Russia’s drones threaten Kyiv-bound Western officials as war effort stalls

Russia has threatened the safety of Ukrainian, American and European officials travelling to and from Kyiv using drones.These attacks have come as Russia’s ground war stumbles.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemslist 1 of 4Efforts under way for Zelenskyy-Trump meeting at UN next weeklist 2 of 4At least 19 injured in Russian attacks across Ukrainelist 3 of 4Ukraine fires drone barrage as Russia launches electionslist 4 of 4The view from Russia: ‘No party can be antiwar’ in parliamentary electionend of listDetails emerged this week of its latest setback when an attempt to seize the city of Lyman resulted in the loss of 85 square kilometres (33 square miles) of territory Russia had previously occupied in Ukraine’s eastern Donetsk region.A resident salvages food from her destroyed home after a Russian air strike in the front line city of Kramatorsk, Ukraine, September 16, 2026. [Anatolii Stepanov/Reuters]On September 13, Russian drones struck a Ukrainian train locomotive 5km (3 miles) from the border with Poland, endangering European officials travelling to Warsaw after they attended the Yalta European Strategy conference, an annual gathering of global political, business and civil soci...