China warned Russian president Vladimir Putin not to use nuclear weapons in Ukraine, president Volodymyr Zelensky has said. “I think you heard such voices in Russian media: 'What if we respond to Ukrainian strikes with nuclear weapons?' And it seems to me that this was the first time China ... directly responded in an ultimatum-like form — that there can be no thought whatsoever of using nuclear weapons,” Zelensky told reporters on Thursday. Ukraine attacked a dozen more of Russian tankers in the Sea of Azov, its military said on Thursday as it ramped up efforts to disrupt fuel supplies to Russian forces and isolating Moscow-occupied Crimea.In the first four days of the week, Ukraine hit at least 36 of Russia’s ships and set them on fire in the Sea of Azov and the Black Sea, Ukraine's defence ministry said.These included 32 so-called Russian "shadow fleet" tankers and two dry cargo ships. "They were ‌all trying to deliver fuel to Crimea," the ministry said.Kyiv’s long-range persistent drone attacks have sparked a massive fuel shortage across Russia, leading to widespread reports of escalating prices and lengthy queues at petrol stations throughout numerous regions.Eight injured in Russian attack on KyivEight people, including an 11-year-old boy, have been injured in Russian attacks on Kyiv this morning, local officials said.The attack also damaged buildings across multiple districts of the Ukrainian capital.Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko said that four of the injured were hospitalised, while the remaining victims received medical treatment at the scene.The strikes began around 3.40am local time when residents reported hearing initial explosions, prompting Ukraine's Air Force to issue an urgent warning regarding incoming Russian ballistic missiles, Kyiv Independent reported.Additional explosions shook the capital roughly 15 minutes later as air defences engaged the incoming threats.The bombardment caused widespread disruption and property damage across Kyiv. Klitschko reported hit sites in the Dniprovskyi district, while Tymur Tkachenko, head of the Kyiv City Military Administration, stated that a building was damaged in the Sviatoshynskyi district and a fire had broken out in an office building within the Solomianskyi district.Residents remove pieces of glass from broken windows of their apartments, which were damaged during Russian missile strikes on Kyiv (Reuters)Stuti Mishra11 July 2026 07:00Kyiv faces fresh Russian missile attack, officials sayRussia pummeled Ukraine's capital Kyiv with ballistic missiles this morning, officials said. Reuters reported that a witness ⁠heard ​a series ⁠of powerful explosions ⁠in the city before ​the ⁠air alert ‌was announced.The attack damaged a ‌non-residential building in ‌one district, while smoke was coming ⁠from another and an office building was in flames as a result of the ‌strike, the ​city military administration ‌said ⁠on the Telegram ⁠messaging app.Stuti Mishra11 July 2026 06:23Zelensky says it is unclear when will Ukraine receive Patriot missile interceptorsVolodymyr Zelensky has detailed the complications Ukraine is looking at after the US announced it will grant Kyiv a license to manufacture Patriot missile interceptors at home."There are no dates set yet, but there will be additional PAC-3s," Zelensky said, after returning from Turkey where he met with world leaders at the Nato summit.Zelensky said that while Patriot supply and production was "Ukraine's number one priority", the government was approaching the problem on "several fronts”."First, we're seeking a license from the US to manufacture Patriot systems," he said."Second, through the PURL program, we're securing clear funding from Europe, and, through this program, acquiring PAC-3 and PAC-2 missiles for the corresponding systems. Third, we're working... with our European partners to obtain additional missiles until we have our own system."Maira Butt11 July 2026 03:00Maira Butt11 July 2026 02:00In pictures: Ukrainian servicemen continue combat missions in DonetskUkrainian servicemen ride unmanned ground vehicles (UGV) during their combat mission, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in the frontline town of Druzhkivka, in Donetsk region, Ukraine July 9, 2026. (Reuters)Ukrainian servicemen ride an unmanned ground vehicle (UGV) during their combat mission, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in the frontline town of Druzhkivka, in Donetsk region, Ukraine July 9, 2026. (Reuters)Servicemen of the 49th Separate Assault Battalion Carpathian Sich of the Ukrainian Armed Forces use a drone detector as they hide inside a damaged store during their combat mission, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in the frontline town of Druzhkivka, in Donetsk region, Ukraine July 9, 2026. (Reuters)Maira Butt11 July 2026 01:00We asked Ukrainians what they think of Trump as US president touts a ‘very good relationship’US President Donald Trump lauded the “very good relationship” he has developed with his Ukrainian counterpart, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, at the Nato summit in Turkey on July 8, 2026.In a meeting of the pair that lacked the acrimony of earlier encounters, Trump added that Ukraine has “such great people,” too. He has expressed different views privately in the past.But what do everyday Ukrainians think of Trump?For more than a decade, we have organised and conducted public opinion polls in Ukraine. While polling has become more difficult since Russia’s full-scale invasion in 2022, our surveys have provided a window into Ukrainian public opinion in the territories not occupied by Russia.Maira Butt10 July 2026 23:59Kremlin says Putin remains open to Ukraine talks but is carving out a bigger buffer zoneThe Kremlin said on Friday that President Vladimir Putin remained open to achieving Russia's objectives through diplomacy, but that Moscow was carving out a wider buffer zone in Ukraine in response to Kyiv's escalatory actions.Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov was responding to a question about a Reuters article a day earlier in which three sources close to the Kremlin told Reuters that Ukraine's recent drone strikes on Russia's oil refineries and ports were strengthening Putin's resolve to keep fighting for now.Peskov said Russia believed that Kyiv had no desire for talks at the moments and that Moscow was therefore continuing its military campaign in Ukraine.Maira Butt10 July 2026 23:00I have visited Russia every year since the Ukraine war began. The mood has changedThe mood regarding the war in Ukraine has changed in recent months. Ukrainian drones have struck Russian oil infrastructure, causing fuel shortages across Russia. And the Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelensky, is exuberant about finishing the war from a “position of strength”.The hope is that an economic crisis in Russia leads to social unrest and political instability, possibly resulting in the collapse of the ruling regime. This would not be an unprecedented event in Russian history. The Soviet Union rapidly unravelled amid economic and political crisis in 1991. But how likely is this scenario for Russia today?Maira Butt10 July 2026 22:00Maira Butt10 July 2026 21:00Russian fuel shortage pushing drivers to desperate measures as gasoline runs outRussians are flocking to convert their cars to run on liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) amid nationwide fuel shortages, escalating petrol prices, and long queues at filling stations.These issues stem from recent Ukrainian attacks on refineries. Egor Popov, whose Moscow-based Garant-Gas company fits equipment for LPG conversions, stated that "demand had multiplied".Butane and propane, components of LPG produced during natural gas processing and crude oil refining, are also less emissions-intensive than petrol.Maira Butt10 July 2026 20:00