Exhumations of soldiers from frontline cemeteries are rare. But fallen Ukrainian fighters are now being reburied hundreds of miles from where they died: ft.trib.al/MoBSdkv
Christopher Miller
@christopherjm.ft.com
Chief Ukraine correspondent for the Financial Times. 16 years living and reporting in Ukraine. https://www.ft.com/christopher-miller Author of the book, THE WAR CAME TO US, published by Bloomsbury: https://www.amazon.com/dp/139940685X
A Russian attack on a gas station in Dnipropetrovsk region killed three people including an 8-year-old boy and injured six other people, said Oleksandr Hanzha, head of Dnipropetrovsk Regional Military Administration.
Ukrainian officials said the attacks appeared aimed at disrupting civilian life in areas where Russian forces were struggling to advance, and looked to be retaliation for Kyiv’s drone and missile strikes on Russian oil and gas facilities. ft.trib.al/QUXShE1
Former Ukrainian defence minister Mykhailo Fedorov said he was dismissed because of his efforts to overhaul the military procurement system in his most explicit comments yet on what prompted his sacking.
Ukraine’s ex-defence minister blames procurement reforms for dismissal
Fedorov interview offers his most detailed account of sacking that triggered wave of protest
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Russian missiles and attack drones targeted 10 Ukrainian cities, including the capital of Kyiv, Zelenskyy’s hometown of Kryvyi Rih and Lviv in the west. Poland scrambled fighter jets after “radars detected an unidentified object” in its airspace, the country’s Armed Forces Operational Command said.
Ukraine’s ex-defence minister blames procurement reforms for dismissal
Fedorov interview offers his most detailed account of sacking that triggered wave of protest
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Selon le @financialtimes.com, la France a fourni du renseignement à l’Ukraine lui permettant de cartographier les défenses antiaériennes russes et d’affiner ainsi les trajectoires des frappes à longue portée en Russie
Ukraine adapts strikes on Russian energy industry to hit critical components
Kyiv is shifting its long-range drone campaign to keep plants offline for longer
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A pair of Ukrainian FP-1 strike drones break through fire from Russian mobile air-defence teams during yesterday’s attack on Ryazan.
An FT analysis of refinery layouts, photographs, satellite images and thermal-infrared data shows that damage at several major Russian refineries has persisted for weeks or even months after attacks ft.trib.al/yTfCIfY
The US Senate voted 86-12 to advance a bill intended to increase pressure on Vladimir Putin to end his years-long war in Ukraine, in a sign Washington is starting to warm to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. ft.trib.al/vQGdfjU
NEW: Why have Ukraine's deep strikes become so effective? Tech innovation is one thing. Deep strike pilots and Commander Robert "Magyar" Brovdi tell me Kyiv has shifted its long-range drone campaign on Russia's energy industry from broad attacks to more targeted strikes on critical components.
Ukraine adapts strikes on Russian energy industry to hit critical components
Kyiv is shifting its long-range drone campaign to keep plants offline for longer
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The Ukrainian president’s advisers and a person close to the Trump administration said today's meeting in the Oval Office offered Zelenskyy his best chance since Trump began his second term to secure fresh military backing and revive efforts to end Russia’s full-scale war.
Zelenskyy returns to Oval Office as Trump shifts towards Ukraine
Kyiv hopes White House talks will turn improved relations with US into fresh backing against Russia
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Volodymyr Zelenskyy will meet Trump at the White House amid growing confidence in Kyiv that the US president has become more supportive of Ukraine. “If Zelenskyy keeps it simple and [does] not overcomplicate things, it will go fine,” said a person familiar with their talks. My FT curtain raiser:
Zelenskyy returns to Oval Office as Trump shifts towards Ukraine
Kyiv hopes White House talks will turn improved relations with US into fresh backing against Russia
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Volodymyr Zelenskyy is set to meet Donald Trump on Tuesday in the Oval Office for around 90 minutes, beginning at 9:30am local time/4:30pm Kyiv. Their latest meeting comes amid what Zelenskyy told me he perceived to be a shift by Trump in Ukraine's favor.
EU officials are hesitant about proposing measures against an Irish alumina factory accused of producing raw materials used to make Russian weapons deployed in Ukraine, for fear of cutting off supplies critical for European industry, @paolatamma.bsky.social and @henryjfoy.ft.com report.
EU hesitates to target Irish plant accused of supplying Russia’s war industry
Officials fear that measures restricting alumina exports to Russia would threaten bloc’s aluminium supply chain
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A Canadian woman of Chinese origin who was interning at Nato’s military headquarters in Belgium has been arrested on charges of spying. Arrest is the latest in a long line of espionage attempts in Belgium which hosts Nato civilian and military HQs and the EU as.ft.com/r/44db3c09-c...
Nato military HQ intern arrested on suspicion of spying
Belgian officials say operations have not been compromised after a Canadian national of Chinese origin is detained
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Ukraine attacked more Wildberries warehouses in Russia. Founder Tatyana Kim says overnight drone strikes hit company logistics hubs in Krasnodar and Nevinnomyssk. Crews evacuated staff and some workers were injured, she says. t.me/kimtatyana20...
Ukrainian drones struck another Wildberries logistics center in Russia, this time in Nevinnomyssk, Stavropol region. The facility is completely on fire.
FT Exclusive: The Trump administration has collected more than $13bn in revenues from Venezuelan oil sales this year, according to FT calculations, but has said almost nothing about what has happened to the money. ft.trib.al/PfzSSIx
About 24% of U.S. employees stay in unwanted jobs just for health insurance, a report out Wednesday finds. Up significantly since 2021, the uptick in "job lock" is a concerning sign for the U.S. economy. n.pr/4gQIY5E
Staying in a job for the health insurance? About 1 in 4 Americans do, a survey says
About 24% of U.S. employees stay in unwanted jobs just for health insurance, a report out Wednesday finds. Up significantly since 2021, the uptick in "job lock" is a concerning sign for the U.S. economy.
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Breaking news: The generational shift in Kyiv's military strategy comes as the president seeks to contain a political backlash that has shaken the public’s trust in his wartime leadership. ft.trib.al/545zOqn
BREAKING: Volodymyr Zelenskyy has chosen Mykhailo Drapatyi to be commander-in-chief of Ukraine’s armed forces and dismissed controversial general and close ally Oleksandr Syrsky in the biggest shake-up of the country’s military leadership since 2024. @financialtimes.com
From @christopherjm.ft.com "My understanding right now is that one of these things is underway and may soon be announced. The other one is so far not on the table" Meaning Syrskyi out, Fedorov wont be MoD. Other's sources say likley this week, not a stalling tactic by Z, a lot needs to be sorted
Western partners have urged President Zelenskyy to settle the matters around the military as fast as possible. “We are your main financier and we need stability,” a western official supportive of Kyiv said. “We need people we know and trust and can work [in place].” www.ft.com/content/51da...
Zelenskyy’s crisis deepens as ex-defence minister rejects offer to return
Ukrainian president under pressure to replace commander-in-chief who clashed with Mykhailo Fedorov
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SCOOP: Zelenskyy proposed to bring back Mykhailo Fedorov with an expanded mandate, days after Fedorov’s removal sparked an uproar. A senior Ukrainian official and two other people familiar said that Fedorov wanted only to return to the defence ministry. www.ft.com/content/51da...
Zelenskyy’s crisis deepens as ex-defence minister rejects offer to return
Ukrainian president under pressure to replace commander-in-chief who clashed with Mykhailo Fedorov
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Reappointing Fedorov is Zelensky's best route to restoring societal trust and continuing needed anticorruption reforms. Removing Syrsky would be a partial but still useful course correction. It'd show the president is responsive to society and entrenched corrupt networks haven't won the day.
Christopher Miller@christopherjm.ft.com · 3w agoNEWS: Volodymyr Zelenskyy is considering sacking Ukraine’s commander-in-chief, Oleksandr Syrsky, who is known as “the Butcher”, as he seeks to navigate a path out of the biggest military leadership crisis of his presidency. www.ft.com/content/1b34...
NEWS: Volodymyr Zelenskyy is considering sacking Ukraine’s commander-in-chief, Oleksandr Syrsky, who is known as “the Butcher”, as he seeks to navigate a path out of the biggest military leadership crisis of his presidency. www.ft.com/content/1b34...
Zelenskyy considers sacking commander-in-chief as protests swell
Crisis engulfs military after Ukrainian president dismissed his popular defence minister
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The sacking of popular, modernising defence minister Mykahilo Fedorov exposed damaging divisions about Ukraine’s military strategy and armed forces’ willingness to address its shortcomings just as momentum in the war against Russia has swung in its favor. My report: www.ft.com/content/a200...
Ukraine’s rift over battlefield strategy breaks into the open
Sacking of popular defence minister exposes divisions over how to fight Russia
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Mykhailo Fedorov, who previously served as digital transformation minister, built a reputation as the driving force behind Ukraine’s defence technology push and drone development. ft.trib.al/AV1S8zN
