At least five people were killed and 67 others were injured as Russian drones hit a shopping mall in Pavlohrad, a city in southeastern Ukraine.Officials said shops and vehicles were hit in the daylight attack which took place "when there were many people on the streets". The injured include three teenage boys aged 13, 14 and 15.Ukrainian officials said a total of seven people died in major Russian strikes across five districts of Pavlohrad, a rail and logistics hub in the Dnipropetrovsk region.Russian forces had hit two other shopping malls in the cities of Zaporizhzhia and Sumy earlier in the week.This comes as 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 revealed.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.Nato allies foil Russian subsea cable sabotage plotNato 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 revealed.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.Arpan Rai11 September 2026 05:26Missile debris damages industrial facility in Russia's VolgogradMissile debris damaged an industrial facility in the southern part of the Russian city of Volgograd on the Volga River, city officials said on Telegram.The Volgograd regional ⁠administration, citing governor Andrei ​Bocharov, ⁠said two ‌people were injured in an attack ‌that also damaged a ‌residential building in the city.The post did not provide details about the industrial facility.The Volgograd oil refinery run by Lukoil, one of Russia's biggest by processing capacity, is located in the southern part of the city. Arpan Rai11 September 2026 05:17Reminder: Ukraine’s children begin school year with missiles overheadIn case you missed it:Jane Dalton11 September 2026 05:00Russian strikes kill seven and wound 76 in Ukraine industrial hub of PavlohradAt least seven people were killed as Russian forces launched a broad onslaught on the industrial city of Pavlohrad in southeastern Ukraine yesterday.The strikes also targeted a petrol station in the capital Kyiv and an international agribusiness facility in ⁠Dnipro as Moscow intensifies attacks on logistics and economic targets.Regional governor Oleksandr Hanzha said Russian forces deployed drones, artillery and aerial bombs in hitting five districts of Pavlohrad, a rail and logistics hub serving a coal-mining area with a pre-war population of about 120,000.A total of 76 people were injured, including several children. Photos posted online showed shattered shops and burned-out vehicles in the city, which has acted as a ⁠critical supply route for the Ukrainian military connecting central Ukraine to eastern front ​lines.Evacuees, most of whom arrived from frontline areas, receive assistance from staff at an evacuation center in Pavlohrad, Dnipropetrovsk region (AFP/Getty)Arpan Rai11 September 2026 04:24Two injured as Russian air strikes hit nine-storey apartment building in KyivRussian air strikes injured two and caused a fire in a ⁠nine-storey apartment building in the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv in the early hours today.The city officials have asked people in the area to seek shelter amid a drone alert.Arpan Rai11 September 2026 04:18Russia's Ozon says Ukraine drones cause fire at its logistics hub in SaratovA Ukraine drone attack caused a fire at a logistics hub belonging to Russian e-commerce company Ozon in the city of Saratov, the company said this morning.It added that there were no casualties recorded.Arpan Rai11 September 2026 04:03In pictures: Devastation in PavlohradFirefighters work at the site of shops and a market hit by a Russian drone strike in the city of Pavlohrad (Reuters)(Reuters)(Reuters)Jane Dalton11 September 2026 04:00Putin and Xi to hold talks at APEC summit in NovemberRussian President Vladimir Putin and his Chinese ⁠counterpart Xi Jinping with hold in-depth talks on the ⁠sidelines ​of ⁠an Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit ⁠in November, ​Russia's ⁠TASS state ‌news agency cited a Kremlin aide ‌as saying on ‌Thursday.There is no planned ⁠separate meeting between the two men at the BRICS+ summit this weekend, the aide, ‌Yuri Ushakov, ​was also cited ‌as saying ⁠by Russian ⁠state media.(AP)Daniel Keane11 September 2026 03:00Two people killed and four injured in attacks on businessesRussian forces have struck a petrol station ⁠in the capital Kyiv and an international agribusiness facility in Dnipro as Moscow intensifies attacks on logistics and economic targets. Ukrainian Prime Minister Sergii Koretskyi said attacks on businesses and civilian infrastructure were rapidly growing and urged the government to "react and act in advance".The strike on the Ukrnafta petrol station appeared to be ‌the first jet-powered drone attack on such a facility in Kyiv. It follows around ‌300 attacks on petrol stations in or near Ukraine's frontline regions in recent months.Four people were injured, said Mayor Vitali Klitschko."There is no military objective in such strikes. This is terror and intimidation of the civilian population," said Ukrnafta CEO Bohdan Kukura on Facebook.In Dnipro, two people were killed in the ⁠attack on the Bunge sunflower oil facility, one of Ukraine's five largest food plants with a processing capacity of 1,600 tons of oilseed per day.It was the second attack on a US-owned business in several weeks, said Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha."This is no coincidence, but part of Moscow's systematic terror campaign against American businesses and economic interests," he wrote.Five people were wounded, a local official said.Jane Dalton11 September 2026 02:00No trilateral talks before Russian election, Zelensky warnsUkraine's president Volodymyr Zelensky said on Thursday ⁠there would be no trilateral meeting on how ⁠to ​end the ⁠war before the ⁠elections in ​Russia.Zelensky said ⁠Ukrainian ‌and US negotiators were in constant contact ‌and he ‌hoped for progress in ⁠talks on energy and grain at the end of September after his meeting with ‌US President Donald ​Trump.Russia will ‌hold ⁠parliamentary elections ⁠on 20 September, and Zelensky expects to meet Trump in the second half of this month.Jane Dalton11 September 2026 01:00