{"id":1008250,"date":"2026-08-18T08:32:27","date_gmt":"2026-08-18T08:32:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/1008250\/"},"modified":"2026-08-18T08:32:27","modified_gmt":"2026-08-18T08:32:27","slug":"ukraine-russia-war-latest-kyiv-launches-one-of-biggest-attacks-yet-on-moscow-with-620-drones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/1008250\/","title":{"rendered":"Ukraine-Russia war latest: Kyiv launches one of biggest attacks yet on Moscow with 620 drones"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/a>The UK will ‘pay the price’ for supporting Ukraine, warns Russia<\/p>\n

“London’s actions will inevitably carry consequences for which it will have to answer,” the Russian embassy has said in a statement posted on its Telegram channel. <\/p>\n

“The deeper its involvement in \u200bthe \u2060conflict and the \u200cgreater its support for Kiev’s terrorist machinery, the higher the price it will pay.”<\/p>\n

The comments come after the publication of a previously-reported on Sunday Times article that states British-built drones were used for long-range strikes against Russia for the first time on Tuesday. <\/p>\n

\"British-madeBritish-made drones have reportedly been used for the first time in Ukrainian long-range strikes against Russia (AP)<\/p>\n

In response, a British defence ministry spokesperson has said: “Britain stands shoulder to shoulder with Ukraine and we are committed to providing \u200cthe equipment Ukraine needs to defend itself \u200bagainst Putin’s illegal invasion.”<\/p>\n

In June, Britain had pledged to provide 150,000 drones to Ukraine by the end of 2026 as part of a \u00a3752 million ($996 million) funding package. <\/p>\n

Suha Kidwai18 August 2026 09:15<\/p>\n

<\/a>Russia has faced 1.47 million losses since start of war, according to latest tally<\/p>\n

Russia has lost approximately 1.47 million men over the course of the war, Kyiv has said.<\/p>\n

In a post on X, Ukraine\u2019s ministry of defence estimates that the number of Russian personnel killed now sits just below 1.5 million. <\/p>\n

\"AA warehouse on fire in Moscow after a Ukrainian drone strike on Tuesday morning (AP)<\/p>\n

The new tally comes after a second overnight barrage of Ukrainian strikes into mainland Russia.<\/p>\n

Suha Kidwai18 August 2026 08:45<\/p>\n

<\/a>Russian missile attack kills 10 in Ukraine’s Kharkiv region, governor says<\/p>\n

A Russian missile attack has killed 10 people and injured a further eight in a village in Ukraine’s northeastern Kharkiv region, the regional governor said on Tuesday. <\/p>\n

The strike on \u200cthe village \u200cof Pechenihy has damaged \u206010 private buildings, a cafe, a post office, a shop and at \u200cleast seven cars, residents have told Reuters.<\/p>\n

Suha Kidwai18 August 2026 08:15<\/p>\n

<\/a>Russia tells North Korea they are making ‘new and righteous world order’<\/p>\n

Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov has hailed North Korea’s role in fighting to eject Ukrainian forces from the Kursk region, writing in a letter that they succeeded in driving out a “Ukrainian Nazi clique”.<\/p>\n

North Korea and Russia \u200care working to \u200cestablish a “new and righteous world order,” Lavrov wrote in a letter to North Korean foreign minister Choe Son Hui, according to the North’s state news agency KCNA this morning.<\/p>\n

Pyongyang has deployed troops to Russia since late 2024, when it helped Moscow retake a portion of Kursk that had been captured by a Ukrainian counteroffensive.<\/p>\n

Vladimir Putin’s regime routinely calls the Ukrainian administration \u201cneo-Nazis,\u201d even though the country has a Jewish president who lost relatives in the Holocaust and who heads a Western-backed, democratically elected government.<\/p>\n

Putin has vowed to fight on in Ukraine until Moscow secures the country’s “demilitarisation”, “denazification” and neutrality, unless Kyiv accepts a deal that achieves those goals.<\/p>\n

Arpan Rai18 August 2026 07:54<\/p>\n

<\/a>Moldova condemns violation of airspace and explosion of aerial object<\/p>\n

Moldova’s foreign ministry has condemned the violation of the country’s airspace by an unidentified aerial object that later exploded on Monday.<\/p>\n

Moldova shares a border with Ukraine and is a supporter of Kyiv. It has dealt with numerous incidents of drones flying over its territory and debris near the border since the start of Russia’s full-scale war.<\/p>\n

The \u200caerial object entered Moldovan airspace at 1737 local time (1437 GMT) and exploded \u200cshortly after, near the \u200csettlement of Talmaza, close to the border with Ukraine, Moldovan authorities said.<\/p>\n

The \u2060explosion set grass on fire but there were no casualties, they said. They did not identify the origin of the object.<\/p>\n

“This incident constitutes a serious violation of the sovereignty of the Republic of Moldova and poses a direct risk to the safety of our citizens. Such incidents are unacceptable,” the foreign ministry said in its statement.<\/p>\n

Arpan Rai18 August 2026 07:19<\/p>\n

<\/a>EU plans most far-reaching sanctions against Russia in coming months, says Kallas<\/p>\n

The European Union intends to significantly expand sanctions against Russia in the coming months over its war in Ukraine, the bloc’s foreign policy chief, Kaja Kallas, told a German newspaper.<\/p>\n

\u201cEU sanctions have already cost Russia dearly, depriving Russia’s war machine of over \u20ac1trn ($1.16trn) and for autumn I am putting forward the most far-reaching sanctions listings \u2060since the start of the war,” she \u200btold \u2060Die Welt.<\/p>\n

“Once adopted, they would immediately raise the total number of sanctioned Russian entities by a third. The pressure must keep growing until Moscow ends its war,” said Kallas, who leads the European External Action Service (EEAS) \u2013 the EU’s diplomatic service.<\/p>\n

She did not elaborate on timing \u200cor details of the new designations, but EU diplomatic sources later told Reuters the EEAS would propose about 1,600 individuals and entities based in Russia and focused \u200con Moscow’s military industrial complex.<\/p>\n

The designations will include travel and transaction bans as well as asset freezes, they added. The EU has already listed nearly 3,000 people and companies.<\/p>\n

Arpan Rai18 August 2026 07:11<\/p>\n

<\/a>Russia warns of \u2018consequences\u2019 after UK-made drones strike its mainland<\/p>\n

Russia<\/a> has warned Britain<\/a> of “consequences” following reports that British-built drones<\/a> were deployed to hit targets on its mainland for the first time.<\/p>\n

According to the Sunday Times, Ukrainian forces used unmanned aircraft manufactured by two UK companies as part of a deep strike campaign.<\/p>\n

Kyiv has stepped up operations inside Russia this year, increasingly deploying long-range missiles and drone swarms against military industries and energy facilities.<\/p>\n

Arpan Rai18 August 2026 06:56<\/p>\n

<\/a>Moscow region targeted with more than 600 drones overnight<\/p>\n

A major swarm of at least 620 drones was \u200cheading for the region \u200bsurrounding the Russian capital between \u200cMonday evening \u2060and 5am (0200 GMT), said mayor Sergei \u2060Sobyanin.<\/p>\n

He said Moscow was temporarily restricting flights \u200cat \u200bits airports.<\/p>\n

Russian downed 180 drones in the Moscow region overnight, \u2060said Sobyanin, confirming one of the biggest Ukrainian air attacks on the capital.<\/p>\n

Drones hit a warehouse of Russian e-commerce \u2060company Wildberries and other facilities \u200bnear \u2060Moscow, regional governor \u200cAndrei Vorobyov said separately, adding that at least three people, including a \u200c10-year-old girl, were injured \u200cin the region.<\/p>\n

\"AA firefighting helicopter prepares to drop a load of water during a fire at Russian e-commerce firm Wildberries’ logistics complex near the town of Podolsk, outside Moscow (AFP\/Getty)<\/p>\n

Arpan Rai18 August 2026 06:25<\/p>\n

<\/a>Watch: Zelensky urges G7 to stop critical supplies reaching RussiaZelensky urges G7 to stop critical supplies reaching Russia<\/p>\n

Arpan Rai18 August 2026 06:05<\/p>\n

<\/a>Russia expanding secret bases that can launch drones deep inside Nato territory<\/p>\n

The Kremlin <\/a>has built and expanded at least 10 new bases with at least 59 new launch rails, according to an investigation by The Telegraph<\/a> using satellite imagery and leaked documents.<\/p>\n

The bases are designed to fire large numbers of jet-powered drones that can overload Ukrainian air defences as Moscow bombards military and civilian targets across the country.<\/p>\n

But situated along its borders with Ukraine and Belarus, the hi-tech drones will also be able to reach Kyiv\u2019s allies in Nato, the report said.<\/p>\n

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