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Ukraine launches long-awaited counteroffensive in south; UN team leads mission to nuclear power plant; Mikhail Gorbachev dies aged 91

Ukrainian authorities have started giving out iodine tablets to residents near the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant as concerns grow about a potential major nuclear catastrophe.

A Russian cargo ship that Ukraine alleges holds stolen grain from territory seized by Moscow appears to have reached the Syrian port of Tartus, according to satellite images analyzed Thursday by The Associated Press. The arrival of the SV Konstantin marks just the latest shipment of Ukrainian grain — whether…

A Russian cargo ship that Ukraine alleges holds stolen grain from territory seized by Moscow amid the war there appears to have reached the Syrian port of Tartus

Satellites owned by private companies have played an unexpectedly important role in the war in Ukraine. For example, in early August 2022, images from the private satellite company Planet Labs showed that a recent attack on a Russian military base in Crimea caused more damage than Russia had suggested in…

Friday: A lack of federal support means several rural areas are using council rates to subsidise health services for vulnerable patients Plus: urgent flood warnings issued

At least one person killed in explosions at airbase

The images appear to suggest a targeted attack on the Saki air base

At a meeting of European defence ministers, Ben Wallace says Russia ‘unlikely to ever succeed in occupying Ukraine’

Records are being broken in Europe for temperatures and burned land. These graphics show the scale of the crisis

(This Jul.22 story refiles to fix the link showing the SV Nikolay's journey)