Ukraine's prosecutor general, Ruslan Kravchenko, has resigned amid corruption allegations, after anti-graft officers searched his offices over the weekend as part of investigations into illegal call centres, AFP reports. In a statement, Kravchenko denied involvement in the alleged scheme, calling his resignation a "political decision" to avoid his position being used "as an instrument of political confrontation."

His departure is yet another headache for President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who's had a summer full of government reshuffles and a political crisis over his controversial decision to sack popular defence minister Mykhailo Fedorov. Because what else could go wrong?

As if on cue, Russia resumed its attacks on Kyiv after a brief pause over the weekend - clearly just to facilitate peace talks with senior US representatives, very neighbourly. Zelenskyy described the assault as "a complex attack that the Russians tried to plan to cause as much harm to life as possible," featuring ballistic missiles, cruise and anti-ship missiles, and jet-powered Shaheds. Significant damage was reported to residential buildings and civilian infrastructure, with at least two people dead and 10 injured - later revised to 12 - plus further attacks in Dnipro, Kharkiv, Sumy, and Zaporizhzhia.

Meanwhile, Zelenskyy hopes to meet US President Donald Trump this month to discuss missile defence ahead of another difficult winter, as Ukraine faces a shortage of air defence supplies. The UK has pledged £100m to boost Ukraine's air defence, including interceptors, large-calibre artillery rounds, and drones, spending via Nato's Prioritised Ukraine Requirements List (PURL). The UK also reaffirmed its commitment to deliver over 120,000 drones to Ukraine this year, with 25,000 delivered so far - surely a number that will ramp up before winter.

In other news, Iceland summoned the US ambassador after President Trump posted an AI-generated map on social media appearing to include Iceland and Greenland as US territory. The Icelandic national broadcaster RÚV reports the ambassador was told the post was "completely inappropriate." The EU, meanwhile, unveiled a €200m investment package for Greenland, apparently trying to strengthen ties - perhaps hoping to counter Trump's cartographic fantasies.

And because art theft is apparently a growth industry, two thieves broke into the Renoir Museum in Cagnes-sur-Mer, France, stealing four artworks but dropping one as they fled. Mayor Bryan Masson, of the far-right persuasion, said the theft was caught on video surveillance, with authorities responding in five minutes - the alarm went off at 5.48 am, police arrived at 5.53 am. The stolen works are valued at €9m (£7.7m), and the museum, opened in 1960 in Renoir's last home before his death in 1919, holds his easel, wheelchair, portraits, landscapes, and nudes. This comes less than a year after eight items worth around €88m were stolen from the Louvre in Paris; those suspects were arrested, but the art remains missing. Europol notes that art thieves in Europe are becoming more violent, with specialised gangs replaced by ad-hoc opportunists recruited via social media - because why not add a dash of modern entrepreneurship to larceny?

Finally, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen condemned senior Serbian officials attending the funeral of convicted war criminal Ratko Mladić, calling it "a failure to confront a dark chapter in Europe's recent history" and questioning Serbia's EU alignment. Mladić, responsible for genocide and crimes against humanity, was buried with military honours, attended by tens of thousands, and led by Serbian Orthodox Patriarch Porfirije. Von der Leyen's statement expressed shock, noting Mladić died serving a life sentence for the Srebrenica genocide, and extended thoughts to all victims of crimes in the former Yugoslavia.

So, as Europe lurches from corruption scandals to missile attacks to art heists to war criminal funerals, one thing's for sure: it's never dull on the continent.