 Sep, 2026

World Leaders Gather For United Nations General Assembly
'Ukraine did not choose this war': Zelenskyy addresses UN General Assembly
The Ukrainian president was speaker number 17 in the morning session of the Assembly, which is taking place in New York

Wed, 23 Sep, 2026

Heimir Hallgrímsson 17/9/2026
Taoiseach says Israeli FA remarks about Ireland manager are ‘unacceptable’
The Taoiseach said Israel should withdraw its criticism of Hallgrímsson after the Ireland manager’s comments about playing against genocide

Tue, 22 Sep, 2026

Trump
Trump set to press Zelenskyy at UN to agree energy ceasefire with Russia
US president to meet Ukrainian counterpart in New York as Ukraine steps up attacks on Russian energy sector

Tue, 22 Sep, 2026

Lithuania Ukraine Poland
Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy meets CIA chief at Shannon Airport
Ratcliffe's meeting with Zelenskyy comes less than a ‌month ⁠since the CIA chief travelled to Moscow to meet with Russia's top intelligence officials.

Tue, 22 Sep, 2026

Irish Budget 2027
Taoiseach to highlight importance of peace in Palestine and Ukraine to Irish people during UN trip
The Taoiseach is one of nearly 130 world leaders to jet into New York to address the United Nations General Assembly High Level Week

Tue, 22 Sep, 2026

Taoiseach Micheal Martin visit to UK
Ireland and Britain have ‘very significant obligations’ to Good Friday Agreement, Taoiseach says
Micheál Martin and Andy Burnham met in Manchester as they discussed the Good Friday Agreement, Ukraine, Gaza and Ireland-UK relations

Fri, 18 Sep, 2026

‘I felt Irish’: Palestinian ambassador praises Irish culture during visit to the Ploughing Championships
‘I felt Irish’: Palestinian ambassador praises Irish culture during visit to the Ploughing Championships
Ambassadors, students, craftspeople and competitors showcased Ireland’s farming heritage, culture and traditions at the second day of the event

Thu, 17 Sep, 2026

Catherine Connolly visit to Scotland
Scottish first minister accuses Andy Burnham of ‘terrible ignorance’ over border poll comments
The Scottish first minister criticised the UK prime minister’s border poll comments during a meeting with President Catherine Connolly

Wed, 16 Sep, 2026

Downing Street partygate
Train carrying Boris Johnson may have been intended target of Russian strike, officials say
Ukrainian Railways, which operates the line, said a train carrying several security advisers from European countries as well as Johnson, the former British prime minister, former Swedish prime minister Carl Bildt and former CIA chief Petraeus had passed through the border crossing shortly before the drone strike.

Mon, 14 Sep, 2026

Turkey NATO Summit Trump
New political turmoil in Kyiv as prosecutor general resigns
Anti-corruption agencies raid offices and arrest a deputy of Ruslan Kravchenko in case linked to alleged laundering of phone scam proceeds. 

Tue, 08 Sep, 2026

Minister invited to assess conditions of blind and elderly Ukrainians at disused equestrian centre
Minister invited to assess conditions of blind and elderly Ukrainians at disused equestrian centre
The accommodation in Co Kildare also houses Ukrainian nationals who are receiving cancer treatment, and who have serious mental health conditions

Mon, 07 Sep, 2026

France Ukraine
US envoys leave Kyiv without breakthrough on ending war
Zelenskyy says after talks with Witkoff and Kushner that Kyiv seeking ‘serious volumes’ of US support for winter defences. 

Mon, 07 Sep, 2026

Taoiseach to Russia: 'Stop unbelievable Ukrainian carnage instead of lecturing Ireland'
Taoiseach to Russia: 'Stop unbelievable Ukrainian carnage instead of lecturing Ireland'
Mr Martin was responding to Russian ambassador Yuri Filatov’s accusation that the Irish Government was “copy-pasting EU conspiracy theories”

Sun, 06 Sep, 2026

Russia Ukraine War
Europe would not be able to sustain war of attrition with Russia, defence officials say
Security experts fear Putin may be winning hybrid war with the west amid rise of pro-Kremlin, far-right parties

Sat, 05 Sep, 2026

EU Flags Flying at the European Commission Building Brussels Belgium
'EU’s ability to respond to a foreign invasion by 2030 remains in doubt'
European court of auditors says the EU is much better prepared than before Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine of 2022, but achieving its goal of defence readiness by the end of the decade would be difficult

Thu, 03 Sep, 2026

Russia Ukraine War
Shootout in Kyiv between Ukrainian spy services ‘disgraceful’, says Zelenskyy
Domestic security service says clash with military intelligence directorate ‘definitely shouldn’t have happened’

Thu, 03 Sep, 2026

France Ukraine
Russian airspace becoming 'completely unsafe' for commercial airlines, Zelenskyy says
“We want to warn every airline that uses Russian airspace, every insurer, and everyone who still uses Russia’s key airports: Russian airspace is becoming completely unsafe,” he said in a statement.

Wed, 02 Sep, 2026

Germany Airport Disruption
Germany blames Russia for drone attack at Leipzig airport
Government says ‘dangerous behaviour’ is part of effort by Moscow to cause damage with hybrid attacks

Wed, 02 Sep, 2026

EU defence ministers meeting
Russia is escalating from hybrid threats to 'kinetic' attacks on Europe, EU ministers hear 
Russian incursions in Romania, Latvia, Estonia, and Germany were cited as Helen McEntee and Kaja Kallas spoke at the EU defence ministers' informal meeting in Wicklow

Tue, 01 Sep, 2026

France Ukraine
At least 12 people killed in Russian overnight attacks on Ukraine
Kyiv has now been targeted for six consecutive days.

Tue, 01 Sep, 2026

Ukrainians being moved out of Citywest: ‘We need a place to survive, that’s it’
Ukrainians being moved out of Citywest: ‘We need a place to survive, that’s it’
People with additional needs are among the 300-plus Ukrainian refugees being moved out of the place they call home

Sun, 30 Aug, 2026

Russia Ukraine War
Russian strike on Kyiv-area warehouse causes detonation, killing 27
Another 42 people were also injured ​and more than 380 evacuated from the ​strike area in the Bucha district

Sat, 29 Aug, 2026

Russia Victory Day Parade Rehearsal
Russia ‘losing 6,000 more troops in Ukraine each month than it can recruit’
Moscow recruits an estimated 1,000 people a day but western officials say it cannot keep up with casualty level

Sat, 29 Aug, 2026

Obit Mladic
Colin Sheridan: Ratko Mladić is dead, but the lessons of Srebrenica remain as Gaza raises uncomfortable questions
Colin Sheridan says remembering Srebrenica means little if the West refuses to confront the suffering unfolding in Gaza today

Sat, 29 Aug, 2026

European Union Flags
Irish Examiner view: 'Strength through unity' must have substance
The gap between European declarations and European action has often been glaring

Fri, 28 Aug, 2026

Ukrainian mother and disabled son, 44, at risk of homelessness
Ukrainian mother and disabled son, 44, at risk of homelessness
Concerns have been raised over plans to relocate hundreds of Ukrainians from Citywest, Dublin, with disabled residents facing uncertainty over housing, healthcare, and support services

Thu, 27 Aug, 2026

Vladimir Putin
Russia warns Britain is ‘playing with fire’ over its support of Ukraine
Kremlin threatens retaliation after Burnham says UK will help Ukraine start producing long-range missiles

Thu, 27 Aug, 2026

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