English-language coverage of ukraine war news from the Netherlands.
Russia's first wartime parliamentary election delivered United Russia a predictable victory, with antiwar candidates barred. Meanwhile, Moscow opened unauthorized polling stations in Moldova's Transnistria region, defying protests.
Russia is preparing final tests of a ballistic missile with a range of up to 800 km by end of 2026, while up to 25,000 North Korean workers produce drones at a sanctioned Russian factory. Poland warns that Moscow plans hybrid strikes against NATO allies to weaken collective defence.
Ukraine's Defence Intelligence reports Russia has asked North Korea for 120 KN-30 ballistic missiles and up to 50,000 troops, though no transfer has been recorded. Meanwhile, the first road bridge between the two countries opened on 7 September, which Ukrainian investigators suspect will serve as a covert military logistics route for Russia's war effort.
Russian drone attacks on Kyiv on 29 August killed a two-year-old girl and injured eight, while debris set a house on fire. Nova Poshta is decentralising its logistics after losing a robotised hub to a strike. A fire at a Polish drone factory supplying Ukraine is being investigated as possible sabotage.