BBC World
Russia celebrates upcoming peace talks by firing 30+ missiles and 170 drones at Ukraine's power grid, because nothing says diplomacy like a kindergarten strike.
The Guardian Europe
Uefa and Fifa face a decisive test of whether they'll actually punish Russia for integrating teams from occupied Ukraine, as FC Sevastopol wins promotion to Russia's third tier.
The Guardian
Ukraine's emergency alert app gets hacked with fake nuclear warnings, while European supermarkets discover their freezers have been remotely set to 50C - because cyberwar is nothing if not versatile.
BBC World
Ukraine's air raid alert app got hacked and told Kyiv to brace for radiation, chemical attacks, and street fighting - all while Russia's app got hacked too. Because nothing says "modern warfare" like a push notification panic.
BBC World
Evacuees from Russian-occupied Oleshky endure a 24km minefield walk, a flight to Belarus, and a bus ride to freedom - plus one long-delayed wedding - as a local ceasefire holds until Sunday.
The Guardian
A temporary truce in Kherson allows hundreds to flee Oleshky and reunite with families - proving ceasefires work when someone actually bothers to negotiate one.
BBC World
A US-brokered ceasefire opens a four-hour evacuation window in Russian-occupied Oleshky - 25 buses, 750 seats, and a route so convoluted it passes through three countries before reaching Ukraine.
TechCrunch
Putin praises Musk as a 'genius' amid reports of Starlink restrictions in Ukraine, because nothing says 'global stability' like a satellite bromance.
BBC Politics
Chancellor John Healey asks all departments to find 1% cuts to fill a £4.7bn defence funding hole, while Kemi Badenoch quips that Putin must be terrified. Spoiler: he's probably not.
TechCrunch
SpaceX quietly restores Starshield for Ukraine after a 10-day drone-grounding hiatus, but offers no explanation - because why start now?
The Guardian Europe
Kremlin says new peace proposals lack 'substance' after Witkoff-Putin meeting, while Trump calls it 'the closest we've been' to ending the war - and Witkoff calls Putin a 'humanitarian.'
Ars Technica
A WSJ report says Musk personally ordered the Starlink speed cap that hobbled Ukrainian drones, then let Trump take the blame - while Trump, Rubio, and Musk all insist they had nothing to do with it.
BBC World
Two Russians secretly working for Ukraine's GUR describe drone strikes and surveillance ops - but even their handler admits he's not sure he trusts them. Espionage: it's complicated.
BBC World
A drone attack left a chemical tanker ablaze off Romania, seven crew missing, and Nato Article 4 discussions pending - because the Black Sea just can't catch a break.
The Guardian
Trump declares a Ukraine ceasefire no one agreed to, Zelenskyy shrugs, Putin blows up power plants, and the world collectively sighs.
BBC World
SpaceX's 100mph Starlink speed cap disrupts Ukrainian drone missions, because nothing says 'support Ukraine' like a speed limit during a missile barrage.
The Guardian
Trump says Ukraine needs a new leader after making a diesel deal with Putin, because clearly the problem is the guy getting bombed, not the guy doing the bombing.
The Guardian Europe
Ukrainian experts urge Unesco to protect the 'great meadow' uncovered by the Nova Kakhovka dam explosion, arguing that rebuilding the dam would be a third act of ecocide.
BBC World
German police followed the forensic trail from the Baltic Sea to a Ukrainian ex-soldier's glamping holiday in Italy, because nothing says 'international manhunt' like a free snack bowl.
The Guardian Europe
In Russian-occupied Ukraine, hospitals are so stripped of resources that nurses perform surgeries by phone torch, because apparently that's the new standard of care.
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