NATO allies foiled a plot where Russian subs trained to unleash a secret weapon designed to disable critical undersea cables without leaving any fingerprints, it has been reported.A joint operation involving Britain, Norway and the United States tracked and confronted the Russian vessels at sea, officials told Reuters after a clandestine Russian operation was carried out by Moscow's GUGI undersea warfare directorate. Deep-sea submersibles were used to simulate the deployment of the sophisticated and destructive technology capable of disrupting deep sea cables vital for global internet connectivity and financial transactions. The vessels were prevented from completing their exercise and eventually left the area.The discovery of the new weapon, location of the operation and US involvement come months after Britain and Norway disclosed that they had uncovered a covert Russian operation in Arctic waters. The deep-sea face-off comes at a time when some Western intelligence officials fear the Kremlin is ramping up sabotage operations in Europe and preparing for a conflict with NATO.Meanwhile, Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky's flight from Moldova to Norway was delayed after it was almost hit by a Russian drone, Norwegian prime minister Jonas Gahr Store said.Bryony Gooch10 September 2026 14:00Bryony Gooch10 September 2026 13:30Russia says it will continue attacks on Ukrainian ships carrying ammunitionThe Kremlin, asked about a potential moratorium on attacks on ships in the Black Sea, said on Thursday that its armed forces would continue to destroy vessels carrying ammunition for the Ukrainian army.Both Ukraine and Russia have stepped up attacks in recent weeks against commercial ships, sending world grain prices higher. Russia has previously rejected the idea of a ceasefire in the Black Sea as a "half-measure".Bryony Gooch10 September 2026 13:00Pictured: Bearers carry a case with relics of a medieval Russian prince Dmitry Donskoy during a citywide procession in Moscow(Reuters)Bryony Gooch10 September 2026 12:40Russian attacks on Ukraine's Dnipro hits enterprise owned by Bunge, mayor saysRussian attacks on Ukraine's southeastern city of Dnipro hit a business owned by global agribusiness and food company Bunge, Mayor Borys Filatov said on Thursday.Regional governor Oleksandr Hanzha said earlier that two people had been killed and five injured in attacks that damaged a food business in the city.Bryony Gooch10 September 2026 12:20Two Azerbaijani citizens killed in drone attack on Black Sea cargo ship, Baku saysTwo Azerbaijani crew members were killed in a drone attack on a cargo ship in the Black Sea on Wednesday, Baku's foreign ministry said.Two more crew members were brought to a hospital in the Ukrainian city of Chornomorsk, the ministry said in a statement on Thursday, offering condolences to the victims' families.Both Russia and Ukraine have been pounding each other's export terminals and grain-carrying vessels in an escalation that has created the biggest risks to Black Sea trade in the four and a half years of the war. The Azerbaijani statement did not say which side had carried out the attack on Wednesday.Bryony Gooch10 September 2026 12:00Pictured: Police officer appears at a site of a gas station hit by a Russian drone strike in Kyiv(Reuters)Bryony Gooch10 September 2026 11:40Russian forces hit Kyiv petrol station, injuring fourRussian forces attacked a petrol station in the Ukrainian capital Kyiv, for the first time, injuring four people, Mayor Vitali Klitschko and the oil company Ukrnafta said on Thursday.The attack hit a petrol station complex in southwestern Kyiv, sparking a fire, destroying at least one vehicle and causing a fire in a neighbouring building, the emergencies service said."There is no military objective in such strikes. This is terror and intimidation of the civilian population," Ukrnafta CEO Bohdan Kukura said on Facebook.For nearly two weeks, Kyiv has been under an almost continuous barrage of jet-powered drones targeting warehouses and industrial facilities in the city and its suburbs.In recent months, Russia has attacked around 300 Ukrainian petrol stations, mostly in frontline eastern regions, in an effort to disrupt logistics for Ukraine's military.Russian forces attacked and disabled an oil depot in the Kyiv region in late August.Ukraine has also targeted Russian fuel logistics with drone strikes on petrol stations, fuel tankers and railway fuel infrastructure in Russian-occupied regions, as well as oil refineries across Russia, causing fuel shortages.Russian forces almost completely destroyed Ukraine's major oil depots and fuel storage facilities early in the war, triggering a widespread fuel crisis and forcing the country to overhaul its supply logistics.Bryony Gooch10 September 2026 11:20Bryony Gooch10 September 2026 11:00Ukrainian drone kills one person in Russia's southern Belgorod region, authorities sayOne civilian was killed when a Ukrainian drone attacked his car in Russia's Belgorod region, bordering Ukraine, on Thursday, local authorities said.Two more people were being treated for wounds in hospital, authorities added.The Belgorod region and its neighbouring regions regularly come under Ukrainian attack.Bryony Gooch10 September 2026 10:40
Ukraine war live: Nato foils Russian plot to unleash secret weapon
The discovery comes months after Britain and Norway disclosed that they had uncovered a covert Russian operation in Arctic waters











